Medway River Lit

Details of Medway River Lit's exciting new project - Rippling Out.

Poets and poetry collections discovered during Medway River Lit 2024.

Medway River Lit's third weekend began on Friday 15 November with a takeover by Big Trouble at our regular Poetry Republic event.

We were delighted to host an award ceremony as part of Medway River Lit for the inaugural Medway Youth Laureate scheme. The poets were...

Medway River Lit's second week began on Wednesday 6 November at Rochester LIbrary, with a sobering talk from climate scientist Bill...

Shortlisted poems for The Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize, which will be awarded on Sunday 10 November.

Our first Medway Youth Laureates' winning poems.

Festival co-director, Barry Fentiman Hall introduces our Friday night poetry strand - Poetry Republic.

We are delighted to present a guest blog from Michi Masumi, founder of the Black Arts Hub, whose Intersectionality poetry and art exhibition

The longlist of 15 poems in the Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize 2024.

Sarah L Dixon talks about seeing Take That at school, and her new 90s indie inspired poetry collection.