Medway River Lit

About the Rippling Out workshops in January and February.

Poets and poetry collections discovered during Medway River Lit 2024.

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

Sascha Aurora Akhtar is a poet of the liminal – someone for whom all is magic. 'The Grimoire of Grimalkin', published in 2007 was greeted...

We are excited to celebrate Medway’s long connection with words and writing, in what will be the first Medway-wide literary festival in...

Wordsmithery created a magical first poetry festival for Rainham in 2023. Poets notice weather, how it changes and how it never really...

Kent Daydreams is a new spoken word event for young people aged 14-18.

In the lead up to the Medway River Lit festival, Wordsmithery were invited to host a special one-off event, Ostara Poetry, as part of Sun...

Big Trouble is a monthly poetry performance night that has been taking place in the Chatham Intra area since 2018. As part of Medway...