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Medway River Lit
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Medway River Lit 2025 summary
A run down of Medway River Lit literary festival 2025.
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Jan 76 min read
Authors you can meet at our Author Fair on 29 November
Whether it’s historical fiction, murder mystery, LGBTQIA+ sci-fi, graphic novels, poetry, or non-fiction about heritage, we’ve got some amazing books to share with you!
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Oct 27, 20259 min read
Press release: MEDWAY RIVER LIT PRESENTS A STELLAR LITERARY LINE-UP FOR ITS THIRD OUTING
Medway River Lit continues to go from strength to strength as it announces the lineup for 2025.
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Oct 20, 20252 min read
Theresa Lola joins Caroline Bird as Joint Patron of Medway River Lit
Theresa Lola joins Medway River Lit as a Patron.
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Oct 1, 20251 min read
A sneaky peak of Medway River Lit's 2025 lineup
Here are some of the highlights of Medway River Lit 2025, and believe me, there will be many, many more yet to be announced!
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Sep 15, 20252 min read
Impact Statement - Medway River Lit 2024
Summary of Medway River Lit's Impact in 2024.
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Aug 27, 20251 min read
Rippling Out - words, crafts and performances!
Details of Medway River Lit's exciting new project - Rippling Out.
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Jan 13, 20252 min read
Medway River Lit 2024: A Celebration of Stories, Culture, and Community
Summary of Medway River Lit 2024.
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Dec 9, 20247 min read
In brief: books that authors have talked about at this year's festival - Poetry in focus
Poets and poetry collections discovered during Medway River Lit 2024.
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Nov 28, 20246 min read
Medway River Lit’s fourth week – the highlights!
The fourth weekend of Medway River Lit featured an amazing variety of talks, discussions and writers.
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Nov 25, 20243 min read
In brief – our guide to the books that authors have talked about at this year’s festival: Non-fiction focus
Non-fiction books we've discovered at Medway River Lit.
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Nov 23, 20245 min read
Medway River Lit's third weekend - some highlights
Medway River Lit's third weekend began on Friday 15 November with a takeover by Big Trouble at our regular Poetry Republic event.
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Nov 18, 20243 min read
Meet the poets of the future - the Medway Youth Laureates!
We were delighted to host an award ceremony as part of Medway River Lit for the inaugural Medway Youth Laureate scheme. The poets were...
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Nov 18, 20242 min read
Medway River Lit's second week - some highlights
Medway River Lit's second week began on Wednesday 6 November at Rochester LIbrary, with a sobering talk from climate scientist Bill...
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Nov 11, 20243 min read
Coming up at Medway River Lit's Second Weekend
Coming up at Medway River Lit's second weekend.
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Nov 7, 20242 min read
Medway River Lit's first weekend - some highlights
A summary of events on the first weekend of Medway River Lit.
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Nov 6, 20242 min read
We'd like to say a special River Lit thank you to our programme advertisers!
We'd like to say an extra special thank you to our programme advertisers.
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Nov 1, 20242 min read
Recycled and recyclable promotional materials
About the search for recycled printing.
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Oct 21, 20244 min read
Skai Campbell introduces his zines and comic workshop taking place as part of Medway River Lit
Skai Campbell is running a comics and zine workshop as part of Medway River Lit.
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Oct 11, 20242 min read
Friday Night Poetry: at the new republic of poetry in Chatham
Festival co-director, Barry Fentiman Hall introduces our Friday night poetry strand - Poetry Republic.
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Sep 30, 20245 min read
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