Medway River Lit

Melissa Todd, referred to by a reader as 'the thinking person's dominatrix', shares her experience of writing through grief.

Steven William Hannah, Curator at Your Paper Quest, gives us an insight into why he and Ryan set up their indie book box subscription servic

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

Wordsmithery are very proud to announce some of the confirmed writers and performers for the Medway River Lit programme 2024.

Adapting Classic Literature: How Aimee Riddell Brings 'The Portrait of Dorian Gray' to Today's Audience

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.

We are excited to say that our first podcast for The River Is Lit podcast series is now available on Youtube and Soundcloud.

April Doyle, whose debut novel Hive, imagines a near future where there are not enough bees.

Today, we're excited to start sharing some of the people coming to Medway River Lit! 1st up Caitlin Davies, author of 'Private Inquiries'.

Tips on how to write a prize-winning poem for the Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize.

We asked our artist Karen Scudder to tell us about the design process.

If you've looked out of the window over the past few years, or watched any television news report, you won't have failed to notice that...

Extra events after the main festival week.

Photos from Wednesday 7 June to Sunday 11 June 2023. (And these are just a few! Check out our social media to see reels from each day.)

We have too many amazing photos from the first Medway River Lit but here are a selection of highlights from the first five days of the...

“Nothing is unwritable”, says Caroline Bird, patron of Medway River Lit, the literary festival which took place last month. “Write it....

Here are just some of the comments we received about the festival! “Thank you so much, this was wonderful. Please don’t leave it another...

"The breadth of different events really was something for everyone and you pulled off some amazing coups with the quality of acts you...

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