Medway River Lit

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

Coming up at Medway River Lit's second weekend.

A summary of events on the first weekend of Medway River Lit.

We'd like to say an extra special thank you to our programme advertisers.

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

Our first Medway Youth Laureates' winning poems.

About the search for recycled printing.

Skai Campbell is running a comics and zine workshop as part of Medway River Lit.

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

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.