Medway River Lit

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!

Summary of Medway River Lit 2024.

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

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

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

Extra events after the main festival week.

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...

Add your words to our open text exhibition.

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