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Medway River Lit
"I thought Medway River Lit Festival thoughtful, thought-provoking, kindly in spirit and invaluable for the region." Sir Ben Okri
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Jan 132 min read
Rippling Out - words, crafts and performances!
Details of Medway River Lit's exciting new project - Rippling Out.
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Dec 9, 20247 min read
Medway River Lit 2024: A Celebration of Stories, Culture, and Community
Summary of Medway River Lit 2024.
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Dec 2, 20243 min read
In brief - books our authors have talked about - Young Adult and Children's books in focus
Our guide to the books for Young Adults and Children that our authors have talked about.
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Nov 28, 20246 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 26, 202411 min read
In brief - our guide to the books that authors have talked about at this year's festival: fiction in focus
A summary of the fiction books we've discovered this festival.
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Nov 25, 20243 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 23, 20245 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 18, 20243 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, 20242 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 11, 20243 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 7, 20242 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 6, 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 1, 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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Oct 30, 20241 min read
Congratulations to our shortlisted Rosemary McLeish Prize poets
Shortlisted poems for The Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize, which will be awarded on Sunday 10 November.
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Oct 24, 20244 min read
Congratulations to our first Medway Youth Laureates!
Our first Medway Youth Laureates' winning poems.
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Oct 21, 20244 min read
Recycled and recyclable promotional materials
About the search for recycled printing.
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Oct 11, 20242 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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Sep 30, 20245 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 23, 20243 min read
Writing through grief - Melissa Todd explains how 'Americaned' became a different book from the one she had planned
Melissa Todd, referred to by a reader as 'the thinking person's dominatrix', shares her experience of writing through grief.
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Sep 16, 20244 min read
Helping indie book authors get audiences
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
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