Medway River Lit

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...

We are excited to celebrate Medway’s long connection with words and writing, in what will be the first Medway-wide literary festival in...

Fumio Obata (born 1975, Tokyo) is a graphic novelist who focuses on cultural differences and social issues. His style and work are...

Pauline Holmes describes herself as 'a 60 something poet and storyteller with the mind of a child and the wrinkles of someone much...

Naomi Wood is a multi-disciplinary artist, performer and writer from Hastings who works and performs across Hastings, Brighton and...

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...

The logo is handmade, using handwritten serif text rather than a font, to reflect aspects of Medway’s long connection with words and...