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Big Read 2023 – Competition Winner
This year, as part of Litfest 2023, Lancaster and District schools were encouraged to take part in the Big Read, the festival’s campaign to promote the pleasure of reading. Young readers who signed up and submitted a review of their book
Litfest International Fiction Book Club Updates
We are delighted to announce that from May 2023, Litfest's International Fiction Book Club will discuss a modern classic every other month. The first three are: 15 May 2023 The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson (translated from Swedish by Thomas Teal, Sort
Litfest 2023 — We’re Back!
We're back! Running 17-26 March packed with fiction, poetry, storytelling, history & chances to get involved! In light of the cost-of-living crisis, we have decided to make all events in Litfest 2023 free to access, in-person or online. We don’t take
Litfest Atlantic Slave Trade Reading List – Lancaster Black History Group
After partnering with us on two excellent events during Litfest 2022, Lancaster Black History group have very kindly provided a reading list of titles concerning the Atlantic Slave Trade and its effects. You can find the list here. Most books are
Event Update: Hannah Hodgson and Martina Evans
We apologise for having to do this so close to the event but we regret to announce that we have to postpone our Poetry Day event: Poetry Day Double Bill 1 - Hannah Hodgson & Martina Evans due to unforeseen circumstances.
Litfest Wildlife Photography Competition — Winners!
Huge congratulations to our Litfest Wildlife Photography Competition winners! The images submitted showed how lucky we are to live in such an amazing place with such natural diversity. Our judges had the very difficult job of picking out their winners, but
Nature Writing Book List — Your Suggestions
On Saturday 12 March we were joined by Anita Sethi, author of the natural memoir I Belong Here, for a brilliant event reflecting on nature, place and identity. As part of the event we asked our online attendees to recommend their
EVENT UPDATE: Rachel Holmes (Tuesday 8th March)
Litfest very much regrets that, due to Covid, Rachel Holmes will be unable to come to Lancaster to speak in person on International Women’s Day 8 March. Naturally we are very sad to not be welcoming Rachel in person, and we wish
Calling all poets!
At Litfest, we really value our connection with aspiring writers across the region (and beyond). In particular, we encourage young writers to get involved with our events, projects and competitions year-round. As part of Litfest 2022, we are running a project called This
Litfest Reading Lists: Short Novels and Novellas
On 12 November 2021 we welcomed Sarah Hall to an 'In Conversation' event about her recently launched short novel, Burntcoat. If you missed the event, you can watch it on our Youtube channel here. At the event, we asked Sarah to name
