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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

Photo: Richard Thwaites   Litfest is delighted to announce a new date for the livestreamed event 'Sarah Hall - In Conversation', which was originally due to take place on Friday 8th October and was postponed after Sarah unfortunately tested positive

LANCASTER INTERNATIONAL FICTION LECTURE  12 October 2021 ‘Fiction as the News’ Juan Gabriel Vásquez Photo: Daniel Mordzinski   On Tuesday 13th October, we were thrilled to be joined by eminent Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez, for our first-ever Lancaster International

WOW! Look at what we just did - create a Poetry Mosaic of 100 original poems from writers across the Northwest! We received more than 250 fantastic, newly-penned poems from adults and Lancaster and District school students on the subject of

Today by Peter Haywood Enjoy today while it shall last For soon its joys will all be past.Don’t reach a future time and sayIf only I had lived that day.Today’s time for new beginningsTime to forget much older sinning.So use each hour

The Illusion of Choice by Maria Bertolone Do I have a choice in the matter?I ask myself as I scurry aboutAs mad as a hatter.Oh here’s missus so and soComing out for a natter.Her name escapes me,As I don’t seem to have,Any

Litfest are delighted to announce our 2021 Autumn Weekend - 7th-12th October! Join us for 6 days of fantastic events featuring both local and international award-winning writers. After taking Litfest 2021 online in March, we found that a number of our local

*UPDATE - applications for this role have now closed* Litfest are seeking an Office Manager for 7 hours per week (flexible working preferably across 2 days).  This maternity cover role is varied, flexible and an excellent chance to become involved in Lancaster’s