Get Involved!

There are lots of different ways to get involved in Litfest 2025 — workshops, co-creation, reading challenges and much more!

Poetry and Reading

The Litfest Big Read
Sign up for the challenge

‘The World into Words’ Poetry Map
Submit a poem

Wordarium Open Mic
Sign up to read

Workshops

Nature Writing
Workshop
with Amy-Jane Beer
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Queer
Storytelling
with Queer By Gum
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Unmoored Tales:
Three Workshops
with Lancaster Lore
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Mixtape Project
with imitating the dog (ages 14-18)
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Writers in Residence

There are four writers in residence at Litfest 2024 — poet Malika Booker, philosopher Julian Baggini, children’s author Katherine Woodfine, and naturalist Amy-Jane Beer.

Our writers in residence will be holding various drop-in sessions and activities throughout the festival — check pages 12-13 of the festival programme for more information about these.