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Save the dates – Medway Women’s History Month is back for 2026!
We’re back with Medway Women’s History Month and the dates you need to save are Saturday 28th February and Saturday 28th March. Headlining the first day on 28th February is the legendary record breaking yachtswoman, TRACY EDWARDS, MBE. Tracy created and skippered the first all-woman crew to sail around the world…
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The Forgotten Force: Unsung Women Who Shaped History
In a world that often forgets, there’s power in remembering. Our ‘Notable Women’ conversation was a tribute to women—brilliant, brave, and frequently erased—whose contributions shaped history but rarely make it into our textbooks. What began as a casual gathering, a conversation among curious minds, evolved into a collective call: to…
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Women Leading the Way: Comedy, Code & Creative Change
In our inspiring Creative Medway Women event, we hosted two remarkable trailblazers – Lynne Parker (left), founder of Funny Women, and Sue Davis, a pioneer in digital content and web design – who shared their unique journeys and the challenges they’ve overcome in industries still grappling with sex inequality. Breaking…
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Reflections on the first Medway Women’s History Month
We’ve had a couple of months off to catch our breath and now we can reflect on our Medway Women’s History Month Festival. Considering we had no funding or sponsorship, it was, overall, a successful start to celebrating women in Medway, both those from here and those further away. Women…
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Call for Poetry & Short Fiction Entries:Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is one of the main awards in the UK for new writing talent. It is an outlet for expression and a platform for poets and authors across the world to showcase their work through £5,000 prize money, publication and wide exposure through the Aesthetica networks. They are looking for pieces…
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Writer in Residence Opportunity
In partnership with Sittingbourne’s Steam Railway, Ideas Test is seeking a dynamic and engaging writer to become their Writer in Residence for a year-long commission celebrating the rich history and vibrant present of this beloved heritage railway. This exciting opportunity coincides with significant milestones: the 200th anniversary of the railway’s…
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The People’s Poem for Peace
Medway libraries are curating the People’s Poem for Peace. The poem is being created to commemorate VE day, which marked the end of World War 2 in Europe on 8th May 1945. They are asking the people who live, work, or study in Medway to participate in creating this poem…
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Unspeakable: Poetry Launch at the Medway Women’s History Month Finale
“In the beginning is the hearing”, Mary Daly The Rochester Literature Festival and Medway Women’s History Month team are proud to announce the long-awaited launch of Unspeakable, the poetry collaboration between Chatham born SM Jenkin, and International writer and multi-disciplinary artist Rosemary McLeish. SM Jenkin says: “This pamphlet arose from…
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Finale Day at the Net Community Hub
Last chance to celebrate Medway Women’s History Month! The first event of the day, and we’re talking to fearless females who founded their own companies which culturally enrich their communities. From 12noon-1pm, meet Medway’s Creative Women. The conversation will be chaired by our very own Festival Director Jaye Nolan, a…
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Overcoming Adversity – Medway’s female community doers
The Net Community Hub plays host to three extraordinary women, who, in spite of the difficulties they face, make the lives of Medway residents so much richer. Sue Bulpin, Sam Rapp and Kate Belmonte are in conversation on Saturday, March 22nd at the Net Community Hub from 1pm. Sue lives…
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From Suffragettes to the Political Now
Jennifer Godfrey talks to former Chatham and Aylesford MP, Dame Tracey Crouch, DBE, and current Gillingham and Rainham MP, Naushabah Khan, about the rise of female representation in parliament and what struggles they still faced in the 21st Century, drawing comparisons between them and the early female pioneers. Jennifer Godfrey…
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Author Talks in Strood for Women’s History Month
We have two amazing female authors for you to enjoy on Saturday 15th March, at the Salvation Army Hall in Strood. 2pm: In Conversation with Victoria Smith The author of ‘Hags: The demonisation of middle-aged women’, and new book, (Un)Kind, Victoria explores the many issues women deal with. Victoria is a…
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