Rochester Literature Festival

Category: Events

  • The RLF Presents: Unfinished

    UPDATE: Unfinished is pretty much fully booked now – still some room in the Bloggers Forum! Indians snacks will be available to buy courtesy of the lovely David and Baljinder, who are very kindly manning the coFWD kitchen for us. Tea and coffee will also be available at a very reasonable…

  • Wise Words Festival – Opportunities for writers

    As the Wise Words Festival draws near, the organisers would like to invite locally based authors, artists and poets to take part.  They have several opportunities listed below but places on each are limited so do let them know as soon as possible if interested in any of them: Poets…

  • Applications open for the winter Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival

    After the success of the inaugural Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival in July, director Heather Burgess has organized a winter festival for the weekend of 8th and 9th December and is calling for artists’ applications. Over 70 artists took part in July and many are opening their doors again,…

  • Letters Home Launch and Exhibition

    ME4 Writers Letters Home exhibition will be at Rochester library from November 3rd and likely be there for at least a month. It will comprise all letters and artwork submitted, and a photographic exhibition on the theme of home. A smaller, satellite exhibition will be at Walderslade Library between 10th…

  • Treasure or Trash? Artistic freedom and quality control in a digital age – Free conference

    UCF Folkestone present an exciting and thought-provoking conference on Thurs Sept 20, 10am-3.30pm entitled: “Treasure or trash? Artistic freedom and quality control in a digital age.” The Key speaker is Chris Meade, writer and Director of if:book UK, and other speakers include: Matt Wright (composer, sound artist, Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christchurch University), Shane…

  • Rochester Writers’ Retreats

    There are three more dates for Rochester Writing Retreats on 9th September, 14th October and 18th November from 10-4pm at coFWD at 161 Rochester High Street. These events will be running on a ‘magic hat’ basis, meaning that you pay what you think the day was worth when you leave. There will…

  • Autumn Writers’ Rendezvous

    We’ll be gathering for our usual informal mix of literary gossip, networking, creative collaborations and sensible drinking on THURSDAY 13th SEPTEMBER.  As usual, this will be at the Two Brewers pub in Rochester High Street, from about 7.30pm until we’re thrown out.  Bring writing and ideas to share if you like,…

  • 2 Days Later Short Film Competition

    ONLY  6 WEEKS TO GET YOUR HORROR FILMS IN! 2 Days Later, Kent’s biggest Short Film Competition, returns for the tenth year with another challenge of Horror short filmmaking, just bursting with provocative interpretations of the genre, as the centre piece of Margate’s first ever Halloween Horror Weekend event. The annual…

  • Open submissions for Art of Recovery exhibition

    The Art of Recovery exhibition, now in its third year, will be taking place at the Nucleus Arts Centre in Chatham, from 5th to 18th October 2012.  The show is timed to coincide with World Mental Health Day, which is on 10th October.   We are now inviting submissions of visual art – ranging…

  • A ‘Radiance’ in Rochester and Canterbury

    Bethany W. Pope and Cultured Llama Press will be launching her debut poetry collection, A Radiance, in Kent on the weekend of 8 – 9 September. Bethany will be at The Good Intent pub, John St, Rochester on 8 September at 7.30 pm, with guest poets Philip Kane and Cultured Llama publisher…

  • The Girl With No Heart

    A beautiful tale to capture audience hearts is coming to Medway between 5th – 8th July. Critically acclaimed Sparkle and Dark’s Travelling Players are delighted to present the première of their new show The Girl with no Heart, playing at The Brook Theatre, Chatham, where they are a resident company.…

  • Kentish maids all in a row…

    She Writes is 17Percent’s Whitstable-based, popular showcase of new playwriting by women. For Lounge on the Farm they are happy to present a selection of new short plays by Kentish women writers, entitled ‘Maid in Kent’ on Friday, 6th July. The show at Lounge on the Farm will feature five…