Category: Events
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Carol Donaldson
The lovely ‘Nature Girl’ Carol Donaldson will be joining us at Sun Pier House on Sunday, October 11, for a workshop with a difference.
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Michael Nath
Our final speaker on Sunday, October 11 is the charismatic and funny Michael Nath.
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Maggie Harris
The lovely Maggie will be joining us on Sunday afternoon (11/10) to share some of her evocative and fascinating stories and poems.
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Live’n’Local Keynote Speaker: Sir Robert Worcester, KBE, DL
Our keynote speaker for this year’s festival is Sir Robert Worcester, Chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee and founder of MORI (Market & Opinion Research International).
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Toni Mount
We’re pleased to announce that the opening speaker of our history themed day in Rochester is the prolific medieval specialist, Toni Mount.
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Akala and the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company at Fuse Festival
Join Akala and THSC (The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company) for the dynamic and interactive Hip-Hop Shakespeare Lyric Writing and Performance Workshops that inspire you to approach literature, music and theatre in a whole new way. Work with the founder of THSC to build self-confidence, take creative risks, analyze rhythm and rhyme…
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Truda Thurai
Continuing our history themed first day at the 2015 festival, we’re delighted to welcome Truda Thurai back to Rochester.
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Rachael Hale
The first day of our 2015 festival, Live’n’Local, will start by going back in time!
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Developing your voice: Next steps in Creative Writing
A new creative writing course is beginning at Rochester Library in June. Developing your voice: Next steps in Creative Writing is organised by University of Kent and will be led by Dorothy Lehane, author of Ephemeris (Nine Arches Press, 2014) and Places of Articulation (dancing girl press, 2014).
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2015 Festival: Live’n’Local
We’re very happy to confirm that this year’s festival – ‘Live’n’Local’– will take place on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October.
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RLF Brainstorming session
As you may have seen, the festival this year will take place over the weekend 10/11 October. We will be based at the Guildhall Museum and in various cafes on the Saturday, while the Sunday will all take place at Sun Pier House.
Rochester Literature Festival 