Category: News
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Medway Women’s History Month: Lissa Evans In Conversation
Our final event for this year is with author Lissa Evans. Lissa has written seven novels, including Their Finest Hour and a Half (filmed as Their Finest) and the trilogy comprising Crooked Heart, the best-selling Old Baggage, and V for Victory. Her recent book, Small Bomb at Dimperley, is set…
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Medway Women’s History Month – Kent and Medway Women in Business Panel and Networking
Has the glass ceiling been well and truly smashed? Or is it still just tantalisingly cracked? Ticket price includes tea and coffee. Join a mash up of Kent Women in Business and Mid Kent Ladies Who Latte on Saturday 28th March for a fascinating discussion on the glass ceiling, as…
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Medway Women’s History Month – The Commodification of Women’s Bodies
A fearless and necessary conversation about one of the most urgent human rights issues of our time – the harms done to women via pornography, surrogacy and prostitution. Saturday 28th February, 2pm. Tickets available here and include tea and coffee. Pornography, prostitution and surrogacy are often presented as empowering choices.…
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Medway Women’s History Month – The Launch
The opening event on 28th February features three very different but equally inspiring women. Come along and be galvanised into action by ANN WEST MBE JP DL, former Chair of the North Kent Magistrates Bench, Kent Ambassador, a Chatham Historic Dockyard Ambassador and, as a Patron and Trustee of a number of local…
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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. We’ve four perfectly crafted events with inspiring women for you to enjoy. The opening event on 28th February features three very different but equally inspiring women. Come along and…
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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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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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March is Medway Women’s History Month
Saturdays in March 2025 are going to be busy, so block out your diaries now. We’re working in partnership with Medway Adult Education, Rochester, Salvation Army, Strood and the Net Community Hub to celebrate Medway Women’s History Month. Here’s our programme for the month: March 1st: Launch Event at Rochester…
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A Mini Murderous Medway
March 2025 is going to be busy, so brace yourselves! We’re holding a series of events to mark Women’s History Month, and one of them is a Murderous Medway Production. ‘Her Majesty The Queen Investigates’ author S J Bennett: In Conversation will take place at the Salvation Army Hall in…
Rochester Literature Festival 