Category: News
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#RLF2016: Creative Writing Workshops and Writers’ Retreat
We have three very different workshops for you this year: Try your hand at screenwriting, be brave and learn about self publishing, or figure out where your story will take place with our world building session.
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Medway Libraries/Uni of Kent Creative Writing courses
Following on from taster sessions in September, Medway Libraries and the University of Kent offer beginners the opportunity to develop their writing skills.
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Rochester LitFest 2016: Written Worlds, Inspiring Places 1-9 October
Amidst the usual creative writing workshops, Cafe Crawl and author talks this year, the RLF has a wonderful day of craft activities planned for all ages.
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Creatives call out – The Turtle Moves Family Arts Trail
As part of our 2016 festival, Written Worlds, Inspiring Places, we’re running a Discworld inspired Family Arts Trail called The Turtle Moves.
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Adrift – Refugee Week
To mark Refugee Week, we’re hosting an event in partnership with the Huguenot Museum on Saturday, June 25 from 11am-2pm. Britain has a history of offering shelter to displaced peoples, whether due to war or religious persecution, be they Huguenots, Vietnamese boat people, Jewish children escaping the Nazis or Syrians…
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Call out: Performers to join us at the Dickens Festival
This year’s Garden Party is again a little different – we’re taking up residence at the Dickens Festival from 3-5 June, with activities ongoing throughout the three days to celebrate our most famous writer.
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Workshop: William Shakespeare – The Best Bits!
As part of the 400th anniversary celebrations, the LitFest is dedicating a whole two hours to the glorious Bard, William Shakespeare.
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The City of Rochester Society support for ‘The Turtle Moves’
More good news for us – the brilliant City of Rochester Society – who do so much to conserve the character and heritage of our fair city – have very generously awarded us a £500 grant towards expenses and materials for this year’s festival.
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Meet our Patron – Lisa Cutts, crime author
A fortuitous meeting in support of a book shop in Maidstone, and a conversation with a mutual friend in Medway Libraries, saw destiny strike while searching for a suitable Patron for our festival. Lisa Cutts is a new star of the crime writing genre, with her third novel, Mercy Killing…
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