Category: Rochester Literature Festival
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Four powerhouse events. Two inspiring Saturdays. One unstoppable celebration of women.
This March, we’re proud to return with Medway Women’s History Month 2026, a bold, brilliant and unapologetically powerful celebration of women’s voices, stories and achievements. Across two inspiring Saturdays, 28 February and 28 March, we bring together trailblazers, creatives, campaigners, business leaders and storytellers for four extraordinary events designed to…
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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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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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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…
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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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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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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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Challenging Stereotypes – Jobs for the Girls and A Sporting Chance
Celebrating both International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month on Saturday, March 8th, with two panels of awesome women who’ve already smashed those glass ceilings. After each panel, there will be a market place so that girls can approach the panelists to ask those burning, in depth questions they’ll be…
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Medway Women’s History Month 2025 – Launch Event
The first of the month-long series of events is our official launch in Room 11, Rochester Adult Education Centre, Eastgate, on Saturday, 1st March 2025. We have inspiring speeches and a performance from the Brompton and Invicta Military Wives Choir, with a chance to meet the team behind Medway Women’s…
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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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