Rochester Literature Festival

  • Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #19

    The moon was full in the sky tonight A fox screeched, an eerie call. Alarm or fright Joseph shifted his position, someone was piercing their eyes through him, making him … Pushing a finger through him, paper thin The blood coursed over his shoes It was beautiful, the most full…

  • Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #18

    Daniel slowed the car down. The exit was Blocked, nowhere to go, nowhere to go back Save for the hollow and the light in the black Save for the red and the curse in the light Eyes pained; lips dry with the alcoholic curse It was always the same.  And…

  • Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #17

    Lonely yet bright, quickly yet considered Brigther than anything. Brighter than the sun She took a bite from her hot cross bun Easter eggs of the rising son Glint and shine in the Eastern sun Like glass baubles on a Christmas Tree Last year we ate reindeer steaks with crushed…

  • Medway Monday: Rochester Dickens Festival

    You can view a whole gallery of Dickens Festival photos over at Going on in Medway. Got some photos to share from the weekend? Add a link to your blog here 🙂

  • The Summer Garden Party and Guerilla Poetry

    As you should be aware by now, this year’s Garden Party will be held on Sunday, July 14th, as part of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival. However, the day before, we’re looking for readers and/or writers and/or performers – or anyone with a clear, loud voice who’s happy…

  • Turn Your Experiences Into A Novel

    Originally posted on The View Outside: I came across a brilliant idea in The Daily Writer a few days ago. There’s the old saying isn’t there, write what you know. Yeah, ok, that’s boring and I don’t know much anyway. Well, actually…I’ve discovered I do! What about the 45 years…

  • Art Display at Strood Library

    The Rochester and West Kent Art Society is exhibiting at Strood Library from Monday, June 3rd to Saturday, June 29th. A number of local artists will be displaying their work, which incorporates a variety of topics and mediums. The exhibition is open from 10am to 3pm daily and you can…

  • Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #16

    Tear and its mother … black into middle eye Painful though it may be It carried on through the sky Opened by what wasn’t Zeppelins visited, their generous gifts And showered the people below with them That they were totally soaked The rain kept pouring She thought … this will…

  • Dates for your Diary: Writers’ Rendezvous & Garden Party

    With news that Eastgate House Gardens are off limit for July, due to their renovation work, we’re pleased to announce that the Garden Party will this year be held at The Good Intent pub, John Street, Rochester, on Sunday, July 14th. As the Garden Party is a part of this…

  • Call out for an MA in Doing: Collaborative Research Group

    Originally posted on Jaye Nolan:   CRATE are pleased to announce a call out for applicants for a Collaborative Research Group, an alternative education programme conceived of as an MA in Doing. Collaborative Research Group will bring together a group of 6 regional arts practitioners (artists, curators, organisers, writers, researchers…

  • The Creative Process: Words and Music

    When composers and writers collaborate, what comes first – the words or music?  To help understand this,  UCF will host a conversation between Mariam Al-Roubi, singer, songwriter and librettist for the opera Mirabai, and its composer, Barry Seaman, on Monday, June 17th at 2.30pm. How does a creative work, such…

  • Medway Monday: Potlatch Collective Poem #15

    The ice cream melted on her hand What a milky sticky mess But it tasted so good That it took away the senses Of the time it was nice That’s why at Christmas he received an orange And if just one time we do not We must try again, lest…