Rochester Literature Festival

  • Rochester Writers Retreat

    ME4 Writers are organising a one day writers retreat for the 18th March, between 10am – 4pm at coFWD, the coworking space at 161 High Street. It will be a trial event and will run on a ‘magic hat’ basis, meaning that you pay what you think the day was…

  • YouTube: Your Film Festival

    YouTube has launched a film festival on line, taking place between 2nd February and 31st March. Ridley and Tony Scott’s production company company, Scott Free Productions, will select 50 finalists from the submissions and ten will make it through to a screening at the Venice Film Festival, where the overall…

  • Heroes and Villains: Poetry Workshop for World Poetry Day

    From Greek Myths to fairytales, football to politics, TV to comic books: who are the heroes, who are the villains? An inspiring creative writing workshop for new and established poets led by Maria C. McCarthy, author of Strange Fruits, on Saturday 24th March from 10am to 12.30pm at Strood Library.…

  • A Write Good Read!

    A new website has appeared for aspiring writers to showcase their work. Write Good Read should be going live soon, allowing writers to upload their stories to the site and have them judged by fellow writers and readers. Monthly winners will be put forward for publication. I’ve no idea who’s…

  • Wigmore Arts Weekend

    St.Matthew’s Church in Wigmore, Rainham, are hosting an Arts Weekend on the 30th June/1st July and are looking for (preferably) local groups and individuals with an interest in ANY arts subject –  visual, graphic, dance, music, craft and so on, who would like the opportunity to publicise and show their skills…

  • Medway Festival of Music, Speech and Drama

    Entry to the 2012 Medway Festival of Music, Speech and Drama is open, with the deadline set at January 31st, 2012. Founded in 1975, the festival runs for a full day and is open to all amateur performers from Medway and further afield, with classes to suit all ages and…

  • Creative Medway

    The lovely Sarah Jenkin, Community Librarian for Medway Libraries, has created a webpage, Creative Medway, which brings together all the creative networks in the area. Sarah is encouraging the various groups locally to connect and has put together a listing of all the magazines and networks she can find. Please share…

  • 2 Days Laughter Short Film Competition 2012: Comic Genius Required!

    The comedy equivalent of the 2 Days Later competition, the 2 Days Laughter brief has been released! Once again, Beeping Bush Productions are bringing the sound of laughter back to the British seaside with the 2 Days Laughter Short Film Competition. The organisers are inviting filmmakers, comedians and writers to…

  • Medway Adult Education Journalism Course

    With university fees putting off a lot of people who may have thought of taking a course, Medway Adult Education has put together an ‘Introduction to Journalism’ programme, running for 10 weeks from February 22nd next year. That’s a Wednesday evening, 7pm – 9pm at Rochester’s Eastgate Centre. It’s aimed…

  • Winter Writers’ Rendezvous

    The next Writers’ Rendezvous, organised by local author, Philip Kane, will take place at the Two Brewers in Rochester High Street next Thursday evening, 8th December, from 7.30pm. Please feel free to bring along any writing to share with us, or just come along for a good ol’ natter 🙂…

  • Two Days Later Short Horror Film Competition “the best and scariest crop ever!”

    The Two Days Later Short Horror Film Competition marked its 9th anniversary with this year’s shortlisted finalists evening screening at the The Theatre Royal, Margate on Saturday 29th October. “From the shadows around the Theatre Royal Margate, on a particularly dark and forbidding Saturday night, a ghostly hoard of vampires, witches and…

  • Auditions for Charles Dickens: Hero or Zero?

    Rochester Cathedral’s Dickens bicentenary programme is now taking shape and the latest project is about to go live!! Charles Dickens – Hero or Zero? is a new play by Alis Hawkins, commissioned by the Cathedral with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund . It transports Dickens – quite literally –…