Litfest is presenting an event with South African-born novelist, playwright, memoirist and current President of English PEN, Gillian Slovo on Thursday, who will be reading from her work. Gillian Slovo […]
Discovering witches: Litfest book launch this month
Multi-talented poet, prose-writer and literary critic Blake Morrison launches a collection of poems new and old published by Lancaster’s Litfest this month. A Discoverie of Witches contains poems that give […]
LitFest 2011 line-up announced, Jon Ronson to headline
Get ready for Litfest11 – the best ten days of the year! The Litfest programme has arrived hot off the press – and a PDF is avaialable now from the […]
Lancaster's Carol Birch on Booker Shortlist
Our heartiest congratulations to popular Lancastrian author Carol Birch, who has had her latest novel, ‘Jamrach’s Menagerie’ shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize (see full shortlist here) And the […]
Improve your Review Writing with Lancaster Litfest
How do you distinguish yourself from the groaning internet multitudes to earn yourself a devoted following who trust what you have to say? Peter Wild, editor of Bookmunch, is running […]
LitFest brings new storytelling to Lancaster
Lancaster LitFest is bringing some of the country’s most spellbinding storytellers to Litfest in a partnership with London’s Crick Crack Club. On offer is the chance of a literary trip […]
LitFest Lunchtime Classics: George Eliot
LitFest hosts another of its Lunchtime Classic talks on Friday, this time focusing on the life and work of acclaimed nineteenth century writer George Eliot. George Eliot was the pen […]
Litfest calls for support after Arts Council funding loss
Lancaster litfest director Andy Darby has issued a more detailed statement on its loss of Arts Council funding (see news story), which we publish in full below. “In October, Arts […]
litfest, Storey Gallery and folly lose Arts Council funding
Lancaster’s long-running litfest, the Storey Gallery, the digital arts organisation Folly and LUDUS Dance are among the high profile victims of cuts in funding by Arts Council England, which unveiled […]
Flax to launch new books from three authors
Flax, the publishing inprint of Lancaster LitFest, will be launching chapbooks by Dinesh Allirajah, Sarah Dobbs and Ian Seed on Friday. With live readings, good company and all the trimmings […]