Lancaster LitFest has launched An Elastic Sky, an expansive free eBook anthology from Flax Books featuring poems that orbit moon, kitchen tables, oceans, attics and football pitches. Throughout, they show […]
New Chief Executive for Storey Centre
Well-known North-West businessman and consultant to small and medium creative enterprises Tom Clark has been appointed as the new Chief Executive at the Storey Creative Industries Centre. For the past […]
Cumbrian-inspired poetry at the Storey, courtesy of LitFest
Lancaster Litfest is offering poetry lovers the chance to explore the natural landscapes of Cumbria and Scotland through verse next week, in readings by two poets inspired by their environment. […]
Author Scarlett Thomas presents new novel at Lancaster LitFest
Lancaster LitFest has added an extra event to its Spring season, with novelist Scarlett Thomas, who teaches creative writing at the University of Kent, booked for a special reading in […]
Top Author Faber joins Fall Celebration at litfest
Lancaster litfest has just announced that best-selling novelist and short story writer Michel Faber will be giving a rare reading at litfest, joining Niall Griffiths, Dave Simpson and Peter Wild […]
All Ghouled Up for LitFest!
Above: The Litfest team pose in costumes from Lancaster’s After Dark costume hire. Photo: Jonathan Bean. There’ll be ghouls, monsters and mafiosi at litfest this year – watch out! Lancaster’s […]
LitFest 10 Day Line-Up Announced
Lancaster’s Literature Festival is back next month with a wide range of authors to tempt book lovers over its extended ten-day run. There are dozens of great writers to tempt […]

