Lancaster LitFest 2017 celebrates its 38th year throughout March with a fabulously varied programme of events celebrating writers and writing – and you can download the programme here. The first […]
Spotlight Club Celebrates 20th Anniversary Tonight – And Renewed Arts Council Funding
Steeve the Poet at Spotlight back in 2008. Photo: John Freeman It’s Open Mic night at tonight’s 20th Anniversary Spotlight Club at The Storey, which has just received the great […]
Lancaster’s Spotlight writers group Arts Council funding axed
Flashback: James Wood on stage at a Spotlight event at the Yorkshire House in March 2005 The team behind Lancaster’s popular writing and performance group, Spotlight, have been left reeling […]
Literary creatives spread the word at Litfest 2014 this week
Thursday’s session ‘The Book of Gaza’ features the work of Nayrouz Qarmout and Mona Abu Sharekh Litfest 2014 is almost upon us – it runs from this Thursday 16th until […]
Let me tell you a Castle Park story…
Castle Park Stories, a new exhbition involving over 30 local residents, uncovering two thousand years of stories from Castle to Quayside, has just opened at The Storey in Lancaster. Since […]
Lancaster Arts City preps for launch
Chameleon Company who will bring Push to Lancaster Market Square on Friday 5th October. Photo: Brian Slater Lancaster Arts City will be launched next Friday (5th October) with the first […]
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 […]
Myths to come to life at local book signing
Waterstones King Street in Lancaster is supporting local talent this week, with a signing with Gareth Thompson, Kendal-based author of picture book The Sea Swallow. The event takes place on […]
Take a poetic walk around Lancaster
Lancaster Visitor Information Centre is inviting you to take a poetic walk around Lancaster with Litfest’s Walking in Circles. Walking in Circles is a collection of three poetic walking tours […]
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 […]