Literature Festivals
King’s Lynn
KING'S LYNN
LITERATURE
FESTIVALS
The Poetry Festival
27-29 September 2013
Full site update coming soon,
but start reading up on:
CK Stead - John Fuller
Rhian Gallagher - Louis de Bernières
Michael Hulse - Carrie Etter
Caroline Gilfillan - Kit Wright
...and more to follow.
You will see writers of international repute alongside new, from all age ranges and from locations across the world. Meet the authors, hear them reading and buy their books.
These festivals have been running in an unbroken annual series since 1984.
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Praise indeed from New York-based Irish writer, Tom Phelan after his appearance at the 2012 Fiction Festival:
"Comparisons are supposed to be odious, but I can't help but compare the King's Lynn Fiction Festival to others I have attended. It's such a delight, such an encouraging stage for the writers.
And all the people associated with putting it together are so supportive of the participants. For me, such a festival is like crawling out of a lonely corner to enjoy the sunshine, to be sprinkled with nutrients."
To celebrate National Poetry Day 2012, Faber is giving away an audio download of all sixty poems from Carol Ann Duffy's anthology, Jubilee Lines. The recordings were originally commissioned for Faber's project on The Space, and were read by actors Dan Stevens, Samantha Bond, Lyndsey Marshal and Alex Lanipekun.
Includes poems from Roger McGough, Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage, David Harsent, Carol Ann Duffy and many more.
Downloading is easy: just a few clicks and they're yours to enjoy for free. Full instructions of how to download are here.
The 25th King's Lynn Fiction Festival took place in March 2013.
The full line-up of writers was: Rose Tremain (top left), Robert Edric, Michael Holroyd (bottom right), Liz Jensen (top right), Alan Judd, John Lucas, Simon Mawer, Stephen May (bottom left), D J Taylor.
Click here for a full recap of the weekend, on the "Previously" page.
A write-up of 25 years of the Fiction Festival appeared in print in the Lynn News. Read all about it here, on its website. (Group photo above, with cake: Paul Tibbs/Lynn News)
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