2023 Short Story Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Short Story Competition this year. Congratulations…
2023 Open Poetry Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Open Poetry Competition this year. Congratulations…
2023 Prize Winners Announced
In 2023 our winning entrants walked away with a magnificent £4825 between them. Perhaps even more importantly they were rewarded…
The numbers say it all
As a Festival of Literature our chief passion, obviously, is for words! But there are occasions when figures speak louder…
Enjoy a prize Festival
Tania Branigan has now been shortlisted for two of the most prestigious prizes in the business: the Baillie Gifford Prize…
Caught out by the former Governor of Hong Kong!
When the speakers were announced a few months ago the Festival seemed a long way off. Even when tickets went…
Watch this space
The programme is confirmed and made public; the brochure has appeared and can be picked up almost anywhere; ticket sales have…
First off the mark!
The 2023 Festival starts on 27 October but on 4 July guests in a packed Cedars Hall enjoyed a foretaste…
Mariella to launch our 2023 Festival
Somerset resident and one of the UK’s most recognised cultural critics, Mariella Frostrup is the natural choice to launch our…
2023 Open Poetry Competition
First Prize £1000! Second and third prizes – £500 and £250 respectively. Plus £100 for a local poet. To be…