Guernsey Literary Festival

I swam; it was wild. 10 degrees & blowing a hoolie couldn’t stop me & some hardy children’s authors from the fabulous @GuernseyLitFest taking to the sea this morning! 🌊🥶
Thank you SO MUCH for the coffee & flapjacks on the beach after!! ☕️😁

This afternoon, the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social held a sold out event with Adam Frost at St Pierre Park.
Adam is an RHS Ambassador and author of 5 books. His most recent book, For the Love of Plants.
This event was chaired by Holly Farrell and kindly sponsored by St Pierre Park Hotel.

This morning, the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social hosted Parmy Olson at the OGH to discuss her book, Supremacy - AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World.

This event was sponsored by Butterfield.

#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival

The winners of the very successful 2025 @guernseylitfest.bsky.social Poetry Competition read their poems at a special presentation event at the Guille-Allès Library this evening judged by Imtiaz Darker.
Sponsored by @specsaversuk.bsky.social Supported by @guernseyarts.bsky.social

So glad to have you with us Kit ❤️📚

Scene of a wide bay with pale blue sky and deeper blue sea, small white houses in the foreground

Here at the wonderful @guernseylitfest.bsky.social, lovely people, beautiful setting and such peace.

There was a record of more than 1500 entries from 28 schools in the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social 2025 Write Stuff competition.

READ THE WINNING STORIES HERE ➡️ read.writestuff.gg/winners/2025

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Chaired by Toby Litching & supported by The TSL this morning the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social hosted journalist and author John Sweeney to discuss his latest book ‘Murder in the Gulag,’ an explosive account of how Putin poisoned Alexei Navaly.

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Thank you for coming Clare! Your talk was fantastic 📚

Wonderful audience at the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social, to hear me talk about the defiant, determined, damned brilliant #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo this eve! Thank you to the organisers, volunteers & everyone who came along!

Looking forward to this event with @roxannemusic.bsky.social at @guernseylitfest.bsky.social

We are looking forward to hearing from @mikebernerslee.bsky.social about his new book, A Climate of Truth, at this year's festival.

Join us on Thursday 1st May at St James to discuss how honesty and truth can help combat the climate crisis: guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/a-cli...

Julian Fisher - Think Like A Spy | Thursday 1st May at Les Cotils.

In this discussion, Fisher will walk us through the skills you need to enhance and achieve personal and professional goals from his book Think Like a Spy.

Book here: guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/think...

Sir Andrew Likierman - Judgement at Work | Wednesday 30th April at Les Cotils.

In this talk, Likierman, former dean of London Business School and director of the Bank of England, explains how to improve your judgement and make better decisions.

Book at: guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/judge...

Business Breakfast with Parmy Olson (Sold Out!) | Friday 2nd May at the Old Government House Hotel.

@parmy.bsky.social will be talking on her latest book Supremacy - AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World. We can't wait to hear about this fascinating topic!

From hot topics like AI to developing key skills, this year’s business programme offers unique opportunities for learning.

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Gregory Stevens Cox - St Peter Port 1204-1940 (Sold Out!) | Wednesday 30th April at Guille Alles Library.

The local author traces the history of Guernsey’s main town and how it evolved for nearly a millennium.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/st-pe...

Paul Le Messurier - Founder of Sandhurst (Sold Out!)| Saturday 26th April at Guille Alles Library.

Join us as we explore the remarkable life and achievements of Guernsey’s own John Gaspard Le Marchant.

Guernsey Deportees (Sold Out!)| Saturday 26th April at Guille Alles Library.

Jill Chubb shares her experience of Biberach 80 years ago and in a special new podcast series with her grandson, former BBC Guernsey presenter Ollie Guillou.

Liberated Guernsey Past & Present (Sold Out!) | Friday 2nd May at Les Cotils.

This is Marco Tersigni and Simon Hamon’s third book comparing historic photos of Guernsey with their modern-day equivalents.

Amy Jeffs - Saints | Sunday 3th May at Guille Alles Library.

Best-selling author Amy Jeffs talks about her book Saints - Medieval Legends of Heroes, Humans and Magic.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/saint...

@claremulley.bsky.social - Agent Zo | Saturday 3rd May - Les Cotils.

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, Agent Zo reveals the untold story of fearless WWII resistance fighter Elżbieta Zawacka.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/agent...

This year’s history line up uncovers hidden WW2 history, dives into mythology and marks our 80th anniversary of Liberation in Guernsey.

Local Voices

@kelvinwhelan.bsky.social's book Last Man Hanging centres on John Charles Tapner, the last man to be hanged in Guernsey; and Theresa Le Flem’s latest novel Freedom on the Morning Tide includes the liberation of Guernsey from Occupation.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/local...

@scribblerjb.bsky.social - The Book of Lost Children

Local author Jenny O’Brien delves into the gripping history of Guernsey during WWII in her latest novel, The Book of Lost Children.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/the-b...

Crime Panel with Clare MacIntosh & @asiamackay.bsky.social

Together, Clare and Asia will explore the art of crime writing: creating compelling characters, plotting twists and keeping readers hooked until the final page.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/crime...

@tomgaisfordwriter.bsky.social - Sanctuary

What possesses someone to claim asylum in his own country? Twisty thriller meets witty love story in Tom Gaisford’s ambitious and searching debut novel.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/sanct...

@kitdewaal.bsky.social - The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything is a novel about what it means to care; to learn to live in the aftermath of loss, and the love that can steal into our lives - in spite of the best-laid plans.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/the-b...

@hotpatooties.bsky.social - Honeybee

For best friends Renée and Flo, adulthood isn’t the party they expected. Reunited in Guernsey, having grown up together on the island, they must uncover the secret to living their best lives.

guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/honey...

This year’s Fiction programme will cover everything from contemporary and crime, to literary and historical fiction.

Our speakers will be discussing their latest work, careers and how they craft their stories.