@mklitfest.bsky.social
A fabulous festival of books, writers, words and ideas! In-person, online and in the community year round, and also on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, YouTube and Spotify.
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jonesβ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more:https://www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@russincheshire.bsky.social
#theweekintory
Sigrid Nunez, one of the USAβs most esteemed authors, talks to Open University novelist Emma Claire Sweeney about the letters of Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag
mklitfest.org/sigridnunez
#openuniversity
#creativewriting
#lettersandliterature
Delighted to have been able to support such a wonderful venture - congratulations to @clareshawpoet.bsky.social on the launch and to all the poets for such a tremendous event!
04.10.2025 15:45 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0In collaboration with @mklitfest.bsky.social in August we held an online masterclass β Digging in the Dirt: adventures in ecopoetry with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social , @betarish.bsky.social , @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/the-magic-of... 1 /3
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Karen McCarthy Woolf talks to Open University poet Jane Yeh about her experimental verse novel Top Doll (Dialogue, 2024)
Online event, 7 November: free
www.mklitfest.org/karenmccarth...
@karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social
@janeyeh3.bsky.social
#openuniversity
#creativewriting
#lettersandliterature
MK Indie Book Fair is back on 25 October with more authors and small presses than before. Meet your favourite new writers, hear them read, and buy loads of wonderful books.
www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025
#miltonkeynes
#indieauthors
#selfpublishing
#smallpress
#centremk
To celebrate #NationalPoetryDay here are the 14-19yr and 20+ winning poems from our 2025 #MinK Writing Competition.
Entries for 2026 are already open, and all our previous prizewinner anthologies are also available: details at www.mklitfest.org/mink2026
In this 90-minute masterclass with writer and technologist Babak Fakhamzadeh, weβll explore non-fiction writing techniques to make locations come alive on the page.
www.mklitfest.org/writingplace
#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#nonfiction
#writingmasterclass
@babakfakhamzadeh.com
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jonesβ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more:https://www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@russincheshire.bsky.social
#endofanerror
The award-winning @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social talks to #openuniversity poet @janeyeh3.bsky.social about her experimental verse novel, Top Doll (Dialogue, 2024). Online and free: 7 November at 6pm
www.mklitfest.org/karenmccarth...
#poetry #lettersandliterature #creativewriting
A great new Open Mic event for #nationalpoetryday in #miltonkeynes - details in the link below
www.eventbrite.com/e/say-it-lou...
Sigrid Nunez, one of the USAβs most esteemed authors, talks to Open University novelist Emma Claire Sweeney about the letters of Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag.
www.mklitfest.org/sigridnunez
#openuniversity
#creativewriting
#lettersandliterature
MK Indie Book Fair is back on 25 October with more authors and small presses than before. Meet your favourite new writers, hear them read, and buy loads of wonderful books.
www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025
#miltonkeynes
#indieauthors
#selfpublishing
#smallpress
#centremk
In this 90-minute masterclass with writer and technologist Babak Fakhamzadeh, weβll explore non-fiction writing techniques to make locations come alive on the page.
www.mklitfest.org/writingplace
#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#nonfiction
#writingmasterclass
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jonesβ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more: www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror
@bylinetimes.bsky.socialΒ
@russincheshire.bsky.socialΒ
#endofanerror
Join Say It Louder MK for their first Open Mic Night on #nationalpoetryday (2 Oct). Bring your own spoken word to share or sit back and enjoy the show!
7-9pm, YMCA Conferencing Facilities, CMK.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/say-it-lou... #poetry #MiltonKeynes #spokenword
A wonderful story - wit, compassion, characterisation and eminently relatable dialogue all deployed with subtle skill.
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Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees'
www.mklitfest.org/mink2026
#creativewriting
#poetry
#shortstories
#flashfiction
#creativenonfiction
#writingcompetition
21.09.2025 14:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks to @TheParksTrust for organising such a fab #heritageopendays event yesterday, and to our brilliant #Mink writers: Steph Lay, Jerard Bretts, Stella Girvin, Isobel Richards, Sharon Clark, Naia Makwana (and, in absentia, Sarah Davies & Graham R Sherwood). #miltonkeynes
21.09.2025 14:54 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
In this 90-minute masterclass with writer and technologist Babak Fakhamzadeh, weβll explore non-fiction writing techniques to make locations come alive on the page.
www.mklitfest.org/writingplace
#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#non-fiction
#writingmasterclass
#BabakFakhamzadeh
TODAY!!! Join us for two unique events in the Talks Tent at The Parks Trust's Great Linford Heritage Celebration with wonderfu llocal writers
www.mklitfest.org/litfestatlin...
#creativewriting #miltonkeynes #mink
@theparkstrust.bsky.social
MK Indie Book Fair is back on 25 October with more authors and small presses than before. Meet your favourite new writers, hear them read, and buy loads of wonderful books.
www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025
#miltonkeynes #indieauthors #selfpublishing #smallpress #centremk
Join us for two unique events at The Parks Trust's Great Linford Heritage Celebration: a talk from a new community project mapping peopleβs stories of Milton Keynes.
www.mklitfest.org/litfestatlin...
#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#mink
@theparkstrust.bsky.social
Full house tonght for our event with Professor David Wilson at @WaterstonesMK
17.09.2025 18:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jonesβ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus.
Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more: mklitfest.org/endofanerror
@bylinetimes.bsky.social @russincheshire.bsky.social #endofanerror
MK Indie Book Fair 2025 will take place on 25 October: to register to take part, complete our online registration form by 19 September!
www.mklitfest.org/ibf2
#selfpublishing
#IndieAuthor
#indiepress
#SmallPress
#smallpresspublishing
Join us for two unique events at The Parks Trust's Great Linford Heritage Celebration: a talk from a new community project mapping peopleβs stories of Milton Keynes.
www.mklitfest.org/litfestatlin...
#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#mink
@theparkstrust.bsky.social
MK Indie Book Fair 2025 will take place on 25 October: to register to take part, complete our online registration form by 19 September!
www.mklitfest.org/ibf2
#selfpublishing
#IndieAuthor
#indiepress
#SmallPress
#smallpresspublishing
Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees'
www.mklitfest.org/mink2026
#creativewriting
#poetry
#shortstories
#flashfiction
#creativenonfiction
#writingcompetition
