Alderney Literary Trust

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👏👏👏to the staff of the Blonde Hedgehog #Alderney for making our #MurderMystery dinner 'Cruising to Disaster' such a success. Delighted to have thriller writer Ruth Ware among our guests. Congratulations to Munchie Choksey for guessing the murderer!

Thank YOU, Ruth! So wonderful meeting you.

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The lovely @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social Ruth Ware (right) with Rachel Abbott at The #Alderney Literary Trust's event on the book launch of The Woman in Suite 11.

Ruth Ware @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social the international bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 will be in #Alderney to talk about her sequel, The Woman in Suite 11. Join us for a day of talks and a murder mystery dinner on Saturday 8th November. More info at www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/events

YouTube video by David Earl Alderney Literary Festival 2025

We are updating our programme for later this year. In the meantime, watch our video of the 2025 Alderney Literary Festival and our wonderful authors!
#AlderneyLitFest 2025
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Alderney Literary Festival chalks up another success This year’s sell-out Alderney Literary Festival has been hailed as the pinnacle of author-reader engagement after 10 top-selling authors mingled

Great write up of the #AlderneyLitFest 2025! A huge thanks to all our lovely guest authors for making this possible. ❤️

A poster: Do the Write Thing and protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training. # meta book thieves

If someone stole millions from others to start or improve their business, they would go to jail. End of story.

AI should not be the end of our stories.

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On way to London to protest Meta's scraping of LibGen to feed their Llama AI. Join @thesocietyofauthors 1.30 in Granary Square, King's X to add your voice!

Sign the SoA petition at change.org (or sign again if u didn't get conf email) - it's at 9k sigs now, let's get it to 10k by lunchtime!

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Well, that’s a first!
Never featured in an in-flight magazine before…

For Alderney Lit Fest 🥰
Alongside all the other marvellous writers at the Festival.

@aurigny.bsky.social @quercusbooks.bsky.social
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I've had the most marvelous weekend at @alderneylit.bsky.social #AlderneyLitFest 2025. Something magic happens when our guest authors click together and with our festival-goers. It makes all the hard work worthwhile. ❤️ To our authors! Thanks so much for coming to #Alderney.

Our closing session of this festival is a panel discussion with the fabulous @lavietidhar.bsky.social, the incredible @ellenalpsten.bsky.social and fantastic Anna Abney/Madeline Dewhurst.
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To open our final day of this fabulous festival is @florajowriter.bsky.social. Flora Johnston takes us through the lives of her characters and we explore not only the global decision making but the impact of the trauma of war on individuals and the ongoing quest for peace.
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Finding a gull’s nest in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall…
A clip from an interview for the wonderful #AlderneyLitFest, about what makes it special to talk about the #SecondWorldWar on this #ChannelIsland…

Last but not least, fantastic author today is Anna Abney explains her approach to writing historical fiction, how she researches the background to her novels and how the characters and plots grow out of that research.
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Our delightful penultimate author @ellenalpsten.bsky.social Historical Novelist Ellen Alpsten discusses the journey of history’s hidden heroines, who inspire her.

First up this afternoon is our very own Rachel Abbott in conversation with the fabulous @elenikwriter.bsky.social. They discuss Eleni’s research and writing of her novel, The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou based on the true story of the penultimate woman to be hanged in Britain.
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A huge thank you to Polygon Collective for their generous sponsorship of the #AlderneyLitFest 2025.
Your support helps us bring together brilliant authors, passionate readers, and thought-provoking conversations on our tiny Island.
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At Alderney Lit Fest, having an amazing time talking about The Fates!
Packed with enthusiastic readers & writers💜

… not to mention the beautiful island itself✨

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Working!

Our delightful penultimate author @ellenalpsten.bsky.social Historical Novelist Ellen Alpsten discusses how to write a gripping and believable historical fiction novel.
#AlderneyLitFest 2025

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Next up today is @lavietidhar.bsky.social in conversation with Tony Riches. Lavie discussed the research involved in uncovering and following multiple historical strands, from travel journals and spy memoirs to documentaries and obscure Egyptian movies
#AlderneyLitFest 2025.

Lesley Downer stands at the podium next to her presentation screen. To the left is the #AlderneyLitFest banner.

Another fabulous day here at the #AlderneyLitFest 2025. We kick off Day 2 with the fabulous Lesley Downer who will talk briefly about the issues and challenges of dealing with history in these different ways, focussing on her newest book, The Shortest History of Japan, which pulls it all together.

Thank you @alderneylit.bsky.social for such a stellar welcome to #AlderneyLitFest ✨✨✨

An enormous thank you to our talk sponsor Gower, who are long time sponsors of the #AlderneyLitFest ❤️

A huge thanks to our talk sponsor Alderney Electricity, who has supported the #AlderneyLitFest since its beginning in 2013!

Clare Mulley holding her book standing in front of a screen with her other books. On the left is a poster of the Alderney Literary Festival .

To wrap up the first brilliant day full of fabulous people, is the amazing @claremulley.bsky.social. Clare Mulley brings Agent Zo, a forgotten heroine back to life, transforming the way we see women’s agency in the Second World War. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

Jason Monaghan on left with Leo Vardiashvili on right in front of screen, with Alderney Literary Festival book logo behind Jason on left.

The afternoon kicks off with Jason Monaghan interviewing debut author Leo Vardiashvili on his narrative of war and exile, and the toll it takes on family.
#AlderneyLitfest 2025

Rosie Garland standing at the speaker podium.

Catching up with #AlderneyLitFest 2025's earlier talks.
The fantastic @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social with her re-imagining and re-telling of the Green myth of the Fates!

Last talk of today - Clare Mulley on her latest book, Agent Zo. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

All our authors have arrived! No more changes to our programme. Currently speaking is @simon-scarrow.bsky.social on the historical background to the late 1930s German police for his Berlin series. #AlderneyLitFest 2025