Local residents can join workshops, hear from renowned authors and get involved with MK Lit Fest when it returns next week.
MK Lit Fest is returning for its Autumn Festival, celebrating everything bookish or wordy, with a wealth of writer events and conversations, writing workshops, and children’s sessions.
Residents can get involved and meet renowned authors, discover new favourites, get books signed – or develop their own skills in a workshop.
Workshops take place between 13-14 October in MK Central Library and Waterstones Midsummer Place, and online on 15 October with an expert Zoom workshop.
Residents will be able to join activist Dr Tony Juniper and top sportswriter Carrie Dunn. Kevin Jon Davies will reveal and revel in the work of Douglas Adams with 42 – a compilation of his never-before-published work.
This season’s New Voices session features Paul David Gould with his debut Moscow-set literary thriller, Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants, and for historical fiction fans, Alex Hay and Freya Berry will join too.
Roy Nevitt will speak about MK's new city cultural evolution, sharing the stage with exciting local writing talent as MK Lit Fest launches the next MinK creative writing competition: ‘Tales from the City’.
Meanwhile, poet-artist Gommie will take attendees on a search for hope, through performance and conversation.
Children’s Lit Fest features interactive events for all ages, with award-winning illustrator and author Alex Willmore entertaining the littlest ones with the adventures of spy-dinosaur Spyceratops; Paula Harrison celebrating her latest book as her beloved cat-girl Kitty takes on the Snowball Bandit; and voice actor Lizzie Waterworth – the voice of Horrid Henry – bringing exciting tips and tricks from her debut, How to Talk So People Will Listen.
For writers, MK Lit Fest also offers a workshop on satire with Charlie Hill, and another with Rosemary Hill aimed at instilling the confidence to perform your work.
The Summer Creators programme for young people culminates at the festival as Lu Williams leads a workshop to create a collaborative zine, and the final event is an online workshop with flash fiction supremo, Jude Higgins.
Tickets and full programme details can be found here.
