The Festivals

As Liverpool’s longest running writing and literary festival, Writing on the Wall (Wow) aims to put creativity, social justice and community at the heart of everything we do.

Writing is for everyone. It’s turning up, sharing our stories and creating change on the page. We host two annual literature festivals, WoWFEST in May and Black History Month in October, which welcome writers, activists and artists. All of our creative writing projects support our communities and schools all year long.

The Yeovil Literary Festival presents an exciting programme of literature, comedy and arts events from well-known literary figures, comedians, celebrities and exciting new writers. The festival is a not-for-profit partnership between The Octagon Theatre & Westlands Entertainment Venue(part of Yeovil Town Council), Waterstones, Yeovil Community Arts Association and Somerset Library Service.

The Festival prides itself on having a diverse range of events including talks, lectures, panels, debates, performances, storytelling pieces and workshops. It features both fiction (literary, contemporary and genre-based), non-fiction and poetry while focusing on a number of themes including history, current affairs and a small programme of events for children.

This year we are excited to announce events including Susanna Clarke, writer of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Piranesi; celebrated Irish writer Rónán Hession, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka and Ghost Mountain; writer, activist and journalist Laura Bates and Tim Minshall, Professor at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing, on an illuminating journey through the world of manufacturing and its transformational influence on our lives – and the world around us.

WayWORD empowers young people to produce a cross-arts literary festival in Aberdeen.

Celebrating new work and ideas, amplifying diverse voices and breaking down barriers to culture in our community, WayWORD is part of the WORD Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen.