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Jan 18
2025 Launch Event at Patch
On Thursday 16th January 2025, 90 writers, authors, speakers, writing professionals and supporters descended to Patch in Bournemouth for...
Jan 13
Tickets Now on Sale for the 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival
Tickets are now on sale for the third Bournemouth Writing Festival, to be held over the weekend of 25-27 April at various locations in...
Jan 5
2025 Launch Event and Networking
Our next networking event will be on Thursday 16th January 2025 which will also see us announce the 2025 festival line-up! Join us as...
Jan 5
Bournemouth Writing Festival Partners with RNLI for Children’s Creative Writing Competition
The Bournemouth Writing Festival is thrilled to announce an adventurous writing competition for children with the Royal National Lifeboat...
Dec 17, 2024
Bournemouth Writing Festival finalist in the Dorset Tourism Awards.
Following the festival's Bronze win in the DMB Tourism Awards for BCP, we are delighted to be a finalist in the county's tourism award in...
Dec 7, 2024
Bournemouth Writing Festival reveals literary agents and writing professionals offering face-to-face sessions in April
The Bournemouth Writing Festival offers an invaluable opportunity for writers to connect with literary agents and publishing...
Dec 2, 2024
November Networking Event at The Old School House
A huge thank you to everyone who made it to our networking event on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at The Old School House in Boscombe . We...
Nov 21, 2024
Romance Writing Festival launches in Bournemouth
21st November 2024, Bournemouth, UK: The team behind the successful Bournemouth Writing Festival has announced a new addition to the...
Nov 11, 2024
Two Bronze Awards for the Bournemouth Writing Festival at the DMB Tourism Awards.
We are absolutely delighted to have won the Bronze award in two categories at the DMB Tourism Awards, which took place at the Hilton...
Oct 18, 2024
Enter the 2025 Bournemouth Writing Competition with the Bournemouth Writing Prize
Joining forces with Bournemouth University's Bournemouth Writing Prize, the writing competition is for poems and short stories. The...
Sep 30, 2024
Pavilion Dance South West returns as Festival Hub for 2025
The Pavilion Dance South West will once again be the main festival hub for the 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival. The Information Desk...
Sep 19, 2024
Bournemouth Writing Festival finalist in TWO awards
The Bournemouth Writing Festival is proud and delighted to be a finalist in two award categories for the DMB Tourism Awards , in...
Sep 1, 2024
Bournemouth Writing Festival announces Call for Speakers for 2025 programme
Take part in the 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival! The Bournemouth Writing Festival will take place on Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and...
Sep 1, 2024
Mary Shelley celebrates 227th birthday in style!
Over 150 people attended our birthday celebration for Mary Shelley at St Peter's church, where she is buried. Everyone received a party...
Aug 21, 2024
Bournemouth Writing Festival announces 2025 dates
The Bournemouth Writing Festival announces the dates of its 2025 festival to be Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April 2025....
Aug 8, 2024
October Networking Date Announced
The date for the October networking meetup for writers was announced as Wednesday 23rd October 2024. The event for authors, poets,...
Jul 15, 2024
Mary Shelley Birthday Celebration at St Peter's Church
Celebrate the legendary author of Frankenstein at St Peter's Church, located just yards away from her final resting place, with two...
Jul 15, 2024
Networking event at Flirt Cafe
This past Saturday, the Bournemouth Writing Festival hosted another networking event for writers and authors at Flirt Cafe. The...
Jul 12, 2024
Best-selling author Alex Stone joins Strategic Advisory Board
Bournemouth-based, best-selling author Alex Stone has joined the Strategic Advisory Board for the Bournemouth Writing Festival. Alex...
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