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STRIPPED BACK WRITING - Naked writers have launched this year’s Bournemouth Writing Festival!
The Naked Writing Workshop, organised in partnership with British Naturism took place this week at Springbourne Library and saw...
2 days ago


Bournemouth Writing Festival to Host Night of Improvised Music and Spoken Word
Poet David Herring performs at the 2024 Bourn Jammy event with a live band improvising as he recites his poem An exciting highlight of...
3 days ago


We Made the News (And Took Our Clothes Off Doing It!) – The Bournemouth Writing Festival’s Naked Writing Workshop Goes National
As featured on Have I Got News For You on Friday 11th April on BBC1 primetime It’s not every day a writing festival makes BBC Breakfast ,...
Apr 11


Bournemouth Writing Festival to offer first ‘naked’ writing workshop.
This year’s award-winning Bournemouth Writing Festival (April 25th-27th) will be more inclusive than ever, with a nude writing session...
Apr 4


OUTRAGE AS SEA CLEAN CLASHES WITH WRITING FESTIVAL DATES
1st April 2025 Writers left high and dry as Bournemouth’s seawater to be removed for maintenance. Hundreds of writers hoping to find...
Apr 1


Award-Winning Authors to Lead New Writing Experience in Bournemouth
Bournemouth Writing Sanctuary to support writers of all levels and is the Festival's take on a Writing Retreat. Writers looking for...
Mar 11


Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival Competition!
We're thrilled to share the exciting news: the 2025 Bournemouth Writing Festival, in partnership with Bournemouth University's...
Mar 10
Milly Johnson and Paige Toon to Headline Bournemouth’s First Romance Writing Festival
Sunday Times bestselling authors Milly Johnson and Paige Toon will headline the inaugural Romance Writing Festival, taking place in...
Mar 3


Shortlisted Finalists Announced!
The shortlisted finalists for our poetry and short story writing competition with Bournemouth University's Bournemouth Writing Prize were...
Mar 1


Bournemouth Writing Festival Wins GOLD for Tourism Event/Festival of the Year at the Dorset Tourism Awards
The Bournemouth Writing Festival has been awarded the GOLD prize for the Tourism Event/Festival of the Year category at the Dorset...
Feb 7


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 18


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 13


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...
Jan 5


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 17, 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 7, 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...
Dec 2, 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 21, 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...
Nov 11, 2024
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