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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...
Sep 1, 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 21, 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,...
Aug 8, 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 15, 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...
Jul 12, 2024


Networking Event at Urban Gardens (June 2024)
40 writers and authors from Bournemouth and the surrounding areas descended on Urban Gardens in Bournemouth Town Centre for our...
Jun 20, 2024

New: YouTube Interviews with local writers, authors and writing professionals!
This year, we're thrilled to introduce an exclusive interview series on our YouTube channel, designed specifically for aspiring writers,...
Jun 18, 2024

International Students' Writing Competition
The Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024 invited international students studying in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole to showcase their...
Jun 16, 2024


Bournemouth Writing Festival hailed a "resounding success"
A Celebration of Creativity and Community The 2024 Bournemouth Writing Festival was a resounding success, bringing together writers,...
Jun 16, 2024

Celebrating Young Writers: Dorset Schools and Home Education Creative Writing Competition 2024
The Bournemouth Writing Festival's 2024 Schools and Home Education Creative Writing Competition showcased the literary talents of young...
Jun 16, 2024
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
The Bournemouth Writing Festival inspires all writers to write – regardless of ability, background or where you are on your writing...
Mar 1, 2024

YouTubeChannel Interviews with our 2024 Speakers
Check out the Bournemouth Writing Festival YouTube channel here! Are you an aspiring author, a seasoned writer, or simply an enthusiast...
Jan 28, 2024


2024 Writing Festival Launches!
Photo credit: Solid Imagery. The second Bournemouth Writing Festival (April 26-28) will host writers, agents and publishers from across...
Jan 27, 2024


Second Bournemouth Writing Festival promises to be a Bestseller.
100 events and activities to fire the imagination and encourage writers to write. Inspired by the success of its inaugural event, the...
Jan 22, 2024


What Makes a Successful Writing Group?
View our free video following our online seminar hosted by Emma Scattergood. If you’ve decided 2024 will be the year you write or sell...
Dec 8, 2023


December Networking Event
Our networking meetup on 1st December at THIS Workspace in Bournemouth drew our November writing events to an end. Writers and authors -...
Dec 2, 2023


November Writing Events for NaNoWriMo
Throughout November, the Bournemouth Writing Festival put on several events and sessions aimed at supporting writers and authors to...
Nov 13, 2023


Networking meetup a great success!
Our networking meetup at THIS Workspace on 1st November 2023 was a huge success with conversations, collaborations and discussions on a...
Nov 4, 2023
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