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 Bournemouth town centre. The three days will be packed with around 100 events and activities (some free) to inspire writers of all ages, backgrounds, abilities and experience. There will be talks, walks, panels, workshops, informal networking breakfasts, lunches and dinners, and literary agent 1-2-1s.
The very popular Writing on the Beach will return, there will be a Words for Wellbeing Chillout Zone at the Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, and special evening events from the Outsiders Project, Bourn Jammy, and closing the festival on the Sunday night, Making Waves, a showcase for new and emerging writers hosted by Arts University Bournemouth.
Bestselling authors including Rachel McLean, Alex Stone and Anna Britton will be joining over 50 other writing professionals delivering talks and sessions. Literary agents Laura Williams, Oscar Janson-Smith, Saskia Leach and Megan Carrol from prestigious London-based literary agencies will be offering 1-2-1 sessions where authors could bag a publishing contract.
A poetry hub, located in the Bandstand in the Lower Gardens, will be chock full of free drop-in sessions and performances and there will be further networking activities in cafes and restaurants across the Town Centre to meet and mingle with other writers and industry professionals. If that wasn’t enough, the festival has been such a success in its first two years that a new one-day Romance Writing Festival will make its debut on 18 October at the Royal Bath Hotel.
Thanks to funding from the Town Centre BID and Arts Council England, free workshops for marginalised members of the community will take place, including Children in Care, the homeless and Adults with Additional Needs.
New co-working space Patch, on the 1st Floor of Bobbys, will host children’s activities all day on Saturday 26thApril and a special Author’s Marketplace, where people can meet local authors and their buy books.
Paul Kinvig, COO of the Town Centre BID commented, “The Bournemouth Writing Festival is a huge success and just what Bournemouth needs, bringing together creatives, writers, students and local businesses with an energetic focus. It demonstrates that towns outside of London are hubs of creativity and imagination. We are pleased to continue our support and can’t wait to welcome writers to the Town Centre.”
Festival Director, Dominic Wong, said, “Writers and authors are coming to Bournemouth from across the country – indeed 30% of attendees live outside of Dorset. The buzz and community feel around the Writing Festival is tangible, evidenced in our continuing events throughout the year.“
The Bournemouth Writing Festival is supported by the Arts Council England funded by the National Lottery, the Town Centre BID and Solid Imagery Photography.
Visit https://www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk for full details, including a downloadable programme. To find out more about the new Romance Writing Festival Bournemouth, visit https://www.romancewritingfestival.co.uk
For media inquiries, sponsorship opportunities, and further information, please contact: Dominic Wong, Festival Director, at dominic@bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk
Website: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk
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