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BOWNESS-ON-SOLWAY first LITERARY FESTIVAL JUNE 27 - 29 2008 Bowness-on-Solway, nestling on the inner Solway estuary, has a
reputation for In 2007 a way of acknowledging the diverse creativity
of the area took root from the germ of an idea and began to grow
organically into the reality of the first
The weekend kicked off to a lively start on the Friday evening with a ceilidh featuring Thrice Brewed. The literary action began on Saturday morning when book token prizes were presented to the winners of the Festival's Children's Poetry Competition and the talented youngsters read their poems to a delighted audience. There then followed a wealth of talks and workshops during the day and musical events in the evening. With barely time to sleep, Sunday at the Festival kicked off with more talks and workshops culminating in the afternoon with sessions from two of Cumbria's established young writers with international reputations: poet Jacob Polley and award winning best selling novelist Sarah Hall. Writ on the Wall 2008 was a huge success and plans are being made to hold another festival in 2010. Follow the links to view more detailed information Email: webmaster@writfest.co.uk |
Enthusiasm for the idea grew rapidly, attracting the
agreement and support of like minded people and groups from across the
region eager to become involved. The weekend of June 27 – 29 was settled
on for the festival – the aim to celebrate and promote appreciation across
a range of literary disciplines, including poetry, history, performance,
biography etc