TANYA BRUCE-LOCKHART – Festival Director
The 21st Bridport Literary Festival is scheduled for Sunday 2nd – Saturday 8th November 2025. This year, we again bring you an exciting and varied programme which takes place at venues all across town and as always, we hope there is something to appeal to all members of our community and beyond, in a celebration for all those who read books and love literature.
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Job Opportunity – Artistic Director
We are extremely sad to announce that from the end of the 2025 Festival, Tanya Bruce-Lockhart will be standing down as its Artistic Director. Tanya has directed the festival since its very beginnings over 20 years ago. Somehow it seems that Tanya is the festival as she has grown it from nothing and made it what it is today. Hers will be a very hard act to follow but we are sure there is someone who can take on the baton and continue to take the festival on its upward trajectory. We are at present looking for Tanya’s replacement and full details of the role can be found here. If either you or someone you know may want to apply for the post please follow the instructions here.
Bridlit 2024 in photos
It’s been another vintage year for Bridport Literary Festival, with crowds flocking to seven days of events.
There were huge, sell-out audiences for the 20th annual festival, with a variety of talks on subjects of all kinds.
Pictures by Eddy Pearced and Dot Forrester.
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