BridLit tickets now on sale
Today’s the day that tickets go on general sale for Bridport Literary Festival events. And, as always, festival director Tanya [...]
Alive to the poetry stirring the human soul
The delightful Tom Fort is one of three speakers at a special day of BridLit events in September. Tom wrote [...]
That’s what Friends are for
There are many things which go into making Bridport Literary Festival such a success. Brilliant speakers and great venues are [...]
Nobody does it quite like Bridport
Shout it from the rooftops – BridLit is back! After last year’s festival was cut short because of Covid restrictions, [...]
Surprise award for BridLit director Tanya
Bridport Literary Festival director Tanya Bruce-Lockhart has been given a surprise award by Dorset High Sheriff George Streatfeild. Last week, [...]
Take a bow, BridLit team and authors. It’s not the final curtain
This blessed pandemic. It’s affecting all of us, all over the world, in so many ways. Just when we thought [...]
Middle England author Jonathan Coe on Billy Wilder
It’s as if BridLit director Tanya Bruce-Lockhart is some kind of literary festival magician. When Richard Osman had to pull [...]
Charles Spencer on the disaster that changed English history
Historian Charles Spencer makes a welcome return to Electric Palace next month as part of Bridport Literary Festival. His talk [...]
Alastair Campbell on Living Better
And as if BridLit20 couldn’t get more exciting, in comes Alastair Campbell at the eleventh hour, talking about his new [...]
A story of tension and contradiction: Barney White-Spunner’s Berlin
Sir Barney White-Spunner kicks off BridLit Wednesday 4 November at the Electric Palace at 11am with a talk about his [...]