Bridport Read Easy looks to expand
Bridport Read Easy, the volunteer-led reading coaching programme for adults, is expanding. The group is now planning to build on [...]
Harriet Crawley’s enjoyable thriller ‘like an updated The Thirty-Nine Steps’
There’s a great review of The Translator by Harriet Crawley in the Times Literary Supplement. The author is with us [...]
High praise indeed for The Three Graces
When Enzo shoots an illegal migrant from his bedroom one night, it triggers a series of events that embroil old [...]
BridLit bursary winners announced
The winners of Bridport Literary Festival’s first bursary award scheme have been announced. They are Jessica St Barbe Baker, from [...]
The story behind the classic novel, Black Beauty
Black Beauty is still a favourite book from childhood, more than 140 years after it was first published. It’s a [...]
Tickets on sale for BridLit kids illustrated talk and workshop
Calling all families with children between the ages of three and seven! As part of Bridport Literary Festival, we have [...]
Rising star nurtured by Chris Packham
English zoologist, conservationist, photographer and television presenter Megan McCubbin knows a thing or two about nature. As well as all [...]
PJ Harvey’s praise for Max Porter’s latest novel
When Max Porter came to Bridport Literary Festival in 2019, it was one of the most amazing talks. Audiences loved [...]
Chocolat author’s menopausal Carrie ‘blazes with anger and sorrow’
Imagine if Stephen King’s Carrie had lived and her powers had kicked in at the menopause instead. That’s the inspiration [...]
Mike Brearley: A Life in Cricket and in the Mind
Mike Brearley, one of England’s most successful and celebrated cricket captains, is at Bridport Literary Festival on Saturday 11 November. [...]