Bursary award winners announced
Bursary winners Esmee Rees and Morgan Staple, with BridLit director Tanya Bruce-Lockhart. Photo by Graham Shackleton Bridport Literary Festival has announced the winners of this year’s student bursary awards. The two [...]
Picture of Tanya and Lily at the Palace
BridLit director Tanya Bruce-Lockhart and her beloved dog, Lily, have been immortalised in a new portrait at Bridport Electric Palace. It was painted by Bridport artist Ruth Winding and paid for [...]
Read all about it in the Marshwood Vale Magazine
As a former Defence Secretary, Dr Sir Liam Fox has a wide understanding of conflict. In the Marshwood Vale Magazine online, he talks to editor Fergus Byrne about a natural resource [...]
Escaping Britain’s prison crisis
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Helen Molesworth with her illustrated talk about Precious can no longer be with us on Monday 4 November. In her absence, we have invited Ian Acheson to talk about [...]
Poetry at BridLit
Poetry has a strong showing at this year’s Bridport Literary Festival, with seven events on the programme. Poet and tutor Gill Barr will be running a poetry workshop aimed at both [...]
Hunt for the Shadow Wolf
Derek Gow’s dream is controversial – that one day, Britain will be home to that so mythologised of wild animals, the wolf. Will it ever happen? Will farmers and landowners entertain [...]
Tickets now on general sale
And they’re off! BridLit tickets are now on general sale. There has already been a huge interest in the programme and our friends at Bridport Tourist Information Centre are going to [...]
Bridport Literary Festival programme launched
The programme for this year’s Bridport Literary Festival from 3-9 November has just been announced. Among the star-studded line-up is dancer Wayne Sleep, gardener Carol Klein, war correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, bestselling [...]
Bridport Literary Festival launches second year of student bursary
Applications are invited for Bridport Literary Festival’s second bursary award, which is worth £3,000 a year for three years to two local students. Last year’s winners were Medwin Stephen from Bridport [...]