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The wonderful Fee Greening, a dip pen and ink illustrator inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts and gothic fairytales, is hosting a workshop for BridLit. Her latest work illustrates the beautiful new [...]

Two sixth-form students on their way to university this autumn have been awarded the third annual Bridport Literary Festival Bursary. India Murless, who went to Beaminster School, and Bailey Prowse, who [...]

Scottish novelist and non-fiction author Andrew O'Hagan comes to Bridport Electric Palace on Sunday 2 November where he will be in conversation with Nic Jeune, an award-winning film producer, first assistant director, [...]

If you’re fascinated – and revolted – by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, it’s worth delving into Royal watcher Andrew Lownie’s book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York. The [...]

Worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, the man behind The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, is coming to Bridport on Thursday 23 October. He’ll be at Bridport Electric Palace and talking to local [...]

It’s another star-studded line-up for Bridport Literary Festival this year, with speakers and books to suit all tastes, in venues in and around the town from 2 to 8 November. Bestselling [...]

  Wigtown Book Festival director to swap south-west Scotland for south-west England   Bridport Literary Festival (“BridLit”) has announced the appointment of its new Festival Director.    Adrian Turpin OBE, currently [...]

In our first event since the sudden death of director Tanya Bruce-Lockhart in April, award-winning author Tracy Chevalier brought her novel, The Glassmaker, to life last week She was in conversation [...]

Tributes are pouring in for Bridport Literary Festival Director and founder Tanya Bruce-Lockhart, who died suddenly on Saturday at the age of 81. A familiar and much-loved figure in both Bridport [...]