September 2021 - Berwick Literary Festival

David Constantine: You can never settle down in language

By Jackie Kaines | 30th September 2021 |

David Constantine will read at Berwick Literary Festival from his new collection ‘Belongings’ on 17 October 2021 alongside Heidi Williamson and Tishani Doshi

Berwick’s library with a view

By Jackie Kaines | 29th September 2021 |

Berwick Literary Festival (14-17 October 2021) is delighted to present Berwick’s own Little Free Library in association with Books by the (North) Sea.

Vicky Allan: no guilt in reading, only pleasure

By Jackie Kaines | 10th September 2021 |

Vicky Allan and Anna Deacon will be live, free and online at Berwick Literary Festival 2021 in Northumberland speaking about their book ‘For the Love of Trees’

Gemma Milne’s take on hype is all about ethics

By Jackie Kaines | 7th September 2021 |

Gemma Milne is live, free and online at Berwick Literary Festival, Northumberland, cutting through the hype surrounding topical issues

Vows of Silence: How to Read an R. S. Thomas Poem

By Mike Fraser | 5th September 2021 |

George Cochrane on R. S. Thomas. Rt. Rev. Dr Barry Morgan appears at our festival on 16th October at 10 AM to discuss R. S. Thomas. Flicking through my shelf of R. S. Thomas recently, I was struck for the first time by the number of his poems that start with the word “and”: nine in…

Berwick Literary Festival free events – book now

By Jackie Kaines | 1st September 2021 |

Gordon Brown, William Dalrymple, Salley Vickers and Simon Armitage will be celebrating words - written, spoken, performed - at our Northumberland book festival in Berwick-upon-Tweed

Registration for all free events -including Gordon Brown, Hollie McNish, William Dalrymple and many more – now open at Berwick Literary Festival 2021 the Friendly Festival in a Walled Town – so get booking!