Berwick Literary Festival Blog
Gemma Milne’s take on hype is all about ethics
Gemma Milne is live, free and online at Berwick Literary Festival, Northumberland, cutting through the hype surrounding topical issues
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Vows of Silence: How to Read an R. S. Thomas Poem
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…
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Berwick Literary Festival free events – book now
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!
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Take a bow: Simon Garfield wows with his celebration of dogs
Simon Garfield will be speaking about his book ‘Dog’s Best Friend: A brief history of an unbreakable bond’ at Berwick Literary Festival in October 2021. Here he gives insight about his work and writing process to Festival blogger George Cochrane.
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GORDON BROWN: Seven Ways to Change the World – How to Fix the Most Pressing Problems We Face
We are delighted that former Prime minister Gordon Brown will appear at our festival via Zoom at 2 PM on 16th October to discuss his latest book. This is a free Zoom event. From a Press Release from Simon and Schuster publishers of Seven Ways to Change the World. Gordon Brown is the United Nations…
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All in it Together – England in the early 21st Century
Alwyn Turner will be discussing his book All in it Together at 4 PM on 15 October at our 2021 Festival! This is a free Zoom event! Mike Fraser provides a preview of this fascinating event. Having previously published studies of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Alwyn Turner has now turned his attention to the…
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What links Gordon Brown, Simon Armitage, William Dalrymple and Salley Vickers?
Gordon Brown, Simon Armitage, Salley Vickers and William Dalrymple will all be celebrating words at Northumberland book festival Berwick Literary Festival in October 2021
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Full programme announcement coming soon…
The programme for the eighth Berwick Literary Festival the Northumberland book festival will be announced soon
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Festival taste and see
New short film: A taste of the Festival The Festival team is delighted to announce the arrival of a brand new short film. Designed to promote the Literary Festival and its home, beautiful Berwick-upon-Tweed, the film is created by local production house Lighthouse Films. You’ll find the film here. Enjoy! And please share as widely…
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Literary Festival Box Set
Berwick Literary Festival 2020 presents brilliant talks to enjoy at your leisure. Celebrating words: written spoken performed. Poetry, politics, history, trending…
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