Fantasy and adventure with Ash Bond’s magical, mythical Peregrine Quinn series, as you discover legends, literature and ancient history along with creative activities!
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#childrensbooks #peregrinequinn #ashbond
Join Geoff Andrews to explore Labour's hidden history and radicalisms through the ideas of its leading thinkers.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#politics #labourparty #history
Rising authors Derek Owusu and Madeleine Dunnigan bring fresh takes to the coming of age novel. Hear them in conversation about their novels, inspirations and writing.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#fiction #novels
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social
John Grindrod's new book is a 'fantastically entertaining alternative history of queer life in Britain' (the Guardian). Join us Thursday in-person or online.
Tickets: www.mklitfest.org
Full review...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
#lgbtqbooks #nonfiction #miltonkeynes @grindrod.bsky.social
Johnny Ball will always be an education: 87 years of Stories That Must Be Told! He brings his new memoir to #miltonkeynes on Wed 22/4. Tickets: www.mklitfest.org
For a taste of what's in store, here he is on The One Show... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#JohnnyBall #memoir #books
Writer/broadcaster Jonn Elledge takes a witty, surprising look at world history through its borders, and stories they tell about political identities and human folly.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#border #geopolitics #jonnelledge @ouliterature.bsky.social
Green peer Natalie Bennett and novelist/sustainability guru Solitaire Townsend discuss how our stories about #climatechange can create a different, longer future.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
#climatechange #storytelling
Social historian John Grindrod reveals the messy, moving, dark, and uplifting true stories of LGBTQ+ people living and loving in the UK’s suburbs.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#lgbtqhistory #lgbtqstories @grindrod.bsky.social
Fantasy and adventure with Ash Bond’s magical, mythical Peregrine Quinn series, as you discover legends, literature and ancient history along with creative activities!
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#childrensbooks #peregrinequinn #ashbond
Rising authors Derek Owusu and Madeleine Dunnigan bring fresh takes to the coming of age novel. Hear them in conversation about their novels, inspirations and writing.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#fiction #novels
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social
"... webbed with longing, pain and queer possibilities."
Don't take our word for how good Derek Owusu's #novel Borderline is. Here's a review from @bigissue.com
See Derek with Madeleine Dunnigan next Sat in #miltonkeynes tickets on website.
www.bigissue.com/culture/book... #fiction
Poem of the week at @faberbooks.bsky.social is The Way You Say Pen by Isabelle Baafi, who'll be reading for us in-person on or livestream next Saturday - tickets available on our website. #isabellebaafi #poetry #miltonkeynes
www.faber.co.uk/journal/poem...
My Milton Keynes event is part of the brilliant @mklitfest.bsky.social www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
Legendary presenter and entertainer Johnny Ball shares moments of laughter and adventure from his memoir Stories That Must Be Told.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#johnnyball #storiesthatmustbetold #memoir
Join Milton Keynes fabulous festival this April, we have a jam packed programme for all literature lovers. www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
Workshops, conversations, an interactive poetry story map, awards, anthology book launch and design a hero in our kids workshops!
TV Legend Johnny Ball is opening MK Lit Fest on 22 April at
Waterstones Milton Keynes, sharing Stories That Must Be Told! Once an entertainer, always an entertainer... Tickets: mklitfest.org
#johnnyball #memoir #storiesthatmustbetold #books
The finest recent poems, stories and non-fiction about the places of our home city, with the finest local writers!
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#raisinvoicesmk #poems #shortstories #miltonkeynes
Join us as we announce the winners of our 2026 Writing Competition, and launch issue 6 of our fabulous #MinK anthology.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#mink #creativewriting #anthologies #poems #flashfiction #miltonkeynes
A two-hour writing workshop with Simon Maddrell, helping you mine personal memories to create powerful new poems and stories.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
@simonmaddrell.bsky.social
#writingworkshop #miningmemories
Learn how to write for TV, film and radio with playwright, EastEnders scriptwriter, lecturer and poet James McDermott.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#writingworkshop
#writingforbroadcast
#jamesmcdermott
Written a book? Learn how to write the perfect summary for sending to agents and publishers with writer and editor Aki Schilz
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#writingworkshop
#writingsynopsis
What makes someone cross a moral line into crime? Bestselling crime novelist Ruth Mancini and award-winning criminologist Prof David Wilson explore the criminal mind as true crime meets gripping fiction.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
Join Harriet Tyce – Sunday Times bestseller and Traitors star – for a thrilling evening of #crimefiction with international bestseller Sarah Pinborough.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
@sarahpinborough.bsky.social
#harriettyce
#crimefiction #traitorsuk
Green peer Natalie Bennett and novelist/sustainability guru Solitaire Townsend discuss how our stories about #climatechange can create a different, longer future.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
#climatechange #storytelling
Discover exciting tales with Nizrana Farook, bestselling author of The Boy Who Saved a Bear and stories of courage, daring escape and hidden treasure inspired by her Sri Lankan childhood.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#childrensbooks #theboywhosavedabear #nizranafarook
Fantasy and adventure with Ash Bond’s magical, mythical Peregrine Quinn series, as you discover legends, literature and ancient history along with creative activities!
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#childrensbooks #peregrinequinn #ashbond
Join Matty Long and learn how to draw characters from Croaky! You’ll design your own hero, and start creating exciting stories. (5+)
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#childrensbooks #croaky
@superhappymatty.bsky.social
@oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
Rising authors Derek Owusu and Madeleine Dunnigan bring fresh takes to the coming of age novel. Hear them in conversation about their novels, inspirations and writing.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
#fiction #novels
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social
Award-winning poets Isabelle Baafi and John McCullough explore identify, togetherness and separation, and the human search for joy.
www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev...
Podcasts of episodes 1 - 4 of our Borders and Literature series now available. Episode 5 (in-person/online) with Jonn Elledge follows on 24 April at @WaterstonesMK
Info/tickets: www.mklitfest.org/borders
#borders @jonnelledge.bsky.social #geopolitics @ouliterature.bsky.social
