Deptford Lit Festival in full swing, with library goody bags and everything. Can't wait for South London in fiction with Lisa Smith, Francis Spufford, Rachael Allen, and Orlaine McDonald. Already picked up a free anthology by local emerging writers and a Goldsmiths Press chapbook
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Happy #WorldPoetryDay! ✨revisit ‘A Mother’s Short Prayer’ created by Eliezer Gore for our 30th Anniversary Emerging Writer Commissions.
Experience this & more at the Poetics Lab Showcase at #DeptfordLitFest on Saturday 28 March 2026, 4pm 📚
Book now: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/our-events/p...
Event poster for "Writing Comedy" with Nathanael Lessore, 28 March 2026 at Deptford Lounge.
Internet chaos + comedy writing = the perfect combo 😅📱
Join award-winning author Nathanael Lessore @hotkeybooks.bsky.social at #DeptfordLitFest for a writing session on comedy in teen fiction, perfect for readers + aspiring writers ages 12+ 📚
Book: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/our-events/w...
Translating across borders both literary and linguistic, we’re excited to welcome award-winning translator and novelist Kate Briggs to #DeptfordLitFest 📚️ for an in-conversation with writer and critic @jennifer_hodgson_
📅 Wednesday 25 March, 7-8pm
📍 Room 137A, Richard Hoggart Building @goldsmithsuol
At #DeptfordLitFest, come together to hear poets @luckyflowerhowe, @hesketherica and @downsbarton read from their latest collections - exploring family, motherhood and the lines that connect us across generations 🌱
📍Deptford Lounge, 2.30-3.30pm, BSL Interpreted
Tickets are available on our website.
Start your day at #DeptfordLitFest with @jarred.mcginnis, @joe_dunthorne and special guests, as they hold a wide ranging conversation exploring family, relationships, masculinity, care and love ❤️
Need BSL interpretation? 💬 Please book by Friday 6 March and request BSL when you book.
Happening at #DeptfordLitFest! This panel discussion will bring together three dynamic voices – @jimfamished, @derekvsowusu and @aniefiokekp – to ask, what does it mean to build a life as a Black male writer in Britain today? 🇬🇧
This panel will now be hosted by award-winning journalist @iamntyrel.
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CRIPtic are so excited to be part of #DeptfordLitFest 2026!
You can catch us on Saturday 28th March as part of this year’s programme with a special online Writers Salon. Festival run by @ldnwriterscentre.bsky.social & Tom MacAndrew.
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We’re delighted to be supporting #DeptfordLitFest 2026! Explore what literature means to us today, through workshops, talks, readings + more from @ldnwriterscentre.bsky.social
Book now: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/?_eve...
More from our #DeptfordLitFest 2026 programme! There’s something for everyone, whether you’re an aspiring writer, curious reader, or just up for a fun day out.
Book now www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/our-events/q...
All event posters on our Instagram!
Excited to be at #DeptfordLitFest 2026! I’ll be taking part in this year’s Festival, run by @ldnwriterscentre.bsky.social & creative producer Tom MacAndrew.
Book here: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/?_eve...
We're bringing lots of family friendly fun to #DeptfordLitFest! Discover a special programme for our younger festival goers and the grown-ups who care for them 🧸 with sessions designed to spark curiosity, creativity and play ✨
Book now: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/?_eve...
Getting you warmed up for #DeptfordLitFest 2026! 🌡️ a fantastic programme of FREE, pre-festival events will take place across Lewisham from Saturday 21 – Thursday 26 March.
🔗 Book now: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/?_eve...
Come together this February & March, where we’ll be hosting a FREE series of relaxed, friendly writing workshops ahead of #DeptfordLitFest 2026 🖊️
Lewisham Writes with local poet @hesketherica will take place across locations in Lewisham.
Book now: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/?_eve...
Discover a world of creativity at #DeptfordLitFest 🌍
Bringing together the voices of Lewisham, South East London and beyond into the heart of the community, explore what literature means to us today.
🗓️ Saturday 28 March
📍Deptford Lounge
Book now: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/?_eve...
We’re so back! Booking is now open for #DeptfordLitFest 2026 🎊
🔗 Grab your tickets and see the full programme:
We can’t wait to welcome you all. See you at the Festival!
A white woman’s hand is seen holding 2 anthologies - the left is black with an image in white of a hand holding an open book with a face in it. The title is ‘Within the Binding. Young writers collective anthology 2025’. The book on the right is different shades of blue and reads in chunky black capitals ‘Deptford Literature Festival 2025 anthology. Featuring work from Spread the Word’s 30th Anniversary and Borough of Literature commissioning programmes’. The background is of a blurry, sunny garden.
Our summer reading sorted 📚☀️✅
We’re enjoying reading the #DeptfordLitFest and Young Writers Collective anthologies - whether it’s our mid-morning-tea-break accompaniment or flicking through with a cheeky 6pm aperol spritz!
Who else is enjoying their copies?
Different people sat round a large table, out of focus . Annie is in focus, with cropped wavy brown hair and a black leather jacket, looking at someone speaking
A mixed group of people sat round a large table, out of focus. Annie is in focus, with short wavy brown hair and a black leather jack, smiling at someone speaking
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A row of people sit at a table with books in front of them, writing
Some gorgeous pics from Annie Hayter’s workshop on queer tenderness, ‘How to be Held’.
The workshop was held at this year’s #DeptfordLitFest, at-home resources are still available www.spreadtheword.org.uk/deptford-lit...
📸 Credit: Kashif Haque
#SpreadtheWord #QueerCommunity #writingworkshop
Inspiring day today at Deptford Literature Festival. Great writers, great conversations and the sun shone all day as well ☀️ 👌 These spaces of cultural encounter are so important. Hats off to @spread-the-word.bsky.social for organising! #deptfordlitfest
Congratulations to our #DisabledPoetsPrize winners! Winner of Best Single Poem - Oli Isaac with ‘to whom / it may / concern’. Winner of Best Unpublished Pamphlet - @thewordtinker.bsky.social with HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Announced earlier today at #DeptfordLitFest.
@cripticarts.bsky.social
Picture of the Deptford Literature Festival anthologies, fanned out on a wooden table
Black booklet being held up against a fluffy orange and black background. In white writing reads “within the binding young writers collective anthology 2025” and has a white drawing of a hand holding an open book with a face in the page
A busy book stall, with a large yellow banner on the left
A long table displaying a book stall. 2 elderly white men stand on one side, 2 younger men face them with their backs to the camera
1. The #DeptfordLitFest anthology has arrived! 📔
2. And ‘Within the Binding’ is our Young Writers Collective anthology
3. We have stalls from local publishers tomorrow
4. And the Word Bookshop
Plus we have book signing in Deptford Lounge foyer
Grab your free copy of the anthologies + a goodie bag
A middle aged woman with glasses and shoulder length hair with a fringe reads from the festival programme. She is wearing an anorak. A younger woman with long braids has her arm round her, looking at the programme. She is wearing a white crop top and a black jacket. In a pink block at the bottom reads “Can’t make the festival in person? There are lots of ways you can join in at home. Find out more at DeptfordLitFest.com”
Can't make #DeptfordLitFest in person? There are lots of ways you can take part from home – from online writing prompts and exercises you can do in your own time, to reading new work by Festival writers and watching our events streamed online. Find out more - www.spreadtheword.org.uk/deptford-lit...
Our Young Writers Collective preparing for their showcase at #DeptfordLitFest. Last few tickets - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spread-the...
Due to personal reasons, Chris Bridges is unable to attend the #DeptfordLitFest event, Chapters: Authors in Conversation. We are sorry for any disappoint this may cause. If you no longer wish to attend the event we kindly ask that you return your free ticket, as there is a waiting list. Thank you 😊
👏👏 congratulations to Zoe McWhinney for this announcement. We are excited to have Zoe performing with us at our #DeptfordLitFest event, A Night In Sign
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Ramadan Mubarak. We have set aside a quiet space for prayers during the festival on Saturday 29 March, in Deptford Lounge Music Room (upstairs). Please feel free to use this at any time throughout this day. The Music Room is also available for anyone who needs time out from the festival.
Ramadan Mubarak 🌙 We have set aside a quiet space for prayers during #DeptfordLitFest on Saturday 29 March, in Deptford Lounge Music Room (upstairs). Please feel free to use this at any time throughout this day. The Music Room is also available for anyone who needs time out from the festival.
Background is dark and light blue swirling shapes and words, on top in chunky yellow letters outlined in black reads “1 week to go. Deptford Literature Festival. Thursday 27 - Sunday 30 March. DeptfordLitFest.com”
#DeptfordLitFest is one week away! Which events are you joining us for?
Chuffed to be first page of the Lewisham and Greenwich Weekender talking all things #DeptfordLitFest. Second pic is everywhere you can grab a copy 😁
A poster to promote the event “Lewisham Lyricists” at Deptford Literature Festival, curated by Emma Warren and featuring local artists. The poster is in light cream and features a large black and white pixelated image of people walking, made by one of the artists Imran Sesay
🔥 Poster drop for #DeptfordLitFest launch event, ‘Lewisham Lyricists’
🎟️ Tickets thealbany.org.uk/shows/lewisham-lyricists/
