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Milton Keynes Literary Festival
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A fabulous festival of books, writers, words and ideas! In-person, online and in the community year round, and also on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, YouTube and Spotify.
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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 2h
Just an FYI for #bannedbooksweek. This fight isn't about books. It's about freedom.

#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Booksky #Edusky #Librarians #Skybrarians
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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 1d
Back in August this year, Jemma Borg wrote a blog for our website titled 'What Do We Mean By Hope' in which she says: "And here is where I think poetry can help – it can help us find courage..." read the whole article and her wonderful poem 'Willow sonnet'.
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 1d
Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees'

www.mklitfest.org/mink2026

#creativewriting
#poetry
#shortstories
#flashfiction
#creativenonfiction
#writingcompetition
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 1d
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more:https://www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror

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@russincheshire.bsky.social
#theweekintory
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 2d
Sigrid Nunez, one of the USA’s most esteemed authors, talks to Open University novelist Emma Claire Sweeney about the letters of Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag

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#openuniversity
#creativewriting
#lettersandliterature
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 5d
Delighted to have been able to support such a wonderful venture - congratulations to @clareshawpoet.bsky.social on the launch and to all the poets for such a tremendous event!
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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 5d
In collaboration with @mklitfest.bsky.social in August we held an online masterclass – Digging in the Dirt: adventures in ecopoetry with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social , @betarish.bsky.social , @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/the-magic-of... 1 /3
The Magic of Bogs – Poets for the Planet
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 6d
Karen McCarthy Woolf talks to Open University poet Jane Yeh about her experimental verse novel Top Doll (Dialogue, 2024)
Online event, 7 November: free

www.mklitfest.org/karenmccarth...

@karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social
@janeyeh3.bsky.social
#openuniversity
#creativewriting
#lettersandliterature
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 6d
MK Indie Book Fair is back on 25 October with more authors and small presses than before. Meet your favourite new writers, hear them read, and buy loads of wonderful books.

www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025

#miltonkeynes
#indieauthors
#selfpublishing
#smallpress
#centremk
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 7d
To celebrate #NationalPoetryDay here are the 14-19yr and 20+ winning poems from our 2025 #MinK Writing Competition.

Entries for 2026 are already open, and all our previous prizewinner anthologies are also available: details at www.mklitfest.org/mink2026
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 7d
In this 90-minute masterclass with writer and technologist Babak Fakhamzadeh, we’ll explore non-fiction writing techniques to make locations come alive on the page.
www.mklitfest.org/writingplace
#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#nonfiction
#writingmasterclass
@babakfakhamzadeh.com
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 8d
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more:https://www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror

@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@russincheshire.bsky.social
#endofanerror
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 9d
The award-winning @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social talks to #openuniversity poet @janeyeh3.bsky.social about her experimental verse novel, Top Doll (Dialogue, 2024). Online and free: 7 November at 6pm
www.mklitfest.org/karenmccarth...
#poetry #lettersandliterature #creativewriting
Letters and Literature: Karen McCarthy Woolf | MK Lit Fest 2025
Acclaimed poet and novelist Karen McCarthy Woolf talks to Open University lecturer Jane Yeh about the role of letters in Woolf’s experimental verse novel Top Doll – a joyfully irreverent tale of a rea...
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 9d
A great new Open Mic event for #nationalpoetryday in #miltonkeynes - details in the link below

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Say it Louder MK - National Poetry Day Open Mic
Join us for our first Open Mic Night! Bring your own spoken word to share or sit back and enjoy the show!
www.eventbrite.com
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 9d
Sigrid Nunez, one of the USA’s most esteemed authors, talks to Open University novelist Emma Claire Sweeney about the letters of Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag.

www.mklitfest.org/sigridnunez

#openuniversity
#creativewriting
#lettersandliterature
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 12d
MK Indie Book Fair is back on 25 October with more authors and small presses than before. Meet your favourite new writers, hear them read, and buy loads of wonderful books.

www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025

#miltonkeynes
#indieauthors
#selfpublishing
#smallpress
#centremk
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 14d
In this 90-minute masterclass with writer and technologist Babak Fakhamzadeh, we’ll explore non-fiction writing techniques to make locations come alive on the page.

www.mklitfest.org/writingplace

#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#nonfiction
#writingmasterclass
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 15d
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more: www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror

@bylinetimes.bsky.social 
@russincheshire.bsky.social 
#endofanerror
Tories: The End of an Error - Russell Jones | MK Lit Fest 2025
Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy that has catalogued fourteen years of the Torygeddon circus, diving into the plastic managerialism of Rishi Sunak's ...
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 16d
Join Say It Louder MK for their first Open Mic Night on #nationalpoetryday (2 Oct). Bring your own spoken word to share or sit back and enjoy the show!

7-9pm, YMCA Conferencing Facilities, CMK.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/say-it-lou... #poetry #MiltonKeynes #spokenword
Say it Louder MK - National Poetry Day Open Mic
Join us for our first Open Mic Night! Bring your own spoken word to share or sit back and enjoy the show!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 16d
A wonderful story - wit, compassion, characterisation and eminently relatable dialogue all deployed with subtle skill.
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 18d
Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees'

www.mklitfest.org/mink2026

#creativewriting
#poetry
#shortstories
#flashfiction
#creativenonfiction
#writingcompetition
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 18d
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 18d
Thanks to @TheParksTrust for organising such a fab #heritageopendays event yesterday, and to our brilliant #Mink writers: Steph Lay, Jerard Bretts, Stella Girvin, Isobel Richards, Sharon Clark, Naia Makwana (and, in absentia, Sarah Davies & Graham R Sherwood). #miltonkeynes
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 18d
In this 90-minute masterclass with writer and technologist Babak Fakhamzadeh, we’ll explore non-fiction writing techniques to make locations come alive on the page.

www.mklitfest.org/writingplace

#creativewriting
#miltonkeynes
#non-fiction
#writingmasterclass
#BabakFakhamzadeh
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 19d
TODAY!!! Join us for two unique events in the Talks Tent at The Parks Trust's Great Linford Heritage Celebration with wonderfu llocal writers
www.mklitfest.org/litfestatlin...
#creativewriting #miltonkeynes #mink
@theparkstrust.bsky.social
www.mklitfest.org
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