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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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Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK.

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November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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We're wincing - and giggling - at memories of recent times at
Waterstones Milton Keynes as welcome back Russell Jones with his trilogy-closing Tories: The End of an Error
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November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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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

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November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with
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raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky
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Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part!

www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...

#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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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

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November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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It's #NationalTreeWeek - in a city of 22 million specimens there's plenty to inspire.

Our Creative #WritingCompetition is looking for #poetry #shortstories or #creativenonfictionfiction on the theme of 'The Trees': entries open till 18 Jan 2026.

Info: www.mklitfest.org/mink2026

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November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance).

www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...

#poetry #anthology #GivePeataChance
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Only a few days left to enter the @writersandartists.bsky.social Working Class Writers' Prize! Please share.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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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

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November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part!

www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...

#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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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

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#endofanerror
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Today is the last day to submit your writing if you'd like to potentially be part of our Raising Voices StoryMap launch. Send us your writing about places in #miltonkeynes.

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#poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #CreativeNonfiction #writingcompetition
The Raising Voices StoryMap Launch Party | MK Lit Fest 2025
Join us in-person or online for a special end of year celebration event, as we officially launch the Raising Voices StoryMap - an interactive, online audio-visual map of poems and stories inspired by ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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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
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part!

www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...

#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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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

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November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us, along with Leo Boix, Julia Webb and Lesley Sharpe www.mklitfest.org/poetryspotli...

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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part!

www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...

#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us and more.

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November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Visit our friends at Waterstones Milton Keynes t 4pm on Tues 25 Nov to meet #AlexanderArmstrong as he signs copies of his new book, Evenfall. Book ahead to secure a place in the queue and a copy of the book, to be collected on the day.
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/meet-...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part!

www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...

#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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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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November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Let local writers show you Central Milton Keynes from ten new angles, as they read original poems and short stories inspired by places along the way.

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November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Karen McCarthy Woolf talks to Open University poet Jane Yeh about her experimental verse novel Top Doll (Dialogue, 2024), narrated by avast collection of antique dolls... Online event, 7 November: free.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us from their latest and forthcoming collections.

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October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM