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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.

www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...

#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition
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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#flashfiction
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November 26, 2025 at 7:44 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

#creativewriting
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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

@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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#endofanerror
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 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

#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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@RussInCheshire #theweekintory
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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#poetry
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#literarywalk
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
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A massive thanks to all involved in making a wonderful day this Saturday.

Huge thanks to all volunteers and those making the event come together. We couldn’t have made this happen without you

We hope you all felt as inspired as we did ✨📚
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Setting up for the busy day ahead, full of free children’s events, readings and lots and lots of books! Come and say hi to your favorite author and find a new book to immerse yourself in!
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Free event for book lovers (including kids)

70 authors and small presses in Middleton Hall, centre:mk, on Sat 25 Oct. Free event with book sales and signing, readings and workshops events for younger readers too.

Come and meet your favourite new writer(s)!
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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This Saturday!
70 authors and small presses in Middleton Hall, centre:mk, on Sat 25 Oct. Free event with book sales and signing, readings and workshops events for younger readers too. Come and meet your favourite new writer(s)!
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM