The Guernsey Arts Commission is giving local writers the chance to work with and learn from prize winning poet and writer Candy Neubert when she visits Guernsey later this month. Download the timetable of events for the weekend. The three day series of events, held under the umbrella of the Guernsey Literary Festival, will give [...]
We’ve Got It Covered, the current exhibition in the greenhouse, is going to continue until 29th August. The exhibition, which takes a look at the dust jacket designs of international editions of international best seller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, has already been seen by nearly 3,000 people, making it the most [...]
All that remains is to announce the winner of our 100 character writing competition. Thanks to everyone who entered, we received some fantastic entries, though all in the under 13s category. Older writers need to pull their fingers out. We had tough a tough choice to make from a field of very good entries but [...]
It’s over and done with, so pack up The Hub and dismantle its satellite Luna. Let lyricless planes moan overhead and seagulls pick at any remaining fragments of poetry (in fact pick up that litter before you leave). I thought the festival would last forever, but I clearly hadn’t checked the schedule properly. This first [...]
Yesterday Caroline Bird had a hub-full of spectators hanging on her every word. She performs with consummate assurance and so much energy that not only the hour of her performance but every copy of her book was gone before you could say ‘What a sensational writer, she is surely destined for recognition on a very [...]
Into the festival’s second day and the wealth of events to choose from is proving overwhelming. Packed programmes offering all kinds of literary fare stretch from first thing in the morning until way past my normal bedtime. For the purposes of this blog I have to restrict myself to a quick rundown of activities. Before [...]
The festival is under way and events are taking place as I type. This post may seem a bit rushed as I’m trying not to miss too much of the festivities. I started the day with literature and will end it in the same way. I went to The Barclays Wealth Hub this morning to [...]
The venue of the Guernsey Literary Festival‘s Poetry Cafe has moved to upstairs at Costa Coffee in the Arcade. There will be two open poetry events during the festival, the first is between 1600 and 1700 on Friday afternoon and the second on Sunday from 1330 to 1430. The sessions are free and open to [...]
With the beginning of the festival in touching distance this is the perfect time to discuss what’s happening over the coming days. First, a sort of inflatable igloo that has sprung up by the Market is attracting a lot of attention from passersby. This is The Barclays Wealth Hub, a purpose-built venue where many of [...]
The Guernsey Literary Festival begins tomorrow morning, Thursday 12th May, and the main venue, the Barclay’s Wealth Hub is now up on the St Peter Port Market Terrace. Check out photos of the Hub on the Guernsey Literary Festival Facebook page. Tickets for many of the events are still available and can be purchased from [...]
