Do you know a local student who is planning to go to university in the autumn? Please let them know about our generous bursary, which is worth £9,000 each to two students studying any subject. Details here: bridlit.com/bursaries/ #bursary #students #university #dorset

Check out the home page of our website for audio and video of some of our popular events in 2023.
bridlit.com ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Clive Myrie Isabella Tree Chris Bryant #politics #travel #rewilding

Hope everyone has had a good Christmas - here's to a great New Year's Eve. See you next year for another star-studded festival, 3–9 November! Don't miss out, become a Friend of BridLit bridlit.com/support-us/ for priority booking of tickets in 2024.

We're in the news...
bridportnews.co.uk/news/23938929.… - thank you Bridport & Lyme News

Thanks Bridport Town Council for supporting our event at Bridport Arts Centre centre - three schools together saw the fantastic Maz Evans presenting her books Who Let The Gods Out and Oh Maya Gods. Full house, lots of laughter and the teachers joined in too. Pics by Adrien Munden.

Our thanks to Nikki May for the wonderful creative writing workshop she ran with her husband, Pete, at The Bull Hotel last night. Warm, knowledgeable, kind and very talented! #writer #amwriting #creative #books

A wide range of events as the festival welcomes hundreds to Bridport venues. We loved Celia Brayfield's (Celia Brayfield ) wonderful book about The Writing of Black Beauty. All that research truly honours Anna Sewell's incredible achievement. #biography #socialhistory #AnimalWelfare

Patrick Barkham, Dominic Selwood, Harriet Crawley 🖊📖 The Translator and Madeleine Bunting - just some of the authors who've been entertaining us this week. #writing #amwriting #books #nonfiction #fiction #reading #amreading
Pictures by Adrien Munden

Tickets available for cookery writer Pen Vogler tomorrow night; novelist Amanda Craig on Fri, then Sat cricketer Mike Brearley, zoologist and Chris Packham's stepdaughter Megan McCubbin and the finale with REG MEUROSS's song cycle about Westcountry's complex slavery story.

Some great writers and speakers at BridLit once again today, including Max Porter and Sarah Watling.

Another busy day and still going on. Patrick Gale Georgina Moore, The Garnett Girls out in paperback Dr. Jim Downs fiona davison - thanks to Maddie Grigg and Adrien Munden for the photos

Down at Sladers Yard Gallery yesterday, Kim and David Squirrel hosted a sell-out performance of Kim's poem. Rope, a narrative exploration of the lives of working people in Bridport during the 1800s. #poet ry
#bridport #dorset #westbay #writing #reading #listening #poet ink & page

Such a LOVELY morning with illustrator Ruby Wright yesterday at Mercator Italiano Ltd, and great fun was had by all. Ruby's book, Animal Crackers, is a delightful and magical story of a little girl who wants a pet but her flat is too small. #bridport #dorset Rocket Bird Books

Wow, what a wonderful start to this year's BridLit!
Some fabulous speakers. See you all tomorrow.
Pics by Adrien Munden. #books #writing #reading #writers #literature #dorset ALASTAIR CAMPBELL James Rebanks Philippa Gregory Helen Rebanks Jim Down Tom Holland Tanya Bruce-Lockhart

And we're off! Look forward to seeing you lovely people at the 19th Bridport Literary Festival this week. Full houses but still tickets left for some events - take a look at our website bridlit.com and grab a ticket while you still can!

After the storm, it's not too late to book tickets for a lovely night out at Sladers Yard Gallery , West Bay, next week - enjoy cookery or poetry, with or without a meal. Details via the link, and tickets from Bridport TIC on 01308 424901. bridlit.com/poetry-and-coo… Ruth Padel Pen Vogler

A few tickets left for Philippa Gregory's talk on Normal Women Bridport Electric Palace on Sun, 5 Nov 2.30pm. Tickets from Bridport TIC 01308 424901. Stories about the #Dorset women pixelated out of history here on the Bridport Radio website bridportradio.co.uk/arts.../bridli… #women #history

Every writer's dream - a stunning layout by Country Life for my feature linked to #WritingBlackBeauty @bridlitfestival @historypress #pegasusbooks PEW Literary @redwingsuk

Looking forward to welcoming Alastair Campbell to Bridport again. bridlit.com/a-change-of-pl…
He's at Bridport Electric Palace this Sun 5 Nov at 6pm to discuss his new best selling book: BUT WHAT CAN i DO? Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong and How You Can Help Fix It
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

Still some tickets left for great events! BridLit is on 5-11 November. See Bridport TIC for tickets and our website for more info bridlit.com #dorset #events #books #amreading #nature #fiction