Croydon Lit Fest

The Croydon Literary Festival is over for another year! Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time, came along, took part, spoke and supported us. We hope to see you in 2019!

So we’re in the twenties peeps! 🌟What better way to start them than to speak to 20 familiar Croydon names about the year ahead 👌 Happy 2020 🥳➡️ croydonist.co.uk/2020-vision/

The 2019 #WomensPrize shortlist has been revealed! To celebrate, we're giving away a set of all six shortlisted books. To #win, simply follow us, retweet this post and tag a fellow fiction lover in the comments 👉

🌟SHE DREW THE GUN🌟 Our very special guest on the Town Square stage is @shedrewthegun - we’ve been playing her in the office on repeat. LOVE IT. Same goes for @TheLovelyEggs ‘This is Eggland’ & @TigerMimic Get your ticket now: bit.ly/2A7Az8J

🔥ONLY 100 TICKETS LEFT🔥 When they’re gone, they’re gone, so grab a ticket while you still can and see @BloodRedShoes @shedrewthegun @NovaTwinsMusic @BangBangRomeo @scarletbanduk @kathnthekicks and so many more on the 6th April. TICKETS: bit.ly/2A7Az8J

🔥SHE DREW THE GUN🔥 Proud to announce that our secret guest is @shedrewthegun - critically acclaimed, @BBC6Music darlings & storming it live. They join @BloodRedShoes @TheLovelyEggs & so many more at our very own #festival @crocroland TICKETS HERE: bit.ly/2A7Az8J

Grassroots Awards Programme 2019 for #Croydon launched by @CCommitment in partnership with @CroydonVA croydoncc.wordpress.com/2019/03/19/gra… Funding opportunity for constituted groups, charities, social enterprises or charitable incorporated organisations

50 reasons why #Croydon is Cool. #EastCroydonCool. eastcroydoncool.co.uk/2019/03/14/50-…

Great news! You don’t want to miss this... 👍 #Croydonites

It's back! The award-winning festival of new theatre lands in #Croydon from 2 - 26 May. Full programme details to follow soon #Croydonites #Theatre #Newtheatre

⭐️VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ⭐️ Do you like indie music and are you free on 6 April? If so this could be for you. 🎸 We are looking for half a dozen people to help out at Croydon’s brand new festival @crocroland ➡️ DM us if you are interested in finding out more ⭐️

I’m very lucky to have @samanthamorrish part of the cast for the film I’m making. Check out her other project and help get this exposure pretty please. @fruitbatwalton @Sonjilove @EastCroydonCool @croydonites @PandoraFest - any love you can spread would be fab xxx

Join us to celebrate International Women's Day at #CroydonLibrary on Thursday 7th March, 10am-12pm. Network with like-minded women and access support to develop your skills for employment or self-employment. #CroydonLibs #InternationalWomensDay

As a nod to the golden anniversary of the moon landing we chat to Tom Murphy - creator of the @CroydonSpacept zine ‘Ad Astra Per Croydon’ ⭐️ The zine, as well as this interview is a VERY enjoyable read 🚀Intrigued? More here ➡️ croydonist.co.uk/colossive/

🎨Thank you to our NEW social media cover artist 🎨Nicky Nicholls is a Croydon artist who specialises in finger painting on canvas. Nicky created ‘Journey of Dreams’ last year as part of a series about a child escaping abuse.

Our January newsletter is out now - from stencil art to chocolatiers via music festivals, creative communities and suffrage. If you want to subscribe to future editions head on over to our website - croydonist.co.uk 💌

Less than a month to the release of my LGBT+ children's book 'Wain'. Published by @TheEmmaPress and illustrated by @HeleneBoppert, Wain is a book of poems reimagining Scottish folk stories with an LGBT focus: theemmapress.com/shop/wain/

Tickets are now selling for our latest collaborative life drawing event led by artist Simon Wakefield. You can book your space for one date or all three Croydon classes here: descart.es/long-pose-life… Our event will be taking place in the theatre @MatthewsYard in Feb & March. 🌱

Celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek at #CouldsonLibrary with @TinyFlood this Friday

@ListeningBooks @MindinCroydon @VisitCroydon @CroydonVision @CroydonLitFest @CroydonVA @yourcroydon @CroydonLibs plus @CroydonLibs also works with other agencies to provide information and support, including @AgeUKCroydon @informingcarers, @thereaderorg , offers books on prescription working with health professionals and central has a Healthy Living Hub