Folkestone Book Fest

Stay up to date with everything going on by following @CreativeFstone We will continue to post here as much as possible but for all of the latest news and updates about Folkestone Book Festival follow Creative Folkestone 🙏

🌀 Can you help us discover more about Beckett's past? 🌀 In 1961, Samuel Beckett spent two weeks in Folkestone to get married. We are trying to find anyone that may know something about the secret wedding. Can you help? creativefolkestone.org.uk/news/2021/05/d…

Happy Monday, book lovers! There's only 4 weeks to go until The Shape of Things to Come, our 2021 Festival, opens. Join us for @HoratioClare, @holliepoetry, @we_are_food & more. Details: creativefolkestone.org.uk/folkestone-boo… Principal Partner @NewsNowUK Proudly supported by @NewsNowUK

The @FstoneBookFest is coming! Follow @CreativeFstone to see more We're delighted to be supplying the books again this year & supporting with a festival bookshop @Quarterhouse_UK All books are available to order or pre-order on our website bit.ly/32VguQZ @CanterburyCCUni

🎟 Tickets on sale now! 🎟 Creative Folkestone Book Festival returns this summer between Fri 4 → Sun 13 June. Tickets are now on sale for both live and digital events. Speakers include @DavidLammy , @OteghaUwagba , @johnkampfner & more! Purchase at: creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/

We are excited to announce the new dates for this year's Folkestone Triennial! From Thu 22 July – Tue 1 November you are invited to discover Folkestone and enjoy exciting new artworks. #Triennial2021 Find out more here: creativefolkestone.org.uk/folkestone-tri…

Stay up to date with everything going on by following @CreativeFstone We will continue to post here as much as possible but for all of the latest news and updates about Folkestone Book Festival follow Creative Folkestone 🙏

Why not use #stayingin as the perfect opportunity to develop your creative writing skills with @StoryClub500? Each week they share a theme & 3 random words for you to use to write a 500-word story. Share your story online & receive feedback. Find out more: storyclub.co.uk

Calling all budding writers! In a scheme previously only open to professional screenwriters, the BBC has opened its Writer's Academy to anyone, regardless of experience and background. Applications open 30 March. Find out more: bbcstudios.com/writersacademy

Ode to Social Distancing (by James Parker in @TheAtlantic) "Lest this thing worsen let’s agree to be separated by the length of a tall person. No touch. We’ll communicate via voice and eyes and heart. Stick together—six feet apart". Share your poems/odes by commenting below!

Yes! Welcome to #cccubookclub The first rule of #cccubookclub is you have to talk about it! Let’s share the books we’re reading, the authors who inspire us - it can be just a sentence, a picture, a link to a blog, a website, a review. It can be a novel, even a recommended text!

Superb in-depth article in @Slate about how #Shakespeare survived the #plague and how it inspired his work, from #RomeoandJuliet to #Macbeth. Perhaps social isolation will inspire some further literary genius? Read the article here: slate.com/culture/2020/0…

@Avid_eva @guardian @Mark__Lawrence @ArcticNoir @YrsaSig Fantastic! We hope you are enjoying them!

@FstoneBookFest @guardian Finished #DispelIllusion today, a mind-bending time-travel, D&D end-of-trilogy by @Mark__Lawrence, fantastic! Catching up on some @ArcticNoir ebook shorts, then back to a real book with @YrsaSig's #IcelandicNoir 😍📚

Who says self-isolation/social distancing/quarantine needs to be boring? Great list of dystopian novels in @guardian to get stuck into over the coming weeks. Let us know what you're currently reading! 📚🤓 theguardian.com/books/2020/mar…

In these challenging times The Reading Agency suggests you pick up a book and keep connected by sharing your stories, your book suggestions and your reading inspirations with us on socials - we would love to hear from you! #ReadingInspo #LoveReading #BooksBooksBooks #KeepReading

In response to increasing concerns around the impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) we will be closing Creative Folkestone Quarterhouse from Wednesday 18 March-Tuesday 14 April. Ticket holders will be contacted by Box Office. Please see our full statement here: creativefolkestone.org.uk/visit-and-cont…

Tickets will be available for all events from 12 noon on Friday 6 December. favershamliteraryfestival.org

💥LET'S CREATE: introducing our vision for 2020-2030. What will you create in the next ten years? #LetsCreate