2022 Penzance LitFest: save the date!This July, we will be back stronger and wordier than ever before to make up for the missing years. July 6-9, 2022 are our confirmed dates and we’re busy putting the finishing touches to a fantastic programme of events. All will be revealed over the next few weeks. To keep up-to-date with literary happenings and events, make sure that you are subscribed to the LitFest newsletter and follow us on Facebook,Twitter and Instagram. We look forward to welcoming you back in July! Could you be a trustee?We are still looking for two trustees. Find out more… |
From the blog…
My favourite lockdown read
In the first of a new series, Linda Camidge returns to a familiar, well-thumbed volume. But will it still work its magic? Lockdown: and having read all the predictably relevant texts – Camus, Defoe, and a thriller called Plague by Graham Masterton, I turned to my favourite book in the world, Hilary Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety. […]
Lockdown unlocked my writing mind
In this guest blog, Robert Spencer describes how lockdown helped him get those words – lots of them – onto the page Pandemic, people dying, a microscopic virus lingers in every breath. I didn’t need a Lockdown Order to keep me off the streets, out of non-essential shops – even, gulp, out of the pub! […]
Recent news from two of our favourite local writers
If you’re not on Facebook, you may have missed these recent posts: First off, a great blog that takes an often literary look at the Morrab Gardens from a local author who promises the whole alphabet And another great local author – Liz Hurley Muddy Meets Liz Hurley, Author | Muddy Stilettos Cornwall If you’re […]