INTRODUCTION

WELCOME TO THE BOURNEMOUTH LITERARY FESTIVAL WEBSITE!

        
WE ARE ALIVE AND KICKING, EVALUATING, FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPING THE FESTIVAL. 
 

2008 AND BEYOND WILL FEATURE EVENTS WITH AN "INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR".
 

PLEASE VISIT OUR 2006, 2007, PREVIOUS HIGHLIGHTS AND COMPETITIONS PAGES FOR DETAILS OF OUR PAST EVENTS. 

BACKGROUND

The Bournemouth Literary Festival was established in October 2004 and launched with aplomb on 2-4 September 2005 with the media headline: “It’s set to be a big success, literally”. Our master of ceremonies, Tobias Ellwood MP kicked off the ‘around the world’ launch party and guest speaker, award-winning writer and biographer Nicholas Shakespeare, mesmerised guests and the glamorous Thai dance troupe, ‘Stars of Siam’, wowed the audience. Other artists invited to the 2005 festival were: acclaimed dissident Chinese writer Ma Jian, renown Jewish writer Howard Jacobson, Noah Messomo African drummer, storyteller and musician extraordinaire and Bournemouth-based Christine Aziz winner of the Richard & Judy prize for new writers.

2006 saw events that fused literature with cats, comedy, food, speed dating plus a short story competition and we enjoyed the humour of Guy Browning.  In 2007 we spread the wings of "love", "romance" and "erotica" with a world of romance evening and erotic fiction workshop and party.

The arts are growing in Bournemouth and its impressive literary heritage and language schools are the festival’s inspiration – an international and multicultural festival that exhibits and introduces new and old fiction and poetry set in an international arena both in original English text and translations, with music, dance and drama as a backdrop.

If you are interested in developing an event with us or collaborating, please contact Lillian Avon at: info@bournemouthliteraryfestival.co.uk

Thank you for visiting our website.

Lillian Avon Director & Founder
email: info@bournemouthliteraryfestival.co.uk 

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