Glad to share my experience of founding and running the #HawkesburyUpton #LiteratureFestival on the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) blog today to help other authors set up similar events. ww.hulitfest.com Next event: 27th April Hawkesbury Upton Lit Fest

Calling local #writers of #shortstories - get in there! Free to enter, and the judges will choose ten stories from the entries to be read at a fun evening on 5 November. Deadline is this Sunday, though, so hurry hurry hurry! #writingcommunity

Another excellent local literary event just up the road from #HawkesburyUpton in #Stroud - and our founder, 📚 Debbie Young 📚, is co-judging this event with organiser @JohnHol88897218! What's not to love? Come and join the fun!

Meet the speakers for the next #HULFTalk on 30th Sept:
2) Jean Burnett, historical novelist, aka Fran Kempton, will share surprising finds from her research into Italian #Renaissance artist #Gesualdo for her novel 'The Devil's Tune'. More info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hulf-talk-re…

Thanks to Stroud Short Stories for the shout-out for our next talk in their newsletter today. If you're a writer in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire and you'd like to submit a short story for the Autumn 2023 #StroudShortStories event, click here: stroudshortstories.blogspot.com

Meet the speakers for the next #HULFTalk on 30th Sept:
1) Ali Bacon, prize-winning short story writer & author of two novels, will share surprising finds from her research into the birth of photography for her novel 'In the Blink of an Eye'.
More info:
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Next HULF Talk is a week today! Got YOUR tickets yet? A great way for local writers to make new author friends, as well as a brilliant opportunity for readers to meet eight fascinating authors - all for a fiver! Click the link for more info & box office:
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Coming soon! Just Write Bristol taking the stage at Hawkesbury Upton Lit Fest tickets only £5 😊

Ever wondered where #writers get their ideas?
Find out at the next #HULFTalk in beautiful #HawkesburyUpton featuring 8 authors: Lucienne Boyce, Heather Child, Ali Bacon, writer, reader, golfer, exiled Scot, 📚 Debbie Young 📚, Mari Howard, Jean Burnett, Justin Newland & H J Reed!
Box office: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hulf-talk-re…

Lucky #Cotswolds #book worms - next month, there's a packed programme at Tetbury Book Festival, and Hawkesbury Upton Lit Fest are running an event on 30th September too.

#theculturehour #reading #book #book s #Gloucestershire #southglos #amreading

Beautiful Cotswolds scenery... countless fascinating books! 📚Join us on Saturday 30th September at hulitfest.com - tickets on sale now!
Hawkesbury Upton Lit Fest Just Write Bristol

If you enjoyed visiting St Mary's Hawkesbury for our recent #HULF #FestivalofWords , here's a chance to revisit online for our special #Coronation vigil service tonight, Friday 5th May:
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Our #HULFTalk Festival of Words last Saturday was a great success - thank you so much to all our brilliant speakers, hardworking volunteers, and attentive audience. Here's lexicographer Jennifer Hurd giving her fascinating talk on how words are chosen for the The OED.

As there will be no Stroud Short Stories event until 5 November, why not spring forth by attending the Hawkesbury Upton Lit Fest event on Sat 22 April? Run by the magnificent 📚 Debbie Young 📚, here is the programme for the day -
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Our Festival of Words event will include a fascinating talk by historical novelist Lucienne Boyce on the language of #pugilism in fiction - part of a day-long celebration of our English language in a beautiful #Cotswold country church. Book here: hulitfest.com/2023/01/31/nex… #litfest

Ever wondered how new words are chosen for the #OxfordEnglishDictionary ? Come along to our next #litfest event on Sat 22 Apr to find out when #lexicographer Jennifer Hurd takes us behind the scenes of the process at the The OED! Book your tickets here: hulitfest.com/2023/01/31/nex…

Come along to the @HULitfest Festival of Words on 22nd April in the delightful Cotswold village of #HawkesburyUpton to enjoy a celebration of our wonderful English language. Click link for more info & to book your ticket. Admission just £5! hulitfest.com/2023/01/31/nex… #litfest #Glos

#Gadzookery or #OK ? What's the best form of language to use in historical fiction? An issue that two #histfic novelists, Lucienne Boyce & Jean Burnett Author, will discuss at our next event on Sat 22 Apr, in an action-packed programme! Book here: hulitfest.com/2023/01/31/nex…

An invitation to all fans of Stroud Short Stories: we think you'll love our #FestivalofWords , the next event in our #HawkesburyUpton #LitFest , on Saturday 22nd April. Full programme and booking link here: hulitfest.com/2023/01/31/nex… We'd love to see you there!