Tickets now on sale!
Simon Hudson will give a talk on Black music in Britain & explore the people that have formed a British soundtrack. Join us at Central Library on Tues 25th June at 7pm.
Tickets £5 (free for Leisure Card holders) at wegottickets.com/event/618496 or at the library

Portsmouth BookFest 2024 ended on Saturday evening with a sell-out event with the brilliant poet John Agard. Our thanks to all of the authors, speakers, venues & volunteers involved in the events and of course our lovely audiences. A short break now before we begin planning the next!

It was lovely to welcome author Isabel Ashdown back to Portsmouth BookFest last Friday after her first appearance in 2010. Isabel was so helpful with audience questions and we'd also like to thank her publisher Sam Eades of Orion for a brilliant interview. 😀

BookFest 2024 wraps up this week with some brilliant events! Listen to your microbes (with Laura Gowers and Fergus Shanahan), Creative Conundrums at the Cathedral, Quartet with Dr Leah Broad and John Agard. See you there!

What a great evening meeting & hearing from Dame Sheila Hancock yesterday. A big thank you to University of Portsmouth for all their help with the venue, to our lovely audience and of course to Dame Sheila! There are just 5 events left now for this year's Festival wegottickets.com/portsmouthbook…

Tonight's Sheila Hancock event is completely sold out and we do not have any on the door tickets available for anyone on the waiting list- anyone arriving without a ticket will unfortunately be disappointed. This has been one of our fastest selling events of over ten years!

Tomorrow's Sheila Hancock event is completely sold out and we do not have any on the door tickets available for anyone on the waiting list- anyone arriving without a ticket will unfortunately be disappointed. This has been one of our fastest selling events of over ten years!

“Gave objective criteria to cut through the sprawling first draft”
Discover how seriously #writers take #editing . Reduce waffly draft to a sleek story “Inspiring” 7pm Wed 28 Feb wegottickets.com/event/599023
“I’ve edited 30,000 words-it was fun”
Portsmouth BookFest The Crime Writers’ Association Society of Authors

A few IN-PERSON PLACES AVAILABLE for our online #Writing #Retreat (Portsmouth BookFest follow-up) 8-9 March
- first come first serve:
buy online ticket
contact me to confirm
wegottickets.com/event/599033/

We're excited to welcome Dr Leah Broad to BookFest this Saturday afternoon to hear all about her brilliant new book: Quartet - which explores the lives of 4 forgotten female composers and the huge influence they had. Tickets wegottickets.com/event/603652

This event is now almost fully booked- grab your ticket from wegottickets.com/event/603651

There are still some tickets available for this event on Thursday- we cannot wait to hear all about this interesting topic from some wonderful speakers!

Lovely day at MysteryFest on Saturday. We enjoyed talks and panels on a range of fascinating topics, a brilliant monologue from Simon Brett, and an interactive session with CSI experts! A huge thank you to all of our participating authors and speakers and our audience 😀

Convivial atmosphere and provocative talks at #mysteryfest

Wowed by Simon Brett’s Crime in Rhyme performance—great to meet stellar authors and hear their depth of experience.

Thanks Carol Westron Portsmouth BookFest

An Evening with John Agard Sat 2 March 7pm Portsmouth Central Library
Come and listen to poems and join in an event that celebrates books, rhythm and wordplay with one of the UK's most sought after authors, John Agard.
wegottickets.com/event/603653

Join author Matt Wingett on Mon 26 Feb 11am to hear all about Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Matt will show us how Portsmouth influenced Doyle's writing. Portsmouth Central Library. Tickets wegottickets.com/event/603628

Our very own local author Tina MacNaughton will be at Southsea Library on Sunday morning 10.30am-12noon for a poetry share. Bring and share your poetry - there will be writing prompts and exercises for a creative, enjoyable morning. FREE- just drop in!

Don't forget that tomorrow you can pop into Southsea Library between 11am and 2pm to meet local authors at our free Local Authors Fair. Come along and find out how they got published and their tips for becoming a writer. 😀

Join Tom Sykes and Louis Netter for this workshop which uses specially designed exercises, activities and 'live' demonstrations of their craft. Tickets £6 wegottickets.com/event/603627

Tickets for this event are selling fast! Buy yours at wegottickets.com/event/603637