All best wishes from everyone at MK Lit Fest, and may the days ahead be filled with happiness and kindness. We look forward to welcoming you in 2026. Spend those Book Tokens wisely in the meantime...

Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees' for our Mink2026 Creative Writing Competition. www.mklitfest.org/mink2026 #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Save the dates for our 2026 Spring Festival. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know when events are announced. www.mklitfest.org/newsletter #miltonkeynes #books #litfest

An anthology of new ecopoetry co-published with Poets for the Planet to raise money for #GivePeatAChance. Please dig deep to help conserve an endangered habitat. www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe... @poetsfortheplanet @yorkshirewildlifetrust #poetry #givepeatachance #digginginthedirt #ecopoetry

Since 2018, MK Lit Fest has published 12 anthologies of the vert best of local writing: poetry, short stories and creative non-fiction. Treat yourself from our online bookshop today! www.mklitfest.org/mink-antholo... #creativewriting #poetry #anthologies

Since April this year, Raising Voices has been encouraging, gathering and curating original poems, short stories and creative non-fiction pieces. On the night of launching Story Map with 59 fantastic pieces of work, we invited many of the writers to join us in sharing their pieces. #storymap

Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees' www.mklitfest.org/mink2026 #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part! www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition

Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees' www.mklitfest.org/mink2026 #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition

Only a few days left to submit your entry to the @writersandartists.bsky.social Working Class Writers' Prize. Deadline Monday the 1st of December! Find out more here: www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions... @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition

We're wincing - and giggling - at memories of recent times at Waterstones Milton Keynes as welcome back Russell Jones with his trilogy-closing Tories: The End of an Error @russincheshire.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social #theendofanerror #thedecadeintory

Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees' www.mklitfest.org/mink2026 #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with @mklitfest.bsky.social raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part! www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more: www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror @bylinetimes.bsky.social @russincheshire.bsky.social #endofanerror

It's #NationalTreeWeek - in a city of 22 million specimens there's plenty to inspire. Our Creative #WritingCompetition is looking for #poetry #shortstories or #creativenonfictionfiction on the theme of 'The Trees': entries open till 18 Jan 2026. Info: www.mklitfest.org/mink2026 #creativewriting

Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe... #poetry #anthology #GivePeataChance

Only a few days left to enter the @writersandartists.bsky.social Working Class Writers' Prize! Please share. www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions... @mklitfest.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @bbcwriters.bsky.social

Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more: www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror @bylinetimes.bsky.social @russincheshire.bsky.social #endofanerror

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part! www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more: www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror @bylinetimes.bsky.social @russincheshire.bsky.social #endofanerror

Today is the last day to submit your writing if you'd like to potentially be part of our Raising Voices StoryMap launch. Send us your writing about places in #miltonkeynes. www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #CreativeNonfiction #writingcompetition

Our MinK2026 Creative Writing Competition is now open! Welcoming poems, short stories and creative non-fiction on the theme of 'The Trees' www.mklitfest.org/mink2026 #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part! www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Tories: The End of an Error is the final volume in Russell Jones’ satirical trilogy tracing 14 years of the Torygeddon circus. Join us in-person/online, 26/11 to hear more: www.mklitfest.org/endofanerror @bylinetimes @RussInCheshire #theweekintory

Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us, along with Leo Boix, Julia Webb and Lesley Sharpe www.mklitfest.org/poetryspotli... @julwe1.bsky.social @lesleysharpe.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part! www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us and more. www.mklitfest.org/poetryspotli... @julwe1.bsky.social @lesleysharpe.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social #poetry @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social

Visit our friends at Waterstones Milton Keynes t 4pm on Tues 25 Nov to meet #AlexanderArmstrong as he signs copies of his new book, Evenfall. Book ahead to secure a place in the queue and a copy of the book, to be collected on the day. Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/meet-... #miltonkeynes

Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK. Submit a piece by 17 Nov and you could also be taking part! www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #creativewriting #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcompetition

Sigrid Nunez, one of the USA’s most esteemed authors, talks to Open University novelist Emma Claire Sweeney about the letters of Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag. mklitfest.org/sigridnunez #openuniversity #creativewriting #lettersandliterature #sigridnunez @emmaclairesweeney

Let local writers show you Central Milton Keynes from ten new angles, as they read original poems and short stories inspired by places along the way. mklitfest.org/citylitwalk @culturemk #poetry #shortstories #miltonkeynes #literarywalk

Karen McCarthy Woolf talks to Open University poet Jane Yeh about her experimental verse novel Top Doll (Dialogue, 2024), narrated by avast collection of antique dolls... Online event, 7 November: free. www.mklitfest.org/karenmccarth...

Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us from their latest and forthcoming collections. @julwe1.bsky.social @lesleysharpe.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social

Let local writers show you Central Milton Keynes from ten new angles, as they read original poems and short stories inspired by places along the way. www.mklitfest.org/citylitwalk #culturemk #poetry #shortstories #miltonkeynes #literarywalk

A massive thanks to all involved in making a wonderful day this Saturday. Huge thanks to all volunteers and those making the event come together. We couldn’t have made this happen without you We hope you all felt as inspired as we did ✨📚

Fantastic opportunity for working-class writers from our friends and partners at @ouliterature.bsky.social @ruppin.bsky.social and @societyofauthors.bsky.social PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

Setting up for the busy day ahead, full of free children’s events, readings and lots and lots of books! Come and say hi to your favorite author and find a new book to immerse yourself in!

Free event for book lovers (including kids) 70 authors and small presses in Middleton Hall, centre:mk, on Sat 25 Oct. Free event with book sales and signing, readings and workshops events for younger readers too. Come and meet your favourite new writer(s)!

This Saturday! 70 authors and small presses in Middleton Hall, centre:mk, on Sat 25 Oct. Free event with book sales and signing, readings and workshops events for younger readers too. Come and meet your favourite new writer(s)!

This Saturday! 70 authors and small presses in Middleton Hall, centre:mk, on Sat 25 Oct. Free event with book sales and signing, readings and workshops events for younger readers too. Come and meet your favourite new writer(s)!

This weekend! Meet your favourite new writers, hear them read, and buy loads of wonderful books. www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025 #miltonkeynes #indieauthors #selfpublishing #smallpress @centremk

Sigrid Nunez, one of the USA’s most esteemed authors, talks to Open University novelist Emma Claire Sweeney about the letters of Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag. mklitfest.org/sigridnunez #openuniversity #creativewriting #lettersandliterature #sigridnunez

MK Indie Book Fair is back on 25 October with more authors and small presses than before. Meet your favourite new writers, hear them read, and buy loads of wonderful books. www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025 #miltonkeynes #indieauthors #selfpublishing #smallpress @centremk

Let local writers show you Central Milton Keynes from ten new angles, as they read original poems and short stories inspired by places along the way. www.mklitfest.org/citylitwalk @culturemk #poetry #shortstories #miltonkeynes #literarywalk