London’s only festival dedicated to writers and writing is returning to Peckham this October with an even bigger programme showcasing some of the UK’s hottest young authors alongside cabaret, pub crawls, walks, talks, parties, workshops and writing master-classes.
The Literary Kitchen Festival was launched in 2014 with the unique ambition to be the only writing festival aimed at nurturing new talent, creating a community for writers, and promoting creative writing.
When? October 2016 TBC
Where? Peckham Pelican 92 Peckham Road London SE15 5PY and other venues in and around Peckham
Who? 2016 TBA
Website? www.literarykitchen.co.uk/festival/
Twitter? @litkitfest
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Founded? 2014
Festival Director? 2015 - Andrea Mason
Past Festivals?
Highlights for 2015 included: A launch event championing innovative fiction in association with the Goldsmiths Prize with readings from Natasha Soobramanien & Luke Williams, Jonathan Gibbs and Will Eaves (pictured). Award winning writer and performer A L Kennedy reads from her new novel Serious Sweet. Writer-in-Residence Thomas Darby, who invites you to make contact during the week of the festival to make new work. A new Peckham Writing Map with free walks and talks – a great chance to meet other local writers. A debut author spotlight with readings from Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, (Bloomsbury, 2015) and Literary Kitchen alumna Anna Mazzola reads from her historical crime novel, The Unseeing, (forthcoming with Tinder Press, 2016). Closing event: grand finale featuring comedy can-
can cabaret, arte-dance troupe the Dolly Mixtures, and headlining, glam-goth punk rockers Rasp Thorne & The Briars! 2015 will also see the event expanding into more venues in and around Peckham as a result of a new collaboration with ‘Lit Crawl London’, with an epic 16 venue lit-crawl around Peckham on Friday evening, as well as workshops and forums in The Cinnamon Tree Bakery, The Peckham Library and Cavalcanti.
Previously: Adam Mars-Jones Natalie Young Zoe Pilger Adam Marek Stuart Evers Douglas Cowie Blake Morrison Naomi Wood Evie Wyld
If you are involved in this festival you can update or change details via the organisers page . Authors can list here.