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Maidstone Writers' Group

From festival inspiration to year-round collaboration

Local Business Boosts School Books

How one community-minded company shared the joy of reading for World Book Day

Three Stellar Authors Kicking off the Festival Lineup

From Mayhem to Memoir, Austen to Alex vs Axel: Meet the First Authors Joining Us for the Festival

Maidstone LitFest returns for second year

Maidstone's very own literary festival is back and promising to be bigger and better

A New Chapter for Maidstone

Maidstone LitFest kicks off with a celebration of books and reading at Maidstone Museum

Book Bugs Book Hunt!

Children's book hunt in Lockmeadow Entertainment Centre

Festival week is here!

All you need to know for your festival week ahead

Festival Giveaway!

Celebrating festival week with daily giveaways!

Get kids reading with these amazing children's books!

Meet an author, get your book signed and begin your life-long love of reading!

The Seawomen by Chloe Timms

They say wickedness lies in the sea...

Murder at the Palace!

What if the Queen solved crimes?

Writing Funny Stories for Children

Gianna Pollero, author of the hilarious Monster Doughnuts series, on the joy of writing funny stories for children

Maggie Brookes

Acts of Love and War

LitFest for Writers

Check out what the LitFest has to offer for writers!

Get Talking About The Silence Project

The utterly gripping debut novel from Carole Hailey

Competition Winners

Congratulations to our schools competition winners!

Learn how to draw – manga style!

Learn the art of manga with Chie Kutsuwada

Lisa Jewell and Dorothy Koomson

Legends of the thriller world coming to Maidstone

Schools' competition!

Win a free author visit for KS2 with Maidstone LitFest

Mystery in Maidstone

Local crime novelists Julie Wassmer and Lisa Cutts join the festival line-up