Emma Crighton
@emmacrighton.bsky.social
she/her
📌Lancaster
📖CGP Books / Lancaster Litfest
📌Lancaster
📖CGP Books / Lancaster Litfest
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Welcome to Litfest's Autumn Season 2026!
The (very welcome) return of the rain also brings the return of Litfest and our packed programme for the Autumn Season!
Book tickets, browse the programme, apply to join a workshop and submit to our poetry mosaic here! geni.us/LFAutumn26
The (very welcome) return of the rain also brings the return of Litfest and our packed programme for the Autumn Season!
Book tickets, browse the programme, apply to join a workshop and submit to our poetry mosaic here! geni.us/LFAutumn26
September 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Welcome to Litfest's Autumn Season 2026!
The (very welcome) return of the rain also brings the return of Litfest and our packed programme for the Autumn Season!
Book tickets, browse the programme, apply to join a workshop and submit to our poetry mosaic here! geni.us/LFAutumn26
The (very welcome) return of the rain also brings the return of Litfest and our packed programme for the Autumn Season!
Book tickets, browse the programme, apply to join a workshop and submit to our poetry mosaic here! geni.us/LFAutumn26
Is there a German word for "having quite a nice week personally, but at the same time, quite melancholy due to the death of a beloved celebrity, with whom I had no great personal connection, but who objectively made a quite wonderful contribution to humanity"?
August 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Is there a German word for "having quite a nice week personally, but at the same time, quite melancholy due to the death of a beloved celebrity, with whom I had no great personal connection, but who objectively made a quite wonderful contribution to humanity"?
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Remember to scream loudly out of the window at random moments to keep your iPlayer-watching neighbours on their toes.
July 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Remember to scream loudly out of the window at random moments to keep your iPlayer-watching neighbours on their toes.
Canopy appreciation post, courtesy of a weekend trip to Hawkshead/Coniston. If in doubt, look up 💚🌳🍃
May 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Canopy appreciation post, courtesy of a weekend trip to Hawkshead/Coniston. If in doubt, look up 💚🌳🍃
Am having a lovely 2026 so far, with many close family milestones/celebrations/birthdays/engagements/anniversaries occurring.
It's delightful and wonderful, but dear GOD I have spent an *unbelievable* amount of time on Etsy.
It's delightful and wonderful, but dear GOD I have spent an *unbelievable* amount of time on Etsy.
May 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Am having a lovely 2026 so far, with many close family milestones/celebrations/birthdays/engagements/anniversaries occurring.
It's delightful and wonderful, but dear GOD I have spent an *unbelievable* amount of time on Etsy.
It's delightful and wonderful, but dear GOD I have spent an *unbelievable* amount of time on Etsy.
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Here’s your quick explainer on how to use both Martha and Jess’ Rules if you ever need. Free post.
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May 2, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Here’s your quick explainer on how to use both Martha and Jess’ Rules if you ever need. Free post.
www.patreon.com/posts/jesss-...
www.patreon.com/posts/jesss-...
The world is often bad, so here is a good tree appreciation post, because it's Spring and I can 🌳
April 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The world is often bad, so here is a good tree appreciation post, because it's Spring and I can 🌳
View from my desk today 🦚 it's been over a decade and the novelty still hasn't worn off.
(It's actually mating season and the boys are starting to get noisy, but we will forgive them for this because they are still a delight to look at.)
(It's actually mating season and the boys are starting to get noisy, but we will forgive them for this because they are still a delight to look at.)
April 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
View from my desk today 🦚 it's been over a decade and the novelty still hasn't worn off.
(It's actually mating season and the boys are starting to get noisy, but we will forgive them for this because they are still a delight to look at.)
(It's actually mating season and the boys are starting to get noisy, but we will forgive them for this because they are still a delight to look at.)
Library takeover for @litfest.bsky.social Sunday 📚
March 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Library takeover for @litfest.bsky.social Sunday 📚
Snapshots of a sunny Saturday with Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social . Off home for a sit down before we go again tomorrow!
March 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Snapshots of a sunny Saturday with Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social . Off home for a sit down before we go again tomorrow!
Today we are celebrating #InterantionalWomensDay 2026 with a wonderful celebration of @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social new book and I cannot think of a better way to spend the evening @litfest.bsky.social .
March 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Have you ever tried to eat a custard-filled croissant the size of your hand on a train?
I do not recommend you try to eat a custard-filled croissant the size of your hand on a train.
(I do however recommend Tuck's croissants in all other circumstances, and with extreme gusto) 🥐
I do not recommend you try to eat a custard-filled croissant the size of your hand on a train.
(I do however recommend Tuck's croissants in all other circumstances, and with extreme gusto) 🥐
February 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Have you ever tried to eat a custard-filled croissant the size of your hand on a train?
I do not recommend you try to eat a custard-filled croissant the size of your hand on a train.
(I do however recommend Tuck's croissants in all other circumstances, and with extreme gusto) 🥐
I do not recommend you try to eat a custard-filled croissant the size of your hand on a train.
(I do however recommend Tuck's croissants in all other circumstances, and with extreme gusto) 🥐
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It's time to reveal the programme cover for Litfest's 2026 Spring season, including our 47th Litfest (13th-22nd March)!
Whilst you'll have to wait a little longer for the full release of our packed programme, you can grab early-bird in-person tickets for a selection of events! geni.us/LF26Spring
Whilst you'll have to wait a little longer for the full release of our packed programme, you can grab early-bird in-person tickets for a selection of events! geni.us/LF26Spring
January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
It's time to reveal the programme cover for Litfest's 2026 Spring season, including our 47th Litfest (13th-22nd March)!
Whilst you'll have to wait a little longer for the full release of our packed programme, you can grab early-bird in-person tickets for a selection of events! geni.us/LF26Spring
Whilst you'll have to wait a little longer for the full release of our packed programme, you can grab early-bird in-person tickets for a selection of events! geni.us/LF26Spring
In case the January darkness is getting to you too, here is your Wednesday reminder that we are now a mere 27 DAYS from Pancake Day.
And (bonus factoid): you can actually make pancakes whenever you want!!
And (bonus factoid): you can actually make pancakes whenever you want!!
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January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
In case the January darkness is getting to you too, here is your Wednesday reminder that we are now a mere 27 DAYS from Pancake Day.
And (bonus factoid): you can actually make pancakes whenever you want!!
And (bonus factoid): you can actually make pancakes whenever you want!!
All hail 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
All hail 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I have been solidly Christmas shopping either in-person or online since roughly 3pm today, pleased to announce I am ✨losing the plot✨
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I have been solidly Christmas shopping either in-person or online since roughly 3pm today, pleased to announce I am ✨losing the plot✨
Saw Del Toro's Frankenstein, and it has reaffirmed my absolute conviction that no film merits a 2.5h+ runtime.
(Except, obviously, the first Wicked film, which whizzed by, and which I would still have watched if it was 500 hours long.)
(Except, obviously, the first Wicked film, which whizzed by, and which I would still have watched if it was 500 hours long.)
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Saw Del Toro's Frankenstein, and it has reaffirmed my absolute conviction that no film merits a 2.5h+ runtime.
(Except, obviously, the first Wicked film, which whizzed by, and which I would still have watched if it was 500 hours long.)
(Except, obviously, the first Wicked film, which whizzed by, and which I would still have watched if it was 500 hours long.)
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‘The more local you are, the more global you are’: the ever-brilliant Sarah Hall on her new novel, ‘Helm’, place-writing, and the importance of positivity in environmental fictional writing at @litfest.bsky.social 📚🍃
October 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
‘The more local you are, the more global you are’: the ever-brilliant Sarah Hall on her new novel, ‘Helm’, place-writing, and the importance of positivity in environmental fictional writing at @litfest.bsky.social 📚🍃
Reasons to be cheerful, September edition:
- Dog sitting on a rainy Sunday
- The yellowest-yellow flowers
- Seeing beautiful places, doing beautiful things
- Dog sitting on a rainy Sunday
- The yellowest-yellow flowers
- Seeing beautiful places, doing beautiful things
September 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Reasons to be cheerful, September edition:
- Dog sitting on a rainy Sunday
- The yellowest-yellow flowers
- Seeing beautiful places, doing beautiful things
- Dog sitting on a rainy Sunday
- The yellowest-yellow flowers
- Seeing beautiful places, doing beautiful things
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when driving on the highway it’s important to at all times have established an enemy
July 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
when driving on the highway it’s important to at all times have established an enemy
On Thursday night, join us in person and online for the Lancaster Environment Lecture 2025 delivered by Bella Lack! There's still time to book your free tickets: geni.us/LF25LE
*Please note that there has been a change to the in-person venue which will now take place at Faraday Lecture Theatre.
*Please note that there has been a change to the in-person venue which will now take place at Faraday Lecture Theatre.
May 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A thread of notes I've made in my notebook about my dad:
1. The Swimming Pool.
1. The Swimming Pool.
April 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A thread of notes I've made in my notebook about my dad:
1. The Swimming Pool.
1. The Swimming Pool.
Loved learning all about the women of Lancaster today in the sunshine, brilliant guided walk by Eleanor Levin ☀️
@litfest.bsky.social
@litfest.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Loved learning all about the women of Lancaster today in the sunshine, brilliant guided walk by Eleanor Levin ☀️
@litfest.bsky.social
@litfest.bsky.social
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obviously still looking forward to it hugely but turns out there really is an age at which "getting ready for a massive boozy party to be attended by dozens of pals" stops feeling fully "weeeyyyyy" and starts feeling a bit more "Theoden minutes before the battle of Helm's Deep"
March 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
obviously still looking forward to it hugely but turns out there really is an age at which "getting ready for a massive boozy party to be attended by dozens of pals" stops feeling fully "weeeyyyyy" and starts feeling a bit more "Theoden minutes before the battle of Helm's Deep"
So loved hearing Amy kick off Lancaster Litfest this evening 💕
Lovely evening @litfest.bsky.social listening to @amyjanebeer.bsky.social talk about #TheFlow, rivers, the marvellous mysteryof dowsing and how we're all wild. 💚 The Flow is one of the best pieces of nature writing I've read, so informative and written with so much absolute joy.
March 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So loved hearing Amy kick off Lancaster Litfest this evening 💕