We’re thrilled to welcome crime-writing legend @anncleeves.bsky.social OBE to the Isle of Wight Literary Festival! Join Ann as she discusses her brand-new Matthew Venn mystery, The Dying Light.
📚 Sat 10 Oct | 10:30am
🎟️ Sponsored by @seabourncruise.bsky.social
#IOWLitFest #AnnCleeves

Join whisky writer Ian Buxton for Whiskies Galore at #IOWLitFest on 9 October. Discover the people, places and distinctive drams behind Scotland’s island distilleries, with stories, humour and plenty of whisky along the way!
See www.iwlitfest.com for details.

🦖 130 million years of history beneath our feet! Join palaeontologist & author Megan Jacobs on 9 October at the #IOWLitFest to discover the Isle of Wight’s extraordinary fossils, dinosaurs and ancient landscapes – and why the Island is so important to palaeontology.
#IsleOfWight

Join legendary broadcaster & award-winning author @clarebalding as she discusses her extraordinary career and debut novel Pastures New.
📍 Cowes Enterprise College
📅 Sat 10 Oct 2026 | 1.30pm
🎟️ Tickets selling fast, book now to avoid disappointment!
#IOWLitFest #ClareBalding

🧁 Bake Off fans, this one’s for you!
Join Great British Bake Off finalist Miranda Gore Browne at LitFeast for an hour of baking, stories and a little Isle of Wight family history.
📅 10 Oct | 12pm
📍 Northwood House, Cowes
🎟️ Tickets available now!
#IOWLitFest #LitFeast #MirandaGoreBrowne

Vanessa Taylor, historian of rivers & environmental history @UniofGreenwich & Thames expert, has written for BBC History Magazine & appeared on Channel 4.

At #IOWLitFest she presents “Seven Rivers” — an epic journey from the Nile to the Yangtze, rich with power, myth & survival.

Flipchart shaping up for today’s class at The Bay school in Sandown. Then it’ll be lickety split to Ryde for the afternoon. Courtesy of Isle of Wight lit fest @iowlitfest