#mklitfest
We’re embracing the spooky season ahead of our Halloween literary walk on 1 Nov 👻

We’ve received some intriguing submissions so far, so if you’ve not sent in yours yet you have until midnight on Friday 16 October 🎃

Visit our website to book or submit!

#MiltonKeynes #MKLitFest
October 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Huge gratitude to everyone who bought a copy of The Fire Walker, had their book signed, picked up a bookmark, or just passed by to say Hi!

#mklitfest #booksky #bookfestival #booksigning #booktour #kidlit #newpicturebooks #childrensbooks #2026debuts
October 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I'm all set up and ready to go at the @mklitfest Indie Book Fair in Middleton Hall, centre:mk today
September 26, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Setup at centre:mk is well underway for Indie Book Fair tomorrow!

Come along to Middleton Hall from 10:30am to 5:00pm for a full day of panels, readings and workshops for all ages, with plenty of opportunities to meet independent authors and discover your new favourite books 📕📘📗📙

#MKlitfest
September 25, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I'm thrilled to be on the Indie Publishing Today panel at 11AM at the @mklitfest.bsky.social MK Indie Book Fair 2026 in Middleton Hall, centre:mk on Sat. 26th Sept. 2026. Entry is FREE!

Find out more: www.mklitfest.org

#mklitfest #mklitfestbookfair #crimefiction #writingcommunity
September 17, 2026 at 6:33 AM
This is exciting! First ever time to be selected.

#mklitfest

www.mklitfest.org/plenty-seaso...
August 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Join us online on Wed 26 August as local writers explore the idea of 'plenty'.

Abundance or curse? We'll have plenty of writing for you to decide!

Tickets: bit.ly/mklfplen

#poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #MKLitFest
August 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Delighted to be performing at @MKLITFEST on the 21st of this month . Catch me at the House of stories at 1.15 for some classic Welsh myths and ghost stories .
www.mklitfest.org/midsummer-fe...
June 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Please join this wonderful event to celebrate May Day - just £3 and you get to hear me read ‘Eight hours and then some’ my first foray into flash fiction #booksky #flashfiction #mklitfest #MayDay #Beltane
April 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you’re a writer/aspiring writer/reader/BookSkyer in the Milton Keynes area checkout the brilliant opps at MKLitfest #BookSky #writer #amwriting #reading #MKLitFest #author
Full programme for our Spring Festival now live. 9 - 12 April in venues across CMK: 18 events with author talks, #childrensbooks, #writingworkshops and more. Spread the word!
Details/tickets: mklitfest.org
#literaturefestival #creativewriting #novels #miltonkeynes
February 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
MKLitFest & Waterstones Milton Keynes are hosting my OU colleague Samuel Sargeant in-store on 16/10, talking about his excellent debut novel, Faith of their Fathers: A Saga of Iceland, to Dr Molly Ziegler #iceland #sagas
Info/Tickets: bit.ly/mklfsams
The Bookshop Series: Samuel Sargeant - Faith of the their Fathers | MK Lit Fest 2024
Perfect for Ken Follett fans, Samuel Sergeant's debut novel tells the story of Arinbjorn, a young pagan farmer in 11th century Iceland, tracking down the killer whose murders will change Icelandic soc...
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October 9, 2024 at 5:37 PM
We are very much looking forward to tonight's talk in the MKLitFest / OU series on Borders. Kit de Waal in conversation with Dan Taylor, tonight at 7 pm. Tickets (pay what you can) here: www.mklitfest.org/borders
Novelist Kit de Waal, a leading voice for working class writers, joins Dr Dan Taylor to discuss how to challenge the class ceiling.

www.mklitfest.org/online-event...

@kitdewaal.com @ouliterature.bsky.social
March 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Together with @MKLitFest, we welcome Tim Marshall to our series on Borders in Literature, talking to @philipseargeant.bsky.social about the impact of geographical borders on today’s interconnected world. 9 Mar, 7pm, Zoom.
Tickets (free): bit.ly/mklfmarsh

#geography #politics #literature
March 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Still a chance to get tickets for this excellent online poetry event which takes place next Tuesday - celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month.

www.mklitfest.org/lgbtqpoets

#LGBTQ+
#poetryonline
February 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"Not a Prayer" by @stephlay.bsky.social, in case you missed it. Steph is an English writer, psychology researcher and aspiring parapsychologist. Previously published at Five Minutes and MKLitFest, she shares her eerie stories at cityofsecrets.blog.
June 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
July Reader @stephlay.bsky.social is an English writer, psychology researcher, and aspiring parapsychologist. Previously published at Five Minutes and MKLitFest, she shares her eerie stories at cityofsecrets.blog. Get micros in to Steph and the rest of the July team: fiveminutelit.com/submissions
July 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I was so happy to see my book outside The Old Gaol doing its rounds today! (I placed several books around Buckingham months ago). Utterly charmed to see one still circulating!
😊😊😊
#TheMayorsBear
#indiepublishing
#mklitfest
January 7, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Having fun giving this to passers-by

#TheMayorsBear #mklitfest #MKIndieBookFair #christmasgifts
October 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Come to #CMK today for a free literary festival!

#booksky #MKIndieBookFair #mklitfest #TheMayorsBear
October 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
All happening now - all welcome!
#mklitfest #MKIndieBookFair #TheMayorsBear
October 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm being interviewed about my comics by @CazTricks for the @MKlitfest on Saturday. I'm sure that there are tickets still available. www.mklitfest.org/paul-rainey
April 3, 2024 at 1:30 PM
I’m being interviewed by @CazTricks about my comic work including Why Don’t You Love Me on April 6th in the Milton Keynes Library as part of MK Lit Fest. Tickets are available from here mklitfest.org/paul-rainey @MKlitfest @DandQ
March 10, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I’m being interviewed by @CazTricks about my comic work including Why Don’t You Love Me on April 6th in the Milton Keynes Library as part of MK Lit Fest. Tickets are available from here www.mklitfest.org/paul-rainey @MKlitfest @DandQ
February 22, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Stony Sunrise, @stonyradiouk live at 7am. About 8 hear John Grindrod and Simon Phipps talk about their books and @MKlitfest event this week.
www.mklitfest.org/this-must-be...
#ThisMustBeThePlace
Music too of course!
January 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I will be here next Saturday 25th October if anyone wants to come and say hello
@MKLItFest #MKIndieBookFair @centremk @thecentre:mk
www.mklitfest.org/ibf2025
October 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM