Useful Information
Call in at Waterstone’s in the Brunel Plaza or your local Library for books by authors coming to the Festival, and look out for on-site bookshop stalls at Festival events, offering sales, signings, and surprises!
Read the Swindon Advertiser, Link Magazine, Western Daily Press, SwindonWeb, and Frequency Magazine for daily, weekly, and monthly coverage of the Festival.
Tune in to BBC Radios Swindon and Wiltshire on 103.6FM and Heart Wiltshire on 97.2 and Brunel FM on 107.7 and new Swindon Community Radio on 105.5 for regular Festival updates.
Look out for purposeful Festival photographer Ben Cavanna.
Culture Swindon’s Literature Development Programme, ARTSWORDS, is alive and well.
It works to organise, encourage, support, and run creative, entertaining, and educational word-based activities in town.
These include the following:
SWINDON ARTSWORDS READING GROUP – meets monthly to enjoy good book talk!
Regular READING GROUPS – in libraries and elsewhere!
A WRITERS’ CAFÉ – happens monthly, to meet other writers, get guidance, be inspired, and write!
A MENTORING SERVICE for WRITERS – available on request!
For further information on any of the above, or any reading or writing related matters, contact Matt Holland on 01793 771080 or e-mail
ARTSWORDS is funded and supported by Arts Council England, South West, and Swindon Borough Council’s Culture Swindon, and Swindon Libraries Service.
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Contact: Swindon Festival of Literature, Lower Shaw Farm, Shaw, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 5PJ Tel: 01793 771080 • E-mail:
Bookings and
Reservations
See details included with each event
Tickets for most events can be booked in advance. To do so, telephone the number beside the event you wish to attend. Or, on the day, tickets, if still available, can be bought on the door at each venue. But please, with popular events, check first for availability! The ticket price in brackets applies to people entitled to concessions.