Guernsey Literary Festival
@guernseylitfest.bsky.social
Official account for the Guernsey Literary Festival. Our 2026 will take place from 24th April - 3rd May.📚
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I swam; it was wild. 10 degrees & blowing a hoolie couldn’t stop me & some hardy children’s authors from the fabulous @GuernseyLitFest taking to the sea this morning! 🌊🥶
Thank you SO MUCH for the coffee & flapjacks on the beach after!! ☕️😁
Thank you SO MUCH for the coffee & flapjacks on the beach after!! ☕️😁
May 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I swam; it was wild. 10 degrees & blowing a hoolie couldn’t stop me & some hardy children’s authors from the fabulous @GuernseyLitFest taking to the sea this morning! 🌊🥶
Thank you SO MUCH for the coffee & flapjacks on the beach after!! ☕️😁
Thank you SO MUCH for the coffee & flapjacks on the beach after!! ☕️😁
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This afternoon, the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social held a sold out event with Adam Frost at St Pierre Park.
Adam is an RHS Ambassador and author of 5 books. His most recent book, For the Love of Plants.
This event was chaired by Holly Farrell and kindly sponsored by St Pierre Park Hotel.
Adam is an RHS Ambassador and author of 5 books. His most recent book, For the Love of Plants.
This event was chaired by Holly Farrell and kindly sponsored by St Pierre Park Hotel.
April 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This afternoon, the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social held a sold out event with Adam Frost at St Pierre Park.
Adam is an RHS Ambassador and author of 5 books. His most recent book, For the Love of Plants.
This event was chaired by Holly Farrell and kindly sponsored by St Pierre Park Hotel.
Adam is an RHS Ambassador and author of 5 books. His most recent book, For the Love of Plants.
This event was chaired by Holly Farrell and kindly sponsored by St Pierre Park Hotel.
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This morning, the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social hosted Parmy Olson at the OGH to discuss her book, Supremacy - AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World.
This event was sponsored by Butterfield.
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
This event was sponsored by Butterfield.
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
May 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This morning, the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social hosted Parmy Olson at the OGH to discuss her book, Supremacy - AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World.
This event was sponsored by Butterfield.
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
This event was sponsored by Butterfield.
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
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The winners of the very successful 2025 @guernseylitfest.bsky.social Poetry Competition read their poems at a special presentation event at the Guille-Allès Library this evening judged by Imtiaz Darker.
Sponsored by @specsaversuk.bsky.social Supported by @guernseyarts.bsky.social
Sponsored by @specsaversuk.bsky.social Supported by @guernseyarts.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The winners of the very successful 2025 @guernseylitfest.bsky.social Poetry Competition read their poems at a special presentation event at the Guille-Allès Library this evening judged by Imtiaz Darker.
Sponsored by @specsaversuk.bsky.social Supported by @guernseyarts.bsky.social
Sponsored by @specsaversuk.bsky.social Supported by @guernseyarts.bsky.social
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Here at the wonderful @guernseylitfest.bsky.social, lovely people, beautiful setting and such peace.
May 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here at the wonderful @guernseylitfest.bsky.social, lovely people, beautiful setting and such peace.
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There was a record of more than 1500 entries from 28 schools in the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social 2025 Write Stuff competition.
READ THE WINNING STORIES HERE ➡️ read.writestuff.gg/winners/2025
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
READ THE WINNING STORIES HERE ➡️ read.writestuff.gg/winners/2025
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
May 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There was a record of more than 1500 entries from 28 schools in the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social 2025 Write Stuff competition.
READ THE WINNING STORIES HERE ➡️ read.writestuff.gg/winners/2025
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
READ THE WINNING STORIES HERE ➡️ read.writestuff.gg/winners/2025
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival
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Chaired by Toby Litching & supported by The TSL this morning the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social hosted journalist and author John Sweeney to discuss his latest book ‘Murder in the Gulag,’ an explosive account of how Putin poisoned Alexei Navaly.
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival #TSL
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival #TSL
May 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Chaired by Toby Litching & supported by The TSL this morning the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social hosted journalist and author John Sweeney to discuss his latest book ‘Murder in the Gulag,’ an explosive account of how Putin poisoned Alexei Navaly.
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival #TSL
#gsylitfest #Guernsey #LiteraryFestival #TSL
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Wonderful audience at the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social, to hear me talk about the defiant, determined, damned brilliant #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo this eve! Thank you to the organisers, volunteers & everyone who came along!
May 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wonderful audience at the @guernseylitfest.bsky.social, to hear me talk about the defiant, determined, damned brilliant #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo this eve! Thank you to the organisers, volunteers & everyone who came along!
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Looking forward to this event with @roxannemusic.bsky.social at @guernseylitfest.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Looking forward to this event with @roxannemusic.bsky.social at @guernseylitfest.bsky.social
We are looking forward to hearing from @mikebernerslee.bsky.social about his new book, A Climate of Truth, at this year's festival.
Join us on Thursday 1st May at St James to discuss how honesty and truth can help combat the climate crisis: guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/a-cli...
Join us on Thursday 1st May at St James to discuss how honesty and truth can help combat the climate crisis: guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/a-cli...
March 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We are looking forward to hearing from @mikebernerslee.bsky.social about his new book, A Climate of Truth, at this year's festival.
Join us on Thursday 1st May at St James to discuss how honesty and truth can help combat the climate crisis: guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/a-cli...
Join us on Thursday 1st May at St James to discuss how honesty and truth can help combat the climate crisis: guernseyliteraryfestival.com/events/a-cli...
From hot topics like AI to developing key skills, this year’s business programme offers unique opportunities for learning.
#GsyLitFest #LiteraryFestival #BookLovers
#GsyLitFest #LiteraryFestival #BookLovers
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
From hot topics like AI to developing key skills, this year’s business programme offers unique opportunities for learning.
#GsyLitFest #LiteraryFestival #BookLovers
#GsyLitFest #LiteraryFestival #BookLovers
This year’s history line up uncovers hidden WW2 history, dives into mythology and marks our 80th anniversary of Liberation in Guernsey.
March 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This year’s history line up uncovers hidden WW2 history, dives into mythology and marks our 80th anniversary of Liberation in Guernsey.
This year’s Fiction programme will cover everything from contemporary and crime, to literary and historical fiction.
Our speakers will be discussing their latest work, careers and how they craft their stories.
Our speakers will be discussing their latest work, careers and how they craft their stories.
March 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This year’s Fiction programme will cover everything from contemporary and crime, to literary and historical fiction.
Our speakers will be discussing their latest work, careers and how they craft their stories.
Our speakers will be discussing their latest work, careers and how they craft their stories.
Nature, climate and the environment feature prominently across genres in this year’s Literary Festival. 🌱
Here are some of the speakers you can hear from during the programme...
Here are some of the speakers you can hear from during the programme...
March 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Nature, climate and the environment feature prominently across genres in this year’s Literary Festival. 🌱
Here are some of the speakers you can hear from during the programme...
Here are some of the speakers you can hear from during the programme...
From mystery and mythology to comics and adventure, our family programme has something for every young reader. 📚
#GsyLitFest #BookLover
#GsyLitFest #BookLover
February 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
From mystery and mythology to comics and adventure, our family programme has something for every young reader. 📚
#GsyLitFest #BookLover
#GsyLitFest #BookLover
Tickets have been selling fast over the weekend - with almost half of all tickets already sold!
Book quick to avoid disappointment 📚
Grab your tickets at guernseyliteraryfestival.com
Book quick to avoid disappointment 📚
Grab your tickets at guernseyliteraryfestival.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tickets have been selling fast over the weekend - with almost half of all tickets already sold!
Book quick to avoid disappointment 📚
Grab your tickets at guernseyliteraryfestival.com
Book quick to avoid disappointment 📚
Grab your tickets at guernseyliteraryfestival.com
This year’s Guernsey Literary Festival features events covering entertainment, music, art, food, fiction, poetry, history, politics and sport as well as debates on artificial intelligence and smartphones and a gardeners’ question time.
February 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This year’s Guernsey Literary Festival features events covering entertainment, music, art, food, fiction, poetry, history, politics and sport as well as debates on artificial intelligence and smartphones and a gardeners’ question time.
We're delighted to share a special new initiative as part of our 2025 Education Programme ✨
This year, every child in Year 5 in the Bailiwick will be gifted a signed book by children's author @nadiashireen.bsky.social
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This year, every child in Year 5 in the Bailiwick will be gifted a signed book by children's author @nadiashireen.bsky.social
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February 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We're delighted to share a special new initiative as part of our 2025 Education Programme ✨
This year, every child in Year 5 in the Bailiwick will be gifted a signed book by children's author @nadiashireen.bsky.social
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This year, every child in Year 5 in the Bailiwick will be gifted a signed book by children's author @nadiashireen.bsky.social
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Our annual WriteStuff competition for young writers launches this week!
This year’s subject is The Journey. Perhaps you embark upon an exciting, adventurous or eventful journey through travel, or you delve into a metaphorical journey and explore a life changing experience.
This year’s subject is The Journey. Perhaps you embark upon an exciting, adventurous or eventful journey through travel, or you delve into a metaphorical journey and explore a life changing experience.
January 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our annual WriteStuff competition for young writers launches this week!
This year’s subject is The Journey. Perhaps you embark upon an exciting, adventurous or eventful journey through travel, or you delve into a metaphorical journey and explore a life changing experience.
This year’s subject is The Journey. Perhaps you embark upon an exciting, adventurous or eventful journey through travel, or you delve into a metaphorical journey and explore a life changing experience.