Eastbourne LitFest

Stuart Baillie
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Eastbourne Litfest is an exciting new book event - a warm and welcoming literary festival for all ages in our beautiful town by the sea, and a celebration of reading, writing, and wellbeing in our community. Join us for this inaugural event, taking place in venues across our beautiful town. The dates are 25-27 September 2026 and our programme details are coming soon. Register your interest to be the first to hear more. This is my very interesting podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1d ago

    What the children of St Paul's CE Primary like to read...

    In this special post-festival podcast, Eastbourne LitFest director Jane Branson speaks to six reading ambassadors from St Paul's CE Primary School in St Leonards-on-Sea about their favourite reads and characters, the book worlds they love and their top tips for finding your way into reading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What the children of St Paul's CE Primary like to read...

  2. Aug 10

    In Conversation with Tia Fisher

    Festival Director Jane Branson talks to award-winning author Tia Fisher about writing in verse, visual storytelling and the power of books to open up difficult conversations.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    In Conversation with Tia Fisher

  3. Jun 30

    A chat with our Patron Dame Jacqueline Wilson (Part 2)

    It’s part two of our special podcast with our patron Dame Jacqueline Wilson. Festival Director Jane Branson and her daughter, Anna - lifelong Jacqueline fan - ask about Jacqueline’s books for older readers and what she’d like to win a prize for, apart from writing. They start with the question left hanging at the end of part one. Which books would Jacqueline like every child to own?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    A chat with our Patron Dame Jacqueline Wilson (Part 2)

  4. Jun 25

    A chat with our Patron, Dame Jacqueline Wilson (Part 1)

    In the first of two conversations recorded for the Eastbourne LitFest podcast, Dame Jacqueline Wilson sits down with Festival Director Jane Branson and lifelong fan Anna Branson to talk about a writing life that has now produced an average of two and a half books a year. She reflects on her post-war childhood in a house with few books, on the local library that fed her omnivorous reading, and on knowing at the age of six — much to her mother's astonishment the night before her tonsil operation — that she wanted to be a writer. She traces the chance newspaper advert that took her to Dundee at seventeen to work for DC Thomson, and the writing routine she still keeps today: mornings in pyjamas, another quiet hour before supper while her wife cooks. She lifts the lid just a little on her new book, Esme Pepper, due this autumn — another girl in care, but a very different girl from Tracy Beaker, and one whose story somehow involves garden gnomes. Answering questions sent in by local schoolchildren and Instagram followers, she explains why she writes about children at the edges of family life rather than the comfortable middle, which of her own characters she'd most like to live as, the one subject she long resisted writing about, and the classic she thinks is overdue a fresh retelling. Part two picks up with the question we leave hanging here: if she could give every child three books at birth, what would they be? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    A chat with our Patron, Dame Jacqueline Wilson (Part 1)

  5. Jun 25

    Desert Island Books with Charles Humble

    Welcome to "Desert Island Books". In this new format Eastbourne Literary Festival podcast episode, people are asked to share with us the 5 books that mean the most to them and why. This episode explores 5 books that mean the world to author and technologist, Charles Humble, including: "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine"The Passion" by Jeanette Winterson"Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" by Carlo Rovelli"Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Desert Island Books with Charles Humble

  6. Jun 25

    On Writing with M J Buckman

    For our new episode we are joined by the wonderful M.J. Buckman, local author of the award winning book “Bent is not Broken” and recently her second book, “Women of Note”. Some of the references from this show: "Save the Cat" by Blake Snyder"Bent is not Broken" by M J Buckman"Women of Note" by M J Buckman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    On Writing with M J Buckman

  7. Jun 25

    On Writing with Ed Bingham

    For our latest episode we are joined by a local Eastbourne writer whose debut work, it’s not exaggeration to say, defies convention and reshapes genres. Ed Bingham is the author of Broadlake — an extraordinary novel written entirely in verse, where poetry and storytelling converge to unravel a haunting mystery from beyond the veil of death. Ed has also just published a picturebook especially for a younger audience called “The Kind Wasp” and is working on a new novel “The Five O’Clock Club” to be published in 2026. Some of the references from this show include: "Broadlake" by Ed Bingham"The Kind Wasp" by Ed Bingham"A Night at the Opera" by Queen"Telegraph Road" by Dire Straits Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    On Writing with Ed Bingham

  8. Jun 25

    On Writing with Louise Morrish

    For our latest podcast we are joined by a writer who has been a supporter and fan of our festival since our very early days. Louise Morrish is a historical fiction author and librarian from Hampshire. She writes stories inspired by the lives of women in the past, who achieved extraordinary things, but whom history has forgotten. Louise always knew she wanted to write books, but it wasn’t until her late 30s that she finally had the chance to take her hobby seriously. In 2012 she completed the Faber online ‘Write Your Novel’ course, and then, armed with a manuscript, she began the submission process. Her debut novel was Operation Moonlight and it won the Penguin Random House First Novel competition. Just recently Louise has also released her new novel “Women of War”. Some of the references from this show include: "In Memoriam" by Alice Winn"The Blazing World" by Jonathan Healey"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" by Rebecca Romney"Muckraker" by W. Sidney Robinson"The Art of a Lie" by Laura Shepherd-Robinson"Life Cycle of a Moth" by Rowe Irvin"The Rush" by Beth Lewis"Operation Tulip by Deborah Swift"The Owl Was A Baker's Daughter" by Grace Tiffany Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    On Writing with Louise Morrish
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Eastbourne Litfest is an exciting new book event - a warm and welcoming literary festival for all ages in our beautiful town by the sea, and a celebration of reading, writing, and wellbeing in our community. Join us for this inaugural event, taking place in venues across our beautiful town. The dates are 25-27 September 2026 and our programme details are coming soon. Register your interest to be the first to hear more. This is my very interesting podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Stuart Baillie
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Stuart Baillie
  • Show Website
    Eastbourne LitFest