Previous years:

Monday

Mere Voices (The Mere & District Oral History Project)

A Fascinating evening of local history and reminiscences on film, CD and in person presented by rural media charity Trilith and Mere Museum's Oral History Project

Tuesday

LIFE AS A FREELANCE COMEDY WRITER

A very popular and humorous talk by Nick Thomas, a long-standing scriptwriter for Radio 2's award-winning News Huddlines and Radio 4's Week Ending.

Wednesday

PATRICK CAMPBELL

Nick Thomas presents a talk with readings on the life of Patrick Cambell, the 'Call My Bluff' star and witty writer

THE LITERARY QUIZ – Quiz Master: David Jeffery

Thursday

GRAND CONCERT of WORDS and MUSIC

Grand Concert of Words and Music Featuring local artists and Mere Amateur Dramatic Society Juniors

Friday

POETRY IN THE PUB

Showcasing the poems short-listed in this year's competition and you vote for your favourite.
Geoffrey Pogson sings his settings of two previous award winners

Saturday

OFF THE WALL - Fun with Words

Children's workshop with Moira Clark

BUMP START THAT POEM

Writers' Workshop with Moira Clark

CHILDRENS' EVENT

With Mick Leigh on tour from Australia

TWO VICTORIAN TALES

Adapted and presented by Raymond Sargent
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Sunday

AWARDS CEREMONY with DAWN GORMAN

Dawn Gorman is a poet, short story writer and journalist. Her first poetry collection 'Looking for Gods', was published to great acclaim in 1998, and a further collection is imminent. She has won numerous competitions and awards, including the Wiltshire Libraries poetry competition in 1998. Her work has been widely published in poetry journals and anthologies, and broadcast on radio. Dawn has made several appearances at the Bath Literature Festival and is a member of the Dandelion Poets, a professional poetry performance group who have performed at many literature festivals in the south-west. She also runs Words and Ears, a popular poems and pints event held quarterly at the Dandy Lion pub, Bradford-on-Avon.