If you learn nothing else about Montgomery Cricket Club, you might bear in mind three key things. First that the Club is celebrating its 175th anniversary (yes, 175 years!) this year. Second, that the Club is based in what must be one of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the world, at Lymore, just outside Montgomery …
We’re not wishing to suggest that Montgomery is Powys’ equivalent of Agatha Christie’s St Mary Mead, or that it’s one of those unfortunately crime-ridden villages in the fictional county of Midsomer. But murder will most definitely be afoot at this year’s Monty Lit Fest, as we celebrate the perennially popular genre of crime and crime …
You never really forget the music you first loved, even if, in hindsight, embracing that Bay City Rollers look or knowing the words to every One Direction song might not seem like our finest hour. Sometimes, though, that love is lifelong. We’ll be celebrating two such evergreen music cultures at Monty Lit Fest’s Late Lounge …
At Monty Lit Fest, we pride ourselves on having something for everyone, whether you’re a fiction lover, a non-fiction fan or an aspiring writer yourself. As part of our Summer 2022 Festival, we’re running two hands-on writers’ workshops dedicated to two very special types of writing. On Saturday, 11th June at 12.30pm, author, producer and …
Visitors to Monty Lit Fest’s Summer 2022 event can buy books from not one, but two, local booksellers. Oswestry’s Booka Bookshop will be running a pop-up bookshop at Montgomery Town Hall, while Montgomery is also home to The Montgomery Bookshop, staunch supporters of the Festival in the local community. Beyond the Festival, there are plenty of reasons …
How far would any of us be prepared to walk for a cause we feel strongly about? In Roger Morgan-Grenville’s case, that’ll be the length of the British Isles, 1,000 miles from the south coast of England to the far north coast of Scotland. His mission is to raise money for Curlew Action, the charity …
Happy publication day to Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, whose brilliant new history of the largest Empire of antiquity is published today. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings tells the story of the Achaemenid monarchs, who held court in unparalleled grandeur from their fabled palace-city of Persepolis. Here, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs passed …
Janice Hallett’s debut novel, The Appeal, has been shortlisted for the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year Award at this year’s British Book Awards. Universally known as the Nibbies (because the awards themselves are in the shape of a pen nib), the annual Awards celebrate the biggest successes in the British publishing world – …
The countryside, the land, how we farm and enjoy it or otherwise have a relationship with it is never far from our minds in Montgomeryshire and the Borders. It’s a perennially fascinating topic we’ll be exploring with two top authors at this year’s Monty Lit Fest. Patrick Laurie‘s book, Native, is rooted in his native Galloway, …
At Monty Lit Fest, we want to do everything we can to champion and celebrate local authors. The Literature Wales Writers of Wales database is a great showcase, an online directory featuring profiles created and updated by writers themselves. It’s possible to search the database by name, location, language and genre. So, if you want …