{"id":30,"date":"2025-03-03T18:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/mlf-dev-2\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:13:49","slug":"montgomeryshire-litereary-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30\" class=\"elementor elementor-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5939a86c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5939a86c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/denice-300x204.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-10194\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/denice-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/denice-1024x695.png 1024w, https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/denice-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/denice-1536x1043.png 1536w, https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/denice.png 1786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div><div class=\"eael-entry-wrapper\"><header class=\"eael-entry-header\"><h2 class=\"eael-entry-title\"><a class=\"eael-grid-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?p=10189\" title=\"Food for thought:  a volunteer&#8217;s recipe\">Food for thought:  a 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