{"id":4702,"date":"2023-03-23T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?p=4702"},"modified":"2023-04-25T09:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T09:07:43","slug":"the-friendly-festival-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?p=4702","title":{"rendered":"The Friendly Festival is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s all systems go for Monty Lit Fest 2023, which will take place in the historic town of Montgomery over the weekend of 9th &#8211; 11th June.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll once again be showcasing a range of top literary talent with a programme that has something for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>So start <a href=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=4135\">planning your weekend<\/a> now!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will you want to m<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">eet bestselling fiction authors Clare Mackintosh, Lissa Evans, Annie Garthwaite and Alis Hawkins? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Or join Frieda Hughes or Mike Parker as they tell us about their brand new books?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Might you want to d<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">ebate the future of farming and rural communities with authors Anna Jones, Rebecca Smith and David Elias or r<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">e-think what we know about our Neanderthal ancestors with archaeologist, Rebecca Wragg Sykes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>How about meeting Welsh rugby legend, Nigel Owens, as he talks about his autobiography, <em>The Final Whistle<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Thinking about e<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">xploring the history of a Marches house with Gavin Plumley or meeting Ed Brooke-Hitching, author of <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The Phantom Atlas?\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Are you an aspiring writer keen to attend this year&#8217;s writers&#8217; workshop?<\/li>\n<li>Or perhaps you&#8217;ll just want to enjoy a pint with &#8220;the beer drinkers&#8217; Bill Bryson&#8221;, Pete Brown; kick back at our Late Lounge or exercise your grey cells at our Big Quiz Night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make a day or weekend of it with a poetry-themed art exhibition, buskers and musical groups, coffee and cake (back by popular demand), street food vans and everything else that Montgomery has to offer<\/p>\n<p>Festival goers will also be able to browse two Festival bookshops, with Oswestry\u2019s Booka Books in Montgomery Town Hall and The Montgomery Bookshop just down the road. 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