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Smithdown Litfest reveals Roger McGough as first guest of new-look annual festival
Smithdown Litfest is marking its 10 th anniversary in 2026 with a new format – and a welcome for one of Liverpool’s literary greats. The annual festival of the written word, which usually runs for a week each September, is now set to become a year-round literary festival which organisers say will enable it to offer even more fascinating events with top authors and rising star writers. The first event in the new format takes place at Ullet Road Unitarian Church on January 24
Roger McGough on poetry, pandemic and Prince Andrew's teddies
Many things simply stopped when Covid arrived on these shores two years ago – but creativity wasn’t one of them. Writers, playwrights,...
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