Words in Watchet

Come along to a festival of literature talks and creative writing workshops, happening in Watchet, Somerset.

Friday, 16th February 2024

Tristan & Iseult - Performance Storytelling with Katy Cawkwell

7.30pm, Watchet Boat Museum, Tickets £8. Purchase your tickets here.

Saturday, 17th February 2024

'Around the World in 80 Horses': Children's Workshop with Jill Newton

10am - 11am OR 11.15am - 12.15pm, The Sanctuary, FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

Warlocks in Watchet Workshop with P.J. Reed

10.00am - 12pm, The Phoenix Centre, FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

Ralph Hoyte - Christabel Released Sessions (Parts 1 - 4)

10:30am - 2.50pm, Harbour Community Bookshop, FREE event. Booking required- purchase your tickets here.

A Life of Crime’ with Damien Boyd

11am - 1pm, Watchet Methodist Church, Tickets £7 - purchase your tickets here.

'Walking - and talking - with the extraordinary Samuel Taylor Coleridge' with Terence Sackett

11am - 11.30am OR 3pm - 3.30pm, Harbour Community Bookshop, FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

Stories in the Wild with Author Emma Bettridge and her dog Nell

2pm, East Quay, Tickets £5 - purchase your tickets here.

'So You Want to Write a Book?' with Hellen Riebold & Anna Buttimore

2pm - 4pm, The Sanctuary, Tickets £7 - purchase your tickets here.

Fantasy Writing Workshop with Chris Crockford

2pm - 3.30pm, The Phoenix Centre. FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

Celia Andrews – The Watsons Revisited, continuing Jane Austen

2:30pm - 4:00pm, Watchet Methodist Church, Tickets £7 - purchase your tickets here.

The Poetry Soundscape Demo with Ralph Hoyte

3.30 PM, Harbour Community Bookshop, FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

'Turning the Tables on Burnout' with Ann Diment

5pm - 6pm, East Quay Kitchen, FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

Words in Watchet - Spoken Word Performances

7pm - 10.15pm, Watchet Boat Museum, Tickets £7 - purchase your tickets here.

Sunday, 18th February 2024

Moorland Mousie: The Story of The Moorland Mousie Trust & Exmoor Pony Centre

11am - 12pm, The Phoenix Centre, FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

Martin Hesp - 50 Years of Working as a Writer and Journalist in West Somerset

2.30pm - 4pm, Watchet Methodist Church, Tickets £7 - purchase your tickets here.

Julia Kingsford ‘Demystifying the publishing industry'

5-6pm, East Quay Kitcen, FREE event. Booking required - please purchase your tickets here.

Closing Event: Competition Results followed by Paul Upton 'Thomas Chidgey, Marine Artist of Watchet'

6pm - 7pm, East Quay Kitchen, FREE event. Booking required - purchase your tickets here.

Image credit: Terry Walker

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