Author Archives: Phil Williams
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Lincoln Book Festival Launches 2026 Flash Fiction Competition
We have followed the advice of HM Government and have postponed this year’s festival….HOWEVER…. If…
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COVID-19
We have followed the advice of HM Government and have postponed this year’s festival….HOWEVER…. If…
Of Houses and Ghosts
Keera- Iona Allsebrook, PR and social media volunteer for Lincoln Book Festival, writes: I have…
Madly, Badly and Critically Romantic
Emma Street,PR and social media volunteer for Lincoln Book Festival, writes: The penultimate evening of…
If Words Could Kill
Emma Street,PR and social media volunteer for Lincoln Book Festival, writes: Wednesday night at the…
Flash Fiction Competition 2019 Winners
Among the many highlights of the Lincoln Book Festival launch party on Monday (23rd September)…
2019 Launch Event with Melvyn Burgess
Rory McGowan, PR and Social Media Volunteer, writes Once again, the Lincoln Book Festival opened…
Understanding the Gunpowder Plot
Please to remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot. Why? Claudia Capancioni of…
An Evening of Anarchy?
“What a brilliant combination of speakers! Was it your idea?” How lovely to be asked…
Sisters of the Revolution
The self confessed oldest member of our audience expressed her regret that the road toward…
Our Evening with Michael Morpurgo
The buzz in the sold out auditorium of Lincoln Drill Hall was electric and exploded…
Explosive New Worlds – the second evening of…
A curious juxtaposition? To place one after another a journey through space-time and a journey…
Festival Launch
Some 75 people of all ages came along to the Collection for the launch of…
Private Peaceful is the latest Festival event to…
Having attracted a 5* rating at the Edinburgh Fringe, Chris Omaweng has kindly agreed to my…
Gunpowder Plot hatched in Lincolnshire?
Did you know legend has it the Gunpowder Plot was partly hatched at Twigmoor Hall…
Gothic Romance, Saints and Pre-Raphaelites at the 2017…
The Mona Lisa and the Pre-Raphaelites; Victorian Body Parts and The mysterious Mr Black and…
History at the 2017 Festival – a personal…
I unashamedly relish David Starkey’s irreverence, and how great to see teenage boys queueing to…
Flash Fiction Winners 2017
Our first flash fiction competition seeking a gothic story attracted some wonderful entries. These were…
Planning the 2017 Festival
The Lincoln Book Festival emerged in the early summer from a long winter, paralleling the blossoming of…
Risk and Creativity
Over five days in September 2016 I saw four utterly contrasting performances here in Lincoln.…
This summer of Lincoln Festivals: how has it…
April seems a distant memory with that first chance to see the new home of…
Would one super festival be a better stage…
The Lincoln year is punctuated by festivals of one kind or another; my question is…
