2026 Programme At A Glance

Main Programme

Thursday 19 March 2026

20:00-22:00

Pegg's Bar & Street Food

Scribes Aloud - Spoken Word Open Mic Night

Friday 20 March 2026

20:00-22:00

Oaklands Village

A Warm, Witty and Utterly Unmissable Night of Comic Poetry and Musical Mischief with John Hegley

Saturday 21 March 2026

10:00-10:45

Swadlincote Town Hall

From The Sanatorium

to The Wilds: In Conversation with Sarah Pearse

Saturday 21 March 2026

11:30-12:15

Swadlincote Town Hall

Medicine, Mayhem and Memoir with Dr Ahmed Handy, Author of Quacks

Saturday 21 March 2026

13:00-13:45

Swadlincote Town Hall

From Thirteen Runners to Six Million: The parkrun Story with Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE

Saturday 21 March 2026

14:30-15:15

Swadlincote Town Hall

Uncovering Forgotten Voices: A Journey Through Tudor and Medieval England with Julia A. Hickey

Saturday 21 March 2026

16:00-16:45

Swadlincote Town Hall

How to Become a Writer (and Live to Tell the Tale) with Simon Whaley


Saturday 21 March 2026

19:30-22:00

Pegg's Bar & Street Food

Open Mic Music Night - An Evening of Live Original Local Music

Sunday 22 March 2026

16:00-16:45

Swadlincote Town Hall

An Afternoon with Ted McMinn ‘The Tin Man’

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 March 2026, 10:00-16:00

Sharpe's Pottery Museum

Local Author Showcase - a display of recently published works & programme of author talks

Children's Day

Sunday 22 March 2026

10:00-10:45

Swadlincote Town Hall

Move, Groove and Giggle with Donna David

Sunday 22 March 2026

11:30-12:15

Swadlincote Town Hall

Wibbly Wobbly Words from the Man in the Silly Hat: A Poetry Performance with Paul Jenkins

Sunday 22 March 2026

13:00-13:45

Swadlincote Town Hall

A Laugh-Out-Loud Story Adventure with the Brothers McLeod, Authors of the Knight Sir Louis Stories

Sunday 22 March 2026

14:30-15:15

Swadlincote Town Hall

Suitcase Stories with Storyteller, Natasha Holmes

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 March 2026, 10:00-16:00

Sharpe's Pottery Museum

The Imaginarium: Fuelling the Imagination with free creative word-related activities

Workshops

Saturday 21 March

10:00-11:30

Ash Room @ Sharpe's

Writing from Emotion: Explore how fears and motivations create a story with Script Writer, Deborah Haywood

Saturday 21 March

12:00-13:30

Ash Room @ Sharpe's

Writing, Drawing and Drawing out the Creative with John Hegley

Saturday 21 March

14:00-15:30

Ash Room @ Sharpe's

What does your story sound like? Writing to Music with Jay Sandhu

Sunday 22 March

10:00-11:30

Ash Room @ Sharpe's

Bringing Your Characters to Life with Fiction Writer, Laura Pearson

Sunday 22 March

12:00-13:30

Ash Room @ Sharpe's

Find Your Voice: A Performance Workshop for Writers with Debbie Violet

Sunday 22 March

14:00-15:30

Ash Room @ Sharpe's

Writing Your Life: Turning Your Memories into Stories

TBC

This project is part-funded by the UK government