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
