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#ReadFest22 Begins Tomorrow: What’s On This Week?

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Tomorrow, Barking and Dagenham’s only annual literary festival, ReadFest, returns – prepare yourself for three blockbuster weeks of free events running from 5th September through to the 23rd September. This is our eleventh year running this festival, bringing you a wide-ranging selection of local, national and internationally acclaimed writers to entertain ...

Reading Groups in Barking & Dagenham

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Wednesday 14 September 2022 - #NationalReadingGroupDay As part of our celebration of National Reading Group Day, during Barking and Dagenham's Readfest 2022, we are holding special sign-up sessions for anyone interest in joining a Reading or Book Group here in Barking & Dagenham. A session is going to be held on National ...

ReadFest 2022 Coming Soon!

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Monday 5 September to Friday 23 September. Coming to Barking and Dagenham Libraries in September is our 11th FREE literary festival! We are delighted to showcase multinational writers and literary industry experts with a fabulous mix of bestselling and emerging authors. ReadFest 2022 provides a great opportunity to meet authors, discover new ...

Friday Features: What A ReadFest!

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By Lena Smith and Lisa Rouiller Alongside the publication of our TENTH issue of Write On! Magazine on 15 September, Online ReadFest 202, was held between 6 and 24 September. Our TENTH Barking & Dagenham book festival, ReadFest is our celebration of literature, normally held in our local libraries. This year’s ReadFest ...

Online ReadFest 2021 is Almost Here! – 10 Years of Reading Pleasure

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Monday 6 September to Friday 24 September. Coming soon our 10th FREE literary festival! Supporting Pen to Print’s theme this year, Curated by Us we are delighted to showcase writers from both Barking and Dagenham and further afield inspired by the writing and reading communities we support. This amazing festival provides a ...

The Origin Of Pen To Print

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While the Write On! team take a well-deserved festive break, we will still be sharing every day with pages from issue 6 of the magazine. Today's page is our feature about The Origin of Pen to Print. Read the latest issue of Write On! magazine online.
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Pipers, Puppets and Pierrots

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by Eithne Cullen ReadFest event: Poetry at the Archive Our visit to the Archive and Study centre at Valence House was on a fine, quiet Friday. Led by Anna Robinson, a group of Pen to Print poets looked into some local history to find inspiration for our poems. The archivist had put out ...
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ReadFest is Almost Here!

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Monday 9 September and Friday 27 September. Coming to Barking and Dagenham Libraries in Spetember is our 8th FREE literary festival! Supporting Pen to Print’s theme this year, International Storytelling, we are delighted to showcase multinational writers, all based in the UK. This is a wonderful festival which  provides a great opportunity ...