David Gaffney and Tania Hershman: Flash Fiction
Zoom online event, Wednesday 25 November 2020, 7.30pm, Free

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Greetings from Creepy Cove
Zoom online event, Friday 23 October 2020, 7.30pm, Free

To register for this event please visit the MK LitFest website.
This event is free to attend, but donations to our costs would be very welcome. Click here to donate online.

The Event

Peter Laws is an ordained Reverend with a taste for the macabre. He writes a monthly column in The Fortean Times magazine and is the creator of the acclaimed Matt Hunter crime-fiction series, published by Allison and Busby. The latest, Possessed (click to order from Waterstones), explores the world of murder and demonic possession.

He also wrote the non-fiction book The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death and Gore [ICON Books, 2018] where he travelled to Transylvania, Rome and across the UK explaining (and defending) the human morbid streak. He is the creator of the ground breaking Creepy Cove Community Church Podcast, a regular ‘church service’ complete with Gothic hymns, spooky sermons and eerie prayers: all broadcast from a mysterious haunted fishing town where every horror film actually happened. The podcast is a mixture of comedy, drama and non-judgemental spirituality, and has been described as ‘Songs of Praise meets Stephen King’. 

He lives in Bedfordshire. 

Sophia Blackwell and John McCullough: Two Contemporary Poets

Zoom online event, Wednesday 30 September 2020, 7.30pm, Free

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Reading, In Conversation & Q&A
Produced by Future Fossil in collaboration with MK Lit Fest

Andy Merritt, Future Fossil artist, and Professor David Farrier, author of Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, talk to Fiona Boundy, Future Fossil Commissioner

Zoom Webinar, Tuesday 22 September 2020, 7.30 – 8.45pm, Free Read More

MK Lit Fest might not be able to bring you a face-to-face festival this year, but we are delighted to announce the first five of a series of online events.

For the remainder of 2020, we’ll be hosting a number of Zoom-based events to bring you writers, words, books and ideas while we’re unable to safely mingle face-to-face. Click through to individual events for further details, including information on how to book. Read More