The Concise Ceilidh runs from 2pm on Sunday 16th August to an unspecified time. It may also decamp to the pub from its original starting point at Main Point Books. Intense speculation has surrounded this event. What is it? Well, all is revealed.
If you think that Roman poets are last millenia's news, think again. Political fun-poking, racy references and a fine sense of humour: Gaius Valerius Catullus has it all. Read on to find out more about the brilliant 'Irish Catullus' project that we'll be hosting at this year's festival.
As you may know, we're holding a Literary Twestival on Friday 14th August as part of our book festival. We are all very excited about the games and challenges that we'll be playing through twitter, coining collective nouns, passing the plot and writing some very, very short fiction. However, because we don't do enough for charity (ha!), we'll also be holding a charity raffle in aid of READ International, a brilliantly dynamic young charity.
After minutes, if not hours of preparation, we launched our programme at Edinburgh Books. Here are some photos, otherwise known as incriminating evidence, of what we got up to...
The programmes had arrived, the postcards had arrived, the speeches hadn't quite been written.... have a look at how we got ready for this year's WPBF programme launch.
The programmes had arrived, the postcards had arrived, the speeches hadn't quite been written.... have a look at how we got ready for this year's WPBF programme launch.
Yes, the programmes arrived sooner than expected after our printers, Allanders, played a blinder. We have immediately hidden them from view until their official launch on the 11th July.
We’re delighted to introduce the official bag of the second annual West Port Book Festival. It’s a snazzy beast with our red logo and trademark ink splot and priced at £2 – what can we say? – the price is right.
Yep, the West Port Book Festival needs you. Clarence the water buffalo has his beady eyes turned in your direction. Cash, alcohol, help, cakes… please support us. We are a strictly not-for-profit organisation, run by people with a lamentable, ‘why can’t we do this?’ attitude.
Common sense is the least common sense of all.
If it’s good enough for Stephen Fry then it’s good enough for us. Although we’re constitutionally incapable of using words such as ‘widdle’ and ‘arse’ we are doing our best to be a twitterer. Follow @wpbookfestival and see what we’ve got to say or follow @anonpoetry if you want to see a super-twitterer in action.
