Date and Time
Location
Event Title
Event Description
FREE
Activity
A chance to perform your poetry and share your ideas with fellow poets from local groups and visitors to the festival, including award-winning poets from the 2024 literary prize.
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Wednesday 25th February 10-4
'Secrets' anthologies launching LitFest26
Wednesday 25th February 2026
Launch of the Tenth Annual Literary Prize
Wednesday, 25th February 2026 11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP FROM £3: Archetypal Spaces in Storytelling with Archie Lamprell
Wednesday 25th February 2026. 10.00 - 11.00
WORKSHOP FROM £3: Plotting a Comedy with Paul Basset Davies
Wednesday, 25th February 2026 11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP FROM £3:
How to Win a Writing Competition with Madeleine Armstrong
Wednesday 25th February 2026 10.00- 11.00
WORKSHOP FROM £3: Writing Children's Stories with Danielle Taylor
18th February 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
WORKSHOP Making a Graphic Novel with Debasmita Dasgupta
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16th February 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
WORKSHOP FROM £5: Pen to Paper with Finn Brown
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23rd February 1.00pm- 2.00pm On-Line
MASTERCLASS- Secure a literary agent with Penny Wincer
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13th - 15th February 2026
Waterstones Children's Book Festival 13th - 15th February
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Wednesday 25th February 2026. 10.00-4.00
Book Signing with successful Young Adult author, Zoë Marriott
Tuesday 17th February 10:00 - 11:00 am
Storytime & Crafts at Reynolds Family Hub
FREE
17th February 2026
Sponsored 'Look for a Book'
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Wednesday 25th February 12-1 pm | 3-4pm
Live music with Sam Simmons
Wednesday 25th February | 1.30-3 pm
Televised Literary Awards Ceremony
Wednesday 25th February
Litfest Book Fair
Wednesday 25th February
LitFest exhibitor - VANEL and Green Influencers
Wednesday 25th February | 10-1
FREE
Japanese calligraphy drop-in with Misako Sato
Wednesday 25th February 10-4
Book cover design with Alex Grant
Sunday 29th March | 9.30-11.00 am
Writing for Magazines with Jessica Johnson
Wednesday 25th February
Creative writing at UCG
Journalling subscription box by Wildflower Holt | LitFest sponsor
Wednesday 25th February
1:1 Writing Clinics
Wednesday 25th February
Waterstones Grimsby - meet your local booksellers
Saturday 7th March - Saturday 14th March
Home: A David Storey Play
Saturday 21st March | 10am - 4pm
Love Your Town! - Grimsby
Saturday 28th March | 10am - 4pm
Love Your Town! - Cleethorpes
Wednesday 25th February
Exclusive book launch - Sally the Seagull by Danielle Taylor
Wednesday 25th February
Young poets and changemakers
Wednesday 25th February
LitFest26 - live streaming
