Alton Word Fest

27/08/2014

Our speakers were author Debbie Sellwood and publisher Colum Hayward. Together they presented the award certificates for the Adult Creative Writing Competition, and the prize tickets were drawn for the raffle.

26/08/2014

Winners of the Children's Creative Writing Compteition were given their prizes and certificates by Mayor Sue Hodder. The evening continued with a Spelling Bee contest.

26/08/2014

As part of the National Poetry Day events, Jane Austen's House Museum held a poetry picnic, including a reading in their education room and a chance for participants to read their own poem in the garden.

26/08/2014

21/08/2014

In 2014 we have decided to stop running Alton Word Fest, but the picture galleries record what went on over the six years it ran. Who knows, it may start again one day if there is a will.

29/10/2013

Autumn Showcase of a range of music sung by the youth section of St Lawrence Church Choir.

29/10/2013

Amery Hill students battle it out with 5 minute stories.

29/10/2013

18/10/13

29/10/2013

18/10/13: Children in three categories were awarded for their entries in both prose and poetry. Awards were made by Sarah O'Donoghue, President of Alton Lions.

29/10/2013

17/10/13: Author Jack Sheffield with the winners in both the prose and poetry competitions.

29/10/2013

17/10/13: Author Jack Sheffield spoke about his experiences as an author and threw in a number of his funny stories to make the evening very enjoyable for all.

29/10/2013

3/10/13: Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton asked the public to write poems to hang on their washing lines.