24th - 28th September

Programmes printed by
Manx Litfest
9 Ballacubbon Close, Ballabeg
Isle of Man, British Isles
IM9 4HR
Registered charity number 1100
[email protected]
www.manxlitfest.com
24th - 28th September
Our Supporters
Playing our part in celebrating the Island’s culture
Welcome, dear reader, to Manx Litfest 2014. For the third year running, from Wednesday,
September 24th until Sunday, September 28th, we’ll be celebrating literature, poetry and
storytelling, and inspiring young and old to not just enjoy stories, but to create their own.
It doesn’t feel like 12 months since we did this last - but that’s a common comment from festival
organisers the world over. No sooner is one Litfest done, we’re turning our attention to the
following year, and we hope you enjoy the hard work the festival team has put in over the last
year in securing another first-class line up of visiting authors and poets, not to mention a host
of Isle of Man-based writers who will be involved with our National Story Day around Manx
schools on the Friday, and our Writers’ Day on the Saturday.
We’re again taking the festival out around the Island, including House of Manannan, King
William’s College, Castle Rushen, Laxey Glen Gardens and venues around Douglas. For
youngsters, there’s the Roald Dahl Family Day which promises to be absolutely whoopsysplunkers, and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Show. For those slightly older readers, it might be crime
duo Mark Billingham and Martyn Waites or Neil Spring’s The Ghost Hunters that appeals.
We are thrilled to have children’s author Sally Gardner with us, and Nicola Morgan’s talk on her
book, The Teenage Guide to Stress, will prove insightful for both teenagers and parents alike. For
lovers of poetry, the annual ‘Slam’ gets the festival underway on the Wednesday night, and UK
poet Mark Grist brings his Rogue Teacher show to town on the Friday night.
There are two very special projects launching during this year’s festival, and it’s fitting that both
are being born during 2014, while we celebrate our ‘Island of Culture’. The first is The Manx Bard,
which isn’t our initiative, but which we are proud to be involved with. The second is our ‘Manx
Litfest Island of Culture Writing Squad’, which we hope will inspire talented young writers. There
is more about each project within the programme.
Our thanks to everyone who has helped with this year’s festival, including our great team of
volunteers. Finally, a special thanks to all of our financial supporters and sponsors, who can be
seen on the page opposite.
John Quirk, Festival Director
Event schedule and ticket details
5 Wednesday/Thursday, September 24/25
6 Friday, September 26
8 Saturday, September 27
16 Sunday, September 28
18 Poetry trail
At-a-glance daily timetable
9 Wednesday/Thursday, September 24/25
10 Friday, September 26
11 Saturday, September 27
12 Sunday, September 28
Festival office: 9 Ballacubbon Close, Ballabeg, Isle of Man, British Isles, IM9 4HR
Tickets: Please see individual events for details. Contact the Litfest team on the email address
below if any queries.
Festival email: [email protected] Festival website: www.manxlitfest.com
Design: Festival programme - Isle of Man Advertising & PR; Manx Litfest logo - Ali Crellin
The Manx Litfest organising committee would like to thank the Isle
of Man Arts Council and Culture Vannin for their generous support
towards this year’s festival.
Event Schedule and Ticket Details
Wednesday, September 24
The Manx Bard
7.00pm-8.00pm - Jabberwocky, Duke Street, Douglas
The start of an exciting cultural project for the Island - The Manx Bard is a new post, to which the
Island’s most worthy poet will be appointed each year. Open to anyone aged 18+, it will see an annual
competition held, with each winner serving for a year, and each new Bard being unveiled during Litfest
each year. During the year in post, each Bard will perform at Island events and attend selected festivals
across the British Isles, helping to promote Manx culture. The concept is the brainchild of Bridget Carter,
who heads up the Manx Bard Committee, supported by Hazel Teare and Janet Lees. Invited guests only.
Isle of Man Arts Council - Established 30 years ago to support the work of local amateurs and
professionals, as well as visiting artists. Today, it funds many organisations and offers advice and
information, encouraging and enabling participation and development in all aspects of the arts.
Tel: 01624 694598 [email protected] www.gov.im/artscouncil
Culture Vannin - Established in 1982 (as Manx Heritage Foundation) to support and promote
Manx culture, awarding grants for projects and initiating schemes of its own. Areas supported
include wildlife, language, music, archaeology, history and education.
Tel: 01624 676169 [email protected] www.culturevannin.im
Bridge Bookshop
Est. 1972
Shore Road, Port Erin
8.00pm-11.00pm - Jabberwocky, Duke Street, Douglas
For the first public event of Manx Litfest 2014, we are proud to present...
the third annual Poetry Slam, compered by UK performance poet Mark
Grist, with poets battling it out to follow 2012 winner Bridge Carter and last
year’s champ Georgia Zapparoli. Come along to be entertained, or have a go
yourself - if you’d like to perform, please email [email protected]
or [email protected]. Supported by Isle of Man Poetry Society.
FREE EVENT
Thursday, September 25
Manx Litfest Opening Reception
New Titles
Manx Books
Local Guides & Maps
Art Prints
Artists’ Materials
Sheet Music & Music CDs
Children’s Books
& lots more
Orders - Tel: 833376
Email: [email protected]
Manx Litfest Poetry Slam
6.00pm-7.30pm - Embassy Room, British Hotel, Douglas
An informal launch to say thank you to our sponsors & supporters who have made the festival
possible. Please note this event is invite only.
The Book Fanatics’ Quiz Night
8.00pm-11.00pm - Embassy Room, British Hotel, Douglas
A fun night of literary brain teasers and banter. Quizmasters will
be the author/illustrator team of Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre,
and we’ll be joined by several other Litfest authors and poets.
Come along as a team, or as individuals and join up with others
to make a team, and see if you can follow in the footsteps of
previous champs Henry Bloom Noble Library reading club
and Bridge Bookshop.
www.philip-reeve.com www.jabberworks.co.uk
Event sponsored by Xela Ltd (www.138.com)
TICKETS - £8.50
Open 7 days a week
Villa Marina box office 01624 600555 or www.villagaiety.com, Villa Marina reception & Sea Terminal
Welcome Centre. Also Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel, and Shakti Man in Ramsey.
Friday, September 26
Friday, September 26
National Story Day
The Ghost Hunters - author Neil Spring at Castle Rushen
On the Friday of each Litfest, we send a team of authors & poets out around
Manx schools, giving talks and workshops and inspiring children to read
and write. We work with the Department of Education & Children and are
indebted to the support of Isle of Man Bank. Among our team of authors,
this year we are delighted to have with us 12-year-old Harri Sansostri, who
published a book on his experiences of going to secondary school.
A fascinating ghostly walk and talk around Castle Rushen with
Neil Spring, author of The Ghost Hunters, joined by host for the night
Barry Quilliam, from Manx Macabre Tours. Neil and Barry will share
stories about the ghosts who are said to haunt the castle, while Neil will
talk about real-life ghost hunter Harry Price, whose investigations in the
1920s/1930s into Borley Rectory, reputedly the most haunted house in
England, were the basis for Neil’s debut novel, published last year.
7.30pm-9.30pm - Castle Rushen, Castletown
9.00am-3.30pm - Schools across the Island
Event sponsored by Isle of Man Bank (www.iombank.com)
www.neilspring.com
www.manxmacabretours.com
The Mobile Library, with guest author Neil Spring
11.15am-3.30pm - Library route around the north of the Island
Neil Spring, author of The Ghost Hunters, will be hitching a ride
on the Mobile Library as it winds its way around the north of the
Island. Stop by for a chat with Neil and find out all about reallife ghost hunter Harry Price, and how he inspired his novel,
which has been picked up for a TV series by the people behind
Midsomer Murders. The Library will be on its Route #10 – taking
in Sulby to Kirk Michael.
www.familylibrary.im
www.neilspring.com
FREE EVENT
Creating a Lifelong Love of Words Sally Gardner, Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
6.00pm-7.15pm - St Bridget’s Chapel, Nunnery Estate, Douglas
Each year Manx Litfest includes an element of the festival aimed at creating
a passion for words, whether spoken, written or read. This year we are
delighted to bring together acclaimed authors/illustrators Sally Gardner,
Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre for a panel discussion about creating
a passion in children for reading and writing. This event is aimed at
parents, teachers and those working with children – but children are
welcome to attend too.
www.sallygardner.net
www.philip-reeve.com
www.jabberworks.co.uk
FREE EVENT
TICKETS - £15.50
Villa Marina box office 01624 600555 or www.villagaiety.com, Villa
Marina reception & Sea Terminal Welcome Centre. Also from Bridge
Bookshop in Port Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel, and Shakti Man in Ramsey.
Rogue Teacher - Poet Mark Grist
8.00pm-10.00pm - Noa Bakehouse, Fort Street, Douglas
Prepare to be dazzled by leading British poet Mark Grist, who
brings his show ‘Rogue Teacher’ to the Isle of Man. Named
Poet Laureate of Peterborough in 2008, Chief Bard of the Fens
in 2009 and Edinburgh Fringe Slam Champion in 2010, Mark
is an ex-English teacher whose ‘student vs teacher rap battle’
has had 4 million plus views on YouTube. Rogue Teacher takes
you from the classroom to worldwide rap battle sensation, as
Mark pursues his lifelong dream of being a full-time artist.
www.markgrist.com
Event sponsored by Ambitions (www.ambitions.co.im)
TICKETS - £6.50
Villa Marina box office 01624 600555 or www.villagaiety.
com, Villa Marina reception & Sea Terminal Welcome
Centre. Also from Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin, Celtic
Gold in Peel, and Shakti Man in Ramsey.
Saturday, September 27
Writers’ Day
Book Fanatics’
Quiz Night
8.00pm-11.00pm
Manx Litfest
Opening Reception
6.00pm-7.30pm
Embassy Room
The British Hotel
TICKETS - £25.00 - email [email protected] to reserve a
space. Please note, the agent pitch slots are sold out.
Jabberwocky
Event sponsored by Pokerstars (www.pokerstars.com)
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25
A series of talks and panel discussions with speakers including literary agent
Joanna Swainson, scriptwriter Shawn Sturnick and authors Nicola Morgan
and Samantha Shannon. Panel discussions to focus on ‘routes to publication’,
‘plot, structure and character’, and ‘revising and editing’. During the day,
Joanna will be holding one-to-one pitch session with writers who have
submitted their manuscripts for feedback. A must for anyone serious about
their writing.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24
9.00am-4.15pm - King William’s College, Castletown
Cakes in Space - with Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
10.30am-11.30am - Family Library, Westmoreland Road, Douglas
Reassessing Hall Caine
10.30am-1.00pm - Lecture Theatre, Manx Museum, Douglas
In this seminar, organised by the Centre for Manx Studies, three
researchers will share current work on different aspects of the life and
writings of Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine. Each of the speakers Dr Richard Storer, Leeds Trinity University; Kristan Tetens, University
of Leicester; and Anne Connor, University of Liverpool - will talk for
half an hour in the Lecture Theatre. This will be followed by tea/coffee
and a Q&A session in Seminar Room 1.
Manx Litfest Poetry Slam - Jabberwocky
8.00pm-11.00pm
TICKETS - Contact the Family Library direct on 640650.
8.00pm
www.jabberworks.co.uk
The Manx Bard Launch 7.00-8.00pm
www.philip-reeve.com
7.00pm
Join story legends Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre in this gravity-defying
romp, involving killer cakes, chimney-pot aliens and drawing! Fun for the
whole family. Cakes in Space is Philip and Sarah’s follow up to Oliver and the
Seawigs, which was published last year.
www.liv.ac.uk/manx-studies/cms_seminars/
Authors Mark Billingham & Martyn Waites
book signings:
Bridge Bookshop, Port Erin 12.00pm-1.00pm
Waterstones, Douglas 2.00pm-3.00pm
6.00pm
FREE EVENT
A Criminal Double Act
Embassy Room
British Hotel
8.00pm-10.00pm
8.00pm
Reassessing Hall Caine
Manx Museum
10.30am-1.00pm
6.00pm
In Conversation
- authors Sally
Gardner &
Sara Crowe
2.00pm-3.00pm
Cakes in Space
Family Library
10.30am-11.30am
The Ghost Hunters
St Bridget’s
Chapel, Nunnery
7.30pm-9.00pm
Book signing
Neil Spring
Waterstones
3.15pm-4.15pm
Book signing - Mark
Billingham & Martyn
Waites, Waterstones
2.00pm-3.00pm
Book signing - Sally
Gardner & Sara Crowe
Lexicon Bookshop
12.15pm-1.15pm
Douglas
The Ghost Hunters
at Castle Rushen
7.30pm-9.30pm
Castle Rushen
Schools
Roald Dahl
Family Day
1.00pm-5.00pm
Laxey Glen
Gardens
Writers’ Day
9.00am-4.15pm
Bridge
Bookshop
Book signing
Donald S Murray
2.30pm-3.30pm
Book signing
Mark Billingham
& Martyn Waites
12.00pm-1.00pm
Out & about
with Neil
Spring - Route
10 (Sulby Kirk Michael)
for the Mobile
Library
11.15am3.30pm
Mobile
Library
King William’s
College
National Story Day
- at primary and
secondary schools
across the Island
9.00am-3.30pm
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27
Creating a
Lifelong Love
of Words
6.00pm-7.15pm
St Bridget’s
Chapel, Nunnery
The Teenage Guide to
Stress - Embassy Room
British Hotel
6.00pm-7.15pm
4.00pm
2.00pm
12.00pm
10.00am
Poet Mark Grist:
Rogue Teacher
8.00pm-10.00pm
Library events
8.00pm
6.00pm
2.00pm
12.00pm
10.00am
Noa Bakehouse
Douglas
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26
Book signing
Samantha Shannon
2.15pm-3.15pm
Book signing
Mark Lowery
2.00pm-3.00pm
Roald Dahl Family Day
1.00pm-5.00pm - Laxey Glen Gardens
Thanks to the generous support of Sure, we bring you our biggest and
most phizz-whizzing family day yet, as we celebrate the wonderful
imagination of Roald Dahl, with a gloriumptious range of performances,
games, activities and trails. Come and meet Charlie Bucket, Matilda and
maybe even a Big Friendly Giant. Manx Wildlife Trust will be on hand
to help us build a Dirty Beasts hotel, and Mark Lowery, author of Socks
Are Not Enough and Pants Are Everything, will be on hand to give two
Dahl-inspired workshops during the afternoon. Accredited as an IOM
Children’s University ‘learning destination’.
www.marklowery.co.uk
www.roalddahl.com
Celtic Influence in
Literature panel
2.00pm-3.30pm
Launch of the
Manx Litfest
Island of Culture
Writing Squad
11.00am-1.00pm
Waterstones
Bridge Bookshop
Event sponsored by Sure (www.sure.com)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Show
3.00pm-4.00pm
FREE EVENT - there will be two Roald Dahl-inspired workshops during
the afternoon, tickets priced at £2.50 per child (20 places per workshop) to book a place on the workshops, please email [email protected].
Authors Sally Gardner & Sara Crowe
Book signing at Lexicon Bookshop, Douglas 12.15pm-1.15pm
Sally Gardner in conversation with Sara Crowe
The Bone Season - an
evening with author
Samantha Shannon &
poet Georgia Zapparoli
7.30pm-9.30pm
2.00pm-3.00pm - Henry Bloom Noble Library, Victoria Street, Douglas
2.00pm
11.00am
8.00pm
House of
Manannan
Bemahague School Onchan
Noa Bakehouse
Douglas
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28
Saturday, September 27
Acclaimed author and illustrator Sally Gardner won the Costa Children’s
Book Award and the Carnegie Medal for Maggot Moon, which tells of
an alternate history in 1950s England during the space race, with the
country under the rule of the ‘Motherland’. She has written more than
25 books, many of which she has illustrated, and illustrated
several books for other writers. Sally writes for children of
all ages, and other books include I, Coriander and The Red
Necklace. Sally continues to be an avid spokesperson for
dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by
society. She is severely dyslexic and argues that it’s not
a disability, but a gift. Sally talks about her career to
author Sara Crowe, whose debut novel Bone Jack was
published earlier this year and was recently named
as one of the best young adult books of 2014 by The
Telegraph.
www.sallygardner.net www.forest.me
TICKETS - Contact the library direct on 696461.
Saturday, September 27
Saturday, September 27
The Teenage Guide to Stress - author Nicola Morgan
The Ghost Hunters - author Neil Spring
6.00pm-7.15pm - Embassy Room, British Hotel, Douglas
7.30pm-9.00pm - St Bridget’s Chapel (the Nunnery), Douglas
A must for parents, teachers and teenagers. Author Nicola Morgan has spoken
in schools and at conferences around the world on the subject of the ‘teenage
brain’. Her book Blame My Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed was
shortlisted for the Aventis prize for science, and covered the internal upsets
and stresses of adolescence. Her new book, The Teenage Guide to Stress,
is written for teenagers but is essential reading for adults who want
to understand - tackling all the external stresses that teenagers face,
including feelings of anger, depression, fear and failure; changing
bodies and eating disorders; pressures of exams and schoolwork;
bullying and cyber-bullying; and how pre-existing conditions such
as OCD and dyslexia may be affected by adolescence.
In the beautiful setting of St Bridget’s Chapel in the grounds of the
Nunnery, author Neil Spring tells the story behind his novel The
Ghost Hunters, inspired by real-life ghost hunter Harry Price and his
investigations into Borley Rectory, long described as England’s most
haunted house, ‘where objects frequently fly through the air unbidden,
and locals avoid the grounds for fear of facing the spectral nun that
walks there’. The Ghost Hunters was recently optioned for a TV series, by the
team behind Midsomer Murders. Neil will also talk about Harry Price’s link to the Isle of Man - in
the early 1930s, he came to investigate the mystery of Gef the talking mongoose.
www.nicolamorgan.com
Event sponsored by ManSat Ltd (www.mansat.com)
TICKETS - £5.00
TICKETS - £8.50
www.neilspring.com
Villa Gaiety ticket hotline 600555 or at www.villagaiety.com, Villa Marina reception & Sea
Terminal Welcome Centre. Also from Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel and
Shakti Man in Ramsey.
Villa Gaiety ticket hotline 600555 or at www.villagaiety.com, Villa
Marina reception & Sea Terminal Welcome Centre. Also from Bridge
Bookshop in Port Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel and Shakti Man in Ramsey.
Mark Billingham & Martyn Waites: A Criminal Double Act
8.00pm-10.00pm - Embassy Room, British Hotel, Douglas
Author Donald S Murray
Book signing at Bridge Bookshop, Port Erin
2.30pm-3.30pm
Author Neil Spring
Book signing at Waterstones, Douglas
3.15pm-4.15pm
Two of the UK’s leading British crime authors, Mark
Billingham and Martyn Waites, team up for a night of
criminally-good entertainment. Mark is the author of
the award-winning Tom Thorne series, which began
with Sleepyhead and most recently saw the publication
of The Bones Beneath. The Sky TV series, Thorne, with
David Morrissey in the lead role, was based on the first
two books in the series. With Martyn attending, you’re
effectively getting three authors for the price of two. He
writes under his own name, including the hard-hitting
Joe Donovan series, and also penned the sequel to
Susan Hill’s ghost story, The Woman in Black. With his
wife, Linda, he writes as Tania Carver, with the sixth in
the Shannon & Esposito series, Truth or Dare, out now.
www.markbillingham.com
www.martynwaites.com
Event sponsored by IQE (www.iqe.im)
TICKETS - £10.00
Villa Marina box office 01624 600555 or www.villagaiety.com, Villa Marina
reception & Sea Terminal Welcome Centre. Also from Bridge Bookshop in
Port Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel, and Shakti Man in Ramsey.
Sunday, September 28
Sunday, September 28
Launch of the Manx Litfest Island of Culture
Writing Squad
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Show!
11.00am-1.00pm - House of Manannan, Peel
A must for all Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans - and great family
entertainment too! Host Alastair Watson brings the books to life
with fun activities including ‘The Wimpy Kid Draw-Along’ and
The Wimp Wars! Quiz’. The event also includes exclusive video
clips of author Jeff Kinney (who lives in the US) talking about
the books, his involvement in the films, and shows how he
draws the Wimpy Kid characters. Plus, all those who purchase
a book on the day are eligible for their book to be stamped
with an exclusive Wimpy Kid Show stamp!
3.00pm-4.00pm - Bemahague School, Onchan
The Manx Litfest Island of Culture Writing Squad is an initiative
we are starting this year to coincide with 2014 being celebrated
as ‘Island of Culture’. It is a platform for talented young writers aged 11-18 to
develop their skills, meeting on a monthly basis at weekends to work on their projects and attend
talks and workshops from authors, poets and scriptwriters, including some visiting writers from
around the British Isles. For the launch, we will have authors Nicola Morgan and Samantha
Shannon with us, with Nicola getting the ball rolling on the practical side of things with a short
workshop. Funding for the first year of the Writing Squad has kindly been supplied by Isle of
Man Arts Council. Please note this event is invite only.
www.wimpykid.com
www.nicolamorgan.com www.boneseasonbooks.com
TICKETS - £5.00
Celtic Influence in Literature - panel discussion
Villa Marina box office 01624 600555 or www.villagaiety.com, Villa Marina
reception & Sea Terminal Welcome Centre. Also from Bridge Bookshop in Port
Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel, and Shakti Man in Ramsey.
2.00pm-3.30pm - House of Manannan, Peel
To tie in with the Celtic Style exhibition at the House of Manannan, which
opened in April and runs until February 2015, this panel discussion will
look at how the Celtic influence can be seen across literature, in both
fiction and non-fiction. The panel includes visiting authors Donald S
Murray, a Scottish Gaelic speaker from Shetland, and Sara Crowe, whose
debut novel Bone Jack draws on Celtic mythology.
The Bone Season - An evening with author Samantha Shannon, poet
Georgia Zapparoli & host Christy DeHaven
7.30pm-9.30pm - Noa Bakehouse, Fort Street, Douglas
www.birlinn.co.uk/Donald-S.-Murray
www.forest.me
Sponsored by Knox House Trust (khtlimited.com)
TICKETS - £5.00
Villa Marina box office 01624 600555 or www.villagaiety.com, Villa Marina reception & Sea
Terminal Welcome Centre. Also from Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel, and
Shakti Man in Ramsey.
Manx Litfest 2014 draws to a close with an evening of fiction, poetry and
movie talk. Author Samantha Shannon is the author of The Bone Season, a
supernatural/sci-fi dystopian novel set in England in 2059, which has been
picked up by 20th Century Fox, with Samantha working alongside Andy
Serkis (who has brought to life Gollum, King Kong and Caesar, from the
new Planet of the Apes films) and his Imaginarium Studios to develop the
project. Published by Bloomsbury, The Bone Season is the first of a planned
series of seven novels, with the second, The Mime Order, due out early in
2015. Joining Samantha for this event will be poet Georgia Zapparoli, the
Litfest Poetry Slam champ from last year, and your host for the night will
be IOM filmmaker, singer and DJ Christy Dehaven.
Author Mark Lowery
www.boneseasonbooks.com
Book signing at Bridge Bookshop, Port Erin
Event sponsored by Lingua Franca (www.linguafranca.im)
2.00pm-3.00pm
Author Samantha Shannon
Book signing at Waterstones, Douglas
2.15pm-3.15pm
TICKETS - £8.50
Villa Marina box office 01624 600555 or www.villagaiety.com, Villa Marina reception & Sea
Terminal Welcome Centre. Also from Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin, Celtic Gold in Peel, and
Shakti Man in Ramsey.
MANX LITFEST POETRY TRAIL
Douglas
Location
LOCATION
Poem
title
TITLE
Poet
POET
- Welcome
A A- Little
Fish Centre,
Cafe Sea Terminal
The Rubber Duck
Art forms
Peter
Kelly
Doona
Williams
B -the
Natwest,
Victoria St
B - Spill
Beans
Be Yourself
The Fisherman’s
Lullaby
Sarah
Darnill
Vivien
Roworth
Poetry
Trail
2014
C -- Douglas
Development Partnership Lee Shore
The Jumble Hole
C
Jabberwocky
Janet
Lees
James
Penn
D - Noa
Bakehouse, Fort St
D - Noa
Bakehouse
The JourneyTholtan
Jacob
O’Sullivan
Jack
Verity
- Henry
E -ESalon
3 Bloom Noble Library
Than I Can Say
1914 –More
1918
Jeff Garland
Veronica
Gore
F -&Douglas
F - Bath
Bottle Town Hall
Pointless Demolition
Baby Weight
Ros Alcock
Georgia
Zapparoli
- Mostly
Manx,Noble
NelsonLibrary
Street
G -GHenry
Bloom
Collection 1 Four Short Poems
Pipistrelles
Peter
Kelly
Fiona
Gell
- Isle of Man Bank, Athol Street
HH
- Colebourns
The Conversation
Camp
The war
to end all wars
Aiden
Alemson
Peter
Kelly
- Regency
Travel, Regent Street
I - IMostly
Manx
What did Writer’s
you doBlock
in the war
Granddad?
Ros Alcock
Dennis
Turner
J - Isle of Man Bank
The truth about lies
Bridget Carter
K - The Creative Shop
July arrives
Sara Welch
L - Waterstones
Junkie
Hazel Teare
M - WH Smith
Gemstone
N - Lexicon
Liminal
O - Stardust
We kissed the earth
Jeff Garland
P - Rainbow’s End
View of the rock from a hard
place The Photograph
Francoise Harvey
To take part in this year’s Manx Litfest Poetry Trail, just follow the map to
locate the trail’s 20 poems listed opposite, ticking them off as you read each.
Q - RStudio
- Tower1 House, Castle Street
Queen’s Pier
Strand Street
Frances
Butler
Jeff Garland
R - Urban Chaos
Kermode’s Abode
Aidan Alemson
The trail starts at the Welcome Centre in the Sea Terminal, winding its way
through the town centre.
S - The Sayle Gallery
At Cranstal
Charmian Knight
There’s no time limit, although if teams want to race, feel free! Just be careful
of traffic...
T - Villa Marina
Aga Saga
Lorraine Kennaugh
Our thanks to ISLE OF MAN BANK for kindly sponsoring the trail.
J - Isle of Man Bank, Regent Street
K - Waterstones, Strand Street
L - WH Smith, Strand Street
M - Lexicon Bookshop, Strand Street
N - Strand Centre, Strand Street
O - Strand Centre, Strand Street
P - Tower House, Castle Street
Q - Tower House, Castle Street
S - Urban Chaos, Castle Street
T - The Book Company, Castle Street
That Man
Herring Gull
Suspended Tear
Kaleidoscopic Shadows
Codger
The Price of Spuds
Nana
Dead Pubs of Douglas
Open Letter to Gavin
Vinty Kneale
Doona Williams
Karl Garrett
Peter Kelly
Alan Lawton
Bridge Carter
Janet Lees
David Garrett
Jacs Baker
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