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Making writing & reading fun on the tiny Channel Island of Alderney. Runs an annual March festival of historical literature. www.alderneyliterarytrust.com.

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Isn't it? 😁

05.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#WorldBookDay πŸ“š

05.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We're completely sold out! To go on a waiting list, contact Alderney Visitor Centre or email us.
#Entitled

05.03.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A globe made up of book spines sitting on wooden flooring in a library. In the background, a wall to wall bookcase and comfy chairs.

A globe made up of book spines sitting on wooden flooring in a library. In the background, a wall to wall bookcase and comfy chairs.

Happy World Book Day! 5th March.
We're celebrating it with a literary quiz this evening at the Blonde Hedgehog. It's sold out! If you are coming, it's a 7pm prompt start.
#WorldBookDay

05.03.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Press Releases | Alderney Lit Trust Alderney Literary Trust press releases

Sadly, we've had to cancel the 2026 Alderney Literary Festival. Please refer to our press release on our website for more information.
www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/press-releases

26.02.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

True. And I expect we will have a clearer picture of events by the end of May when Andrew Lownie is over.

26.02.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tickets are now available at the Alderney Visitor Centre.

31.01.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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These French crime thrillers are set in #Alderney!
Beatriz Nicodeme lives near Nantes and is a writer of crime and historical novels.
She fell in love with Alderney when she visited, and that inspired her to start a series of cosy crime novels set there.
#Books πŸ“š #CrimeThrillers

27.01.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Book cover showing a middle  aged man in a black top hat and dress coat carrying an umbrella next to a red haired female wearing a white hat and outfit carrying a black clutch bag and umbrella.

Book cover showing a middle aged man in a black top hat and dress coat carrying an umbrella next to a red haired female wearing a white hat and outfit carrying a black clutch bag and umbrella.

Delighted to welcome biographer Andrew Lownie to #Alderney Saturday 30 May 2026 2.30pm @ The Georgian House for the launch of his updated (paperback) book β€˜Entitled: the rise and fall of the House of York’.
For more information and tickets, go to www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/events

26.01.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
A man in a sailor hat and dark sunglasses behind a bar pouring blue coloured cocktails.

A man in a sailor hat and dark sunglasses behind a bar pouring blue coloured cocktails.

Two men (white shirts, white sailor caps & dark sunglasses) with two women (on left, red sailor cap, sunglasses, and shirt)  (between men, dressed in sparkly silver) arm in arm standing in front of a bar wall full of bottles.

Two men (white shirts, white sailor caps & dark sunglasses) with two women (on left, red sailor cap, sunglasses, and shirt) (between men, dressed in sparkly silver) arm in arm standing in front of a bar wall full of bottles.

Two men (dark sunglasses) and a woman in white shirts and a woman in red shirt and sunglasses in front of a bar wall stocked with bottles.

Two men (dark sunglasses) and a woman in white shirts and a woman in red shirt and sunglasses in front of a bar wall stocked with bottles.

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘to the staff of the Blonde Hedgehog #Alderney for making our #MurderMystery dinner 'Cruising to Disaster' such a success. Delighted to have thriller writer Ruth Ware among our guests. Congratulations to Munchie Choksey for guessing the murderer!

09.11.2025 08:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank YOU, Ruth! So wonderful meeting you.

09.11.2025 07:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two women standing in front of a roller banner with a colourful red/blue/green feather on it.

The lovely @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social Ruth Ware (right) with Rachel Abbott at The #Alderney Literary Trust's event on the book launch of The Woman in Suite 11.

08.11.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruth Ware @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social the international bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 will be in #Alderney to talk about her sequel, The Woman in Suite 11. Join us for a day of talks and a murder mystery dinner on Saturday 8th November. More info at www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/events

15.09.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alderney Literary Festival 2025
Alderney Literary Festival 2025 YouTube video by David Earl

We are updating our programme for later this year. In the meantime, watch our video of the 2025 Alderney Literary Festival and our wonderful authors!
#AlderneyLitFest 2025
m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNii...

22.07.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alderney Literary Festival chalks up another success This year’s sell-out Alderney Literary Festival has been hailed as the pinnacle of author-reader engagement after 10 top-selling authors mingled

Great write up of the #AlderneyLitFest 2025! A huge thanks to all our lovely guest authors for making this possible. ❀️

03.04.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A poster: Do the Write Thing and protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training. # meta book thieves

A poster: Do the Write Thing and protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training. # meta book thieves

If someone stole millions from others to start or improve their business, they would go to jail. End of story.

AI should not be the end of our stories.

03.04.2025 06:39 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Society of Authors protest image 'I'll be asking meta to #DoTheWriteThing' on 3rd April. Below the white text on a turquoise background there aee cartoon people holding signs saying #makeitfair

Society of Authors protest image 'I'll be asking meta to #DoTheWriteThing' on 3rd April. Below the white text on a turquoise background there aee cartoon people holding signs saying #makeitfair

On way to London to protest Meta's scraping of LibGen to feed their Llama AI. Join @thesocietyofauthors 1.30 in Granary Square, King's X to add your voice!

Sign the SoA petition at change.org (or sign again if u didn't get conf email) - it's at 9k sigs now, let's get it to 10k by lunchtime!

03.04.2025 06:41 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image shows a magazine open at a double-page feature about the Alderney Literature Festival. The feature is entitled β€˜Weaving the historical narrative’ 

There’s a banner across the top of the image, with thumbnail images of book covers.

Image shows a magazine open at a double-page feature about the Alderney Literature Festival. The feature is entitled β€˜Weaving the historical narrative’ There’s a banner across the top of the image, with thumbnail images of book covers.

Well, that’s a first!
Never featured in an in-flight magazine before…

For Alderney Lit Fest πŸ₯°
Alongside all the other marvellous writers at the Festival.

@aurigny.bsky.social @quercusbooks.bsky.social
@alderneylit.bsky.social

01.04.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Banner containing illuminated book logo of Alderney Literary Festival against the backdrop of the Island Hall.

Banner containing illuminated book logo of Alderney Literary Festival against the backdrop of the Island Hall.

I've had the most marvelous weekend at @alderneylit.bsky.social #AlderneyLitFest 2025. Something magic happens when our guest authors click together and with our festival-goers. It makes all the hard work worthwhile. ❀️ To our authors! Thanks so much for coming to #Alderney.

31.03.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our closing session of this festival is a panel discussion with the fabulous @lavietidhar.bsky.social, the incredible @ellenalpsten.bsky.social and fantastic Anna Abney/Madeline Dewhurst.
#AlderneyLitFest 2025

30.03.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To open our final day of this fabulous festival is @florajowriter.bsky.social. Flora Johnston takes us through the lives of her characters and we explore not only the global decision making but the impact of the trauma of war on individuals and the ongoing quest for peace.
#AlderneyLitFest 2025

30.03.2025 13:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finding a gull’s nest in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall…
A clip from an interview for the wonderful #AlderneyLitFest, about what makes it special to talk about the #SecondWorldWar on this #ChannelIsland…

29.03.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last but not least, fantastic author today is Anna Abney explains her approach to writing historical fiction, how she researches the background to her novels and how the characters and plots grow out of that research.
#AlderneyLitFest 2025

29.03.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our delightful penultimate author @ellenalpsten.bsky.social Historical Novelist Ellen Alpsten discusses the journey of history’s hidden heroines, who inspire her.

29.03.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First up this afternoon is our very own Rachel Abbott in conversation with the fabulous @elenikwriter.bsky.social. They discuss Eleni’s research and writing of her novel, The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou based on the true story of the penultimate woman to be hanged in Britain.
#AlderneyLitFest

29.03.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A huge thank you to Polygon Collective for their generous sponsorship of the #AlderneyLitFest 2025.
Your support helps us bring together brilliant authors, passionate readers, and thought-provoking conversations on our tiny Island.
#AlderneyLitFest

29.03.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the writer Rosie Garland standing at a podium, in front of a grand piano. She is wearing a floral shirt & black waistcoat

Photo of the writer Rosie Garland standing at a podium, in front of a grand piano. She is wearing a floral shirt & black waistcoat

A banner attached to a fence.
Banner is advertising the Alderney Literary Festival

A banner attached to a fence. Banner is advertising the Alderney Literary Festival

An empty sandy beach, with blue sea to the right of the picture

An empty sandy beach, with blue sea to the right of the picture

At Alderney Lit Fest, having an amazing time talking about The Fates!
Packed with enthusiastic readers & writersπŸ’œ

… not to mention the beautiful island itself✨

@alderneylit.bsky.social
@quercusbooks.bsky.social
#alderneylitfest

29.03.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Working!

29.03.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our delightful penultimate author @ellenalpsten.bsky.social Historical Novelist Ellen Alpsten discusses how to write a gripping and believable historical fiction novel.
#AlderneyLitFest 2025

29.03.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two men, Laie Tidhar (R) & Anthony Riches (L) standing on a stage in front of a screen with a PowerPoint slide.

Two men, Laie Tidhar (R) & Anthony Riches (L) standing on a stage in front of a screen with a PowerPoint slide.

Next up today is @lavietidhar.bsky.social in conversation with Tony Riches. Lavie discussed the research involved in uncovering and following multiple historical strands, from travel journals and spy memoirs to documentaries and obscure Egyptian movies
#AlderneyLitFest 2025.

29.03.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1