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A Thrilling Return for the JEP/JFOW Short Story Competition
IT'S that time of year again. Calling writers young and old, the Jersey Evening Post Writing Competition, held in conjunction with the...
Jersey Festival of Words
Mar 13 min read
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The Jersey Evening Post writing competition is back
SHARPEN your pencils, charge your laptops or dig out your vintage typewriter… The Jersey Evening Post Writing Competition, held in...
Jersey Festival of Words
May 19, 20242 min read
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New Names Revealed For Jersey Festival of Words 2024
Following on from last month’s announcement that poet and presenter Michael Rosen will be appearing at this year’s Jersey Festival of...
Jersey Festival of Words
May 3, 20242 min read
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Michael Rosen Visiting for JFOW 2024
The organisers of Jersey Festival of Words have revealed that poet and author Michael Rosen will be one of the visiting writers...
Jersey Festival of Words
Apr 21, 20242 min read
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Festival Appoints New Chair
The organisers behind Jersey Festival of Words have announced the appointment of a new Festival chair, following the departure of...
Jersey Festival of Words
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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A New Chapter for the Jersey Festival of Words
September is upon us, which means this year’s Jersey Festival of Words is not far away. Now in our seventh year (having being forced to...
Jersey Festival of Words
Sep 2, 20232 min read
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JEP Writing Competition Returns
ISLANDERS should sharpen their pencils, charge their laptops and turn off ChaptGPT for the return of the Jersey Festival of Words Writing...
Jersey Festival of Words
May 19, 20232 min read
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Festival to have a Firm Focus on the Environment
Environmental themes feature strongly in this year’s Jersey Festival of Words, with a mixture of visiting and resident writers booked to...
Jersey Festival of Words
Jul 31, 20222 min read
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A Fanfare of Fiction for Festival of Words
BEST-SELLING novelists Celia Imrie and Lionel Shriver have joined the line-up for this year’s relaunched Jersey Festival of Words....
Jersey Festival of Words
Jul 1, 20224 min read
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Festival Schools Programme Announced
Following a two-year break due to the Covid pandemic, primary school children across the Island will once again be invited to meet top...
Jersey Festival of Words
Jun 22, 20222 min read
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Writing Competition Launched in Partnership with JEP
CREATIVE writers should sharpen their pencils, charge their laptops and make all other essential preparations for this year's Jersey...
Jersey Festival of Words
Jun 11, 20222 min read
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Highvern Launches Postcard Design Competition with Jersey Festival of Words
Highvern, as the main sponsors of the Jersey Festival of Words, have launched a postcard design competition for school children, to...
Jersey Festival of Words
Jun 8, 20221 min read
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Politics, Disaster and Fake History
IT’S an election year in Jersey and, in keeping with the mood of the moment, the Island’s relaunched book festival will include a line-up...
Jersey Festival of Words
May 26, 20223 min read
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Festival Looking Up With Highvern
The Jersey Festival of Words team are grateful for the support of main sponsors Highvern, and look forward to working closely with them...
Jersey Festival of Words
Apr 27, 20221 min read
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Support for JFOW from the Jersey Community Foundation
This year's Jersey Festival of Words will be supported by the Jersey Community Foundation, with funds from the Channel Island Lottery....
Jersey Festival of Words
Mar 12, 20221 min read
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A Message from Deputy Kirsten Morel
The speed with which the Festival of Words has developed from being a fledging event to a festival of international standard and one of...
Jersey Festival of Words
Mar 5, 20221 min read
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Double Win for Festival Poet
JERSEY’S main poetry prize has been won by the same writer for the second year in a row. The Alan Jones Prize, the main award in the...
Jersey Festival of Words
Nov 22, 20203 min read
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Jersey Festival of Words Poetry Competition 2020
Entries are invited for this year’s Jersey Festival of Words Poetry Competition. Launched back in 2018, the competition provides an...
Jersey Festival of Words
Jul 15, 20201 min read
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A Challenging Read
Remember that new year's resolution you set yourself back at the end of December? Yes, that one. If it was a personal resolution to read...
Jersey Festival of Words
Mar 9, 20204 min read
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Let's get quizzical
'April is the cruellest month,' according to the poet T.S.Eliot, and as anyone who has attended one of our literary quizzes will tell...
Jersey Festival of Words
Feb 20, 20202 min read
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