AND THAT'S A WRAP!!!

But first, a quick re-cap of #StayAtHomeLitFest.

A THREAD

The #StayAtHomeLitFest grew from a very small and otherwise fleeting idea that arrived at precisely 2.07pm on 13th March 2020

Just TWO WEEKS later, the festival commenced!

#StayAtHomeLitFest

•lasted 16 days
•involved 220 writers
•had a programme of 145 events

•and 14,689 attendees (!!!!!!!!!!!)

#StayAtHomeLitFest

•could not have happened without @PaperNationsUK, Bambo Soyinka, @Jo_Nissel, @DebiAlper, @SophieDumont1, @CathodeRave, @LizySimonen, @SamanthaDance7, @gillybethstern, @gideonleibs

#StayAtHomeLitFest

•had shout-outs from

@UofGlasgow
@UofGCritStudies
@UofGArts
@UofGWriting
@UofGVPRobby
@PublicityBooks,
@NBmagazineUK
@yearsofreading
@JanetEmson
and many others

#StayAtHomeLitFest

had 7 AWESOME writers in residence:

@MeganPyperUK, @RobKeeleyAuthor, @tracybright, @lucyjanesantos_ , @JasminePoet, @HayleighBarclay, @writerlynds

Please give them all a follow!

#StayAtHomeLitFest

* got amazing feedback:

'a lifeline’
‘soul-food’
‘spirit-lifting’
‘bloody wonderful’
‘a brilliant way of connecting people and staying creative during these crazy times’

#StayAtHomeLitFest

* will be making some of the recordings available - we'll announce when these are up.

Watch out for ninja festival events & visit our ‘ongoing events’ page on the website for videos of authors giving readings & writing workshops! http://www.stayathomelitfest.co.uk 

PLEASE FILL IN THE SURVEY (see the home page of the website).

We will be announcing a plenary session for attendees, which will be a public event via Zoom to give feedback – this will help the festival re-organise again in future. http://www.stayathomelitfest.co.uk 

Thank you all! It's been wonderful and I have loved every minute.

CJ Cooke