MK Lit Fest: Raising Spirits under the Setting Sun

Join MK Lit Fest on 1 November at 3.00pm at the Milton Keynes Rose, Campbell Park, and they’ll lead you  on a literary walk with a difference, when you can hear original local writing to leave your spirits shaken and stirred.

In myth and legend – and sometimes in reality too – ancient or mysterious things start to emerge as the sun begins to set. Even in the newest, most modern places, spirits lurk under the surface: our city may be shiny and modern, but the land on which it stands is as old as the planet itself.

​As October meets November, it’s not just Halloween that gets celebrated, along with its familiars (if the witches will pardon the use of the word) of pumpkin lanterns, tricks, treats, and shrieking ghosts. We also enter Allhallowtide – a time dedicated to remembering saints, martyrs and the departed true and faithful - and Samhain, a pagan festival of bonfires to ward off ghosts and evil spirits. Secular or sacred, this is a time for evoking the dead while carving pumpkins or eating commemorative picnics at the graves of the lost.

Meeting Point: MK Rose, Campbell Park

What 3 Words: painting.codes.jammy

What else do you need to know?

• Booking is advised but you can just turn up on the day - attendance is free but donations are received with gratitude
• ​Please bear in mind that you will be on public footpaths outdoors - participants should wear suitable clothing and footwear
• Some parts of the route include quite steep upward and downward slopes and may not be accessible for all

MK Lit fest are working in partnership with MK City Council and the Look Again project. 

Photo Credit - Dave Wakely (Dangerous Liaisons, Philip Jackson, 1995) 

For more details please contact MK Lit Fest team on www.mklitfest.org/contact-faqs