My visit to the Faversham literary festival.

I recently took a trip to Faversham for the day because of the Faversham Literary Festival that was running across the week. When I went, a few of us had chosen to go. There was an event we had just missed because the traffic was worse than expected. We decided to look around a few shops which is when I took a look in the second-hand bookshop Past Sentence. That bookshop features as my bookshop visit for the month in my previous blog post so do take a look at that.

After this went to a reading session where university students and graduates from Canterbury Christ University were reading some of their work. I thought it was rewarding because I remember going to university. For me, it was always nice to have similar such opportunities to showcase your creative craft off. Even now I love to share what I written to other people, especially those with an interest in the craft. I heard from a diverse range of work from various people who read their pieces so well. The different works were motivating, inspiring, funny, interesting and more. I loved hearing what the students and graduates have written.

Once the event had finished, I purchased a tote bag on the way out which I love. Tote bags are my thing and I have quite a few! I left and the plan was to go to another event which was poetry reading but everyone mutually agreed to leave earlier as we wanted to look in a few more shops and the weather had become overcast. Not only that but it was a longer journey going back so we thought it best. 


Here's my tote bag I picked up. Hopefully, I will find myself at more literary/book festivals this year.


Until next time,


Thomas.

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