Literature festival prepares to get under way

Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:00

With just two weeks to go until the Island’s first literature festival the team behind the event are urging people to support it.

Manx Litfest will start a week on Thursday and will run for four days celebrating bestselling authors and poets from around the British Isles.

An information event is being held at the Strand Centre today where there will be an opportunity to find out more and buy tickets.

Festival director John Quirk says the support of the public is vital in making the event a success (audio above):

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