Tickets On Sale For Manx Litfest 2014

Onchan Book Group members and everyone who’s been asking us about Manx Litfest 2014 will be pleased to hear that tickets for the main events are now on sale from the what’s on section of The Isle of Man Villa Gaiety website 

Photograph from Manx National Heritage

Once again, the festival celebrates the sense of place here on the Island as well as the written word. 

A ghostly walk and talk around Castle Rushen with Neil Spring, author of ‘Ghost Hunters’ and Barry Quilliam of Manx Macabre Tours on Fri 26th Sept couldn’t be more atmospheric. 

Neil Spring’s book drew inspiration from ‘Borland Rectory’, reputedly the most haunted house in Britain, which attracted the attention of psychic investigator Harry Price. 

Image from neilspring.com

Harry Price visited The Isle of Man in the 1930s to investigate the mysterious case of ‘The Dalby Spook’ or Talking Mongoose. 

There’s a rare opportunity to hear Neil Spring talk about these intriguing events in the historic setting of St Bridget’s Chapel in The Nunnery on Sat 27th Sept. 

A ‘Criminal Double Act’ takes place on Sat 27th Sept in The Embassy Room at The British on The Quay with Mark Billingham and Martyn Waites, who also writes with his wife under the name of Tania Carver. 

Image from Random House

Litfest is crammed full of exciting events from the Poetry Slam at Jabberwocky on Wed 24th right through to an evening with ‘Bone Season’ author Samatha Shannon at Noa’s Bakehouse on Sunday 28 Sept. 

Sara Crowe was at Manx Litfest in 2012, and has just published the highly acclaimed ‘Bone Jack’. She’s on a panel to talk about The Celtic Influence on writing with Donald S Murray at The House of Manannan in Peel on Sun 28th Sept.



Litfest has something for book lovers of all ages all around the Island to look forward to this September. Don’t miss some family fun with ‘The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Show’ on just up the road at Bemahague School in Onchan on Sun 28 Sept. 

There's much much more besides - don't forget the Book Fanatics Quiz Night on Thurs 25th Sept. 

You can pick up a programme form the library now to find out more. Keep looking on ManxLitfest for all the latest news, like them on facebook, or follow them on Twitter.