The Bournemouth Writing Festival has created a unique project that encourages people to share memories, hopes, gratitude and even good news is set to arrive in Bournemouth and across Dorset. We've launched the Wind Phone Project, with plans to create a series of pop-up Wind Phones in locations, venues, festivals, events and local businesses throughout Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and beyond. Unlike a traditional telephone, a Wind Phone is not connected to a phone line. Instead, it offers...

Bournemouth Writing Festival celebrated its fourth and most successful year to date last weekend, welcoming almost 2,000 attendees to its three‑day programme. The event included more than 100 free and ticketed workshops, masterclasses, panel discussions, poetry events, and children’s activities. The 2026 iteration of the festival saw remarkable reach with 57% of attendees joining for the first time and 55% travelling from outside the BH postcode area. The festival boasts an international...

BCP Council has approved plans for a three-metre-tall sculpture of a ballpoint pen to be installed in the heart of Bournemouth Town Centre. The giant sculpture, commissioned by the Bournemouth Writing Festival, will be unveiled during this year’s festival, which takes place from 24th to 26th April. Ticket sales indicate that hundreds of writers, authors and writing professionals from across the UK and beyond will be drawn into Bournemouth to take part in over 100 free and ticketed writing...