Manx Litfest starts this week

Wed, 25 Sep 2013

The Island is gearing up to welcome visiting authors, poets, literary agents and publishers as part of this year's Manx Litfest.

The four-day festival starts tomorrow and will be attended by a host of well-known authors including Adele Parks, Victoria Lamb and Andrew Taylor.

The business community, government and schools have joined festival organisers to create a busy festival schedule for Manx writers and readers.

Organiser John Quirk says people should give it a try: