The 2022 Deptford Literature Festival took place on Saturday 19 March 2022 and aimed to engage communities with local writers and celebrate literature in one of London’s most deprived boroughs during its year as Borough of Culture.
The Festival was delivered in partnership with creative producer Tom MacAndrew.
The 2022 Deptford Literature Festival was supported by Arts Council England, We Are Lewisham and Lewisham Centre Small Grant Fund.
The eight festival community engagement programmes reached 1,246 people and the Festival engaged an in-person audience of 2,137 across 18 events. We produced ‘Deptford Literature Festival at Home’ online resources for people to engage with if they were unable to attend and live streamed the R.A.P Party and Lewisham Writers in Conversation panel. In total we reached 2,068 people with specific online events/ resources, with all online audiences totalling 92,543.
The programme invited audiences to explore what literature means to us today in Deptford and featured workshops, talks, walks and performances. All the Festival workshops were open to writers with different writing experiences – from beginners to those with more experience – with the majority being free to attend and BSL interpreted.
