Books

Chester’s town crier moves from quills to digital skills with help from city business

July 26, 2019 // 5 Comments

Photos: Jeff Price and Angela Ferguson Cheshire Digital Skills Academy have been supporting the city’s town crier David Mitchell in producing his latest book, The [...]

Chester Literature Festival line-up announced

September 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Broadcaster Jeremy Vine and poets Hollie McNish and Lemn Sissay are among the headliners announced for this year’s Chester Literature Festival. Organisers Storyhouse [...]

The ubiquitous blank page and the solace of Urbano 32: writer Richard Griffiths blogs about an inspiring trip to Chester

February 24, 2016 // 2 Comments

A hearty We Are Chester welcome to aspiring author and freelance journalist Richard Griffiths, who blogs here about his quest to find literary [...]

From walking away with Simon Armitage to hypnotising alligators on stage: Our Chester Literature Festival 2015 highlights

October 22, 2015 // 2 Comments

We’ve had a busy but thoroughly entertaining few weeks sampling a variety of this year’s Chester Literature Festival events. There was a heck of a lot going on [...]

Thousands flock to North Wales to enjoy The Good Life Experience

September 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

How long is it until the next Good Life Experience festival? That’s the question we came away asking after soaking up the sights, sounds and utterly chilled out [...]

Feeling stressed? Counsellor Cat Williams offers tips on how to Stay Calm and Content

July 8, 2015 // 2 Comments

Army wife Cat Williams knows a thing or two about coping with life’s challenges. She has moved house eight times over the past 10 years, while at the same time raising two [...]