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QUIZ NIGHT FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2026 | DOOR 7PM | QUIZ 7.30PM THE MCGRIGOR HALL, FRINTON-ON-SEA £10 PER PERSON - INCLUDES A GLASS OF WINE AND NIBBLES Gather Your Team. Sharpen Your Minds. The Frinton Literary Festival Quiz Night Is Back. Save the date for an evening of trivia, fun and friendly rivalry in support of Frinton Literary Festival. A brilliant night out for quiz lovers, bookworms and curious minds alike. Teams of up to six welcome or come solo and we’ll help you join a tea

Saturday 22nd November Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club | 7pm | £47.50 Includes a seated two-course dinner with coffee/tea Join us for a lively evening of dinner, debate, and politics  with Iain Dale  – one of Britain’s most respected broadcasters, political commentators, and authors. As host of LBC’s award-winning evening show , Iain brings sharp insight, wit, and deep political knowledge to every conversation. In this special event marking the 100th anniversary of Margaret T

More dates and more stars have been added to Frinton Literary Festival’s October programme with opportunities to hear actors Celie Imrie and Greta Scacchi talking about their careers and crime writer Peter Guttridge leading the crime writing masterclass. Afternoon tea with Celia Imrie sold out within days so she has added a morning session in discussion with fellow actor Fidelis Morgan about their work together creating Celia’s previous historical novel, Orphans of the Storm

Huge congratulations to our quiz night winning team ‘Not with a Bargepole’,   notching up their third win . How long can they keep their streak? The evening raised £1600 to support Frinton Literary Festival’s work in schools.

‘What 1967 anti-Vietnam War song has 26 verses and runs for 25 minutes?’   ‘Trying to decide if that’s too hard or too easy is a nightmare,’ says Clive Brill as he accumulates and assesses potential questions for Frinton Literary Festival’s Quiz Night on Friday, May 30.   ‘It’s a challenge. There are so many brilliant quizzers out there and just as many people out for a fun, social evening - pitching the questions just right can be tough. It’s a fabulous meeting of many minds

Out with the reference books, revise all those old trivia questions, just how many bands and songs can you dredge up from some misspent youth?   Yes, it’s time to get in training for our Quiz Night on Friday, May 30 at The McGrigor Hall. It’s a familiar formula – six rounds to tickle every corner of your brain on different themes, general knowledge and music under the watchful eye of convivial quizmaster Clive Brill.   Of course, it’s much more than merely competitive, isn’t

The phone lines are hot. Emails are flying. Dates, times and venues are being firmed up.   Behind the scenes the Frinton Literary Festival team have almost, almost completed signing all the key players that make one week in October stand out in the literary calendar.

We cannot quite believe that Frinton Literary Festival has concluded for another year. It was wonderful to see so many of you in the...

With the majority of the events sold out, more than 650 people took to venues across Frinton and Walton for the 22nd annual Literary...

Internationally-acclaimed author David Nicholls is the first name announced for the 2024 Frinton Literary Festival. Community comes...

The Frinton Literary Festival Committee is seeking a new committee member to assist with the planning and delivery of an annual...