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## News

Here you'll find the latest news about the festival.

 SEP 2026

# Meet the Authors: Our 2026 Conversations on the Coast Lineup

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We’re delighted to reveal the 2026 lineup for Conversations on the Coast: four evenings of fascinating authors, compelling stories and lively conversation, right here in the East Neuk. 

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 DEC 2025

# Wrapping up Conversations on the Coast 2025

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As we close off the year, we’re taking a moment to look back on what has been our most successful Conversations on the Coast festival to date.

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 SEP 2025

# Conversations on the Coast 2025: Our Most Exciting Programme Yet

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Conversations on the Coast returns for its fourth year, offering what promises to be its most exciting programme yet.

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 DEC 2023

# Children's Story Writing Competition

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The East Neuk Literary Festival encourages young authors with its first story writing competition.

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 NOV 2023

# Our 2023 festival closes with a sell-out event

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Our 2023 Conversations on the Coast festival concluded this year with *Botany and Scandal in Enlightenment Edinburgh, *featuring author Sara Sheridan.

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 OCT 2023

# The Cliff House: Chris Brookmyre to take audience inside his locked-room mystery at Fife festival

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Chris Brookmyre is a returning author to this year’s Conversations on the Coast. Read his interview in *The Courier* about his latest novel *The Cliff House* and his thoughts on being part of the festival.

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 NOV 2023

# First year of the Conversations on the Coast festival hailed a success

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In its inaugural year Conversations on the Coast has welcomed more than 300 visitors to the village of Elie and Earlsferry. As the first in what is hoped to be many annual literature festivals set in the East Neuk, organisers are celebrating the success of its four events, which were hosted over November. 

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