About Us
Join Ella Foote, editor of 'Outdoor Swimmer' magazine, instigator of Dip Advisor, and author of forthcoming publication 'How to Wild Swim' in conversation with fellow writer-swimmers Freya Bromley, Jenny Landreth and Catherine Joy White.
Freya decided to swim every tidal pool in Britain as a way to fill the empty space her brother's death left behind. 'The Tidal Year' is a true story about the healing power of wild swimming and the space it creates for reflection, rewilding and hope.
Jenny's 'SWELL: A Waterbiography' and winner of the Sunday Times Sport Book of the Year in 2017, is a funny and bold account, part social history and part memoir, of how women fought their way into the water and what they did once they got there. A joyful hymn to our swimming foremothers.
Catherine, who was recently named on Forbes 30 Under 30 list, is a writer, actor, film maker, gender advisor for the United Nations and founder of Kusini Productions. Her first book 'This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood' published in June 2023 to high acclaim. Her film 'Fifty-Four Day's follows the journey of a girl who starts swimming in the wake of losing her father to suicide, echoing elements of her own experience and her love of wild swimming.
"..blissful… an instructive history of a tide not simply turning, but being forced to turn:" The Times on 'SWELL: A Waterbiography'.
"Immersive and compelling. I read in a single day! Everyone should take a plunge into this book:" Cathy Renzenbrink on 'The Tidal Year'.
"Cat has a formidable voice and shines light and nuance to the Black womxn experience." Sharmaine Lovegrove
Weston Lit Fest is produced in partnership with Weston-super-Mare Town Council and The Write Box.
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