Merseyside authors including Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tim Quinn, Jane Costello, David Ebsworth, Jude Lennon, and Rory O’Keefe will be taking part in a new Festival which aims to get the Merseyside community writing.

The event, led by Waterloo-based bookshop Write Blend, includes a free children’s competition offering a chance for the winner’s story to be illustrated by local artist Holly Bushnell, framed and displayed in the bookshop and read out on television and radio.