2.00 pm onwards

Registration and accommodation check-in at Reception in Trinity College (Old Building Main Entrance)

NB Check-in for accomodation is open at 2.00 pm Trinity College until 9.00 pm All those with accommodation will receive more info via email

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Bookshop open, Tyndall Room.

2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Exploring Wildly Unconventional Points of View: Pre-Festival Workshop with Kathy Fish, Dining Room
Note : those attending the pre-festival workshop (booked in advance) need to arrive before 1.45 pm to register for the workshop.

2.00 pm – 11.00 pm

Bar open (Badger’s Pouch) run by Trinity College.
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Friday meals. For those who have ordered in advance. Served outside on lawn adjacent to the bar. We’ll also have MEET AND GREET happening at the same time for anyone new to the festival.

6.30 pm – 6.45 pm

Welcome and introduction by Jude Dining Room

6.45pm – 7.30pm

Readings from the 2025 Flash Fiction Festival Anthology introduced by Festival Director, Jude Higgins and Festival Team member Karen Jones, Dining Room

Break
7.40 pm – 7.55 pm. Dining Room A tribute with readings for John Brantingham, writer, educator and much-loved festival presenter, who suddenly died in April this year

Break
8.00 pm – 8,45pm

Readings from writers who have travelled far plus a reading and launch of the novella in flash, How to Get There from Here by Beth Sherman, a runner-up in the 2026 Bath Novella in Flash Award

8.45 pm till late – socialising in the bar (Badger’s Pouch) and outside. )..
The bar is open until 11.00 pm

8.45 am – 9.45 am
Early morning hour-long workshops.

From Zero to Nifty in 60 minutes:with Fiona McKay Lecture Room One 30 max

The Whisper and the Roar: Writing on Water: with Judy Darley Front Lounge – 30 max

Heavenly Mud with Jet Rotmans, the Dalton Room 10 max

This Mad and Furious World: Writing flash fiction in the shadow of global events: with Alison Powell lecture room two 30 max

Another episode from 52 exercises for readers and writers: with Rosaleen Lynch: Lecture Room Three 20 max

9.45 am – 10.15 am

Coffee/tea in Dining Room. Meet and Greet for anyone who has not come before
Bookshop Open

10.15 am – 10.25 am

Welcome, information about the weekend events including introduction to workshop facilitators. Dining Room

10.30 am – 11.00 am

‘The Biggest Word Cricket in the Whole Wide World’. with Vanessa Gebbie. The traditional half-an-hour warm-up writing workshop for the entire assembly. Dining Room.

11.05 am – 12.35 pm
Workshop Session One. One and a half hours.

Let’s Play! Creative Games for Sparking Fresh Ideas: with Kathy Fish Lecture Room One – 30 Max

The Personal is Political: with Shelley Roches-Jacques Lecture Room Two – 30 max

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Flash: with David Swann Front Lounge 30 max

Hurt So Good: Sex and Emotional Vulnerability with Sara Hills Badger’s Pouch (the bar) 30 max

Does A Story Need Conflict To Work? Rethinking the ‘golden rule’ of narrative: with K M Elkes Lecture Room Three 20 max
12.35 – 1.00 pm

Bookshop open

12.35 pm – 1.45 pm Bar open

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Lunch. Dining Room

2.15 pm – 3.45 pm, 90 min workshops

The Ripple Effect: How to use negative space to expand your flash with David Schuman Lecture Room Two – 30 max

HIDDEN RIVERS: Writing the Underground with Susmita Bhattacharya in Badger’s Pouch (the bar) – 30 max

The Fabric of Character: Developing psychology of character via sensory stimuli: with Stephanie Carty Lecture Room One – 30 max

Life in Fragments: Using flash for Longer form CNF with Marie Gethins Front Lounge 30 max

3.45 – 4.15.pm

Tea break Dining Room

Bookshop openTyndalls Room

4.15 pm – 5.30 pm

Panels, discussions art: one hour and 15 mins

The Historical Novella in Flash: panel discussion with Diane Simmons, Jupiter Jones and Fiona J Mackintosh Badger’s Pouch, the Bar 30 max

How to Haibun Roberta Beary Lecture Room Two – 30 max

Paper, Scissors and Glue: Make a Zine of your work: with Heidi Clark Lecture Room Three max 20

Creative Visualisation session with Karen Jones Front Lounge 30 max

5.30pm – 11.30 pm

Bar open (Badger’s Pouch)

5.30 pm – 6.15 pm

Bookshop openTyndalls Room

6.30 pm -7.30 pm

Evening Meal

7.45pm – 8.00 pm.

Announcement of the Pokrass Prize Winner and Two Runners Up Dining Room

8.00 pm – 8.30 pm

Launch of and readings from 2025 Bath Flash Fiction Award Anthology introduced by Jude and Karen Dining Room

Bar open 8.45 pm until 11.00 pm to carry on socialising inside and outside.

8.45 am – 9.45 am.
Early morning hour-long workshops.

Art and flash with Anika CarpenterLecture Room One – 30 max

This Is Not Just a Key – Writing Micro & Flash Through Everyday Objects: with Nora Nadjarian Lecture Room Two- 30 max

Isolation is Your Flash Friend: with Gillian O’Shaughnessy Front Lounge 30 max

Reach for the Stars with Jude Higgins Lecture Room Three, 20 max

9.45- am – 10.15 am

Tea. Dining room

Bookshop open

10.15 am – 10.20

Welcome to Sunday: with Jude Dining Room

10.25 am – 10.55 am

Writing to A Theme: For the whole Assembly, a talk about and readings from the 2026 NFFD Anthology, Mudlarking, on the theme of Bridges: with NFFD Directors, Diane Simmons Ingrid Jendzrejeski and anthology editor, Karen Jones The Dining Room

11.05 am – 12.35 pm
Workshops/discussions one and a half hours.

Let’s Play! Creative Games for Sparking Fresh Ideas: with Kathy Fish Lecture Room One -30 max

Theres is a Crack in Everything: Exploring Fractured Narratives: with Emily Devane Front Lounge 30 max

Still Lives: Exploring Stillness, movement and resonance in Flash Fiction: with Farhana Khalique Lecture Room Two Max 30

Weird, Wonderful and What Can Possibly Go Wrong?: with Vanessa Gebbie Lecture Room Three – 20 max

Writing Life/Life Writing – Blurring the Lines: with Alison Woodhouse Badger’s Pouch (the bar) 30 max

12.35 pm – 2.00 pm

Bar Open until 2.00 pm. Bookshop open from 12.30 pm – 1.00 pm Tyndalls Room

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Lunch

2.15 pm – 3.45pm workshops

Writing with the Whole Body: with Ingrid Jendzrejewski Front Lounge 30 max

Smirk, Grin, Chuckle: Humour in Prose Poetry: with Carrie Etter Lecture Room One: 30 max

Creating a flash fiction collection: getting your work out there: with Kathryn Aldridge Morris Lecture Room Three 20 max

Writing the Unexpected with Flash: Finnian Burnett Lecture Room Two – 30 max<

3.45 pm – 4.15 pm

Tea.Bookshop open

4.15 pm – 4.45 pm

Raffle prizes drawn

Goodbyes Dining Room