The inaugural Literary Festival, will be held over the Bank Holiday weekend of 29 April – 2 May.

The Tunbridge Wells Literary festival coincides with the celebration of opening of The Amelia Scott, a brand-new culture and community space housing the town’s two new libraries. The Literary Festival will have over 30 award-winning authors coming to Tunbridge Wells. With a packed programme of events bringing together some of the nation’s favourite writers, whilst also showcasing exciting new voices and some of the best in children’s literature.

Fact or fiction, popular or niche, there will surely be something for everyone at the Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival!

On Wednesday 20th April at 14:30 in the Goudhurst Village hall  Guy Bartlett will give a talk on Stealth aircraft. 
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As soon as radar was invented, hostile aircraft could be detected from afar, and so the race was on to develop aircraft that could avoid radar detection. Guy Bartlett is an aviation historian who can tell us about this fascinating aspect of the arms race.