Isle of Wight Book Awards 2024

Isle of Wight Book Awards 2024

Isle of Wight Book Awards 2024 We are delighted to announce that applications for this year’s Isle Of Wight Book Awards are now open. There are three categories, with the awards’ founder Hunter Davies judging the fiction books, Alan Titchmarsh will this...
Find Your Writing Tribe! 2023

Find Your Writing Tribe! 2023

 It has been three years since our first post about writing groups on the Isle of Wight, and I think we can all agree that a LOT has changed since then! Sadly, many of the previous writing groups are no longer active but fear not! It turns out that there are even more...
IW Chamber Awards 2023 Nominee

IW Chamber Awards 2023 Nominee

Isle of Wight Chamber Business Awards Nominees We have some exciting news to share today, Medina Publishing has been shortlisted for the IW Chamber Business Awards 2023! We are honoured and delighted to have been nominated for the Entrepreneurship Award, the Business...
Isle of Wight Book Awards

Isle of Wight Book Awards

Isle of Wight Book Awards 2022 As one of the main sponsors, Medina Bookshop is delighted to announce the twenty-one books longlisted for the Isle of Wight Book Awards 2022 as judged by Alan Titchmarsh, Joanna Trollope and Hunter Davies.  The awards aim to encourage...

Not sure what to read next? Our new volunteer, Macy,  has got you covered. She has reviewed her four favourite reads below.    The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis  Fans of the Netflix series should seriously consider reading the novel on which it is based....
Ask the author …with Julia Tuffs

Ask the author …with Julia Tuffs

Ask the Author …with Julia Tuffs   After a brief (but fun) stint working in television and as a primary school teacher, Julia Tuffs decided to take her writing dreams more seriously. Having previously lived on the Isle of Wight she now lives in South-West...