NEW to Nantwich Words and Music Festival: Words about Words. In conversation with 2026 prize winning debut authors, Rebecca Taylor McKay and Emma Lowther, the W&M team discuss the journey of two gripping psychological thrillers from blank page to world stage.

What does it mean to live a life that doesn't quite feel like your own? 

Join Rebecca Taylor McKay as she presents The Honeymoon Suite, a sun-drenched psychological thriller set against the glittering backdrop of the Amalfi Coast in the sweltering summer of 1961—longlisted for the Women's Prize Discoveries Prize and shortlisted for the Northern Writers' Sid Chaplin Award for working-class writers. 

In conversation with author Jessica Bull, explore the golden age of psychological suspense, what it takes to write a heroine caught between glamour and danger, and how personal experience of living between spaces finds its way into fiction. 

Join us for an evening amongst rising literary stars as we celebrate this panel of debut fiction authors.

Discoveries Debuts - Brontë Tent

Meet six exciting new voices from the Women’s Prize Discoveries programme: India-Rose Bower, Rukky Brume, Lorna Elcock, Genevieve Marenghi, Rebecca Taylor McKay and Ruth Rosengarten.