Events
Cheap thrills in Orton?
Posted by Mick North in Events on March 2nd, 2010
Writers and readers are warmly invited to the Orton Scribblers Open Evening on Monday 8 March (7.30pm-9.30pm), discussing “Fiction and Non-Fiction” with thriller writer Zoe Sharp and Funny Farm resident Jackie Moffat. Bring your questions and join in the crack at Orton Market Hall.
Lake District-based Zoe Sharp is the author of the Charlie Fox crime thrillers Killer Instinct, Riot Act, Hard Knocks, First Drop, Third Strike, Second Shot and Road Kill. Ainstable’s Jackie Moffat is a columnist for Cumbria Life and author of The Funny Farm and Sheepwrecked.
News splash – Words by the Water programme change and tickets latest
Posted by Mick North in Events, News on February 23rd, 2010
Sad news trickling in from the watery words fest in Keswick, which wonderful nonagenarian memoirist Diana Athill (pictured left is no longer able to attend. Festival President Melvyn Bragg wades in to fill the vacant slot (now an hour earlier at 9.30am on Sunday 7 March) with a talk about the life and times of The South Bank Show.
Words by the Water, 5-14 March
Posted by Mick North in Events on February 22nd, 2010
As one of his 10 Rules for Writing, published in The Guardian, playwright David Hare warned, “Never go to a TV personality festival masquerading as a literary festival.” Let’s hope he comes to Theatre by the Lake in Keswick then, where small-screen celebs are refreshingly thin on the ground at this year’s Words by the Water.
NorthWest Voices at Words by the Water
Posted by Judi Wright in Events on January 22nd, 2010
As part of the eclectic and exciting 2010 Words by the Water literature festival at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, there will be a special day-long event in the studio on Monday 8th March celebrating the strength and diversity of the region’s writers and independent presses.
The morning session, 11am – 12 noon, features Cumbrian [...]
A Poem and A Pint
Posted by Judi Wright in Events, Poetry on January 22nd, 2010
Date: Saturday 13th February 2010
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Lanternhouse, Ulverston
Special Guest: Michael Symmons Roberts
Plus poems from The Committee
Live Music: Alan Franks
MC: Ross Baxter
Entrance: £6.00, £4.00 concessions (Pay at the door)
No Bar – Bring Your Own Drinks. www.apoemandapint.co.uk
Guest poet will be Michael Symmons Roberts who originates from Preston. His poetry has won the Whitbread Poetry Award, and been shortlisted for the [...]
Apples and Snakes events
Posted by Judi Wright in Events on January 20th, 2010
www.applesandsnakes.org
Spoken Word Open Mic
Guest poets: Graham Austin and Anne Caldwell
A night for lyricists, comedians, storytellers and poets to reel off rhymes, punch out parodies and spit some sonnets. Barrow-based poet, performer and tutor Ann Wilson presents two special guest poets alongside open mic slots in a relaxed atmosphere with comfy sofas. Performers to sign up [...]
An Eden Arts Project
