R J Ellory Reading Event/Q&A Ulverston Library, Friday February 5th at 7.30pm
Born in 1965 in Birmingham, England, Ellory started writing when he was twenty-two. During the next six years he completed twenty-two novels, none of which were published. He resumed writing again in 2001 and his fifth novel ‘A Quiet Belief In Angels’ in 2007 was promoted by the Richard & Judy Book Club, and he was commissioned to write the screenplay.
At this event he will be talking about his books, about writing as a whole, and will be answering any questions regarding his work and life.
£3 Free to attendees at the Feb 6th Workshop
Fiction Writing Workshop led by R J Ellory at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston, Saturday February 6th, 10-4pm
Having published seven novels, now translated into twenty-one languages, R J Ellory has considerable professional experience. This workshop will deal will aspects of the business from the creation of plots, characters and good dialogue to the final steps necessary to get your manuscript into the hands of an agent who will represent you successfully.
Booking essential. Cost of the workshop includes lunch and refreshments, £25.
There is ample car parking at the Hall.
Please post a cheque and your contact details to Word Market, Owl Barn, Back
Lane, Ulverston, LA12 7DN. Contact name: Maggie Norton 01229 582399
Ruth O’Callaghan Poetry Reading at Ulverston Library. Friday February 26th at 7.30pm
Open slots for poets. £3
Free to attendees at the Feb 27th Workshop
Ruth O’Callaghan, is a Hawthornden Fellow, poetry editor, mentor, competition adjudicator, interviewer and reviewer. Two collections are from Bluechrome and Shoestring, and her new collection is due in 2010.
A frequent reader at festivals in the U.K. and abroad, her work has been translated into German, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian and Mongolian. Awarded an Arts Council grant to visit Mongolia, her collaboration with Mongolian poets has resulted in a website and bi-lingual C.D. with a further book to follow in 2010.
Poetry Workshop, led by Ruth O’Callaghan at Owl Barn, Back Lane, Ulverston, Saturday, February 27th, 10-4pm
This workshop will begin by examining questions of identity. The investigation will attempt to pinpoint what makes one person or poem different from another. Why do some poems and/or people instantly resonate and remain in memory? What influence does place have in forming identity? How can we utilise these factors to make poems distinct when submitting work for publication? We will examine appropriate poems and generate our own with a view to placing them in a hypothetical magazine.
Booking essential . Please post a cheque for £25 and your contact details to Word Market, Owl Barn, Back Lane, Ulverston, LA12 7DN. Contact name: Maggie Norton 01229 582399
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