Not The Hay Book
Festival
Sun 5th, 10am – 4pm
At Bartons, Chilwell,
NG9 4AJ
Author Talks, Book
Stalls, part of the Sunday market. Free
to attend talks from authors Stephen Booth, Marianne Whiting, Julie Malone
and Nick Thom.
Jazz & Poetry
Wed 8th, 8pm-10.30pm
At The Guitar Bar,
Sherwood
The popular series
returns, with jazz from Four in the Bar
interspersed with poetry from Mahendra Solanki and Sue Dymoke. Suggested
donation £4 (£2 unwaged) towards poets' travel expenses.
A Girl With A Book
Thurs 9th,
7.30pm
At Nottingham
Writers' Studio
Written and performed
by Nick Wood, directed by Andrew Breakwell.
What happens when the
writer finds his research uncovers attitudes at odds with his liberal
convictions? Can a Guardian reader really be prejudiced? The play also asks why
a girl who wanted to go to school should become a target. Tickets £6, £4 for
NWS members.
Telling Tales
Children's Festival
Sat 11th, all
day
Lady Bay, West
Bridgford
Nottingham Kids’
Festival of Imagination is a not-for profit community event providing exciting
opportunities for children between 3 and 13 years to get involved with the fun,
imagination and creativity involved in the world of story-making.
NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL OF WORDS - 13-19 October
View the full
programme HERE
Meanwhile here are
some of the highlights:
Between Languages /
Idir Teangacha
Mon 13th, 4.30pm –
6.00pm
At Cappuchaino Café
Sheelagh Gallagher
and Deirdre O'Byrne will discuss the influence of Irish language on Irish
literature written in English.
Writing from China
Mon 13th, 7.30pm –
9.00pm
At Nottingham Writers’
Studio
An illuminating
conversation about literature inspired by China, its people and its extraordinary
history. Chinese American writer Karen Ma and author Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang
will be joined in conversation by Will Buckingham. Cost £4.
Faultlines
Tue 14th, 7.30pm –
9.30pm
At Sillitoe Room,
Waterstone’s
In a world
increasingly divided into haves and have nots, or believers and apostates, what
is the role of the writer? Cost £5 (£4 conc.) LINK
Death Sentences
Wed 15th,
2pm-4.30pm
At The Galleries of
Justice
A creative-writing
workshop with Stephen Booth, Steven Dunne and Anne Zouroudi. Cost £30 (£25
conc.)
And at 7pm
Join Booth, Dunne and
Zouroudi at the magistrates’ bench in the atmospheric Civil Court as they give
readings. Cost £10 (£7 conc.) LINK
Lyric Lounge
Thurs 16th,
6pm
At Nottingham
Contemporary
The East Midlands'
celebrated travelling spoken word festival comes to Nottingham Festival of
Words! A jam-packed programme of artists, live-literature, storytelling,
workshops and open-mic for all to enjoy. Cost £5. LINK
Fri 17th,
Events take place at University of Nottingham, Lakeside Arts and Nottingham
Writers’ Studio. See programme.
Sat 18th, Events
take place at Nottingham Trent and Nottingham Writers’ Studio. See programme.
Sun 19th, Events
take place in the Market Square, Council House and Nottingham Writers’ Studio.
See programme. (last day of the Festival of Words)
It’s a Long Way to
Tipperary
Mon 20th,
2pm
At Nottingham Central
Library.
Irish Soldiers in the
British Army found themselves on “the wrong side” when the fight for independence
broke out in 1916. Deirdre O’Byrne discusses how these divided loyalties have
been represented in literature. Cost £2.50. Tickets are available from the
Central Library Helpdesk. Call 0115 915
2825
New Writers UK Book Festival & Fayre X
Sat 25th, 10am-4.30pmAt County Hall, West Bridgford
Free to attend author talks, workshops and more. Nicola Monaghan, A J Dalton, Michael Cox and BBC Radio Nottingham’s Mark Dennison. Includes: Creative writing workshops, How to approach publishers, Panel.
LINK
Author Talk, Martin Davies
Wed 29th, 2pm.
At Nottingham Central Library
Martin Davies, author of “ Conjuror’s Bird” and “The Year After” will be speaking about his new novel, “Havana Sleeping” a story of espionage, love and murder based on a real life case from the 1850’s. Cost £2.50. For tickets call 0115 915 2825 or email enquiryline@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
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