Just received some latest information from the Ilkley Literature Festival which I thought my followers would like to see:
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Registered Charity No: 501801
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Latest News from Ilkley Literature Festival
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Story Explorers & Story Wizards
New for 2014 we
will be running exciting new groups for children aged 8- 11 who love
reading and writing stories.
Story Explorers is a lively, interactive book group especially for children
and Story Wizards will focus on fun ways to write stories and poems!
Both groups will
be based in Ilkley every Saturday, during term time, starting on 1
February 2014.
Cost: £1 per
session.
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Friends,
volunteers and regular Festival attenders joined us in November for a
series of focus groups, to tell us what made the Festival special for
them and to help us plan new ways of attracting donations and support.
You told us that
you loved:
- the variety and
breadth of the programme
- being surprised
and inspired by quirky smaller events
- enjoying the
intimate and friendly atmosphere
- the buzz which
the Festival brings to Ilkley
We were astonished
to find that many people had no idea that the Festival was a registered
charity!
You told us that
you would like more opportunities in the rest of the year to come
together around a love of books.
Our thanks to all
who participated, for the valuable ideas and insights they have
contributed. We hope that in the coming weeks and months you will
recognise many of your suggestions as we start to put them into
practice!
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Hearts Club Night for age 12 to 17
We are looking for
young bands, singer songwriters, comedians and performers to take part in
our Hearts Club Night coming up on Friday 14 February at Otley
Courthouse.
There will be
prizes for the best performances on the night – one will be decided by a
guest judge and the other will be voted for by the audience so it is well
worth taking part!
to book a
performance slot.
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We can now confirm
that our first Poetry in the City weekend will take place in Bradford
from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 June 2014.
We'll be bringing
a wealth of leading poets to town and we've just welcomed two
freelance staff to the team to coordinate the event.
You may remember Glenis
Burgess from the Stanza Stones project, where she was Project
Manager. And we're delighted to be working with Jane Bradley,
editor of For Books' Sake, again. Jane first worked with us as a
young graduate in 2006, when she coordinated the Fringe Festival.
We have partnered
up with the World
Curry Festival for this innovative poetry feast, which will be
based in City Park in central Bradford. Make sure you don't miss it!
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Events in Ilkley you might like...
Don't forget to
catch the literature inspired films at Ilkley's first film festival.
We're looking
forward to the film adaptation of Booker Prize-winning 'The Sea' and of
course Ilkley classic 'A Private Function'.
And don't miss
Forward prize shortlisted poet Rebecca Goss who will be visiting the
Grove Bookshop and reading from her collection, Her Birth, on
Thursday 20 February.
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Put the 2014 Festival dates in your diary!
Friday 3 - Sunday 19 October 2014
More than 250 events across 20 venues, over 17 days!
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Registered in
England and Wales Company No: 1061343 Ilkley Literature Festival is a
registered charity. Charity No: 501801
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