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Durham
Book Festival 2014 launch event
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 Durham Castle, Durham: 12 August, 6.30pm
Join New Writing North and best-selling author Richard Benson, author
of acclaimed new book The
Valley, in the beautiful surroundings of Durham Castle for
the launch of the 2014 Durham Book Festival. This year’s festival
includes world-class authors, poets and thinkers, as well as a host of
exciting new commissions, and guests at the party will be the very first
to discover what’s in the 2014 programme. A limited number of public
tickets are available for £15. To book, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/durham-book-festival-launch-event-tickets-12120764533. |
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 Hauntings:
An Anthology
International
Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester: Thursday 31 July, 7pm
Join Hic Dragones for their launch of Hauntings:
An Anthology, 21 new tales of the uncanny. The evening will
feature readings from writers including Tracy Fahey, Mark Forshaw and
Hannah Kate, plus a free wine reception, giveaways and launch discount on
the book. Tickets are free, but visit http://hauntings-an-anthology.eventbrite.com/?aff=estw
to book your place. |
Radicals and Renegades
The Bluecoat,
Liverpool: Sunday 3 August, 2pm
This literary walk goes to the heart of bolshie, bohemian Liverpool to
search out writers who don’t, won’t or can’t fit into the mainstream. It
tracks all the rebels, renegades, radicals and refuseniks who have played –
and written – by their own and no-one else’s book – The event is free but
booking is recommended. For more information, see www.thebluecoat.org.uk/events/view/events/2229. |
 Debbie
Taylor: Herring Girl
Fortuna, Newcastle:
Thursday 7 August, 5.30pm
Mslexia editor
Debbie Taylor will be (literally) launching her novel Herring Girl at a
party aboard the Fortuna in Newcastle upon Tyne. There will be cold
bubbles, fishy smackerels, a (brief) reading – and a return cruise from the
Quayside to the mouth of the River Tyne, where the ‘historical paranormal
crime’ novel is set. Tickets: £5. For more information, contact press@mslexia.co.uk. |
Sheila Quigley: Lady in
Red
Waterstones
Leeds: Saturday 9 August, 11.30am
Come and meet crime author Sheila Quigley as she signs copies of her
latest novel, Lady in
Red, the sixth book in her popular Seahills Estate series. For
further details, call 01332 4445588. |
 David
Melling: Hugless Douglas
Seven
Stories, Newcastle: Sunday 10 August, 4pm
Hugless Douglas is in need of ‘a big bear hug’. As he goes in search of
one, none seem quite right – too small, too short and too uncomfortable. Of
course, there’s only one hug that will do – a hug from his mum! Meet
award-winning author and illustrator David Melling, find out how he created
his adorable character and join in some live drawing. Booking essential.
Tickets: £3 per person in addition to admission fee. For more information,
see www.sevenstories.org.uk/whats-on/events/120066/author-event-hugless-douglas-with-david-melling. |
 An
evening with David Levithan
The Mining
Institute, Neville Hall, Newcastle: Monday 11 August, 6.30pm
The New York Times best-selling co-author of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Will Grayson, Will Grayson
discusses his ground-breaking YA novels Every
Day and Two
Boys Kissing. Tickets: £3 from Waterstones Newcastle. For
further details call 0191 261 7757. |
The Use and Abuse of
Books
International
Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester: Thursday 14 August, 6pm (preview)
The Use and Abuse of
Books exhibition reveals material from Savoy Books’ often
controversial archive. Curated by writer and publisher Michael Butterworth
and the Exhibition Centre for the Life and Use of Books, the exhibition
examines whether the depiction and description of horrific acts is
justified in satire. For an advance look at the exhibition, contact events@anthonyburgess.org.
Admission free. |
 Philippa
Gregory: The King’s Curse
Waterside
Arts Centre, Manchester: Friday 15 August, 7.30pm
International bestselling author Philippa Gregory she talks about her
latest novel, The King’s
Curse, the riveting story of Margaret Pole, one of the few
surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the War of the Roses.
Tickets: £10 ticket, redeemable against the price of the book. Book at http://watersideartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/1460-philippa-gregory-the-kings-curse/. |
Turning ‘ages
Central
Library, Sheffield: until 15 August
Liverpool Central Library: 15 August-15 September
The exhibition highlights the intimate and complex relationship between
people, books and the everyday ephemera that is left forgotten or misplaced
between their pages in the course of their owners’ lives. For more
information the work has an accompanying blog page and visitors’ book. For
more information, see www.elainerobinson.co.uk/category/turning-ages/.
Admission free. |
The Lives of Women
Jerwood
Centre, Grasmere: Saturday 16 August, 2pm
Join Katie Waldegrave (The
Poets’ Daughters: Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge) and
Rebecca Turner, assistant curator at the Wordsworth Trust, for a look at
some of the attitudes faced by the women in the Wordsworth household and
their circle of friends. Take a look at their letters, which provide a
vivid insight into their lives, relationships and personalities – and if
you feel inspired, you could try writing a letter yourself with a quill
pen. Admission free. For more information and to book go to https://wordsworth.org.uk/attend-events/2014/08/16/the-lives-of-women.html. |
The Angel of Mons and
other Myths of the First World War
Lit &
Phil, Newcastle: Thursday 21 August, 6pm
In August 1914, British troops engaged in conflict at Mons apparently
saw a protective vision of angels in the sky. This account remains the most
enduring instances of supernatural intervention, much publicised at the
time and still the subject of serious enquiry. This talk looks at the
evidence, the possible source in a contemporary short story, and other
accounts of heavenly help in battle. Admission free. To find out more go to
www.litandphil.org.uk/events.shtml. |
 Kei
Miller & Liz Berry
The Daffodil
Hotel, Grasmere: Tuesday 26 August, 7.30pm
Join Jamaican born Glasgow resident poet Kei Miller and young Black
Country poet and performer Liz Berry for a poetry reading at The Daffodil
House. Kei is returning to the Wordsworth Trust to read from his new
collection The
Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, while this marks Liz’s
first reading in Grasmere, and the publication of her debut full-length
collection by Chatto. Tickets: £7. For more information and to book, see https://wordsworth.org.uk/attend-events/2014/08/26/poetry-reading-kei-miller-amp-liz-berry.html. |
 An
evening with Sarah Waters
Merchant
Taylors Hall, York: Tuesday 26 August, 7pm
The Paying Guests
sees Sarah Waters at her tense, tender, compelling best. Hear the Booker
Prize-shortlisted author discuss her new novel when she visits York. For
further details call 01904 620784. Tickets: £6, available from the bookshop
and waterstones.com/tickets. |
Jibba Jabba
The
Cumberland Arms, Newcastle: Thursday 28 August, 7.30pm
Newcastle’s favourite night of quick-fire spoken word entertainment,
featuring special guests from the worlds of music, comedy, and poetry. With
special guest Richard Tyrone Jones. Plus the quick-fire open mic jam.
Tickets free. For more information see www.facebook.com/groups/JibbaJabba/. |
Giving it Wigan: Norman
Nicholson at 100
John Ryland
Library, Manchester: until 14 December
In celebration of writer Norman Nicholson’s centenary, this display
draws on the library’s extensive archive to tell stories of his life and
work. Born in Cumbria, Nicholson drew inspiration from the community and
landscape of his home region. Nicholson was a writer in the widest sense:
alongside poetry, he wrote drama, novels, biographies and topographical
works, and won many prestigious awards. Admission free. |
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Deadline
for September’s Listening Post
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The next edition of The Listening Post, covering September’s
literature events, will go out in late August. If you have events that
you would like to submit for inclusion for this you will need to send
information by 20 August to olivia@newwritingnorth.com.
While
every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in
this newsletter is correct at the time of going to press, things do
change, frequently at the last minute and very often without our
knowledge.
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