Huddersfield Literature Festival

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Watch out for shepherds & stars in the new year! Pre-festival day-trip to the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth & a ride on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway    Friday 6 March 9.30am-5pm             Join us for a very special visit the Brontë Parsonage at Haworth, which is celebrating 200 years since the birth of Anne Bronte (pictured) & the recent purchase of Charlotte's 'Little Book'   Your trip will include: Executive coach travel from Huddersfield to Keighley A trip on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway from Keighley to Haworth –  there will be opportunities to see several steam locomotives as part of this special Steam Gala Day Time to explore Haworth and treat yourself to lunch A  45-minute illustrated talk introducing the fascinating Brontë family, with a particular focus on Anne Brontë    A self-guided tour of the Brontë Parsonage with a chance to see Charlotte Brontë’s priceless ‘Little Book’ recently purchased following a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign    Return coach trip from Haworth to Huddersfield Tickets £30 /Concessions £28  BOOK HERE Amanda Owen - the Yorkshire Shepherdess A Christmas gift with a difference Sunday 22 March 2pm Marsden Mechanics   From teenage Goth in Huddersfield to rural sheep farmer… Star of the Channel 5 series, Our Yorkshire Farm, Amanda Owen grew up in Huddersfield but was inspired by the James Herriot books to find work as a shepherdess, cow milker and alpaca shearer. Today, she runs a 2,000-acre sheep farm at Ravenseat in the Yorkshire Dales, along with her husband Clive and nine children. A Sunday Times bestselling author, Amanda has entertained readers with her trademark Yorkshire grit and humour in The Yorkshire Shepherdess and A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess. Her latest book, Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess, is an uplifting and inspiring update on life on the farm, from facing the brutal winter of 2018 to renovating an old farmhouse as a new family home. Voted ‘Yorkshirewoman of the Year’ by The Dalesman magazine, Amanda has also appeared on ITV’s Countrywise and The Dales, and in Ben Fogle’s New Lives in the Wild. Tickets £10/concessions £7  BOOK HERE Date for your diary: Lawrence Batley Theatre Takeover Day Saturday 21 March 10.30am-8.30pm Queen Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2SP                                                                                                                 Huddersfield Literature Festival will be taking over the theatre for one action-packed day, bringing you an irresistible assortment of workshops, family entertainment and theatre, including the Moomin Puppet Show; a poetry, drama and life stories workshop with Anita Franklin; flash fiction with Meg Pokrass; and a performance of 'Being Mr Wickham' with the original Mr Wickham from Pride and Prejudice, actor Adrian Lukis (pictured left).  Tickets on sale soon. You can book now for Rumi: The Alchemy of Love a magical performance of work by the 13th century Persian/Turkish poet and philospher Rumi, whose work transcends borders and divisions.                                Tickets £5   BOOK HERE                                                               York Literature Festival presents: Sophie Hannah 7pm 31 January 2020 Tang Hall Explore at The Centre @ Burnholme Join Sophie Hannah as she discusses her latest psychological suspense thriller, Haven’t They Grown. Explore York in partnership with Fox Lane Books and York Literature Festival presents Sophie Hannah, described in The Times as ‘one of the great unmissables of the genre - intelligent, classy, and with a wonderfully gothic imagination’                         TICKETS £6        BOOK HERE                                                                                                                                                              That's all for now. Don't forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Twitter Facebook Website Copyright © 2019 Huddersfield Literature Festival. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 39 Birklands Road, Huddersfield HD2 2PF   Twitter Facebook Website

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Buy a Festival Friend subscription - the perfect Christmas gift    Becoming a Friend of Huddersfield Literature Festival is a great way to help support the Festival as we grow and develop. To show how much we appreciate our Friends, we have put together a package of benefits. Friends of the Festival enjoy: Festival Friend membership badge and certificate An emailed link to download the brochure before it goes public A copy of the brochure posted first class (on request) Invitation to meet the author or performer at an event of your choosing Your subscription will run for a year from purchase and is priced at £35. Treat yourself now - or why not buy a membership for family and friends for Christmas? Pssst.....  'Strictly' star comes to Huddersfield! (Just in case you missed the BIG announcement) One Enchanted Evening  with Anton Du Beke Tuesday 24 March 2020, 7.30pm, Huddersfield Town Hall Get your tickets now for an evening of chat with star of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing and bestselling novelist Anton Du Beke. Professional dancer Anton joined the Strictly team in the very first series, partnering celebrities such as Patsy Palmer, Jerry Hall and Judy Murray, while his pairing with former MP Ann Widdecombe became the stuff of Strictly legend. Now he has added another string to his bow, as a Sunday Times bestselling novelist. Set in the glitz and glamour of a luxury 1930's London hotel ballroom, as war looms on the horizon, his debut One Enchanted Evening and follow up Moonlight Over Mayfair sparkle with secrets and intrigue. "Downton with dance, perfect!" Santa Montefiore    Sponsored by     We recommend you book your tickets in Row G or Row H for Stagetext use. Date for your diary: Lawrence Batley Theatre Takeover Day Saturday 21 March 10.30am-8.30pm Queen Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2SP                                                                                                                 Huddersfield Literature Festival will be taking over the theatre for one action-packed day, bringing you an irresistible assortment of workshops, family entertainment and theatre, including the Moomin Puppet Show; a poetry, drama and life stories workshop with Anita Franklin; flash fiction with Meg Pokrass; and a performance of 'Being Mr Wickham' with the original Mr Wickham from Pride and Prejudice, actor Adrian Lukis (pictured left).  Tickets on sale soon. You can book now for Rumi: The Alchemy of Love a magical performance of work by the 13th century Persian/Turkish poet and philospher Rumi, whose work transcends borders and divisions.                                Tickets £5   BOOK HERE                                                               The Lawrence Batley Theatre January-August 2020 season is now officially open: Highlights include:  A new adaptation of Frankenstein by Rona Munro My Night with Reg - a moving exploration of friendship, desire and love in the shadow of the 1980's AIDS crisis. The Tiger Who Came to Tea - a delightful show for all the family with song, magic and clumsy chaos! Crongton Knights - Pilot Theatre's adaptation of Alex Wheatle's award-winning book Friendsical - an original parody musical inspired by the gang from 'Friends' FOR FURTHER INFORMATION VISIT THE LBT WEBSITE                                                                                                                                                                  That's all for now. Don't forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Twitter Facebook Website Copyright © 2019 Huddersfield Literature Festival. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 39 Birklands Road, Huddersfield HD2 2PF   Twitter Facebook Website

Huddersfield Literature Festival · 29 Dartmouth Ave · Huddersfield, HD5 8UP · United Kingdom