Diary of Events 2008
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Creating Characters |
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| Louise Page leads this exciting and essential workshop for both established and emerging writers. Explore ways of inventing characters for both stories and drama. Discover how much a writer needs to know about their characters before they begin to write and how to give that character an authentic voice without losing control of them. | |
| Information: litfest@hud.ac.uk | |
| Tickets From: Lawrence Batley Box Office - 01484 430528 www.lawrencebatleytheatre.co.uk |
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| Huddersfield Literature Festival Launch | |
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Ann Cleeves is the winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the biggest crime fiction writing prize in the world. Ann will be reading from her brand new book, White Nights. |
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| Tickets From: Lawrence Batley Box Office - 01484 430528 www.lawrencebatleytheatre.co.uk |
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| Stanley the Spider | |
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| Eight legged superhero, Stanley the spider, is faced with the challenge of saving the Amazon Rainforest. Travel with him as he learns to play the electric guitar and fights to become the King of the Forest; will he win and, importantly, will he save the rainforest? Join children's author, Tony Frais to experience this magical story and create your very own spider to take home! | |
| Tickets From: Lawrence Batley Box Office - 01484 430528 www.lawrencebatleytheatre.co.uk |
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| The Small is Beautiful Writers' Day | |
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| Whether you are new to writing, or have been honing your creative juices for some time, come along to this writers’ workshop, where writers share the secrets of their successes, explaining how to get published by a small press. Choose from workshops with Ian Clayton (non-fiction) Chrissie Gittins (children's verse) Gaia Holmes (poetry) and James Nash (short fiction). This event is part of the ‘Small is Beautiful’ project funded by Arts Council England and Kirklees Libraries. | |
| Contact Sarah Jackson for a booking form and event information: sarah.jackson@kirklees.gov.uk, or call 07973 315 082 |
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| The Small is Beautiful Book Fair | |
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| Small and independent publishers pride themselves on printing unique and innovative titles. Join some of the best small presses in the country specialising in fiction, poetry, crime, children's books and non-fiction, including work written by award-winning writers. This event is part of the ‘Small is Beautiful’ project funded by Arts Council England and Kirklees Libraries. | |
| Contact Sarah Jackson for a booking form and event information: sarah.jackson@kirklees.gov.uk, or call 07973 315 082 |
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| Small Presses, Big Voices (including the announcement of the winners of the Huddersfield Literature Festival Adult Writing Competition) | |
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| Small Presses, Big Voices celebrates what's hot off the press: the new voices, and new work from some of the country's best small presses: featuring Khadijah Ibrahiim (Peepal Tree Press); Gaia Holmes (Comma); Rob Chapman (Flambard) and Janet Fisher (Salt) who launches her new collection, Brittle Bones, at this special event. | |
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| Huddersfield Authors' Circle Writing Workshop | |
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| A friendly and informal workshop, brimming with practical ideas to spark your creativity. Huddersfield Authors' Circle is an open collective of writers working to produce, promote, and perform their work to wider audiences. |
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| Made in Bradford? And The Young Revolutionaries | |
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| Made in Bradford, is a collection of frank interviews with British Pakistani men in Bradford; discussing everything from faith, forced marriages and freedom. Especially for the festival, the book is brought to life through live performance and debate with the book's editor, Yunis Alam. | |
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| Generation TxT: Spoken word workshop | |
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| Let Generation TxT show you how to deliver sharp, silver-tongued performance poetry and lyrics. A friendly and informal workshop. Open to anyone of any level of experience. | |
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| Night vision presents: Generation Txt and Hailey Gaftarnick singer/songwriter. Plus Huddersfield Literature Festival Open Mic Competition | |
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| Night Vision, comes to Huddersfield for an exciting one-off evening of music and poetry! Night Vision welcomes Generation Txt fresh from their recent UK tour: In a world of blogs, iPods and txt-speak, three of the most talented young writers speak out. Based on their acclaimed anthology of new poetry, Generation Txt presents live performances by Inua Ellams, Laura Forman and James Wilkes. Poems about love, life and jellyfish in watercoolers; tea smuggling, skinny-fit jeans and urban regeneration. A must for anyone interested in the future of literature. Music from Hayley Gaftarnick: An upbeat, heartfelt selection of original acoustic material, strong guitar playing and a voice reminiscent of Sia cement Hayley's place as the first lady of Leeds' acoustic scene Plus HLF Open Mic - sign up on the night. Prizes sponsored by Borders' Books Birstall. |
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| Better than Prozac? | |
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| Writer Lisa Ward explores the use of creativity as a tool for self empowerment and healing. A.I.M is a radical arts organisation based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. A.I.M. is grounded in the understanding that creativity is an aspect of mind which can heal and illuminate an individual's understanding of self and the world. Through this talk, discussion and workshop full of exercises and examples, they will examine the arts as medicine. | |
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| It Aint What You Say: writing great dialogue | |
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| What makes interesting dialogue in Creative Writing? This is a practical workshop, exploring the art and craft of creating great dialogue. Whether you want to be a novelist, short story writer, poet or script writer – this workshop will enhance your dialogue writing skills. | |
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| Sable Magazine presents: Sefi Atta in association with The Cocktail Critics Bookclub | |
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| Again and again Sefi Atta's writing tugs at the heart and the conscience. Tonight Sefi reads from her Caine Prize nominated novel "an original, witty, coming-of-age tale: Tom Sawyer meets Jane Eyre, with Nigerian girls…you can feel the dust and sun; an iridescent introduction to a fascinating nation." – Observer Magazine, UK | |
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| Beast Market Pre-Show event: regional voices: Jim Greenhalf | |
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| Jim Greenhalf is praised by writers such as Tony Harrison, Alan Sillitoe, Anne Fine, Jim Burns and Vernon Scannell. Described as "an act of defiance", experience Greenhalf's writing yourself. Jim Greenhalf is a writer of poetry and prose. His poems have appeared in The Independent, The London Magazine and Ambit. His latest collection of poetry, Grassington’s Reflex, is his tenth volume of poetry. |
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| Beast Market | |
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| Huddersfield 2008. An ordinary town in Yorkshire or at the centre of world events? In the view of some, the old beast market’s seen better days, but can the new communities cast a different light on what it means to be British in the 21st century? In this powerful new piece of verbatim theatre, Chol Theatre gathers the diverse voices of Huddersfield to take a fresh, funny and frank look at what’s happening under the surface of this Pennine town. A State of the Nation piece blending storytelling, images, movement and live music. The voice of modern British urban community – in its own words. | |
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| Beast Market Pre-show event: regional voices: AIM (Artists in Mind) | |
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| Through poetry and spoken word, AIM (Artists in Mind) work with writer Simon Murray to celebrate stories of freedom and identity, inspired by a selection of photographer, Amanda Crowther's images taken as part of the Beast Market Project. A.I.M is a radical arts organisation based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. A.I.M. is grounded in the understanding that creativity is an aspect of mind which can heal and illuminate an individual's understanding of self and the world. |
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| Jim Greenhalf masterclass | |
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| In the preface to The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde declared that art had no ethical sympathy, that it was of itself entire. Journalist and writer Jim Greenhalf contends the choice for writers is life or death - one of the themes that he will explore in this challenging and insightful poetry workshop. | |
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| Beast Market Pre-Show event: regional voices: Sarah Corbett | |
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Sarah Corbett was shortlisted for the Forward and TS Eliot Prizes. Sarah will present brand new poems from her forthcoming collection, Other Beasts, as well as reading from Huddersfield University's recent anthology, The Intelligent Woman's Guide. Sarah Corbett has published two full collections with Seren Books, The Red Wardrobe (1998), shortlisted for the Forward First Collection and the TS Eliot Prizes, and The Witch Bag, 2002. Sarah grew up in North Wales and has lived in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. She now lives in West Yorkshire with her son and is writing her first children's novel. Sarah will be reading from her forthcoming collection: Other Beasts. |
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| Nick Toczek: the million miles an hour show | |
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| Writer and entertainer, Nick Toczek, presents his wonderful one-man show in which he chats and jokes, performs his snappy poems, does brilliantly baffling magic tricks, tells and acts out fantastic tales, and introduces you to some of his wild and wilful puppets… all at breakneck speed. Join in and enjoy it… OR ELSE! Nick will announce the winners of the children's competition at this event. Nick Toczek is the much loved writer of numerous collections of poetry for children. He doesn't bite, but his puppets might! |
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| Doreen Lawrence and Kester Aspden: And Still I Rise | |
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| Doreen Lawrence, recounts the impact of the murder of her son, Stephen, in her stunning and inspiring memoir, And Still I Rise, alongside Kester Aspden, who discusses his powerful study of the persecution and death of David Oluwale in Leeds in 1969 | |
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| An Evening with Joanne Harris | |
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| Joanne Harris is the author of Chocolat, made into a film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. Tonight she reads from her new book, The Lollipop Shoes, and discusses her life and work | |
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| Write Now Showcase | |
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| Participants from LBT's Youth Theatre & Adult Drama groups present a collection of plays written by LBT's playwriting group 'Write Now'. From funny pieces to poignant pieces to utterly surreal pieces, this night of rehearsed readings is sure to have something for everyone. | |
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| The River | |
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| A fusion of music, text and performance in an intimate, disturbing and tender exploration of what it means to be free. (This piece lasts approximately 25 minutes.) Writer David Lawton, performer and musician Eilon Morris and musician and composers Camilo Tirado and Graham Garside, are emerging artists studying at Huddersfield University on the Creative Writing, Drama and Music courses. Here, these artists collaborate for the first time to produce an emotional and original piece of live performance.  Listen to an audio clip of The River |
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| Rap it Up; Jam It Up Nick Toczek, D'bo and Dan Man: The Literature Festival Finale | |
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| Rhyme, reggae and roots' fusion with poet Nick Toczek, rapper D'bo and reggae artist Dan Man. With an Open Mic Slot at the start of the event. Prizes for competition winners sponsored by Borders Books. | |
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