Diary of Events - The Huddersfield Lit Fest 2011
Diary of Events 2011
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Come and join us to celebrate 25 years
of Peepal Tree Press, home of the best
in Caribbean and Black British Writing.
We'll be showcasing work from two of
their top poets: Khadijah Ibrahim and
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Information: litfest@hud.ac.uk Festival Box Office: 01484 430528 |
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Anne Caldwell is a poet and short story writer who has just won a first collection award for her poetry book, Talking With The Dead (Cinnamon Press, February 2011). This workshop is aimed at writers if all levels and will explore writing about mothers, daughters and other family relationships. |
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A live and lively performance of songs inspired by poems and poems inspired by songs. Featuring poet Gaia Holmes with musicians Dave Gill, Nancy Varo and Martin Bond. Come help us celebrate the poetry of song lyrics and the musicality of poems. |
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Best friend or béte noir? How does the mother/daughter relationship colour women's lives? In Some Girls' Mothers, six authors share their stories in a performance and discussion that has emotional engagement unprecedented in shows of this nature. The six authors are all based in the north: Anne Caldwell, Clare Shaw, Suzanne Batty, Char March, Nell Farnell and River Wolton. |
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David Peace burst onto the literary scene with his ultraviolent debut novel 1974. Since then he has established himself as one of the most important British novelist around. He was named one of the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta in 2003 and is the winner of the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is the author of The Damned Utd and the Red Riding Quartet. Join David and festival director Michael Stewart in conversation. |
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| The Hard Truths of Self-Publishing with K B Walker | |
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A workshop aiding self-publishers. We’re told we all have a story in us but getting it into print is another matter. Teacher, author and speaker K B Walker, has successfully self-published her memoir, A Life Less Lost, and the collaborative written, Reflections of Holme. |
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The Poetry Business was founded in 1986 in Huddersfield and has since become one of the most vital literary organisations in the country. This event features three of their most exciting poets. |
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| Isis & Hecate performance storytelling featuring Xanthe Gresham | |
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One storyteller, two goddesses and a midlife crisis. This pair of roller-coaster performances teeter between the sharply hilarious and the devastatingly provocative, as Xanthe Gresham performs a double bill of Isis is You Sis and Hecate Tango. How do you cure an addiction to sex? How do you crack your soul's pin code? Hecate has the answers. She was chucked off Mount Olympus for refusing to hail Zeus as the one and only. Now she sits in outer space doing cosmic sudoku on our behalf. Combining performance storytelling, poetry and mythology, the energy of the great goddess of blackness and beginnings is brought back onto the dance floor. |
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UPDATE: Venue changed to King’s Head Sir Les Patterson-Prescott is Australia's Cultural Attaché. Come along and enjoy the fun as he hosts an open mike event. Bring a poem, a song, a standup routine - anything live! And let Sir Les decide who has the strangest work, the funniest work, the best performance, the best dressed performer and the much coveted most chins stroked award. Or just come along and spectate as we celebrate the world of verse and the word in action. |
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Zoe King is the head of non-fiction, estates and contracts at the Darley Anderson Agency. She has a ceaseless enthusiasm for finding, developing and selling books accross the genres and rejoices in all things commercial. |
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| Anne Fine, Children’s Event | |
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Anne Fine is one of today's most successful
and popular children's writers. In 2001 she was
appointed Children's Laureate for two years and worked to raise
the profile of children's books. Film and TV adaptations of her
books – including Mrs Doubtfire starring Robin Williams – have |
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Anne Fine is one of today's most successful
and popular children's writers. In 2001 she was
appointed Children's Laureate for two years and worked to raise
the profile of children's books. Film and TV adaptations of her
books – including Mrs Doubtfire starring Robin Williams – have |
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| Festival Box Office: 01484 430528 Buy tickets now |
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Simon Armitage is a playwright, novelist, memoirist, broadcaster and presenter, but is most widely known as a poet. He has published twelve collections of verse. He is Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield and lives in Huddersfield. In 2010 he was awarded the CBE for services to poetry. This event will focus on his new collection Seeing Stars and will include prémiere of a specially commissioned film adaptation making this unique event. Not to be missed. This event includes a support performances by acclaimed poet Chrissie Gittins (chrissiegrittins.co.uk). |
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This is a workshop for children and adults based upon the graphic novel by the same title. The workshop will allow you to explore a magical side of the local area complete with witches and dragons. |
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UPDATE: Venue changed to Gerry’s at Neaversons Vintage English Tea Room David Nobbs has written seventeen novels,
the latest being Obstacles To Young Love.
He has written for That Was The Week
That Was, The Frost Report, and The Two |
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A shortlist of ten films voted most popular on the five day film challenge will be screened |
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Since winning the
Carnegie Medal in
1997 for his ground breaking novel JUNK,
Melvin Burgess has built up a reputation for
controversial, hard-hitting books dealing |
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A L Kennedy is the author of twelve
books: five novels, five books of
short stories and two books of nonfiction.
Her next novel The Blue
Book will appear in 2011.
She also writes for the stage,
radio, film and TV and a number
of national and international |
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