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July 2018

£5

Word on Tour: Performance poet Chris Redmond and novelist Anna Freeman

Live Literature

July 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Cheddar Library, Union St
Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3NB United Kingdom

Anna Freeman is a novelist, a multiple poetry slam champion, a creative writing lecturer at Bath Spa University and a producer for Bristol Old Vic. Her award-winning first novel The Fair Fight is a pulsating historical adventure set within the world ... More information

18 Jul

£65

WriteClub – Work in Progress

Event

July 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

HOURS, 10 Colston Yard. Colston Street.
Bristol , BRISTOL BS1 5BD United Kingdom

Work in Progress Thursdays 14th June, 21st June, 5th July, 19th July 2018 7-9pm This series of four sessions is designed to help you develop a piece of creative prose writing - short stories, novel extracts and memoir all welcome. With regular meetings, small ... More information

19 Jul

£5

Word on Tour: Novelist Patrick Gale and poet Julia Copus

Live Literature

July 25 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Nether Stowey library, Castle Street
Nether Stowey, Somerset TA5 1LN United Kingdom

Join Literature Works' live literature tour of the South West, Word on Tour for an intimate evening of book reading, buying and signing. Meet two of the UK's leading writers, award-winning poet Julia Copus and hugely popular novelist Patrick Gale and join in the conversation. We'd love ... More information

25 Jul

£8.50

Novel Nights: How to research with Emily Koch

Author Event

July 25 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

The Square Club, 15, Berkeley Square
Bristol , BS8 1HB United Kingdom

Write what you know – that’s a good starting point for most novelists, isn’t it? But what happens when you want to write about a life you have never experienced? Whether your characters are from another era, do a different ... More information

25 Jul

Port Eliot Festival

Event

July 26 @ 8:00 am - July 29 @ 5:00 pm

Unnamed Venue, St Germans, Cornwall United Kingdom

The Port Eliot Festival line-up has just gone wild! At the end of July, there will be more authors, poets, comics, musicians, thinkers, wordsmiths and phrase-cobblers of one kind or another than ever before. More information

26 Jul

August 2018

£10

Sea Poem: Dartington International Summer School & Festival

Book Festival

August 1 @ 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Dartington Hall, Dartington
Totnes, TQ9 6EL United Kingdom

Award-winning poet Alice Oswald performs new work in collaboration with renowned jazz improvisers Steve Buckley (saxophone) and Huw Warren (piano), creating a magical late-night ambience in the Great Hall at Dartington. More information

01 Aug

£8 – £12

Miracle Theatre Company: The Cherry Orchard

Event

August 2 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Springhead Gardens, Fontmell Magna
Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 ONU United Kingdom

A once-wealthy family faces ruin as society teeters on the brink of cataclysmic change… This summer, Miracle Theatre unpacks Chekhov’s bittersweet comedy about a once-wealthy family, whose idleness and extravagance have brought them to the brink of bankruptcy. Obstinate and self-absorbed, ... More information

02 Aug

£10

The Caliph and The Poet: Dartington International Summer School & Festival

Book Festival

August 2 @ 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Dartington Hall, Dartington
Totnes, TQ9 6EL United Kingdom

The famed Palestinian poet and activist Tamim al-Barghouti performs from his new collection, In Jerusalem and Other Poems. A spoken-word rock star, Tamim's charisma, brilliance and humour is both revolutionary, illuminating and moving. He is joined by concert pianist Joana ... More information

02 Aug