Writing & Book Events
Cocktails with Naomi Alderman
Monday 5th March, 5.30-7pm
An opportunity to meet our Writer-in-Residence, Naomi Alderman, ask questions and talk about her work.
Tickets £7.50. Dinner is also available £12.00 (optional extra).
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Fictionalising religion: journeys in trying not to give offence but giving it anyway
Thursday 22nd March, 8pm
Naomi Alderman talks about how she tackles using religion in her work.
Tickets £10.00 (includes a glass of wine).
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Creative Writing Workshop with Naomi Alderman
Sunday 25th March, 10.30am-4.30pm
Writing Convincing Dialogue
Writing Convincing Dialogue Naomi Alderman will guide you through practical exercises and readings, to refine your ability to write convincing dialogue in fiction and to understand the many layers of meaning that occur during even the most simple conversation.
£25 includes brunch and afternoon tea
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Cocktails with Stella Duffy
Saturday 5th May, 5.30-7pm
An opportunity to meet our Writer-in-Residence Stella Duffy, ask questions and talk about her work.
Tickets £7.50. Dinner is also available £12.00 (optional extra).
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Jill of All Trades, Mistress of Some
Thursday 17th May, 8pm
Stella Duffy has written twelve novels encompassing literary, crime and historical fiction, ten plays, fifty short stories, many essays and articles – she also directs and teaches theatre and writing. She will read from her work and speak about how doing many things, rather than just one, feeds and enhances her work
Tickets £10.00 (includes a glass of wine).
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Creative writing workshop with Stella Duffy
Sunday 27th May, 10.30am-4.30pm
Inspiration for the Application
Stella will teach a writing workshop using improvisation and theatre techniques to inspire, kick-start, open and excite your work. A firm believer in doing rather than talking, in work rather than talking about work, she will offer a day’s worth of tools to get you started, keep you going, and help you get your work out there.
£25 includes brunch and afternoon tea
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Making a Scene
Friday 8th – Sunday 10th June
Author Greg Garrett will lead this weekend writing workshop that will focus on three primary elements of successful scenes: dramatic structure, conflict and dialogue.
Greg Garrett is the critically-acclaimed author of three novels (including Free Bird, named one of 2002's best first novels by Publishers Weekly and the Denver Rocky Mountain News), two books of memoirs, and a number of non-fiction books on film, literature, and popular culture. He teaches screen- and fiction-writing at Baylor University in Texas, where he has twice been named Outstanding Professor.
Cost £180-£210 residential, £160 non-residential
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
A Dangerous Inheritance: Lady Katherine Grey, Katherine Plantagenet and the Mystery of the Princes in the Tower
Author Talk – Alison Weir
Wednesday 20th June, 8pm
Alison Weir trained as a history teacher and is passionate about history. Her first book, Britain`s Royal Families, was published in 1989. She has since written a further fourteen history books, including The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Katherine Swynford and The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn. Alison has also published three historical novels, Innocent Traitor, The Lady Elizabeth and The Captive Queen. Her latest history book, Mary Boleyn: “The Great and Infamous Whore”, was published in October 2011 and her next historical novel will be the subject of her talk and is due out in 2012.
Tickets £10 (includes a glass of wine)
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Cocktails with Nadene Ghouri
Saturday 1st September, 5.30-7pm
An opportunity to meet our Writer-in-Residence Nadene Ghouri, ask questions and talk about her work.
Tickets £7.50. Dinner also available £12.00 (optional extra).
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Talk and readings by Nadene Ghouri
Tuesday 11th September, 8pm
Love, life and family in East/West
Nadene Ghouri has travelled and worked extensively as a journalist in Afghanistan and Pakistan for over a decade. In this talk she will discuss how the people she has met along the way have informed and challenged her pre-conceptions about love, family values, society and individual freedom.
She will also talk about the writing of The Favored Daughter (about the life of Afghan presidential candidate Fawzia Koofi) and what it was like working with one of the most-outspoken women in Afghanistan. A woman whom the Taliban try to murder almost every week.
Tickets £10.00 (includes a glass of wine)
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Creative writing workshop with Nadene Ghouri
Sunday 23rd September, 10.30am-5pm
The art of writing memoir. From personal memoir to ghost-writing and biography. What makes a good memoir?
£25 includes brunch and afternoon tea
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Cocktails and Poetry Reading with Ian Parks
Thursday 1st November, 5.30-7pm
Tickets £7.50. Dinner is also available £12.00 (optional extra).
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Creative Writing Workshop with Ian Parks
Thursday 8th November, 10.30am-4.30pm
From Blank Page to Poem: The Writing Process
Arrive with an empty notebook and go home with a poem. This workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to experience the writing process first-hand. From initiating the first few words to polishing the final poem, this workshop will get beginners started and offer those who write already a different way of approaching poetry.
£25 includes coffee and lunch
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
Creative Writing Workshop with Ian Parks
Thursday 15th November, 6-9pm
Stories in Verse: Writing Narrative Poetry
What is the difference between a short story and a narrative poem? How do we set about telling a story in verse? This workshop examines the nature of narrative poetry and suggests some practical approaches to writing it.
£25 includes dinner
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
An Evening of Readings with Ian Parks
Thursday 22nd November, 8pm
Tickets £10.00.
To book, call 01244 532350 or e-mail enquiries@gladlib.org
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