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Derbyshire Noir 2019

Saturday 17^th August, Chesterfield Library, 9.30am – c.5pm

Join us at our brand new book festival for lovers of crime and psychological thrillers including panels, talks and signings aimed at readers and writers, with keynote speaker Stephen Booth.

Events on the day are currently under wraps but look out for news as we release event details and reveal our confirmed speakers on Derbyshire Libraries Facebook and Twitter: @DerbyshireLibraries @DerbyshireLibs

Save the date!

PRACTICAL SELF-PUBLISHING
With Alex Davis
Wednesdays 8^th-29^th May, 2pm-4pm
Tickets £50/£40 concessions from QUAD Box Office on 01332 290606 or from https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/adults/practical-self-publishing

3rd-6th May 2019

Our second ever Dronfield Arts Festival is just weeks away, and we're already looking forward to what's in store. 

With over 60 events taking place over across eight different locations in town, there's sure to be something for everyone. Remember that you can still purchase tickets for some of the festival's biggest events, including:

Summer Showstoppers in Concert
Friday 3rd May, 7:30pm
Dronfield Hall Barn Gallery, £8

Foundation Derbyshire has announced the winner of the eighth Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Award, one of the largest art awards in the country.  Artist Ed Burkes will take up his residency in Derby in October 2019. 

The biennial Award brings a rising artist to Derbyshire to produce work inspired by the county’s landscape, heritage and people.  The continuing theme of the Award is ‘Sense of Place’, inspired by the people, landscape and heritage of Derbyshire. 

Chatsworth’s most controversial mistress returned to the stately home in triumph for a one-night only performance – more than 200 years after her death.

Georgiana, who scandalised and fascinated Georgian high society in equal measure while married to the Fifth Duke of Devonshire, took to the stage in Chatsworth’s private theatre for a sneak preview of  Buxton International Festival’s world premiere of the opera which takes her name.

Can you write about ‘Our World’ in up to 50 words?

That is the challenge we are setting for our 2019 Fifty Word Flash Fiction Writing Competition which is launched today, Wednesday 10 April. We are looking for stories of up to fifty words, as calculated on the website entry form (excluding the title). You can interpret the theme of ‘Our World’ in any way you wish, but your work must be original, and it must tell a complete story.

Indietracks are very happy to announce that Martha, Desperate Journalist, Advance Base, Best Praxis, Lost Tapes, The Proctors, Surf Muscle and The Sunbathers are all joining the Indietracks 2019 line-up.

Exile Music Festival, 28 - 30th June, is the hidden gem of local family friendly festivals.

There are activities for all ages, music from national and local acts, poetry and spoken word, fancy dress, and the Exile Introducing 

competition, which is open now for entries.

Tickets and more details can be found at:

http://www.exilemusicfestival.co.uk/  or find us on facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/exile.fest/ 

Matlock Storytelling Cafe, would like you to join us for our next evening of storytelling, when Ursula Holden Gill returns on Friday 3rd May with The Bishoprick Garland (or to give it its full title: ‘The Bishoprick Garland or a Collection of Legends, Songs and Ballads Belonging to the County of Durham’). If you haven't heard of Ursula here's what the Craven Herald said of her when she appeared at Settle Storytelling Festival " When Ursula Holden Gill steps on to the stage your first impression is of a Victorian urchin with a somewhat impish twinkle in her eyes.