Marketing Derby is calling on up-and-coming entrepreneurs to enter its annual Rising Star competition, whi

Due to the ongoing Covid restrictions this year’s Luminate cannot go ahead as a lantern parade around Derby’s wonderful Arboretum. The organisers, The Friends of Derby Arboretum, following on from their summer festival success via Zoom and YouTube will be organising the celebration online.

Karen Lucas-Hughes has won the Writing East Midlands Aurora prize for the attached poem, “Bathing”.

Adult Community Education Centres will remain open during the November lockdown and will continue to deliver learning. Many courses are now delivered online or remotely via Zoom, including the exciting courses with new creative writing tutor Laura Stroud.

We’ve all felt stuck. Spending hours staring at a blank page. Watching the cursor torment us with its unending, repetitive blink. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This workshop will kick-start your imagination as we explore where writer’s block comes from and how you can overcome it. This is an online workshop delivered live via Zoom. This session was previously delivered as part of the Buxton Fringe Festival and is a repeat session.  

Date: Monday 7th December, 2020.  

Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm  

Price - £12 

Alex Davis is offering a Google Meet workshop aimed at helping you take your novel forward on 2nd December, What Next for your Novel?

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-next-for-your-novel-with-alex-davis-tickets-124431841989

Joanna Courtney is offering a Zoom workshop on 19th November, The Art of a Good Plot. 

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-a-good-plot-tickets-125874970425

We are pleased to confirm that Derby Market Place will make a festive transformation to host a COVID-secure traditional Christmas Market on the 4, 5, 6 and 10, 11, 12, 13 December 2020 10:00 – 16:00. 

This is a unique opportunity to showcase your products in a clear and established destination with Christmas footfall and supported by an extensive marketing campaign in run up to Christmas.

We will be providing a covered cabin with heating and power to keep you comfortable throughout your visit.

Writers' events coming up in Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Council, working with District and Borough partners, is supporting the roll out of new one-stop local shopping website across towns and villages in Derbyshire by offering 1 year free subscription to local businesses, including artists and makers. We understand how difficult it has been for so many artists and makers who have been unable to sell their work at markets and fairs, so are we’re really keen to encourage as many as possible to join and benefit from the no commission on sales platform.