Join Matinee in Shirebrook on 25 October
The next round of Matinee screenings are under way. Please pass this on to anyone you know living with dementia, their friends, family and carers.
The next round of Matinee screenings are under way. Please pass this on to anyone you know living with dementia, their friends, family and carers.
No. 28, Market Place, Belper, DE56 1FZ
Saturday 30th November, 7.30pm for 8.00pm
Arts Derbyshire is looking to appoint 5 writers to write to commission working with Festivity and Derbyshire County Council in a project supported by Arts Council England.
The commissions are open to poets and short story writers who will each work with a Derbyshire Arts Festival to produce a piece or pieces of writing. The project will run from December 2019 to February 2021. Successful applicants will receive a support package including a fee and materials expenses, places on related workshops with experienced writers, mentoring and ongoing support.
2019 Dronfield Annual Lecture
By PCC Dhindsa
Friday 18th October, 7:30pm
The Peel Centre
Celebrity bioarchaeologist Dr Cat Jarman kicks off this year’s Repton Literary Festival with a talk about the unique finds during her recent dig in the village, shedding new light on Viking life in 9th century Repton.
Following up her BBC TV Digging for Britain and Channel 4 TV’s Britain’s Viking Graveyard programmes she explores the arrival of the Great Heathen Army of Vikings which settled for a winter in Repton in 873 AD. She will talk about the legendary Repton Warrior buried next to another Viking in the UK’s most famous Viking grave.
'Where the bodies are buried' with Stephen Booth is a talk with Derbyshire crime writer Stephen Booth who explores the importance of Derbyshire and Peak District locations to his novels.
Find out more and book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/where-the-bodies-are-buried-with-crime-novelist-stephen-booth-tickets-74810063915
Join this Networking and information Day for Writers on learning more from writers Rob Gee and Cathy Grindrod about how to write to commission.
The Pump Room Wednesday 13 November 6 – 8pm
My first novel comes out in e form on 31st Oct and in paperback form on 23rd Jan. It’s being published by Bonnier Zaffre and my agent is Kate Barker.
The novel is called Lily’s War and is a book loosely based on my parents’ wartime romance; my mum was a WAAF with Bomber Command and my dad was a tank transporter driver in the 8th Army.
We're excited to announce the return of Write on Art, our annual prize for young art writers aged 15–18, sponsored in partnership with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. To take part, entrants write about one artwork featured on the Art UK website for a chance to have their work published online and win the top cash prize of £500
Find out more here: https://www.writeonart.org/