What’s On: North East Literature and Book Events in June 2019

"At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.” Edgar Allan Poe may have enjoyed hanging around for strange nocturnal experiences in June, but we'd recommend getting out and about for some of the book events happening in Durham, Newcastle, Teesside, Sunderland and around the North East this month. Make sure...

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Dragons! Tales and Music from the North East (Performance, 17th June)

Dare to dance with a pair of Durham dragons, along with automatic monsters and creepy costumes at a free show in Durham Cathedral, Priors Hall. Our Records of Early English Drama North East project, along with the Brothers Gillespie and other regional artists, will be performing on 17th June, from 19.00, with a chance to...

The surprising role of literature in the D-Day liberation

On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, attention has rightly been focused on the brave allied forces who began the liberation of France. However, after the noise and smoke of battle had cleared, literature by writers such as T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Ernest Hemingway and Federico Garcia Lorca also played a surprising part in winning the...

SPEAK: A New Poetry Salon for the North East

Suzannah V. Evans introduces SPEAK: Salon, a new venture between Durham and York that invites everyone to experience poetry in performance. The first free salon is 11th June, 18.30, in Durham World Heritage Site Visitor Centre. SPEAK: Salon is a new and occasional poetry salon based between the cities of Durham and York, and open...

Watch Souls of the North Come Back to Life

Dragons! Dance! Death! Souls of the North presents now-neglected traditions from the North of England and Scotland that imagine or challenge death, celebrate the dead, and that were once popular throughout the region before the advent of modern and commercialised Halloween. https://youtu.be/-U_0CK9H_x4 Supported by an incredible cast and team of volunteers (thanks everyone!), our Records...