What’s On: North East Literature and Book Events in October 2018

The Great Exhibition of the North may have finished last month, but this month sees our region put on a great exhibition of literary talent, with three (yes, really!) book festivals taking place. Our monthly listing gives a glance at what's on in books in Durham, Newcastle, Teesside, Sunderland and beyond this October.  The three Festivals...

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Living with a Legacy: Review of Miranda Seymour’s In Byron’s Wake at Durham Book Festival

Miranda Seymour, author of the award-winning In My Father’s House, has drawn on fascinating new material to tell the stories of County Durham-born Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace, wife and daughter respectively of the poet Lord Byron. Nicola Wigmore learned more at Durham Book Festival about two women who broke with convention, to controversial and...

The Doll’s Alphabet (Author reading, 26th October)

Uncomfortable, memorable, fleeting. Some of the words used to describe the remarkable collection of short stories, The Doll's Alphabet. Come and hear from author Camilla Grudova at this free public event, in Elvet Riverside 157, on 26th October at 19.00. ‘That I cannot say what all these stories are about is a testament to their worth. They...

Extinction Elegies: An Evening of Poetry, Music and Ecology (28th October)

An evening of creative and critical responses to the sixth great extinction, with Graham Huggan, Alice Tarbuck, Veronica Fisiban, John Kinsella and music by Luke Carver Goss. All welcome to Hatfield College Chapel on 28th October, from 18.30. Reserve your free ticket via Eventbrite. there you are, in full-moon’s gauze two polished eyes orbiting your body’s...

Finding Old Friends: Review of Persephone Books at Durham Book Festival

From being neglected in a dusty drawer to wearing smart new covers in a bookshop, having travelled via London, India and Germany: a Persephone Books novel goes through a remarkable journey as this publisher brings neglected works by female authors back to life. Yurie Watanabe enjoyed a celebratory tea party at Durham Book Festival. ‘Persephone Books...

‘We’re all bloody weird’: Review of Robin Ince’s I’m a Joke and So Are You at Durham Book Festival

Comic laughter and psychological suffering might seem to exist on opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. However, Robin Ince’s I’m a Joke and So Are You challenges the distinction, and suggests that the sources for comedy and the triggers for therapy lie equally within all of us. Martin Gleghorn listened to Ince’s own funny but...