Northern Words (Spoken word poetry, 29th November)

We're proud to announce a new collaboration between the Centre for Poetry and Poetics, Department of English Studies and Gong Fu Poets, which will bring seven of the region's award-winning and up-and-coming spoken word artists to St Chad's College Chapel on 29th November. In two hours of top entertainment you'll hear from seven acclaimed Northern...

Advertisements

Souls of the North (Free performance, 10th November)

After a sellout performance in September, we're proud to return with another free Souls of the North show, featuring medieval and Renaissance music, dancing and drama with a deathly twist. Come to the Great Hall, Durham Castle on 10th November at 20.00 - if you dare! Souls of the North presents now-neglected traditions from the North...

Patriotism and Dissent: Anna Laetitia Barbauld and the Pleasures of the Imagination (Public lecture, 15th November)

The poet Anna Leaetitia Barbauld might not be widely known today, but her work in the late eighteenth century helped to set the tone for what would become known as Romanticism. Come and learn more from about this pioneering female voice, and the debt she owes to Newcastle-born poet Mark Akenside, as Dr Emma Major gives...

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

Trick or treat? Our what's on guide for literature in Durham, Newcastle, Teesside, Sunderland and the North East this month has an appropriately gloomy feel with an exploration of Frankenstein, lecture on literary disease, and a performance of deathly drama among many other things.  Top billing this month, though, has to go to the Books on Tyne...

The Great Northern Soul Cake Bake

The Great British Bake Off technical challenge can be devilishly difficult. But this November we're calling for bakers to tackle a historical recipe linked to trick-or-treat traditions that were popular in the North long before Halloween was invented. Wield your whisks, and fire up your ovens for the Great Northern Soul Cake Bake! A soul...