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About this Events Guide
Love all things literary? Looking for book events and literature lectures in the North East? Our monthly what’s on guide captures the literature and book chat, lectures, readings and other events taking place across the North East, in Durham, Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Teesside and beyond.
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Tue 04
15:00 in Hallgarth House, Durham
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Postgraduate Researchers Snack and Share |
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An opportunity for postgraduate researchers in or related to English to share their research, hosted by the Modern and Contemporary Literature Network. Organised by Modern and Contemporary Literature Network.
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Thu 06
16:00 in St Aidan’s College, Durham
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Disorderly Eating in Contemporary Women’s Writing with Professor Judith Still |
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I shall dip into a range of Anglophone and Francophone women’s writing to suggest that bingeing and self-starvation, and the relationship to fat and flesh in or on the body, relate not only to individual disorder but to the socio-political generation of the disorderly. Organised by Durham University Modern Languages and Cultures.
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Fri 07
09:00 in St Chad’s College, Durham
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Elena Ferrante in a Global Context |
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The global success of Elena Ferrante’s so-called Neapolitan Novels has firmly established the author as one of the most powerful voices of contemporary World Literature. Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet interweaves an imaginary that is profoundly rooted in Italian – or more specifically Neapolitan – culture with some of the emergent topics and issues of globalisation as her female protagonists negotiate the tensions emerging between local identity and national and transnational belonging. Organised by Durham University Modern Languages and Cultures.
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Fri 07
18:00 in Peoples Bookshop, Durham
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People’s Poetry is broken |
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‘People’s Poetry is broken’ is a spoken-word open-mic night. It is open to anyone who wishes to speak, rant or lead us on a merry dance. Organised by is_broken.
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Sat 08 to Sat 22
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Crossing the Tees with various authors |
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The Crossing the Tees Book Festival is back for 2019! The library services for Stockton, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Redcar & Cleveland and Darlington are thrilled to once again present the Book Festival for the Tees Valley. As always, there will be something for everyone to get involved with, including plenty of talks, workshops and exciting events. Organised by .
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Mon 10
17:45 in City Library, Newcastle
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What falls between the cracks with Robert Scragg |
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Meet the author who impressed the judges at last year’s Theakston’s Crime Festival in the Dragons’ Pen. Organised by Newcastle Libraries.
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Tue 11
14:30 in City Library, Newcastle
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Thomas Bewick’s Books with Peter Quinn |
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Sitting for his portrait in 1815 Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) is shown with books at his elbow. A self-published author, illustrator and reader, books are key to understanding the achievement and importance of Newcastle’s finest artist. Organised by Newcastle Libraries.
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Tue 11
18:30 in World Heritage Site Visitor Centre, Durham
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SPEAK Presents an Evening Salon of Poetry with Karl O’Hanlon and Rebecca Tamás |
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The first free event of a new occasional poetry salon, based between Durham and York. Organised by SPEAK.
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Wed 12
17:30 in Hallgarth House, Durham
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James Melville and Ester Inglis with Dr Jamie Reid-Baxter |
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Glasgow University’s Dr Jamie Reid-Baxter promises to deliver a Franco-Scottish tour de force on the poetic spirituality of Rev. James Melville and Esther Inglis. Organised by Inventions of the Text.
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Thu 13
14:00 in Community Centre, Lanchester
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Words from the breath poetry readings |
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Read over afternoon tea, Durham & Derwentside Breathe Easy support group will showcase their poetry, created with Catch Your Breath Writer-in-Residence Christy Ducker, to express their lived experience of breathlessness. Christy will read her work inspired by the Catch Your Breath exhibition, as well as her interactions with aware breathers and those experiencing breathlessness. Christy and filmmaker Kate Sweeney will also present two short films on which they’ve collaborated, focusing on the politics of breathlessness. Organised by Life of Breath.
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Wed 19
17:30 in St Aidan’s College, Durham
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The Banipal Visiting Writer Fellowship Annual Lecture with Nouri Al-Jarrah and Linda France |
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Syrian Poet Nouri Al-Jarrah, and English poet Linda France, will read a selection of their poems (In Arabic and English). All welcome. Organised by St Aidan’s College.
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Thu 20
18:00 in Lit and Phil, Newcastle
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George Orwell’s 1984 with D.J. Taylor |
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D.J. Taylor discusses his latest project: a biography of George Orwell’s 1984. Organised by The Lit and Phil.
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Thu 20
19:00 in St Chad’s College, Durham
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Word extravaganza with Richard Meier |
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Join us for a celebration of words and ideas with poet Richard Meier: a reading and an opportunity to juggle some words of your own if you wish. This will be a celebration of PopUpPoetry Durham’s first year, with wine, soft drinks and cheese. Organised by PopUpPoetry.
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Fri 21 to Sun 30
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Derwent Valley Literary Festival with various authors |
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The Derwent Valley Literary Festival will be a celebration not just of books, but words in all of their glorious forms and will feature an eclectic mix of local authors, poets and playwrights who will all do their very best to dazzle you. Organised by Derwent Valley Literary Festival.
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Fri 21
09:30 in Caedmon Building, Durham
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Experience and the Past: Access, Value and Retrospection through Pre-modern Narratives |
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Experience and the Past is the third in our series on the theme of researching experience. The workshop explores the possibilities that taking a long historical perspective can open up for medical humanities research. Organised by Life of Breath.
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Fri 21
12:00 in Pemberton Building, Durham
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Classical Encounters |
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‘Classical Encounters: Receptions of antiquity in the long nineteenth century’ will bring together scholars from a broad range of disciplines to explore encounters with the ancient world in nineteenth-century visual, material, literary and political culture and the implications of these encounters on discourses such as nationhood, colonialism, race, religion, gender, sexuality and death. A roundtable will offer interdisciplinary interventions on classical receptions to discuss the future(s) of reception studies. Organised by Durham Centre for Classical Reception.
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Fri 21
19:00 in Stockton Central Library, Stockton
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Door-to-Door Poetry with Rowan McCabe |
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What do you think would happen if you knocked on a stranger’s door and offered to write them a poem? Rowan McCabe is the world’s first Door-to-Door Poet. Through a funny and thought-provoking mix of spoken word and theatre, find out about his adventure around the North East of England, from his visit to a council estate in Stockton, to his appearance on BBC Breakfast. Organised by Crossing the Tees.
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Mon 24
19:30 in Ushaw College, Durham
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A New Song with Michael Symmons Roberts |
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Come hear professor and poet Michael Symmons Roberts read from his award-winning poetry at Ushaw College’s stunning and historic Exhibition Hall! Symmons Roberts is a multi-award winning poet (Forward Prize, Costa Prize, Whitbread Award, Griffin Prize, and shortlisted 4 times for the T.S. Eliot Prize). His whose work crosses genres – from fiction to non-fiction, poetry, libretto to BBC dramas and documentaries. Organised by Durham University Centre for Catholic Studies.
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Tue 25
12:00 in College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
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The Body & the Built Environment in the Long Nineteenth Century |
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This symposium explores how the shifting relationship between the body and the built environment was interrogated in literature and culture of the long nineteenth century. The symposium aims to stimulate academic discussion on a range of topics relating to embodiment and architectural space in the period ranging from 1750-1920. Organised by Durham University Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies.
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Thu 27
13:30 in Rowlands Gill Library, Newcastle
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A Talk on Virginia Woolf with Frederick Lewis |
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Join Frederick Lewis for a scintillating talk on the life of Virginia Woolf. Now based in Hamsterley Colliery, Frederick Lewis is perhaps best known for his bibliographical work on Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and Rosamond Lehmann. Organised by Derwent Valley Literary Festival.
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Sat 29
10:00 in Waterstones, Durham
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Crime Book Group with M.W. Craven |
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Join us for a lively discussion of Black Summer – Washington Poe with the author M.W. Craven. Organised by Waterstones.
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Sat 29
11:00 in Waterstones, Durham
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Saltwater with Jessica Andrews |
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Come and meet the author of this incredible coming of age story. Organised by Waterstones.
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