Get Ready For The Beverley Literature Festival 2013
Literature lovers can enjoy the best in contemporary writing from Thursday, 10 to Sunday, 13 October at the annual Beverley Literature Festival.
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Beverley Literature Festival Short Film Programme
Submissions are now welcome for the Beverley Literature Festival Short Film Programme, located in the beautiful and historic town of Beverley, which will take place from 10-13 October.
Announcing The Val Wood Prize For Creative Writing 2013
Award winning author, Val Wood is this year celebrating the 20th Anniversary of her debut novel, The Hungry Tide. The book won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction in 1993 and launched her exciting career as a novelist.
Festival Sees Partnerships And Collaborations As Key To Success
The Beverley Folk Festival is looking to have one of its most successful events ever this June and part of that, says Artistic Director Chris Wade “is due to the strong partnerships we have developed with other local arts organisations.
Local Authors Top Library Loans
Local author, Val Wood, was number one in East Riding Library Service’s top titles last month. Her book, The Harbour Girl, about a young girl struggling to survive and bring up a child in the fishing communities of Scarborough and Hull in the 1880s
An Afternoon Of History To Round Off Beverley Literature Festval
British history is the order of the day on Sunday afternoon at the 10th Beverley Literature Festival. At 2pm, Helen Rappaport introduces her new book investigating the Victorian’s obsession with mourning after the death of Victoria’s beloved husband, Prince Albert.
Beverley Literature Festival : A Weekend Packed With Brilliant Events For All Ages
Beverley Library will roar into action on Saturday, 13 October, at 10.30am, as Paul Stickland’s ‘Dinosaur Roar’ event for children aged from two years gets underway and kicks-off the popular Children’s Literature Festival.
David Hewson And Other Top Names To Feature At Beverley Literature Festival
Fans of crime fiction can hear from two of the country’s finest authors working in the genre today on Friday, 12 October as part of the 10th Beverley Literature Festival.
Beverley Literature Festival Just Two Weeks Away
Literature lovers across Yorkshire have just two weeks to wait until the tenth Beverley Literature Festival gets under-way. Organised by the East Riding Library Service, this year’s programme is packed full of events to suit all tastes and ages, ranging from readings and performances to workshops and activities for children.
A Quality Set Of Events Lined Up For The Beverley Literature Festival
This year’s Beverley Literature Festival is as special as ever and packed with the finest quality events for readers of all tastes.
Beverley Literature Festival Appoints New Co-Directors
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is delighted to announce the appointment of Lara Goodband and Rebecca Jenkins as co-directors of Beverley Literature Festival 2012.
Beverley Literature Festival And Bridlington Poetry Festival Director Steps Down
Ten years after Dr John Wedgwood Clarke joined the East Riding Library Service to set up the Beverley Literature Festival and, subsequently, the Bridlington Poetry Festival, he has decided to step down. The decision is an exciting one, both for the two prestigious festivals, and for John. He said: “It has been such a pleasure for me to run these festivals and to meet so many wonderful local lovers of…
Val Wood Makes Triumphant Return To Beverley Literature Festival
Best-Selling Beverley Author Val Wood made a triumphant return to the Beverley Literature Festival this weekend with an exclusive reading from her new novel The Harbour Girl. The Harbour Girl is the award-winning author’s seventeenth novel. The romantic saga tells the story of sixteen year old Jeannie, a net mender and herring girl at Scarborough Harbour, just like her Scottish mother. Jeannie meets and falls in love with Harry, a…
A Great Success With More To Come: Beverley Literature Festival 2011
The first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival saw queuing round the block for Val MacDermid and Mark Billingham; and the Beverley Treasure House was packed with children meeting authors, making stories and being spell-bound by performers at the children’s literature festival. On Thursday, Thomas Penn will be talking about his acclaimed, debut account of early Tudor history – it’s been admired by novelists (including Hilary Mantel) and historians alike. …
Beverley Literature Festival: Ticket Offer
Beverley Literature Festival brings top novelists, historians and writers from around the UK and beyond, including Margaret Drabble, Val McDermid, Jon Ronson, Tom Rob Smith, and many more. It also includes an entertaining, fun and thoughtful programme of events for children over the first weekend, 8-9 October, based at the Beverley Treasure House. So that you can enjoy more of the festival for less, or share your love of books…
Beverley’s Most Successful Author to Attend Lit Fest
It’s been at least 10 years since celebrated Beverley Author Val Wood appeared at the Beverley Literature Festival. This year Val is back to celebrate the release of her 17 th novel The Harbour Girl. Val says: “I’m so looking forward to meeting readers old and new and will be reading from my new novel, The Harbour Girl, which is set for release in November so all attendees will be…
Beverley Literature Festival Picks Another Winner
Over the nine years it has been running, Beverley Literature Festival has brought Man Booker Prize winners to the event only days before they’ve won one of the world’s most prestigious literary competitions. Past Man Booker Prize winners-in-waiting have included: Hilary Mantel, Sebastian Barry, and Anne Enright. And it may prove to be the case again this year. Carol Birch has been shortlisted for the Man Booker for her epic…
Beverley Literature Festival 2011
This year’s Beverley Literature Festival, which takes place 6 – 16 October, is as special as ever and packed with top-quality events for readers of all tastes. Margaret Drabble will be talking about her collected short-stories; two of our foremost crime-thriller writers, Val McDermid and Mark Billingham, will share a platform with best-selling thriller writer Tom Rob Smith; and Jon Ronson, who has done so much to reveal the stranger…