Inspiration for writers of tomorrow
Scarborough Flare – a group of prose and poetry writers in Scarborough – is putting on a full programme to run alongside Books By the Beach.
Events include a crime-writing session, profile of Winifred Holtby and an open mic event. They will be held at various venues in the town.
The programme runs:
THE STAGE IS YOURS ...
Bring along poetry, drama, prose, acoustic music, (even a magic trick or tell a story) anything you like up to 5 minutes long. Please arrive early if you want to perform and add your name to the running order. With special guests Gingernut and Tripod, Ele Lawler and Writers on the Loose
The Gallery, Woodend Creative Workspace, Friday April 10, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Admission £2, Take own drink.
POISONED PEN
A dramatised presentation by Kate Evan and friends.
Come along and follow clues; discover what makes up a modern crime novel. A witty and insightful analysis of one of the most popular, flexible and enduring genres in literature. Includes dramatised readings from notable crime novels of the last 150 years, and a quiz.
Admission: £2 (Bring your own drink)
Lupin Café, Ramshill Road, Saturday April 11, from 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Admission: Free .
WALL OF PEACE
Come and add your own thoughts or those you’ve heard and loved.
Poetry or prose; a word; a sentence or a page; quotes, images or ideas. Attach them to the display
stand at the Library, and watch the collective response grow. Responses from this project will be collated to create a collaborative performance in Scarborough later in the year, as an exploration and celebration of Peace.
Thursday April 16 to Sunday April 19 Scarborough Library, Vernon Road
Admission: free.
TAKE BACK YOUR FREEDOM
Two performances and a lecture celebrating Winifred Holtby, on the 80th anniversary of her death.
Holtby was a pioneering feminist and a political and moral thinker whose views are still relevant today.
Her last and finest novel, South Riding has been in print since its first publication, posthumously, in 1936.
Venue: Sitwell Library, Woodend Creative Workspace, The Crescent, Thursday April 16
1pm-2.30pm: Take Back Your Freedom: Winifrid Holtby, a Neglected Heroine
2.30pm-3.30pm: Winifred Holtby and her Yorkshire Roots, a lecture by Robin Horspool
5pm-6pm: Take Back Your Freedom: South Riding, Holtby and Virginia Woolf
Admission: £3for each event, £6 for all three
Tickets available from the reception desk at Woodend.
THINK LIKE A SCREENWRITER
A workshop directed by George Cromack
Are you an aspiring or struggling writer? Do you need a kick-start for that short story, novel or memoir?
Do you need help polishing and finishing it, or just help summoning the will to go on!? This is a friendly, accessible and interactive workshop for anyone with an interest in either prose or dialogue, script or screenplay.
Woodend Conference Room, Woodend Creative Workspace, The Crescent, Saturday April 18, 10am-1pm Admission: £5 Tickets areavailable from the reception desk at Woodend.
A CIRCLE OF STORIES
The climax of Flare’s Stories Short and Tall project, reviving the art of live storytelling, this event will offer a chance to sit around a welcoming hearth, to listen to tales of love, of life, of joy and of the darker side. There will be music and a light buffet, to which those attending are encouraged to contribute. Bring your own drink. Stories will be told from Flare’s Story Chair.
Presenteed by Tony Howson, Kate Boddy and Scarborough Flare
Monday May 4 (time and venue to be announced)
Admission free.