SUNDAY 29th JUNE 2008
LINDOW HALL
10:30am - 12:00
North Cumbrian Scriptwriters
A chance to meet the members of North Cumbria Scriptwriters,
hear their work, and get involved
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Sarah Hall
The Cumbrian born novelist was the winner of the 2007 John Llewellyn
Rhys Prize for her novel The Carhullan Army and was
shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her magnificent second novel
The Electric Michelangelo. Sarah will be reading from her
work and answering questions
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Jacob
Polley
One of the most critically acclaimed of Britain's younger poets, Jacob's
poems have been widely published and heard on Radio 4. He will be reading
from his published works The Brink and Little Gods
and answering questions
SCHOOL HALL
10:30am - 12:30pm
Children's
Sessions
To be arranged via Cumbria Library Service
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Jacob
Polley
One of the most critically acclaimed of Britain's younger poets, Jacob's
poems have been widely published and heard on Radio 4. He will be reading
from his published works The Brink and Little Gods
and answering questions
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Sarah
Hall
The Cumbrian born novelist was the winner of the 2007 John Llewellyn
Rhys Prize for her novel The Carhullan Army and was
shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her magnificent second novel
The Electric Michelangelo. Sarah will be reading from her
work and answering questions
SCHOOL CLASSROOM
10:30am - 12:00
Solway
Seascape
Original poetry and prose from members of the Solway Arts Society,
together with old favourites and well-known poets
PEAR TREE FARM COTTAGE
10:30am - 11:30am
Jim Eldridge
Award winning writer of the long running Radio 4 Series King Street
Junior talking about Writing for a Living
12:00 - 1:00pm
Fiction
Within
Limits
Cambridge University Press author Julia Newsome leads us into the
exacting but cosmopolitan world of writing fiction for EFL (English as a
Foreign Language)
ALL DAY
The
Cumbria Children's Library Bus will be running sessions for
children in the School Grounds
