just some of the featured festival artists..... Carol Leeming

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Simon Mayo
Carol Leeming
Bali Rai
Cynthia Brown
Michael Rosen
Andy Kershaw
.....just some of the featured festival artists.....
They said it couldn’t be done! “A reading festival in Leicester...really?” But here we are
in the 5th year of Everybody’s Reading with our biggest and best programme yet. 40
packed pages of reading, music-making, workshops, theatre, guided walks and so
much more – all in Leicester and all to get Everybody Reading.
The dedicated team at Everybody’s Reading would like to thank all those who have
supported the 5th annual Everybody’s Reading Festival, particularly our festival
partners: Leicester Libraries, SLB Distribution, SDSA, NUT, Leicestershire Partnership
NHS Trust, WORD! and LASALS. We hope that you enjoy the diverse programme
taking place from Saturday 27th September – Sunday 5th October 2014.
Juliet Martin, Festival Co-ordinator
The Everybody's Reading Festival is unique. It isn't a literary festival for the select few,
it is a community festival of reading. With events spread right across the city,
engaging with people from all communities, it happily embraces every aspect of 'the
word' - spoken, written, sung, even drawn. With most events organised by groups
from the local community rather than professionals, it really is a people's festival of
reading.
Peter Flack, Chair of Everybody’s Reading and Assistant Secretary NUT
Whatever It Takes is thrilled to be supporting the fifth Everybody’s Reading festival.
One of the jewels in Leicester’s crown, the festival is attracting increasing national
attention as truly community-based. We highly value the contribution it makes to do
“Whatever It Takes to get every child in Leicester reading.”
Liz Warren, Co-Chair of Whatever it Takes
I'm proud and delighted to be a part of this
wonderful and unique festival. This year's
programme is superb and it is a privilege to be
involved. Literature for everyone!
Bali Rai
A Tribute to Sue Townsend (1946-2014)
This year, Leicester lost the brilliant and incomparable
Sue Townsend. Loved and respected across the world,
Sue was the most wonderful, talented and passionate
advocate of our city, and of literature for all. She was a
proud patron for our festival too. Truly one in a million,
Sue will be sadly missed by us all.
Thanks to the Festival Media Partners:
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Belgrave Library
15th September
1.00pm—3.00pm
Dress the Book - Mixed
Media Textile Workshops
Beaumont Leys Library
16th September
1.00pm—3.00pm
St Barnabas Library
19th September
1.00pm—3.00pm
Belgrave Library
22nd September
1.00pm—3.00pm
23rd September
1.00pm—3.00pm
A series of fantastic workshop events
led by Linda Harding (Leicester
Museums). Participants will learn
techniques which will result in a
beautiful book wrap to take home and
will have an opportunity to contribute
to a wall art panel that will celebrate
books and reading and will be displayed
in libraries.
St Barnabas Library
26th September
1.00pm—3.00pm
All workshops are free. To book, please
contact the library at which you wish
to participate.
Pop-up Libraries in Leicester
Everybody’s Reading is pleased to
announce that there are now pop-up
libraries at the following locations: the
Donkey Pub, the Exchange Bar, the
Cookie and the Sugar Loaf, where people
can come along and take away a book, or
swap a book for another.
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Writing for Performance
Workshops
Come to either or both workshops;
everyone is welcome whatever your
experience.
All workshop participants are invited to
attend a special Everybody’s Reading
‘Celebration of Spoken Word’ open mic
night at Upstairs at the Western on
Sunday 5th October.
Would you like to hone your writing
skills? Polish your performances? Have
you always wanted to read your writing
on stage?
Join the team from Off the Fence
Theatre Company and Coventry's
Silhouette Press in a series of
workshops for people of all writing
abilities with an opportunity to develop
your own work for performance,
whether it is poetry, prose or plays.
West End Neighbourhood Centre
21st September
2.00pm—5.00pm
Upstairs at The Western
4th October
2.00pm—5.00pm
These workshops provide you with
space to write and opportunities to
share your work with others. Guests
including local poets and performance
artists will provide helpful feedback and
suggestions.
Free event, booking essential
Book via: bit.ly/upstairs-western
Find out more: [email protected]
Suitable for 16+
Literature at Lunchtime
with Dr Jane Mackay
This short story was made famous by
the iconic film by Hitchcock.
Du Maurier had a famously dark
imagination and a way of producing
haunting books that did not fit with her
upper class life style. Come and find
out what made her tick.
Daphne Du Maurier’s The Birds
Come and hear Dr Jane Mackay explore
the influences, lives and works of great
writers. With an infectious enthusiasm
for her subject matter, this lunchtime
lecture will bring this classic work to
life.
Following the
controversial
television
production of
Jamaica Inn,
here is a chance
to find out
what Du
Maurier's
work is really
about.
De Montfort Hall
25th September
12.30pm
Tickets £6
Booking recommended
Book via: De Montfort Hall or Visit
Leicester
Suitable for adults/older children
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Bring Your Story to Life
with Puppets
How to Read a Poem
This is a free event for anyone who has
ever wished they knew how to read a
poem. Why does everyone make so
much fuss about poetry? Why is it
worth reading? How can I appreciate
it? Is it something for the select few or
can poetry be for everyone? If you
don't know how to get started with
poetry, who Carol Ann Duffy is, why it's
worth reading the First World War
poets or even if, one day, you might
want to write your own poems, this
workshop is for you. We'll be looking at
different styles of poetry from the
traditional to the more experimental
and seeing what it does for us. We'll be
reading aloud, experiencing rhythm and
rhyme and discussing how close poetry
really is to music.
Come and bring your favourite story to
life by making a stick puppet, finger
puppet, hat band, or story setting and
characters. You can use a variety of
materials (felt, googly eyes, fabric,
sequins, feathers, wool, plastic, card
and paper) to make your chosen
character. Tell us why you chose the
story and perform it to others, but most
of all, have fun reading!
Aylestone Library at Aylestone Leisure
Centre
10.00am—1.00pm
Free event, just turn up and
enjoy!
Toddler Tales
Interactive storytelling for toddlers,
with stories and arts and craft. Based
around traditional fairy tales, and
featuring Cinderella - this
year’s pantomime, come and
hear these favourite stories
brought to life.
Westcotes Library
12.00pm—2.00pm
Book via: Westcotes Library
The workshop will include lots of
movement, interaction and craft
activities to accompany the stories.
Dress up as your favourite character
from a fairy tale and come and enjoy
this hour-long session for toddlers.
De Montfort Hall
Sessions at 10.00am, 11.30am, 1.00pm
& 2.30pm
Tickets £5 per child (accompanying
adult free)
Book via: De Montfort Hall or Visit
Leicester
Suitable for 2—4 years
5
Story Build
Enjoy Helping Your Child
to Read
Build a story with LOL Co. Ltd.
Giant sheets of paper cover
the wall, so come and write,
scribble, draw and scrawl. We
will use drama to weave these fantastic
ideas and images into a story. The
greatest story ever told – a real chance
to be brave and bold with imagination.
We will focus on the role of the
ensemble in theatre and make our
world from newspaper. Families will be
invited to see the end performance.
Come and get information and advice
on reading with your children. Event
includes storytelling and a Bookbus
visit.
Come and find out about:

How to help at home

Choosing books

Storytelling/
Story Sharing
1.00pm-3.00pm
Free event, booking
recommended
Book via: The BRITE Centre
or Children’s Bookbus
St Barnabas Library
12.00pm—5.00pm
Free event, booking recommended
Book via: [email protected]
Death and some poems,
with Maxine Linnell and
Alison Dunne
Family Story Writing
This will be a commemorative story
writing workshop for children aged nine
and over with their parents/carers. By
modelling my Centenary story based
upon my own family’s history,
imaginations will be sparked. Then,
after discussion, we can group-read
signposted fiction from the war years.
We shall acknowledge the sacrifices of
our relatives by using fun writing
techniques. Thus, through research and
use of the internet for inspiration, each
family will have begun sharing their
historic war or peace story.
Central Library
12.30pm—2.30pm
enjoy!
Suitable for families with children aged
9+ (children must be accompanied by a
parent or carer)
Find out more: www.fionalinday.co.uk
We turn to poems at important times in
our lives - they can say what’s hard to
say or what’s hard to know, they can
comfort or just tell it how it is. We’ll
read and share poems that have
worked for us, and make a safe place to
talk about one of the big taboos: death
and dying. And there will be tea and
cake.
Maxine Linnell is a novelist, poet and
psychotherapist. Alison Dunne is a
writer, workshop leader, ukulele player
& bibliotherapist.
Fosse Centre
1.30pm—3.30pm
Book via: [email protected]
077654 941 574 or
0116 289 1378 or
Suitable for 16+
6
Bedtime Stories
Nayna Patel
Everybody loves bedtime stories. For
one evening only, our theatre will be
transformed into a comfy, cosy
bedroom
where a
range of
traditional
and new
tales, full
of magic,
warmth and giggles can be
enjoyed. With professional
storytellers, warm drinks, cookies and
lullabies, this is a magical opportunity
to share a bedtime storyland with
others. Don’t forget to bring along
your favourite mug for your hot
chocolate!
A talk with
questions by
local Gujarati
author of
Kedi Zankhe
Charan,
Nayna
Patel, who
writes on
common issues faced by
Asian people in the UK today.
Belgrave Library
2.00pm—3.00pm
Free event
Book via: Belgrave Library
The Condition of the
Working Class
The Y Theatre
4.30pm
Tickets £2
Book via: The Y Theatre
Suitable for children 8 years and under
and their families. Teddies welcome
Inspired by Engels’ book, The Condition
of the Working
Class in England,
this much
acclaimed film
follows a group
of working class
people
preparing to put on a
theatrical show from scratch, based on
their own experiences and on the book,
followed by discussion with the
producers. This afternoon promises to
be a fascinating (and free) event for all
those interested in working class history
and culture.
Launch of People’s Art
Collective, Leicester
People’s Arts Collective, Leicester is
launching itself at this street event with
performances, displays and a
presentation by an outstanding
advocate of art and public and political
engagement.
Duffy’s Bar
2.00pm—5.00pm
Free event, just turn up and enjoy!
Secular Hall
2.30pm
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Dylan Thomas Shed
Under Milk Wood (1972)
Dylan Thomas’ iconic Writing Shed has
been cloned and it is coming to
Everybody’s Reading! All those who visit
the shed will be invited to invent an
entirely new word
and definition to
add to a new
Dictionary for
Dylan, which will be
published in early
2015.
This is a delightful if peculiar story of a
day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing
village called ‘Llareggub’ (read it
backwards). We meet a host of curious
characters (including ghosts) through
the 'eyes' of Blind Captain cat. This is a
true ‘classic’ of modern British writing
with a wonderful, mischievous use of
language.
The replica shed
will travel to
Leicester – it comes
with book-shelves,
with the woodbines, with the empty beer
bottles, with the atmosphere. Imagine
the surroundings that the poet embraced
himself with, and the
creativity which was born
out of this shed. We hope
that your visit to the Shed
will inspire you to read and write as part
of daily living.
The Guildhall
7.15pm
Tickets £5
Book via: The Guildhall
Extracts from the Under
Milk Wood Suite - A
Tribute to Stan Tracey
The Guildhall
10.00am – 5.00pm
Following the 7.15pm
showing of 1972 film
Under Milk Wood, an
hour of live jazz at the
Guildhall. Come and
hear extracts from the
Under Milk Wood Suite,
a tribute to Stan Tracey.
The Guildhall
9.00pm
8
A Dozen Stories
The Sunday Chillout with
Mellow Baku and John
Butler
The makers of children’s film, A Dozen
Summers will be staging an event aimed
at children aged 5—8, which takes the
premise of the film and applies it to
reading and storytelling.
The Sunday newspapers are scattered
on the tables. Get yourself a drink,
relax and read the papers at your
leisure while outstanding local
songwriters Mellow Baku and John
Butler sing some of their songs and talk
about how they write them. Mellow
Baku is a celebrated Jazz singer but
doubles up singin soulful songs with the
Friday People. John Butler has 30 years
of song writing behind him, most for
seminal local band Diesel Park West. A
gig not to be missed. The music starts
at 12.30pm and runs through to
3.00pm. The perfect way to ease
yourself into Sunday afternoon.
In A Dozen Summers , the leads see
their real life through different film and
TV styles. In A Dozen Stories, writer and
director Kenton Hall will be writing and
performing short stories live, based on
the children’s ideas. Real-life ideas –
married to different styles of children’s
story.
Phoenix Square
11.00am—12.00pm
enjoy!
House of Verse
The Donkey Bar
12.30pm—3.00pm
The House of Verse is an immersive and
interactive poetry experience aiming to
blur the barrier between people and
the written word. It showcases that
language can appeal to all the senses; it
can be absorbed, located and created.
Graphic Novel Workshop
Whether your interest is gothic, sci-fi or
even your own life story, this workshop
will teach you how to develop
characters, plot and stories and offer
tips on the creative process of
producing your own graphic novel; led
by the award winning illustrator Rachel
Smith and comic publisher Jay Eales.
Phoenix Square
1.00pm—4.00pm
Book via: Phoenix Square
Suitable for 13—18 year olds
It is a collection of 3D instances/
atmospheres/installations to
encapsulate you in the momentary flow
of my words from once ago.
St Martin’s Coffee House
12.00pm—4.00pm
Tickets £2.50/99p
9
The Disappeared: Richard
III, Henry VII and the
Princes in the Tower
Alun Parry Plus Public
Sector
Liverpool folk singer and campaigner
Alun Parry returns to the Musician to
bring us his musical take on life and
politics. With songs about Leicester's
Dirty Thirty miners, imprisoned
Shrewsbury 2 member Des Warren and
a special sing-along David
Cameron song,
Alun always gets
the audience
singing. He will be
joined by the Red
Leicester Choir and
supported by
London based band
Public Sector
whose songs tell stories covering issues
like the shooting of South African
miners.
Join national
author, Leanda
de Lisle, for a
talk, book
signing and
Q&A regarding
her latest publication. Did Richard III
really murder the Princes in the Tower?
The Guildhall
2.00pm
Tickets £6
Infidel Feminism
Dr Laura Schwartz of Warwick
University argues that the relationship
between secularism, religion and the
position of women is of central
importance in the modern world. She
examines the clash between the Church
and feminism in the
nineteenth century
and mentions
Harriet Law; a
feminist and
freethinker who
spoke at the
opening of Secular
Hall in 1881 and after whom
the Society has recently renamed one
of the rooms in the Hall.
The Musician
8.00pm
Tickets £5
Book via: The Musician
Suitable for 16+
Sponsored by National
Union of Teachers
Alun has written a song
especially for Everybody’s
Reading, look out for it on
YouTube!
Secular Hall
6.30pm
Sponsored by Leicester Secular Society
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How do we get young
people reading?
will have an
opportunity
to contribute
to a wall art
panel that
will
celebrate
books and
reading and will be displayed in
libraries.
Belgrave Library
1.00pm—3.00pm
Getting teenagers reading is a challenge
for most parents. This discussion with a
panel of young people from Leicester’s
Young People's Council, chaired by local
author Bali Rai and
City Mayor Sir
Peter Soulsby,
looks at some
possible solutions.
The Tea Rooms in the Town Hall
5.30pm
Members of the audience
will be able to participate
in the discussion.
Sponsored by National
Union of Teachers
Literary Figures on Film
House of Verse
This 90-minute illustrated discussion,
presented by Sue Porter, will feature a
range of films depicting the lives of
great authors and poets. It will
consider the pleasures offered by these
often intimate portrayals. Do these
films add to the often romanticised
reputation of these great literary figures
or do they portray a darker, seedier
side? We will view a range of film clips
from early silent films through to more
recent depictions.
the written word. It showcases the
appeal of language to all the senses; it
can be absorbed, located and created.
It is a collection of 3D instances/
atmospheres/installations to
encapsulate you in the momentary flow
of my words from once ago.
Manhattan 34
6.00pm—10.00pm
Tickets £3
Find out more: bit.ly/houseofverse
Suitable for 18+
Central Library
2.00pm—3.30pm
Free event
Book via: Central Library
11
Sylvia Pankhurst:
Suffragette, socialist and
scourge of the empire
More Warbling from the
Bum and Beyond
More Warbling is
a collection of
poetry and songs
from the pen of
one of Leicester’s
most original
poets and
songwriters...
Steve Cartwright.
Themes covered
include: Loss,
War, Spirituality,
Love, Consumerism and Politics, the
poems are presented by a small group
of reader/actors. These poems are then
interspersed with original songs that
complement the poetry. These will be
performed by Steve on guitar/vocals
and Tonia Sorrell on percussion, along
with Nic and Debbie Morse, Simon
Myhill and Geraint Griffiths. The songs
and poetry are both stimulating and
provocative as well as very very funny
but have no particular target audience
in mind as they relate to humanity in
general. They are not really suitable for
children as some of the poetry is
extreme in terms of language and
content.
Katherine Connelly, author of the most
recent biography of Sylvia Pankhurst,
talks about the impact of this leading
suffragette on the
women's movement,
the early socialist
movement and the
working class press,
as exemplified by
Women's
Dreadnought. A
chance to learn
about women
changing the world.
Secular Hall
7.00pm
Sponsored by Leicester Social Forum
The Petal and The Wire
A new play by
Andy Reeves,
Spark Artist in
Residence at
Southfields Library,
drawing on
original recordings
of Great War veterans and their families
from Leicester and Leicestershire and
developed in conjunction with Leicester
University Oral History unit. This event
will include a discussion on the topics
raised by these powerful memories.
The Musician
8.00pm
Tickets £5
Book via: Steve Cartwright on
0772 622 4317 or
[email protected]
Suitable for 18+
Southfields Library
7.00pm—8.30pm
Book via: Southfields Library
12
The Soldier's Story - A
Writers' Workshop
Booster Cushion Theatre
for Children presents:
Old MacDonald and the
Three Pigs Plus
This workshop, which is aimed at
participating adult writers, looks at how
using First World War memorabilia and
photographs can allow writers to create
storytelling voices. Pictures from
postcards, true stories and items of
dress are meant to inspire, as are
extracts from the author’s own work
based on family and local stories from
the war. Because much of Deborah’s
own writing on the subject came from
the experience of doing workshops with
soldiers’ stories for projects in
Leicestershire, and from family stories
from the East Midlands, the workshop
will also have a ‘local’ feel. So come
along, have a go at writing from the
objects and pictures, and see what sort
of story you can create.
A comical show
weaving the song
“Old MacDonald”
with the story of
“The Three Little
Pigs”. This
colourful show is
ideal for younger
children.
St Barnabas Library
10.00am—11.00am
Book via: St Barnabas Library
New Parks Library
2.00pm—3.00pm
Book via: New Parks Library
Central Library
10.00am—12.00pm
Suitable for 16+
Tickets £1 per child
(parents and
carers are free)
Suitable for 3+
in libraries.
1.00pm—3.00pm
Book via: Beaumont Leys Library
13
Graham Joyce at the
Story Cafe
Women in the Great War
Join Cynthia Brown for a
talk on the
vital role of
women and
their impact
in the First
World War.
Learn about the
craft of writing
and the habits of
the successful
writer, first
hand. Graham
Joyce has
written more
than 20 novels
and been the winner of a
number of literary prizes. He knows
what it takes to succeed as an author.
10.00am—12.00pm
Central Library
2.00pm—3.30pm
Free event
Poetry Posse Takes to
Leicester Streets
Pinggg…K!
Health and Beauty
A women only session for those who
are interested in health and beauty;
including demonstrations of mendhi
(henna art), nail
art, eyebrow
threading and
facials.
Attendees
will also have
a chance to
learn the correct
way to drape a sari, try out basic
yoga and other health demonstrations.
Books about beauty and healthy living
will also be exhibited.
Highfields Library
1.00pm—3.00pm
Free event
Book via: Highfields Library
Di-Versify: Poetry Posse led by
2FunkyArts, Global Hands, BeatTheBox,
and Pinggg…K! take to the Streets of
Leicester … be there… Beaumont Leys
Shopping Precinct near the Leisure
Centre at 4.00pm and then Celebrate
the Event… Duffy’s Bar at 7.30pm.
Public Performance is for Everyone in
Our Beautiful City.
Beaumont Leys Shopping Precinct/
Duffy’s Bar
4.00pm—7.30pm
Suitable for 16+
14
House of Verse
the written word.
Full information on page 9.
Manhattan 34
6.00pm—10.00pm
Tickets £3
Find out more: bit.ly/houseofverse
Suitable for 18+
Burning Books - Jess
Green and the Mischief
Makers plus music from
KGB Jazz
Local poet Jess Green brings her
Edinburgh Festival words and music
show 'Burning Books' back home. Over
300,000 people have seen Jess’s hit
'Dear Mr Gove' rap poem online and it
now features this
extended take on
the state of
education, all set to
a musical
soundtrack from
the Mischief
Makers.
Then settle back and listen to
some classic jazz tracks like
'Cry Me a River' and
'Summertime', plus band
compositions from the
wonderful KGB jazz.
The Musician, 8.00pm
Tickets £3
Book via: The Musician
Suitable for 16+
Sponsored by NUT
What would I have done
in WW1?
Come and take part in an exciting
intergenerational workshop where you
can act out your opposition or support
for WW1 as if you were alive at the
time. We will explore concepts of
resistance, shame and sacrifice, both
then and now, through a mixture of
drama, poetry and discussion.
This event is a part of the 'Memories in
Conflict' project, which is looking at
resistance in WW1 and the impact of
the war on future generations, and is in
partnership with QE drama department
and students. It is open to everyone.
Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College
7.00pm - 9.00pm
Suitable for 10+
The Poetry of the Great
American Song Book
Come to an evening of jazz with the
Jazz Co-op featuring words and music
from The Great American Song Book.
These soulful tunes and poetic lyrics
have been, and still are, an essential
part of the jazz vocabulary. Jazz
greats from Louis Armstrong to
Ella Fitzgerald have played this
unique repertoire, breathing
new life into the tunes and
words with each performance.
Also, catch up on the jazz
biography – a unique literary
genre charting the brilliance and
tragedy of our jazz heroes.
Regent Club, 8.00pm
Tickets £3, Suitable for 16+
15
Booster Cushion Theatre
for Children presents:
Three Pigs Plus
lead by Linda
Harding
(Leicester
Museums).
Participants
will learn
techniques
which will result
in a beautiful book wrap to take home
and will have an opportunity to
contribute to a wall art panel that will
celebrate books and reading and will be
displayed in libraries.
A comical show
weaving the song
“Old MacDonald”
with the story of
“The Three Little
Pigs”. This
colourful show is
ideal for younger
children.
Belgrave Library
10.00am—11.00am
Highfields Library
1.00pm—3.00pm
Book via: Highfields Library
Hamilton Library
2.00pm—3.00pm
Book via: Hamilton Library
Turning a New Page
Tickets £1 per child
(parents and carers are free)
Suitable for 3+
If you are an adult that has or is
recovering from a mental illness or is a
carer of someone who has a mental
illness, come and join a relaxed
afternoon of creative collage bookmark
making with a chance to browse
through some mood boosting books
and quick reads and an opportunity to
join Leicester City Libraries.
Network For Change (Resource Centre)
2.00pm—4.00pm
Book via:
[email protected]
or 07944 157 692
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Meet Bali Rai
Michael Rosen
Good Ideas
Come and hear local author Bali Rai talk
about his experiences of being a writer,
ask any question you want.
Come and hear acclaimed author
Michael Rosen
talk about his
new book, Good
Ideas - How to Be
Your Child’s (and
Your Own) Best
Teacher’, which is
all about making
learning much
more fun.
Bali’s debut novel, (un)arranged
marriage, was published in 2001 to
fantastic reviews; he has since written
numerous
popular books
for children
and young
people.
Bali enjoys
the honest
feedback from
readers he meets; if you are one of the
more eccentric ones you may find
yourself turning up as a character in his
next book!
Michael was Children's Laureate
between 2007 and 2009 and
has presented Radio 4's Word
of Mouth since 1996. His
monthly 'Dear Mr Gove' letter
in the Guardian has become required
reading for parents and teachers. He
has a PhD in
Education, as well
as being a
Professor of
Children's
Literature at
Goldsmiths,
Celebrating 25 years
University of
of We’re Going on a
London.
Bear Hunt in 2014
Bali will also be signing books, which
will be available at a reduced price.
Leicester College, Abbey Park Campus
5.30pm—7.00pm
Free event
Book via: Leicester College
Suitable for 16+
Michael Rosen is an acclaimed poet,
and author of many popular books,
including We're Going on a Bear Hunt,
which has sold over 8,000,000 copies.
Hansom Hall,6.00pm—8.00pm
Tickets £4, Suitable for all ages
Book via: bit.ly/magicteapot
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Launch of Crime Scene
A Different World – A
Poetry Workshop
Britain and Ireland: A
Reader's Guide
Open to all, this event will explore
different perspectives on the world
through reading and writing poetry.
This could include different cultures,
times, possibilities. Bring a poem, read
a poem, hear others’ poems or write a
poem on the day.
John Martin will introduce his new book
for crime fiction readers– a regional
look at the vital settings of crime
novels,
contemporary and
historical, in
Britain and Ireland.
A lifelong crime
reader – If John
hasn’t read it, it
isn’t crime fiction!
Everybody is welcome, whether they
have written a poem before or this is
their first attempt. We anticipate
producing a booklet of the day’s writing
for participants if they wish.
The Tangent Poets were originally
formed from a group of people who
met at poetry workshops at Curve. We
meet on a monthly basis to share our
poetry and we welcome new members.
Westcotes Library
7.00pm—8.30pm
Free event
Book via: Westcotes Library
Curve Theatre (Seminar Room B)
6.00pm—8.00pm
Book via: Curve
Poetry Workshop Open to
All Women
Soundswrite is an open group for all
women with an enthusiasm for poetry.
In conjunction with Soundswrite, Jane
Commane, poet and editor of Nine
Arches Press, will lead ‘Sketches for
Dreams’, a 2.5 hour poetry writing
workshop based around dreams. The
workshop is free and open to all
women.
The event is aimed at adults. Children
must be accompanied by an adult
Friends Meeting House
7.00pm—9.30pm
Book via: 0116 270 2661 or
[email protected]
Women Only
Suitable for 16+
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Oh, Whistle…Two ghost
stories by M R James,
performed by R M Lloyd
Parry
The Queen and I - Sue
Townsend Remembered
A celebration of the
book The Queen and I
by Leicester writer
Sue Townsend, with a
setting inspired by the
area surrounding
Southfields (Pork Pie)
Library. This will be performed in the
style of a radio play.
M R James is acknowledged as the
master of the English Ghost Story. He
first performed his supernatural tales to
friends at Christmas in King’s College,
Cambridge. Now Nunkie Theatre
Company have brought two of these
unforgettable spine chillers back to life.
Southfields Library
7.30pm
Free event—voluntary donations will
be welcome on the night
Book via: Southfields Library or
www.stagelefttheatre.co.uk
Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My
Lad a tale of nocturnal horror on the
Suffolk coast – is considered by many to
be James’s masterpiece. It is beautifully
complemented here by The Ash Tree, a
story of witchcraft and vengeance down
the generations.
“Lloyd Parry catches the sense of dread
that gives James his originality.”
The Times
The Guildhall
7.30pm
Tickets £5
Women's Words
Women singers and poets share the
joys (and occasional sorrows) of being a
woman. With Liz Gray, Tracy Tierney,
Jess Green, Ola Szmidt and The Fallers.
A night to celebrate the creativity of
women.
The Crumblin' Cookie
8.00pm
Suitable for 16+
Find out more: bit.ly/the-cookie
Sponsored by NUT
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“In Our Own Write”
The Donkey Book Group
All Quiet on the Western
Front
Come and join Evington Scribblers
Writing Group for biscuits and a cup of
tea or coffee. Relax and listen to our
stories and poems on the theme of
'Memories' or, even better, join in and
read your own response to the theme.
Pieces should be no more than 500
words and can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, funny, sad, scary...
On the centenary of the First World
War, the Donkey Book Group discusses
a book that offered a different take on
the war. All Quiet on the Western Front
was written by Erich Maria Remarque,
who fought as an infantryman in the
German army. He made no attempt to
glamorise war or to give it a moral
purpose; instead, his dedication was to
a “generation of men who, even though
they escaped the shells, were destroyed
by war." We will be talking about
Remarque's book and what the First
World War means to us.
Free parking in nearby Evington Park.
Evington Library
10.30am—12.30pm
Free event
Book via: Evington Library
The Donkey Book Group is open to all.
The Donkey Bar
5.30pm
in libraries.
New Parks Library
1.00pm—3.00pm
Book via: New Parks Library
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WORD! Presents:
A 'Dead Local'
National Poetry Day EXTRAVAGANZA!
Dead Local WORD!
Shop...with Andrew
‘Mulletproof’ Poet
Are you feeling zombified? Acclaimed
performance poet and
Dawn of the Unread
collaborator, Andrew
‘Mulletproof’ Graves
is. Join him in a poetry
workshop with a gory
twist! In a series of
practical exercises, he
will help you strip
away the flesh and explore the very
bones of creative writing, structure and
form. Don’t allow those poems to die,
let those long forgotten ideas come
bursting from the grave. Bring a pen,
some paper and a weapon of your
choice – the apocalypse is only a few
words away…
WORD! presents an extravaganza of
'dead local’ writers with Dawn of the
Unread, the Brothellian
Movement and Leicester
Adult Skills and Learning
Service. Celebrate reading,
local literary heritage,
WORD!‘s 13th Birthday and
2014 National Poetry Day
theme, ‘Remember’. Come
and workshop, perform
and party across the day and night…
Dead Local WORD!...with
David Stickman Higgins
Come on down to
this gala edition of
WORD! - with
David Stickman
Higgins and
Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves. Listen to
top class work and share your own;
inspired by dead writers, undead
people, birthdays - anything goes! David
Stickman Higgins is a world class poet,
percussionist, actor, educator and
conceptual artist . He has been
commissioned by Channel 4 and
performed internationally.
Leicester Adult Education College
2.00pm—4.00pm
Book via:
[email protected]
Find out more: bit.ly/wordpoetry or
bit.ly/unreaddawn
7.00pm (performers sign up 6.00pm)
Tickets £5/£3
Book via: Leicester Adult Education
College
Parental Guidance
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The Poetry Brothel
Crime: location, location,
location
Following WORD! attend an
'Intimate Poetry
Brothel' the original
Brothellian
showcase.
Founded in
Brighton and
hosted all
over the
world, the
Poetry
Brothel
provides
discerning punters with the opportunity
to receive an intimate, one-to-one
reading with a hand-selected 'Poetry
Whore' of their choice.
This year's crime
fiction debate
focuses on the use
and importance of
location. Urban or
rural, claustrophobic
or isolated, location
can work almost as a
character in its own
right. Joining us in conversation with
Alan Seaman will be novelists Elly
Griffiths, whose protagonist Dr Ruth
Galloway lives on the North Norfolk
coast, local author M P Wright, whose
debut crime noir novel Heartman was
published in July and John Martin,
author of a new book on the topic of
crime locations. Followed by Q and A.
Satta Hashem Hall
9.00pm
Find out more:
www.graysonscarnival.com
Suitable for 18+
Central Library
6.30pm—8.00pm
Tickets £2 (library members) &
£3 (non-members)
Everybody’s Reading
The Film
Throughout the summer our BRITE
Ambassadors have been
hunting down readers around
the city and with the help of
Jayne Williams, artist in
residence at the BRITE Centre,
and a professional film company, have
created a short film for the festival.
The grand premier screening of a film
by ‘BRITE Readers’ as part of the
Imaginative Spaces partnership
between The Spark Arts for Children
and Leicester Libraries. What do you
think were the craziest places that we
found people reading?
The BRITE Centre
6.00pm
Book via: The BRITE Centre
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Love The Life You Live…
Live the Life You Love
Literary Leicester Guided
Walking Tour
Sharing New
Choreopoem Text by
Carol Leeming FRSA – A
Reading & Q&A
Free walking Tour of Literary Leicester
by experienced Blue Badge guide Ken
Wheatley.
The tour will last between 75-90
minutes and take literary enthusiasts
around the centre of town, the
Newarke and the northern half of the
City.
Love The Life You
Live… Live the Life
You Love is a new,
compelling and
likely controversial
choreopoem
narrative about
Martin, a Shop
Window Dresser of mixed heritage and
a gay man, who recounts a strange
encounter on a night out in the St.
George’s area of Leicester.
Suitable for anyone looking to explore
undiscovered literary Leicester.
Families with pushchairs and
wheelchair users welcome!
Meet on the square outside Town Hall
7.00pm
Poetry Workshop Open to
All Women
It is also the second part of a trilogy, by
local writer Carol Leeming FRSA, the
first part of which was performed
onstage as part of the 2012 Cultural
Olympiad. The performance attracted
and enthralled packed audiences over
two nights at Curve, as well as gaining
glowing accolades and reviews from
arts cultural leaders. So, be the first to
attend this exclusive and unique event,
which provides an exciting preview and
a chance to share a work in progress by
an engaging , distinctive and cutting
edge writer.
Soundswrite is an open group for all
women with an enthusiasm for poetry.
In conjunction with Soundswrite, Cathy
Grindrod, awardwinning Derbyshirebased poet, will
lead a themed 2.5
hour poetry
writing workshop.
The workshop is
free, and open to all women.
7.00pm—9.30pm
Book via: 0116 270 2661 or
[email protected]
Women Only
Suitable for 16+
Embrace Arts
7.00pm—9.00pm
Suitable for 15+
Commissioned by Affective Digital
Histories: Centre for New Writing
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Waugh and Words:
Party like it’s 1929!
Forget Me Not – The
Alzheimer’s Whodunit
Come to the ‘Old
Hundreth’ and
celebrate with the
Evelyn Waugh
Book Group as we
read extracts from
our favourite Waugh books, ranging
from the black comedy of A Handful of
Dust to bittersweet Brideshead
Revisited. Sip authentic cocktails like
Waugh’s own ‘mulled claret’ whilst
wearing your own 20s-themed glad
rags. Nibbles provided.
A murder mystery set on an Alzheimer’s
ward. Solo poetry show by Rob Gee,
who just completed a sold out run
across Canada. Never performed in
Leicester. Target audience: people
interested in crime/
mystery, mental
health, ageing/
dementia, poetry,
storytelling or
comedy. FMN
introduces people
interested in
different art forms to live literature.
Waugh fans welcome but this will be
designed as a light-hearted introduction
to the author, so no previous
knowledge necessary.
8.00pm
Tickets £8/£6
Book via: bit.ly/forget-western
or The Western
Suitable for 16+
The Crumblin' Cookie
7.00pm
Book via: bit.ly/party1929
Suitable for 18+
Dawson Smith & The Exiles performing songs
from The Cordell Collection
Come and enjoy
Dawson Smith &The
Exiles performing
songs from The
Cordell Collection.
took place in Wales during the terrible
working conditions and political
struggles at the beginning of The
Industrial Revolution (and Unionism).
The songs are based
on Alexander Cordell’s
epic 'Welsh' novels
including Rape Of The Fair Country and
Hosts of Rebecca.
Cordell’s books are works of historical
fiction based on the real events which
The Donkey
8.30pm
Tickets £3
Suitable for 18+
www.thedonkeybar.com
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Community Reading
‘Stand Up For Your
Rights!’ Rebellious
Writing Workshop
Current adult learners from the Layton
Road and Evington Road areas have
worked together to compile two books
– one about favourite recipes and one
about folk tales from their respective
communities. These have been printed
and will be launched at this event at
Layton Training Centre.
Come to ‘Stand Up For Your Rights!’, a
rebellious writing workshop around the
theme of Human Rights.
The workshop is open to all, but
particularly welcome are: mental health
service users, members of The Militant
Seagulls Rebellious Writer’s Group,
members of the LGBT community and
first timers.
Contributors will be invited to read their
own entries at the launch, hopefully in
community costumes, and copies of
both books will be available.
Following the workshop, an anthology
of the work will be produced. This will
feature as part of the Human Rights and
Arts Festival taking place in December
2014.
Layton Training Centre
11.30am
Book via: Amisha Solanki on
0116 276 0469
Children need to be accompanied by
an adult
Embrace Arts
2.00pm—4.00pm
Suitable for mature children & adults
Adult Dyslexia Reading
Group
Great Leicester Book Quiz
Come and join us at this special
Everybody’s Reading Festival session at
Central Library where you can find out
more about our group, meet the
friendly supportive team of tutors and
other members who can guide you and
help with your reading skills.
Four teams of three compete for the
honour of, well, just winning the
second Great Leicester Book Quiz.
Comedians vs English Teachers, Book
Groups vs Librarians, then the two
winners go head to head to prove
themselves the city’s best bookworms.
Be entertained, be educated, be
astonished, be there.
Central Library
1.15pm—2.45pm
Find out more:
www.dyslexicbuddies.org.uk
Suitable for 16+
The Criterion Free House
7.00pm
Suitable for 18+
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Magic Teapot presents :
David Crystal
English accents: past,
present and future
WORD! Presents: Maria
and The Mullet…
WORD! presents a one
night only double bill of
two powerful poets.
Andrew ‘Mulletproof’
Graves: "Blisteringly
brilliant. One of the
funniest and sharpest
stand-up poetry sets I
have ever seen." - Anna Saunders
(Cheltenham Poetry Festival Coordinator). Maria Taylor:
"Enjoyable, engaging,
serious but
unpretentious, confident
and well crafted...a voice
that is good to listen to
because it sees so much"
- Peter Sansom.
The night will be
compered by poet and
performer, Lydia Towsey,
and will feature guest performances
from rising stars Shruti Chauhan, James
Mcatear and Jitendra Bhatt.
A new book out in October, You say
potato, by David and Ben Crystal
explores the world of English accents. In
this talk David explains the history,
present state and likely future of
accents in Britain,
and recalls a time,
ten years ago, when
Leicester's accents
were given special
media attention.
David is honorary
professor of
linguistics at the
University of Bangor
and author of over a hundred books on
many areas of language and linguistics.
Bishop Street Methodist Church
6.00pm—8.00pm
Ticket: £5
Book via: bit.ly/magic-teapot
7.30pm
Tickets £8/£6
Book via: http://bit.ly/maria-mullet or
The Western
Suitable for 14+
More info: bit.ly/wordpoetry
Bishop Street Methodist Church
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The Everybody's Reading
Nostalgia Night with a DJ
session from Bali Rai and
live music from the
Psychedelic Filberts
Bounce offers an environment where
people respect local songwriters and
listen hard to lyrics and the feel of the
song.
8.00pm - Open Mic with a bouncy
twist... Play only one song at a time, but
go up as many times as you like!
Music makes the world go round and
the lyrics stay with you forever. At this
celebration of the 60s and 70s we're
going for classics. Starting just after
8.00pm, local author Bali Rai plays his
favourite reggae tracks and talks about
“What reggae means to me”. Then
those masters of the sixties vibe, the
Psychedelic Filberts, take us on a tour of
all that was best in the progression
from Merseybeat to the Summer of
Love and beyond. Moby Grape, Love,
the Move, Buffalo Springfield and the
Hollies will all be included.
9.30pm - The selected featured acts
(Meri Everitt and Kevin Hewick)
perform one song each in turn playing
off the mood of the last song...
Bounce is a great opportunity for
songwriters to delve into what their
songs mean, bring out forgotten songs
from the past and sing songs not to
keep people happy but because they
are the right songs to sing.
Hansom Hall
7.30pm—11.00pm
Access enquiries:
[email protected]
Tickets £3/£1
Book via: bit.ly/bounce-leicester
Tickets also available at the event.
Suitable for 14+
The Donkey
8.00pm
Just turn up and enjoy!
Free before 9.00pm, £3 after
Suitable for 18+
Sponsored by NUT
BOUNCE – Songwriters'
Evening Event
BOUNCE - an acoustic music event with
a difference, where songwriters bounce
off the back of the last person’s song
finding a link based on the song's lyrics
or mood of the song. This night can go
anywhere and will lift your spirits and
make you feel alive and inspired!
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A Walk with Susanna
Watts
Toddler Tales –
Butterflies, Bugs,
Caterpillars and Creepy
Crawlies
Discover Leicester’s past through a
guided walk which commemorates two
of the city’s most famous women
writers: Susanna Watts (1786-1842),
author of the first guidebook
to Leicester, and her friend,
the abolitionist campaigner
Elizabeth Heyrick (1769-1831).
Join us, with your little one, for a
storytelling and craft session - all about
bugs, butterflies and creepy crawlies!
Tales will include: What the Ladybird
Heard, The Very
Hungry Caterpillar,
The Snail Trail, I
love Bugs, Is that a
Butterfly? and
Norman the Slug
with a silly Shell.
The circular walk will begin outside
Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel
10.30am
Find out more: E-mail Rebecca
Shuttleworth at [email protected]
There is fun to be had with paper
plates, pom poms and pipe cleaners to
make your own assortment of bugs,
ladybirds and the Hungry Caterpillar.
Stitch the ‘t’s and dot the
‘i’s – super sewing
sessions
11.15am – 12.15pm and
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Book via: Beaumont Leys Library
Suitable for 2 - 4 year olds who must
be accompanied by an adult
Using cross stitch and
simple embroidery
stitches, children (7 years+)
will create their very own
unique and colourful
stitched bookmark using
designs around the theme
St Barnabas Library
11.00am—12.30pm and
1.00pm—2.30pm
Free event, booking is
essential
Book via: St Barnabas Library
Suitable for children 7+
(parents welcome to come
along and help their children)
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Beat and Beyond from
around the world....
Jess Green
Local Poet Jess Green will lead a
workshop to encourage young people
to write about themselves, their
neighbourhoods, friends, families and
more.
Concrete Meat Press in association with
Magic Teapot presents 'Beat and
Beyond’ featuring Jim Burns, Adrian
Manning and Michael Curran plus short
films featuring post-beat poets. Jim
Burns’ first poems appeared in 1962
and he has continued to be an active
voice in poems, stories, reviews and
articles about beats, bohemia and jazz.
He edited Move
(1964-1968) and
Plantar (19761983). His articles
continue to appear
in magazines such
as Beat Scene.
This free event
will consist of 90
minutes
writing/
performance skills
workshop and 30 minutes showcase of
work for families and friends to attend.
Rushey Mead Library
1.30pm—3.30pm
Book via: Rushey Mead Library
Changing Spaces, Trading
Places
Adrian Manning is a poet
from Leicester. He is also editor of
Concrete Meat Press. Michael Curran is
a poet and publisher from London. His
Tangerine Press has published books by
Billy Childish and William Wantling.
We’ll use photos and text to think
about migration to Leicester in the
1970s, the industry of the City at that
time and the changes those industries
have undergone in recent years.
The Musician
12.00pm—2.30pm
Tickets £5/£3
Book via: bit.ly/magic-teapot
Suitable for 14+
Participants will have the chance to
record their own memories and
experiences of change in words or
drawings and for those memories to be
included in an online photo-film.
Also, they’ll receive a copy of the
Changing Spaces, Trading Places project
book.
Cross Corners Art Centre
2.00pm—4.00pm
Find out more:
bit.ly/ccreatives
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Workshops
The Dark Side: Gothic
tales from Germany
Would you like to hone your writing
skills? Polish your performances? Have
you always wanted to read your writing
on stage?
These events will take place in the
newly refurbished German
Expressionist gallery.
Come and explore German horror
stories of the 19th and 20th century
and contemporary children’s gothic
stories.
Upstairs at the Western
2.00pm—5.00pm
Free event, booking essential.
Book via: http://bit.ly/upstairs-western
Find out more: [email protected]
Suitable for 16+
2.00pm to 4.00pm Readings of German
and British short vampire stories and
poems e.g., Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight
series and Goethe’s Bride of Corinth.
4.30pm to 5.00pm Brief introduction to
the history of vampires.
Harry Paterson talk on his
book Look Back in Anger
5.00pm to 6.30pm screening of
Nosferatu with accompanying
soundtrack.
Author Harry Paterson chose the 30th
anniversary of the miners’ strike to
release his book Look Back in Anger.
Beginning with a history of the mining
industry, it then focuses on the events
of 1984/5 and the careful machinations
that brought the so-called Union of
Democratic Mineworkers into being as
the first ever strike breaking union. The
book is aptly named - to read it is to get
mad - both at what happened back
then and at the fact that it’s still
happening now.
New Walk Museum
2.00pm—7.00pm
Suitable for 13—17 year olds
D. A. Prince & Jayne
Stanton: Poetry Event
A joint HappenStance/Soundswrite
Press book launch. Come and enjoy
high-quality new poetry from two wellrespected East Midlands poets. D.A.
Prince reads from her second
collection, Common Ground, and Jayne
Stanton from her first poetry pamphlet,
Beyond the Tune.
Secular Hall
3.00pm
Sponsored by Leicester Social Forum
3.00pm—4.30pm
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Sathnam Sanghera
The Song of the Soar
Award winning writer Sathnam
Sanghera will be talking about his first
novel, Marriage Material, which tells
the story of three generations of a
family through the prism of a
Wolverhampton corner shop – itself a
microcosm of the South Asian
experience. This is an epic tale of family,
love and politics, told with humour,
tenderness and
insight.
The film is a journey along the River
Soar from its source, near Hinckley, to
the outflow into the Trent, stopping off
at the towns and villages along the river
to learn about interesting features,
people, history, heritage and culture.
The Font
6pm
Free event, just
turn up and enjoy!
Suitable for 18+
This is the first film focusing upon this
local treasure and was written and
produced by local artists. The film runs
for 80 minutes.
Greenbird Promotions Presents:
The Adventures of Andy
Kershaw
Before the showing of the film there
will be 35 minutes of folk canal/sea
songs performed by Dragonhead with
Brian Langtry.
Andy Kershaw has won more Sony
awards than any other radio
broadcaster, worked for Billy Bragg and
The Rolling
Stones, shared
an office with
the late great
John Peel for
twelve years
and possesses
a music collection that weighs more
than seven tons! All this and more is
detailed in his autobiography, No Off
Switch, which he will have for sale and
signing.
Secular Hall
7.30pm
Book via: 01530 416251.
Suitable for 14+
Find out more: bit.ly/lproductions
Join him and hear more about the
amazing life of “Britain’s finest
broadcaster, bar none.” - Stephen Fry
The Y Theatre
7.30pm, Tickets £12
Book via: The Y Theatre
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tales from Germany
Smiling beyond Salvation
The idea of the poetry night ‘Smiling
beyond Salvation’, is the result of
linguistic discussions between local
poet Jo Twist and Magdalena
Korytkowska, who worked together to
create a unique translation of
Szymborska’s poetry (fresh English
translation alongside the Polish
original). They would like to share their
discoveries and observation with you.
The Nobel Prize winner’s poems are
shown in a completely different light
than ever before.
These events will take place in the
newly refurbished German
Expressionist
gallery.
Come and
explore
German
horror stories
of the 19th
and 20th
century and
contemporary
children’s
gothic stories.
2.00pm to 4.00pm Reading of early
years and children’s Gothic stories e.g.
Funny Bones
4.00pm to 5.00pm Ghost hide and seek
in the museum.
New Walk Museum
2.00pm—7.00pm
Suitable for early years and families
This event is created for people from all
social backgrounds, not only for poetry
fans. Come and enjoy the game of
words.
Richard Bonfield
Duffy’s Bar
5.00pm
Tickets £3
All proceeds from tickets will go to
LOROS
Book via:
[email protected]
Poetry readings from the awardwinning Richard Bonfield – in affiliation
with the Born Free Foundation.
Including an information point and Q&A
with Richard.
The Guildhall
2.30pm
Free event, donations welcome
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Alan Gibbons, Attila The
Stockbroker and Don’t
Blame Da Youth — 100
years of The Ragged
Upper Brown Street
6.00pm
Tickets £5
Book via: 07432 607 532
All ages welcome - may be some strong
language
Trousered Philanthropists
Come and find out why The Ragged
Trousered Philanthropists still inspires
great passion and affection a century
after it was first published.
Frank Owen, the book’s hero, is a
socialist who believes that capitalism is
the real source of the poverty he sees
all around him. In vain he tries to
convince his fellow workers, but their
education has trained them to distrust
their own thoughts and to rely on those
of their ‘betters’...
Everybody’s Reading
‘Celebration of Spoken
Word’ open mic night
This event is open to all. If you enjoyed
our workshops (see Writing for
Performance Workshops on 21st
September and 4th October) then why
not add your voice to Leicester’s vibrant
writing community, sign up for an open
mic slot and enjoy the 100% legal high
of performing your work in front of a
paying audience.
7.30pm
Tickets £3
Book via: The Western, from the Box
Office 30 minutes before the
performance or via http://bit.ly/
upstairs-western
Suitable for 16+
This entertaining night has something
for everyone; children’s author Alan
Gibbons will speak about his passion for
the book and Can’t Blame Da Youth, a
local youth drama group, will perform
the book’s famous scene, ‘The Great
Money Trick’.
Renowned performance poet Attila the
Stockbroker will talk about his passion
for the book, performing a set based on
it, and the audience will be able to
participate and share their views.
The book itself will be on sale at a very
reasonable price.
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The Miller’s Tale with the
Irish Literature and Celtic
Music Night
This energetic one-man
show is a mad
mediaeval musical
monologue of poetry,
comedy, song and the
occasional dance! This
fabulous fun-filled fable
from the famous
Canterbury Tales is
performed with the help of Bob Dylan
songs and other classics. Folk singer
Pete Morton keeps close to the original
text, whilst making it accessible to a
contemporary audience.
Following on from last year’s fun and
successful ‘Jigs, Reels and James Joyce’,
please join us for some more great and
thought-provoking Irish poetry and
literature.
Songs of Bob Dylan
Music will also be provided from the
much praised Celtic sounds of Malarkey,
featuring Steve Wainwright.
So, for those of you wanting to widen
your interest in Irish literature, mixed
with a great Ceilidh, the craic is
guaranteed.
The Donkey
8.00pm
Suitable for 18+
The Guildhall
8.00pm
Tickets £6
Westcotes Library Events
Three the Westcotes Way
Sunday 28th Sept , Friday 3rd Oct
and Sunday 5th Oct
1.00pm to 3.00pm
Young Readers Group
Wednesday 1st October
4.00pm to 5.00pm
Westcotes History Group
Friday 3rd October
10.00am to 12noon
Rattling Book Challenge
Monday 29th Sept
1.00pm to 3.00pm
World War One Words
Saturday 4th October
10.15am to 3.00pm
Poetry Tea Table
Monday 29th Sept - Friday 3rd Oct
3.00-4.00pm
All events are free
Find out more: Westcotes Library (0116
299 5510) or bit.ly/westcotes
Crime Readers Group
Tuesday 30th Sept
10.00am to 1.00pm
Turning Pages - Westcotes Book Group
Wednesday Oct 1st
1.30pm to 3.30pm
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Supporting WiT to get everybody reading in
Leicester’s schools
Everybody’s Reading is delighted to support a
diverse programme of 2014 School Festival
Reading Events and Activities, ranging from
Bedtime Stories to Author Visits, Fairy
Reading Circles to Bear Hunts.
We are looking forward to a series of fun and
creative events taking place at Stokes Wood
Primary School, Humberstone Infants,
Mayflower Primary, Catherine Juniors,
Glebelands Primary, Taylor Road Primary
School, Crown Hills Community College,
Inglehurst Juniors, Braunstone Community
Primary, Overdale Infant School and The
Cooke E-Learning Foundation.
Festival guides will be in schools from the start of the
New School Year and there are loads of events taking
place for children and families. We request that you
please encourage your pupils to take a Festival guide
home to share with their families. If you require
additional copies, please contact a member of the team
on 0116 299 5977 or email [email protected].
Festival posters and flyers will available to download from
www.everybodysreading.co.uk.
The Everybody’s Reading team wishes schools the very
best with their events!
For more information about Whatever it Takes (WiT)
email [email protected] or
call 0116 299 5940
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Aylestone Library at Aylestone Leisure Centre, 2
Knighton Lane East, Leicester, LE2 6LU, 0116 233
3040
Beaumont Leys Library, 25 Beaumont Way,
Leicester, LE4 1DS, 0116 299 5460
Beaumont Leys Shopping Precinct, 25 Beaumont
Way, Leicester, LE4 1DS,
0116 235 2561
Belgrave Library, Cossington Street, Leicester,
LE4 6JD, 0116 299 5500
Bishop Street Methodist Church, 10a Bishop
Street, Town Hall Square, Leicester, LE1 6AF,
0116 255 4111
Central Library, Bishop Street, Leicester,
LE1 6AF, 0116 299 5401
Cross Corners Art Centre, Thurcaston Road,
Leicester, LE4 5PF, 0116 261 2730
Curve Theatre (Seminar Room B), 60 Rutland
Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB, 0116 242 3595
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester,
LE1 7RU, 0116 233 3111
Duffy's Bar, 18 Pocklington's Walk, Leicester,
LE1 6BU, 0116 255 5717
Embrace Arts, 35 Lancaster Road, Leicester,
LE1 7HA, 0116 252 2455
Evington Library, 200 Evington Lane, Leicester,
LE5 6DH, 0116 221 1286
Fosse Centre, Mantle Street, Leicester, LE3 5HG,
0116 222 1888
Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road,
Leicester, LE2 1WP
Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel, 45E Bond
Street, Leicester, LE1 4SX, 01509 812236
Hamilton Library, 20 Maidenwell Avenue,
Leicester, LE5 1BL, 0116 221 2790
Hansom Hall, Leicester Adult Education College,
2 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HL,
07500 900737
Highfields Library, 98 Melbourne Road,
Leicester, LE2 0DS, 0116 299 5494
Layton Training Centre, 9 Layton Road, Leicester,
LE5 0PU, 0116 276 04669
Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington
Street, Leicester, LE1 6HL, 0116 454 1900
Leicester College, Abbey Park Campus, Painter
Street, Leicester, LE1 3WA, 0116 224 2240
Manhattan 34, 34 Rutland Street, The Cultural
Quarter, Leicester, LE1 1RD, 0116 262 8855
Network For Change (Resource Centre), 150 –
152 London Road, Leicester, LE2 1ND,
0116 247 0335
New Parks Library, 321 Aikman Avenue,
Leicester, LE3 9PY, 0116 229 8200
New Walk Museum, 53 New Walk, Leicester,
LE1 7EA, 0116 225 4900
Phoenix Square , 4 Midland Street, Leicester,
LE1 1TG,0116 242 2800
Regent Club, 102 Regent Road, Leicester,
LE1 7DA, 0116 223 8006
Rushey Mead Library, Lockerbie Avenue,
Leicester, LE4 7ZX, 0116 266 5112
Satta Hashem Hall, Leicester Adult Education
College, 2 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HL
Secular Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester,
LE1 1WB, 07722782787
Southfields Library, Saffron Lane, Leicester,
LE2 6QS, 0116 299 5480
St Barnabas Library, French Road, Leicester,
LE5 4AH, 0116 299 5450
St Martin’s Coffee House, 2 – 6 Martins Walk,
Leicester, LE1 5DG, 0116 251 2879
The BRITE Centre, Braunstone Avenue, Leicester,
LE3 1LE, 0116 299 5476
The Criterion Free House , 44 Millstone Lane,
Leicester, LE1 5JN, 0116 262 5418
The Crumblin' Cookie, 68 High Street, Leicester,
LE1 5YP, 0116 253 1212
The Donkey, 203 Welford Road, Leicester,
LE2 6BH, 0116 270 5042
The Font, 52 Gateway Street, Leicester,
LE2 7DP, 0116 319 8875
The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester,
LE1 5FQ, 0116 2532569
The Musician, 42 Crafton Street West, Leicester,
LE1 2DE, 0116 251 0080
The Tea Rooms in the Town Hall, Town Hall
Square, Every Street, Leicester, LE1 6AG
The Y Theatre, 7 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6EY,
0116 255 7066
Town Hall, Town Hall Square, Every Street,
Leicester, LE1 6AG
Upper Brown Street, 16 Upper Brown Street,
Leicester, LE1 5TE
Upstairs at The Western, 70 Western Road,
Leicester, LE3 0GA
Westcotes Library, Narborough Road, Leicester,
LE3 0BQ, 0116 299 5510
Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College,
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RJ,
0116 247 1147
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Monday 15th September
Tuesday 16th September
Friday 19th September
Sunday 21st September
Workshops
Monday 22nd September
Tuesday 23rd September
Thursday 25th September
Literature at Lunchtime
with Dr Jane Mackay
Friday 26th September
Saturday 27th September
Bring Your Story to Life
with Puppets
Toddler Tales
Belgrave
Library
1.00pm3.00pm
Beaumont
Leys Library
1.00pm3.00pm
New Parks
Library
1.00pm3.00pm
Upstairs at
The Western
2.00pm5.00pm
Belgrave
Library
1.00pm3.00pm
Beaumont
Leys Library
1.00pm3.00pm
De Montfort
Hall
12.30pm
St Barnabas
Library
1.00pm3.00pm
Aylestone
Library at
Aylestone
Leisure
Centre
De Montfort
Hall
10.00am1.00pm
Story Build
St Barnabas
Library
Central
Library
BRITE Centre
and
Children’s
Bookbus
Fosse Centre
12.00pm5.00pm
12.30pm2.30pm
1.00pm3.00pm
Duffy's Bar
2.00pm5.00pm
Death and some poems,
with Maxine Linnell and
Alison Dunne
Launch of People's Art
Collective, Leicester
4.30pm
2.00pm3.00pm
2.30pm
The Guildhall
7.15pm
The Guildhall
9.00pm
The Guildhall
10.00am5.00pm
Phoenix
Square
St Martin’s
Coffee House
The Donkey
Bar
11.00am12.00pm
12.00pm4.00pm
12.30pm3.00pm
The Phoenix
1.00pm4.00pm
The Disappeared:
Richard III, Henry VII and
the Princes in the Tower
Infidel Feminism
Alun Parry Plus Public
Sector
Monday 29th September
The Guildhall
2.00pm
Secular Hall
The Musician
6.30pm
8.00pm
Media Textile
Workshops
Literary Figures on Film
Belgrave
Library
1.00pm3.00pm
Central
Library
The Tea
Rooms in the
Town Hall
Manhattan
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Secular Hall
2.00pm3.30pm
5.30pm
Southfields
Library
The Musician
7.00pm8.30pm
8.00pm
Central
Library
Beaumont
Leys Library
10.00am12.00pm
1.00pm3.00pm
The Condition of the
Working Class
Under Milk Wood (1972)
Extracts from the Under
Milk Wood Suite - A
Tribute to Stan Tracey
Dylan Thomas Shed
Sunday 28th September
A Dozen Stories
House of Verse
The Sunday Chillout with
Mellow Baku and John
Butler
Graphic Novel Workshop
10.00am
11.30am
1.00pm
2.30pm
12.00pm2.00pm
Westcotes
Library
Enjoy Helping Your Child
to Read
The Y Theatre
Belgrave
Library
Secular Hall
How do we get young
people reading?
How to Read a Poem
Family Story Writing
Bedtime Stories
Nayna Patel
House of Verse
Sylvia Pankhurst:
Suffragette, socialist and
scourge of the empire
The Petal and The Wire
More Warbling from the
Bum and Beyond
Tuesday 30th September
The Soldier's Story - A
Writers' Workshop
Media Textile
Workshops
1.30pm3.30pm
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6.00pm –
10.00pm
7.00pm
Tuesday 30th September (cont)
St Barnabas
Three Pigs Plus (Booster
Library
Cushion Theatre for
Children)
New Parks
Library
Cushion Theatre for
Children)
Graham Joyce at the
Beaumont
Story Cafe
Leys Library
Health and Beauty
Highfields
Library
10.00am11.00am
2.00pm3.00pm
Central
Library
2.00pm3.30pm
Poetry Posse Takes to
Leicester Streets/
Pinggg...K!
Beaumont
Leys
Shopping
Precinct/
Duffy's Bar
Manhattan
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Wyggeston &
Queen
Elizabeth I
College
Regent Club
4.00pm7.30pm
The Musician
8.00pm
House of Verse
What would I have done
in WW1?
The Poetry of the Great
American Song Book'
Burning Books - Jess
Green and the Mischief
Makers plus music from
KGB Jazz
Wednesday 1st October
Cushion Theatre for
Children)
6.00pm8.00pm
A Different World – A
Poetry Workshop
Curve
Theatre
(Seminar
Room B)
Westcotes
Library
6.00pm8.00pm
Friends
Meeting
House
The Guildhall
7.00pm9.30pm
Southfields
Library
The Crumblin'
Cookie
7.30pm
Evington
Library
New Parks
Library
10.30am12.30pm
1.00pm3.00pm
Leicester
Adult
Education
College
Leicester
Adult
Education
College
2.00pm4.00pm
The Donkey Book Group
– All Quiet on the
Western Front
The Donkey
Bar
5.30pm
Everybody's Reading –
The Film
The BRITE
Centre
6.00pm
Crime: location, location,
location
Central
Library
6.30pm 8.00pm
'Love The Life You Live...
Live the Life You Love'
Sharing New
Choreopoem Text by
Carol Leeming FRSA – A
Reading & Q&A
Embrace Arts
7.00pm9.00pm
Literary Leicester Guided
Walking Tour
Town Hall
7.00pm
Poetry Workshop Open
to All Women
Friends
Meeting
House
7.00pm9.30pm
Waugh and Words: Party
like it's 1929
The Crumblin'
Cookie
7.00pm
Oh, Whistle... Two ghost
stories by M R James
performed by R M Lloyd
Parry
The Queen and I – Sue
Townsend Remembered
Women's Words
"In Our Own Write"
6.00pm10.00pm
7.00pm9.00pm
Dress the Book – Mixed
Media Textile
Workshops
Dead Local WORD!
Shop...with Andrew
‘Mulletproof’ Poet
8.00pm
Dead Local WORD!...with
David Stickman Higgins
Belgrave
Library
7.00pm8.30pm
7.30pm
8.00pm
Thursday 2nd October
10.00am11.00am
Cushion Theatre for
Children)
Hamilton
Library
2.00pm3.00pm
Media Textile
Workshops
Highfields
Library
1.00pm3.00pm
Turning a New Page
Network For
Change
(Resource
Centre)
2.00pm4.00pm
Leicester
College,
Abbey Park
Campus
5.30pm7.00pm
Meet Bali Rai
Hansom Hall
Launch of Crime Scene
Britain and Ireland – A
Reader's Guide
Poetry Workshop Open
to All Women
10.00am12.00pm
1.00pm3.00pm
Women in the Great
War
Michael Rosen
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7.00pm
Forget Me Not – The
Alzheimer's Whodunit
Dawson Smith & The
Exiles performing songs
from The Cordell
Collection
The Poetry Brothel
Friday 3rd October
Community Reading
Adult Dyslexia Reading
Group
'Stand Up For Your
Rights!' Rebellious
Writing Workshop
Great Leicester Book
Quiz
Magic Teapot presents:
David Crystal – English
accents: past, present
and future
WORD! Presents: Maria
and The Mullet...
BOUNCE – Songwriters'
Evening Event
The Everybody's Reading
Nostalgia Night with a DJ
session from Bali Rai and
live music from the
Psychedelic Filberts
Saturday 4th October
A Walk with Susanna
Watts
Stitch the 't's and dot
the 'i's – super sewing
sessions
Toddler Tales –
Butterflies, Bugs,
Caterpillars and Creepy
Crawlies
Upstairs at
The Western
The Donkey
Bar
8.00pm
Satta Hashem
Hall, Leicester
Adult
Education
College
9.00pm
Layton
Training
Centre
Central
Library
Embrace Arts
11.30am
The Criterion
Free House
Bishop Street
Methodist
Church
7.00pm
6.00pm8.00pm
Sathnam Sanghera
Upstairs at
The Western
Hansom Hall
7.30pm
The Adventures of Andy
Kershaw
The Song of the Soar
7.30pm11.00pm
8.00pm
Sunday 5th October
tales from Germany
10.30am
The Donkey
Bar
Great Meeting
Unitarian
Chapel
St Barnabas
Library
Beaumont
Leys Library
Concrete Meat Press in
association with Magic
Teapot presents 'Beat
and Beyond' featuring
Jim Burns, Adrian
Manning and Michael
Curran plus short films
featuring post beat poets
from around the world...
Jess Green
8.30pm
The Musician
12.00pm2.30pm
Rushey Mead
Library
Cross Corners
Art Centre
Upstairs at
the Western
New Walk
Museum
Secular Hall
1.30pm3.30pm
2.00pm4.00pm
2.00pm5.00pm
2.00pm7.00pm
3.00pm
Friends
Meeting
House
The Font
3.00pm4.00pm
The Y Theatre
7.00pm
Secular Hall
7.30pm
New Walk
Museum
2.00pm7.00pm
Richard Bonfield
Smiling beyond Salvation
100 years of The Ragged
Trousered
Philanthropists by Robert
Tressell
Everybody's Reading
'Celebration of Spoken
Word' open mic night
The Miller's Tale with the
Songs of Bob Dylan
The Guildhall
Duffy's Bar
Upper Brown
Street
2.30pm
5.00pm
6.00pm
Upstairs at
The Western
7.30pm
The Guildhall
8.00pm
Irish Literature and Celtic
Music Night
The Donkey
Bar
8.00pm
Changing Spaces, Trading
Places
Workshops
tales from Germany
Harry Paterson talk on
his book 'Look Back in
Anger'
D. A. Prince & Jayne
Stanton: Poetry Event
1.15pm2.45pm
2.00pm4.00pm
11.00am12.30pm
and
1.00pm2.30pm
11.15am12.15pm
and
12.30pm1.30pm
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5.30pm

just some of the featured festival artists..... Carol Leeming

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