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DURHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2000
PROGRAMME DETAILS:
SATURDAY 3 JUNE - LAUNCH DAY
SIN FM starts broadcasting at 8.00am from Houghall College
PAGEMAKERS LAUNCH EVENT
11am South Street Library Free
Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book. An exhibition by 24 contemporary artists who are currently making the page the starting point for unusual and boundless artwork. This exhibition is display throughout the various Durham County Libraries - follow the paper trail to see them all.
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
12 noon Toni and Guys, Prince Bishops Centre Free
Culmination of residency by Claire Pollard, author of The Heavy Petting Zoo, which was identified as a description of being ‘being young, blond and pissed on the eve of the Millennium’. What will Claire do next? Well, her latest poem will be on the window and she will giving an in-store reading.
BILL HERBERT, KATHLEEN JAMIE, DON PATERSON 7.30pm Waterstones, Saddler Street £5.00 (£3.00 conc.)
New poetry from a trio of top Scottish poets, with whiskey and shortbread
SUNDAY 4 JUNE
POETRY WORKSHOPS
11am – 4pm venue tbc £3.00 (£2.00 conc.)Kathleen Jamie and Don Paterson
MONDAY 5 JUNE
JONATHAN TULLOCH
Autobar, Dragonville Industrial Estate Invitation onlyNORTHERN WRITERS AWARDS 2000
7.30pm South Street Library £3.00 (£2.00 conc.)A wide mix of poetry and prose from new and established writers from the region
TUESDAY 6 JUNE
SCHOOLS WORKSHOP
With Lem Sissay and Sarah MaguireLEM SISSAY, SARAH MAGUIRE
7.30pm Town Hall, Market Place, Durham £5.00 (£3.00 conc.)
WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE
PRIDE COMES BEFORE
7.30pm South Street Library £3.00 (£2.00 conc.)
THURSDAY 8 JUNE
WORKSHOP with Helen Dunmore
2pm Low Newton Prison Invitation onlyHELEN DUNMORE, UA FANTHORPE, JO SHAPCOTT
7.30pm Town Hall, Market Place, Durham £6.00 (£4.00 conc.)BSL interpreted event
FRIDAY 9 JUNE
ANDREW MOTION
7.30pm Town Hall, Market Place, Durham £6.00 (£4.00 conc.)The Poet Laureate will read and discuss some of his poetry and extracts from his latest Biography Wainright, the Poisoner.
BSL interpreted performance
SATURDAY 10 JUNE
OTHER ENGLANDS
7.30pm Town Hall, Market Place, Durham £6.00 (£4.00 conc.)WILL SELF, GEOFF DYER, JAKE ARNOTT, TOBY LITT
BSL interpreted performance
SUNDAY 11 JUNE
MONDAY 12 JUNE
CRIMEWAVE
7.30pm Newton Hall Library, Alnwick Road £3.00 (£2.00 conc.)With ANDREA BADENOCH and STELLA DUFFY
TUESDAY 13 JUNE
STRANGE DAYS
7.30pm Waterstones, Saddler Street £5.00 (£3.00 conc.)DAREN KING, CHARLES FERNYHOUGH, ANDREW CRUMEY
WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE
JONATHAN TULLOCH, MARGARET BURT
7.30pm Belmont Library £5.00 (£4.00 conc.)Two regional novels: Jonathan’s book Season Ticket is currently being filmed by Mark (Full Monty Herman). Sweet Dreams are Made of This by Margaret Burt is a dark and violent contemporary fairy tale.
THURSDAY 15 JUNE
WOMEN ON THE ROAD
7.30pm Waterstones, Saddler Street £5.00 (£3.00 conc.)With LINDA GRANT and AMY JENKINS (This Life)
FRIDAY 16 JUNE
SATURDAY 17 JUNE
OPEN STUDIO DAY
10am – 5pm Houghall Community College FreeAn opportunity to see community radio in action with taster sessions from professional broadcasters
BEYOND BELIEF
7.30pm St Oswald’s Church, Church Street £5.00 (£3.00 conc.)JOOLS, S’ SSI, CATHERINE FOX, JOHN ?
BSL interpreted performance
SUNDAY 18 JUNE
PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED
12 – 5pm (panel at 3pm) Bishop AucklandTown Hall £4.00 (£2.00 conc.)A day to explore the routes to getting your work published. There will be bookstalls and readings throughout the day and a panel discussion with writer CHARLES FERNEYHOUGH, agent ROBERT KIRBY (Peters, Fraser and Dunlop), DEBBIE TAYLOR, editor of Myslexia magazine, a representative from Citron Press and NEIL ASTLEY from Bloodaxe Books.
MONDAY 19 JUNE
TUESDAY 20 JUNE
WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE
THURSDAY 22 JUNE
FRIDAY 23 JUNE
BASIL BUNTING EXHIBITION
10am –5pm Palace Green Library FreeROY FISHER with JAMES BIRKETT and
7.30pm Music Studio, Palace Green £4.00 (£2.00 conc.)Readings from celebrated poet and sometimes jazz pianist, Roy Fisher accompanied by the ‘classical jazz’ of guitarists Birkett and
SATURDAY 24 JUNE
A RANGE OF VOICES
EVENING READINGS
6pm Waterstones and Vennels caféGAEL TURNBULL, JONATHAN WILLIAMS
SUNDAY 25 JUNE
MONDAY 26 JUNE
TUESDAY 27 JUNE
WEDNESDAY 28 JUNE
UNDERWORLD by Peter Straughan
7.30pm New College, Framwellgate Moor £A newly commissioned play from Live Theatre’s current writer in residence. A contemporary re-working of the Orpheus myth produced and acted by Performing Arts students at New College, Durham. Directed by Jenny Lingham.
THURSDAY 29 JUNE
UNDERWORLD by Peter Straughan
7.30pm New College, Framwellgate Moor £A newly commissioned play from Live Theatre’s current writer in residence. A contemporary re-working of the Orpheus myth produced and acted by Performing Arts students at New College, Durham. Directed by Jenny Lingham.
FRIDAY 30 JUNE
FINAL FLING
WORDS IN THE COMMUNITY
Bearpark: WEARABLE WORDS
Bowburn: WRITERS IN RESIDENCE
Durham City PUBLIC ART