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ilkley literature festival 10 with Skipton Building Society 34 150. Saturday 16th October 11am–1pm Manor House Jo Shapcott Masterclass Calling all poets for a masterclass designed to focus on technical skills with award-winning poet Jo Shapcott. A writer of ingenious, acute, provocative poetry, with a reputation as one of the most original and daring voices of her generation. Bring a notebook and an open mind. £12/8 For all levels. Please bring pen and paper. Places limited – please book in advance. 151. Saturday 16th October 11am–1pm St Margaret’s Hall Stephen Grey: the Investigative Journalist’s Masterclass A unique opportunity to learn at first hand, from an immensely experienced and distinguished investigative journalist. Stephen Grey has written for everyone from the New York Times, Guardian, Times and Independent to the New Statesman and Newsweek. £12/8 For writers with some experience. Please bring pen and paper. Places limited – please book in advance. Aminatta Forna Kishwar Desai 152. Saturday 16th October 1.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside Witness the Night: Aminatta Forna and Kishwar Desai Conversations about Empires Two remarkable women writers and journalists, clear advocates of justice, discuss their powerful recent novels. Kishwar Desai has a 30 year career as journalist, anchor, producer and head of an Indian TV channel. Her first novel Witness the Night, longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, is a powerful highly atmospheric mystery set in India and London’s Southhall with female foeticide at its core. Writer Aminatta Forna’s brilliant new novel The Memory of Love takes an oblique look at the Sierra Leonean civil war of the 1990s. Forna is the author of two critically admired novels and The Devil that Danced on Water, a highly praised memoir of her dissident father. £5/3 153. Saturday 16th October 2pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Joseph O’Connor One of Ireland’s leading contemporary authors discusses his fictionalised account of the life, loves and tragically early death of one of his country’s greatest ever writers. Joseph O’Connor’s latest novel, Ghost Light, tells the story of the love affair between troubled genius JM Synge and 19 year old actress Molly Allgood – ‘a deeply moving, beautifully written story.’ Glasgow Herald. £6/4 154. Saturday 16th October 2–4pm Manor House Writing the News: Workshop with Kate Fox Kate Fox writes topical poems for Radio 4’s Saturday Live and created ‘Write Poems about The News’ Day. This workshop uses practical, fun exercises to find ways into writing about the news and the now. £12/8 For all levels. Please bring pen and paper. Kate Fox 155. Saturday 16th October 2.15pm Manor House Museum Faces of Poetry Face-to- Face: Jo Shapcott Poet Jo Shapcott comes face to face with her own image, as she gives a unique short reading in front of photographer Madeleine Waller’s portrait. FREE
Box Office 01943 816714 www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk 156. Saturday 16th October 2.30pm St Margaret’s Hall Reporting Afghanistan: Stephen Grey and James Fergusson Conversations about Empires Stephen Grey is an award-winning British investigative journalist and author, well known for revealing details of the CIA’s program of ‘extraordinary rendition’. He writes for the New York Times, Guardian, and Independent and reports for Channel 4’s Dispatches, BBC Newsnight, Radio 4 and the World Service. Like his fellow reporter, James Fergusson, he’s reported extensively from Iraq and Afghanistan. Fergusson, a freelance journalist and foreign correspondent, (Independent, Daily Telegraph, The Economist) has gained unique access to the Taliban. Together they discuss the reality and complexities of reporting the war in Afghanistan; the fear, uncertainty and mayhem of intensive fighting and the questions that follow. £5/3 157. Saturday 16th October 3.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside Audrey Niffenegger: In Conversation American author, Audrey Niffenegger, is both novelist and visual artist, achieving enormous success in both fields. Her debut novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, was a worldwide bestseller, and hugely popular Hollywood film. In conversation with James Nash she discusses her new novel, Her Fearful Symmetry – a deliciously modern ghost story set around Highgate Cemetery which explores familiar themes of love, loss and identity. £6/4 158. Saturday 16th October 4pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Jo Shapcott and Ruth Padel Multi-award-winning poet Jo Shapcott reads from her new collection Of Mutability, offering poems by turns grave and playful, arresting and witty, which explore the nature of change – in the body and the natural world, and in the shifting relationships between people. Ruth Padel is a prominent poet and critic and former Chair of the Poetry Society. She has published seven highly praised collections including The Soho Leopard and is celebrated for her nature writing in both poetry and prose, reflecting her passionate attachment to the natural world. £6/4 This event begins with the results of the 2010 Festival Short Story Competition. Details from: www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk Audrey Niffenegger Ruth Padel ©: www.carpenterturner.co.uk 159. Saturday 16th October 4.30pm St Margaret’s Hall The Young Romantics: Daisy Hay Daisy Hay, fellow of St Antony’s College Oxford, shatters the myth of the romantic poet as a solitary, introspective genius. Instead she explores the communal, emotional existence of an astonishing early 19th century circle. Leigh Hunt, radical journalist and editor; the restless poet Shelley; his brilliant wife Mary, author of Frankenstein; Mary’s feisty stepsister Claire Clairmont, who became Byron’s lover; and Hunt’s charismatic sister-in-law Elizabeth Kent. £5/3 Follow this with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Event 163. 160. Saturday 16th 5pm Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside Six Exciting Things: Ilkley Lit Fest in the spotlight A chance for Festival staff and participants to fill you in on some of the exciting projects we’ve been working on, from our young Ambassadors scheme to our young writers group, sizzling club nights, community projects and work with parents and children at Chapeltown Children’s Centre. Participants will be reading their work and there’ll be time for discussion and questions. FREE Just turn up. 35
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