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ilkley literature festival 10 with Skipton Building Society 84. Saturday 9th October 3.45–4.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Hello Mum: Bernardine Evaristo Knife crime is having a huge impact on young people, and not just in the large cities. Much praised poet and novelist Bernardine Evaristo talks about why and how she wrote Hello Mum – her new book for young people exploring this complex issue in a way teenagers find compelling and thought provoking. An event for young people and all those who care about their future. £5/3 Age 12–16 plus parents, adults working with young people and the public. Professor Avi Shlaim 85. Saturday 9th October 4.30pm St Margaret’s Hall The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Avi Shlaim Conversations about Empires ‘Avi Shlaim … writes about the Middle East with exceptional wisdom and insight.’ Max Hastings The Israel-Palestine conflict remains one of the most bitter, violent and intractable conflicts of our time. Avi Shlaim, Professor of International Relations at Oxford, one of the world’s leading authorities on the Middle East conflict and a ‘supreme scholar of Arab-Israeli negotiations’, investigates the key issues, fractured history and future prospects for peace. £5/3 86. Saturday 9th October 5.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Maths for Mums and Dads If helping with maths homework fills you with panic this is the event for you! Maths whizz, author Rob Eastaway, guides you through the stuff that baffles many primary school parents, from chunking and partitioning to number lines and the grid method. Lots of opportunity to ask questions and banish your fear – forever! £5/3 87. Saturday 9th October 6.45– 7.15pm Otley Courthouse The Seven Deadly Sins Wickedly imaginative poetry and prose from the Courthouse Writers. FREE FRINGE EVENT See page 45 for full details. 88. Saturday 9th October 7.30pm Otley Courthouse A Blood Wedding In Wensleydale A North Country Theatre collaboration with Harrogate Theatre Cold Comfort Farm meets Carmen! Lorca’s famous study of feuding families re-located to the farming communities of the Yorkshire Dales by one of the region’s most popular touring companies. When Leonard returns from fighting with the International Brigade he finds his childhood sweetheart about to marry an old rival … Between flamenco dancing sheep and hay throwing harvesters, the wedding celebrations descend into farce and then tragedy. £8/6 Please note this is a full evening’s performance with an interval. In association with Otley Courthouse Arts Centre Peter Snow 89. Saturday 9th October 7.30pm Kings Hall Peter Snow Peter Snow, for many years the indispensable face of election night TV, is an acclaimed broadcaster, presenter (Battlefield Britain, Newsnight, Tomorrow’s World) journalist and author. Tonight he introduces To War With Wellington, the story of how Wellington transformed an army of soldiers he’d described as ‘the scum of the earth’, into the finest fighting force of their time, able to defeat Napoleon at Waterloo. £9/7 Sponsored by Audley Clevedon 24
Box Office 01943 816714 www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk 90. Saturday 9th October 8pm Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside Till Earth Outwears: Life Laughs Onward with Harriet Walter, Kate Littlewood and Peter Evans Festival favourites, RSC actor Harriet Walter and Radio 4 Poetry Please regular Kate Littlewood return to Ilkley with a selection of the lyric poetry of Thomas Hardy, both spoken and sung – with interjections by Edward Thomas, Housman, Sassoon and TS Eliot. Hardy’s early immersion in the music and dance of country people was absorbed into the lyricism of his poems and the hauntingly beautiful musical settings, sung here by renowned tenor Peter Evans, are by Finzi, Britten and Butterworth. £8/6 Harriet Walter 92. Saturday 9th October 7.30pm St Margaret’s Hall Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: Tamara Chalabi Conversations about Empires Tamara Chalabi shares her personal view of Iraq as she introduces this haunting memoir of her family’s tempestuous life since 1900. One of the most prominent families in Iraq, for centuries the Chalabis served the Ottoman Empire and, later, the national government. Now a writer and international consultant, Chalabi explores their dramatic story, from the opulence of her greatgrandfather’s house, to her own life in exile. £5/3 94. Saturday 9th October 9.15pm Ilkley Playhouse Wharfeside The Ties that Bind Four short, sharp theatrical monologues from Pink Lady Productions. FREE FRINGE EVENT See page 46 for full details. 95. Sunday 10th October 11am–1pm Rombalds Hotel Creative Adventure: Barbara Trapido Masterclass Take yourself by surprise and discover your powers of invention by bringing together a character, setting, plot and theme. Author Barbara Trapido, known for her ability to create engaging characters and her skill in juggling diverse plot lines, leads this energising session. £12/8 All levels of experience. Please bring pen and paper. Places limited – please book in advance. Simon Armitage 91. Saturday 9th October 7.30pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Simon Armitage A reading by the country’s leading contemporary poet to celebrate the launch of Stanza Stones – the Festival’s exciting new 18 month collaboration with Simon Armitage which will explore our relationship with the wild landscape of Yorkshire. Tonight Simon Armitage reads from Seeing Stars, his ‘wildly inventive mix of satire, fantasy, comedy and horror’ and reflects on his recent 264 mile walk along the Pennine Way. £7/5 Includes free entry to Event 93. 93. Saturday 9th October 9pm Ilkley Playhouse Wildman Seeing the Future In an exciting event created by the Festival’s Apprentice Poet in Residence, Andrew McMillan, six young poets showcase their talent, culminating in a brand-new collaborative performance. Featuring Oli Hazzard; 19 year old Teessider, Jonathan Parkin; North Yorkshire’s Cara Brennan; 17 year old Ashna Sarkar (taking you on a tour of the perils of adolescence) and members of Leeds Young Authors, famed for their spoken word performances. £2 96. Sunday 10th October 2–6pm Otley Courthouse Young People’s Cool Voices WordsFest Inspiring afternoon of laid back workshops for young people aged 12–18. See page 44 for details. 25
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