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Sunderland Literature & CREATIVE WRITING <strong>Festival</strong> 2016 Friday 7 October Rhyme Time Hetton Library, 11am Join our Children’s Centre team for a fun, lively session of songs, rhymes and actions. Stephanie Butland - Writing Workshop for Beginners Houghton Library, 10 – 12.30pm Booking required Suggested donation £2.00 Author Stephanie Butland’s first two books were about her dance with cancer. She then turned to fiction, and her novels ‘Letters to My Husband’ and ‘The Other Half Of My Heart’ are set in a small English town. Her third novel ‘Poetry With Loveday’ set in York, will be out in 2017. Stephanie lives in Northumberland and writes in a studio at the bottom of her garden, and when she’s not writing, she trains people to think more creatively. Gothic Wearside Waterstones, The Bridges, 4 – 5.30pm By Dr Alison Younger, Senior Lecturer, University of Sunderland. Our purpose is to examine two areas: Historical cases of witches in Wearside, and from the Cauld Lad of Hylton to the Witches of Southwick, we will place Sunderland on the supernatural map. John Yearnshire - Back on the Borough Beat Elephant Tea Rooms, High Street West, 5.45 – 6.45pm, Booking required Suggested donation £2.00 An illustrated history of Sunderland Borough Police based on John’s book of the same name, published in 1987, which traces 150 years of history from its inception in 1837. Page 10
Sunderland Literature & CREATIVE WRITING <strong>Festival</strong> 2016 Saturday 8 October Reading Group - National Glass Centre National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, 10 – 11am Join the group for a lively discussion of ‘The Gargoyle’ by Andrew Davidson. New members welcome. Rachel Cochrane - Introduction to Creative Writing City Library and Arts Centre 10.30 – 1.00pm Booking required Suggested donation £2.00 Rachel Cochrane, a North East writer of 14 years and facilitator of writing, real stories, audio recording and creative projects, will be running a creative writing workshop suitable for all adults including those trying creative writing for the first time. Tim Crocker, Dr Miguel Gomes, Dr Sheila Walsh, Dr Maria Astudillo - World books to read before you die Waterstones, The Bridges, 2pm Lecturers from Sunderland University modern foreign languages team read from their pick of ‘must read’ books from around the world. What is the number 1 all time ‘must read’? Come and find out! Books read from will be in English translation and available at the store. Stephanie Yearnshire - The Other Side of Elvis Elephant Tea Rooms, High Street West, 5.45 – 6.45pm Booking required Suggested donation £2.00 The music of Elvis Presley caught the imagination of a generation and he could be called the first musical megastar. An incredibly kind man, there were also conflicting aspects of his life unknown to the public. This presentation will uncover his relationship with Priscilla, with the Colonel who spent most of his money, his frustrations and his subsequent decline from a talented man to poor health, obesity and extreme drug dependency. Stephanie Yearnshire, MBE, a retired superintendent with degrees in criminology and criminal justice, has worked across the world and won awards in the USA and Australia for her policing work. The Pageant Washington Old Hall, The Avenue, 7pm Contact venue for further details As part of the National Trust’s 60th anniversary with Washington Old Hall, this play brings to life the characters from 100 years of Old Hall history. Page 11
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