Future events, Spring 2009
Saturday 2nd – Sunday 24th May
Exhibition of prints from ‘An Leabhar Mor’ and from Amnesty International’s ‘We are all Born Free’ as part of the WORD festival.
Preview
Saturday 2nd May
6pm – 8pm
All welcome
Friday May 8th
John Sampson and Stewart Hanratty
Eclectic wind instrument virtuoso John Sampson and song-writing, singer-guitarist Stewart Hanratty visit Tarland for a unique evening of music and bonhomie.
8pm
Tickets £7
Saturday 16th May 8pm
The Great Book Show
‘An Leabhar Mor’
with Kevin Anderson and poets Aonghas MacNeacail and Louis de Paor.
16th and 17th May
Word festival events
Saturday 16th May
An event of books rhymes, songs and movement for children up to 4 years old and their parents or carers.
11am – 11.30 am
Free
Sunday 17th May
Amnesty International Persecuted Writers
Many writers in the world risk their homes, their lives and their freedom, facing persecution for their writing. A fundamental human right is freedom of expression, yet it is one that is often denied. This event will feature the work of some of these writers read by Word Festival authors and local personalities.
With:
Esther Woolfson – One of Aberdeen’s finest – well known for her memoir about a life with birds, Corvus, she has also recently published her first novel, Piano Angel.
Claire Keegan – One of Ireland’s masters of the short story.
Helen Lynch – Helen teaches at the University of Aberdeen’s English Department and was the winner of the 2008 Bluechrome Short Story Award.
1.30pm – 2.30pm
Free
Friday May 29th
Helen Booth
Opening 6pm – 8.30pm
Sunday 31st May
3pm
Closing event for Wordfringe
Details to follow
Sunday 8th March – Kenneth Steven and Douglas W. Gray
As part of Wordfringe Kenneth Steven and Douglas W. Gray will be reading at Left Bank on:
Sunday 8th March
7pm – 8pm
Tickets £5
reservations@wordfringe.co.uk
This event is running in conjunction with another Wordfringe event on the same day.
Sheena Blackhall and Gerard Rochford
Migvie Church
5pm.
For further information and tickets for both events please see:
http://www.wordfringe.co.uk/spring2009/index.aspx
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