https://www.creativehertfordshire.com/listings/events/?archive=1&disc%5B0%5D=15&view=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/creative-kirklees/you-don-t-know-me-but-telephone-event/ Kirklees Libraries bring you this telephone play presented by The Telephone Theatre. You Don't Know Me But ... is an immersive audio play inspired by real stories of care. Beautiful audio theatre performed live o... Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/creative-kirklees/library-adventures-live/ Each week Kirklees Libraries are streaming a fabulous event for children to join in at home or at school. There’ll be authors reading from their work and answering your questions, illustrators running draw-alongs and ske... Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/creative-kirklees/poems-of-hope-tour/ Free outdoor poetry events throughout National Hate Crime Awareness Week - raising awareness of hate crime and spreading the message of hope in Kirklees. Featuring poetry from Batley Poets, children’s activities and open... Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/crime-fact-v-crime-fiction-with-rc-bridgestock/ Meet husband and wife writing team, Carol and Bob Bridgestock, creators of the DI Jack Dylan novels and lead police storyline consultants for major TV series, including Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley and Scott & Bailey.... Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/how-to-solve-a-crime-the-a-z-of-forensic-science-with-professo/ Professor Angela Gallop is one of the world’s most eminent forensic scientists. A specialist in cold-case investigations, she has led forensic teams to find vital evidence in many of the UK’s most challenging cases, incl... Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/crime-fact-v-crime-fiction-how-to-solve-a-crime-double-bill/ A double-bill of true and fictional crime featuring husband-and-wife crime fiction writing team Bob & Carol Bridgestock (2pm-3pm), followed by a talk by one of the world’s most eminent forensic scientists Professor Angel... Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/women-in-world-war-two/ During World War Two, many women had roles outside the home, from Land Girls and codebreakers to mechanics and Lumberjills. In this lively and interactive illustrated talk, authors Catherine Curzon and Helen Barrell ... Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/dr-john-cooper-clarke-in-conversation-with-johnny-green/ John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, Bard of Salford, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. His new memoir I Wanna Be Yours explores his extraordinary life, fille... Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/what-dogs-want-with-mat-ward/ Which breed is right for you? How can you stop your dog pulling? Do dogs like hugs? What’s the meaning of ‘woof’? In this online event, internationally recognised expert on dog behaviour Mat Ward offers sound advice o... Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/erin-kelly-watch-her-fall/ The Sunday Times million-bestselling author talks about her latest dark and captivating thriller Watch Her Fall, set during a production of Swan Lake and described as Black Swan meets Killing Eve. Ava Kirilova has rea... Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/writing-real-lives-in-historical-fiction/ Stephen May, author of Sell Us the Rope featuring a young Joseph Stalin, discusses the pleasures and challenges of writing historical fiction about real people with Devika Ponnambalam, author of I Am Not Your Eve, which ... Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/sarah-jay-hawley-zen-drugs-n-rock-n-roll/ Sarah Jay Hawley is a platinum-winning, internationally renowned singer/songwriter with a career spanning 30 years. Best known for writing and singing “Dissolved Girl” on Massive Attacks’ album Mezzanine. For the last... Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/pitch-your-book-to-publishers/ Whether you’ve just started writing or have already completed a novel or work of non-fiction, this is your chance to pitch your book directly to a panel of independent northern publishers: Hannah Bannister from Peepal Tr... Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/this-is-the-canon/ Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne & Kadija Sesay discuss their timely and important book, tapping into the ongoing discussions around race and identity. This event is for anyone who wants to redress the imbalance of the... Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/don-t-ask-the-dragon-11am-12pm-and-2pm-3pm/ Join no 1 bestselling author, poet and Festival Patron Lemn Sissay and illustrator Greg Stobbs for a fun storytelling and colouring activity session, with video animation, for young children. Don’t Ask the Dragon is a... Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/huddlitfest-org-uk-event-inclusivesession/ A free afternoon of activities designed for children and young adults with additional needs, physical and mental disabilities (self-soothing calming areas available). Led by dance and drama teacher and SEN specialist Sal... Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/huddlitfest-org-uk-event-plan-your-novel/ If you long to write a novel but can’t find the right idea, this workshop is for you. Join Writing Coach Cat Lumb, The Write Catalyst, as she introduces you to her five-step plan to outline your novel, from identifying ... Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/huddersfield-literature-festival/huddlitfest-org-uk-event-spoonful-of-murder/ Author and playwright JM Hall talks about A Spoonful of Murder, a witty, page-turning, cosy crime novel, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, The Thursday Murder Club and Death in Paradise. Retirement can be murder… E... Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/friends-of-greenhead-park/poetry-in-the-park-2021/ Join the Albert Poets and the Friends of Greenhead Park for a friendly poetry readaround session in the Greenhead Park Pavilion (by the Bowling Greens) from 1pm to 3pm. We are so pleased to be able to meet again to enjoy... Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/creativescene/i-am-no-bird/ I Am No Bird Cleckheaton Library, Saturday 7 March, 1-3pm What to be part of a creative writing workshop about the Brontë sisters? Award-winning theatremaker, musician and performer, Sophia Hatfield, along with St... Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/creativescene/creative-scene/ I Am No Bird Cleckheaton Library, Saturday 7 March, 1-3pm What to be part of a creative writing workshop about the Brontë sisters? Award-winning theatremaker, musician and performer, Sophia Hatfield, along with St... Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/creativescene/creative-scene-webinar-building-back-better/ Digital Deficit and Cultural Democracy: Building Back Better, a post-COVID cultural ecology Thursday 26 November, 12noon - 1.30pm To book your free place, please visit: http://bit.ly/CS-Webinars Join us on Zoom for ... Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/creativescene/new-normal/ On Wednesday 23 February, join Creative Scene for the launch of The Literacy Circle’s new anthology, New Normal. A collection of poems written by women during Lockdown 2020-2021, New Normal has been compiled and edite... Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/manasamitra/dewsbury-not-the-fringe-festival/ The Dewsbury ‘Not-The-Fringe’ Festival: a series of lunch-time events presented by Manasamitra in partnership with Dewsbury Minster. Working with local artists and up to 100 people. we aim to develop a regular and ongoi... Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/a-room-of-one-s-own-i-wish/ Join Kirklees Libraries' Writer-in-Residence, Christina Longden for an exploration of the strong female writers and characters of her favourite novels. Christina will address the physical, emotional and psychological cha... Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/peaky-blinders-the-real-story/ Join Kirklees Libraries' Writer-in-Residence, Christina Longden in conversation with Carl Chinn: Thursday February 11th 6.30 -7.30pm Well-known social historian Carl Chinn has spent decades searching them out, one ... Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/library-adventures-live/ Library Adventures Live! is a magnificent online programme of events for children aged 4-11 to re-engage them with reading. Each week Kirklees Libraries streams a fabulous event for children to join in at school or at ho... Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/kate-charlesworth-author-viist/ We’re very excited to be welcoming cartoonist and graphic novelist Kate Charlesworth to Huddersfield Library as part of LGBT History Month for a discussion and Q&A around her latest book, 'Sensible Footwear : A Girl’s Gu... Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-derek-keilty/ Join Kirklees Libraries Live on their Facebook page at 11am on Tuesday 15th September for Library Adventures Live! Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet? Because they can spend years at C! Ahoy me... Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-rossmontgomery/ Tuesday 1st September at 11am join Kirklees Libraries, for Library Adventures Live! Get imaginative with popular children’s author and illustrator Ross Montgomery. He’s joining us on Library Adventures Live! for a spe... Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-football-reading/ Football crazy? Join Matt Oldfield and Tom Palmer at 11am on Tuesday 28th July for a fun, action-packed and exciting football-themed edition of Library Adventures Live! Matt will be reading from his awesome new book ... Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-nadine-kaadan/ “Tomorrow” a story from Syria with Nadine Kaadan For Yazan, life has changed quickly – his friends are gone, his parents are too busy watching the news to take him to the park, and he does not know when he will get ou... Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-rossmackenzie/ Meet Ross MacKenzie, Blue Peter award winning author, and master weaver of enticing and beguiling tales. Hear him read from his latest book, Evernight, an engrossing tale of magic, slums, sewers, rats, old hags and witch... Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-the-spybrarian-with-jon-mayhew/ Meet brilliant author Jon Mayhew and find out more about his brand new book, The Spybrarian. Hello! My name’s Jon and I’m an author. I love reading, writing, running, quizzes and riddles! I grew up playing in the r... Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-my-hair-with-hannah-lee/ Join author, actor and activist Hannah Lee for both an entertaining storytime and an inspiring true story. She’ll be reading her delightful picture book My Hair and talking about why we all need to see faces that look li... Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/library-adventures-live-with-onjali-q-rauf/ The Night Bus Hero – themes of inclusion, bullying, homelessness – World Book Day tie-in event (4 March 2021) Tuesday March 2 11am Streaming online via our Facebook, Twitter and Youtube channels Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/kirklees-libraries/lal-with-with-simon-james-green-and-helen-rutter/ Funny fiction with Simon James Green and Helen Rutter, a World Book Day tie-in event (4 March 2021) Tuesday March 9 at 11am Streaming online via our Facebook, Twitter and Youtube channels Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/holmfirth-arts-festival/https-www-holmfirthartsfestival-co-uk-event-details-interview/ The story of Henry Carr, whose family settled in Holmfirth, and his dramatic escape from the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, will be the subject of an online fundraising talk on Thursday 3rd December in aid of Holmfirth Arts Fest... Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/alicebradshaw/trainticketthoughts/ Join Dwell Time on the Penistone Line for a unique workshop in poetry and drawing on train tickets. Get onboard the 10:12 - 11:28 Huddersfield to Sheffield and/or 11:35 - 12:50 Sheffield to Huddersfield trains at any ... Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/alicebradshaw/dt19festiveparty/ Dwell Time Festive Party Wednesday 18 December 2019 Huddersfield Railway Station Join the Dwell Time team in the First Class Waiting Room on Platform 1 of Huddersfield Railway Station for mental wellbeing/festiv... Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/alicebradshaw/dt2onlinelaunch/ Dwell Time launch the second edition of their award winning art publication reflecting on mental wellbeing. Dwell time: The time a train spends at a scheduled stop without moving. Typically, this time is spent boardin... Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/alicebradshaw/unprescriptive/ Unprescriptive Dwell Time Central, 7-9 Market Avenue, Huddersfield HD1 2BB Every other Friday, commencing Friday 4 February, 12-4pm Drop in, free, all welcome Join us for relaxed Unprescriptive Friday afternoon... Sun, 21 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/darnitworkshops/marbling-book-binding-at-the-peppercorn-21-4-20-6-30-8-30/ During this workshop you'll create unique swirling patterns with brightly coloured marbling inks on a variety of papers and cards. These will act as a cover for a hand bound book, we'll be using Japanese stab binding tec... Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/heritage-quay/13-sept-tour/ Join us for a 20-minute tour of our current exhibition, which celebrates one of Heritage Quay’s most important recent acquisitions, a collection of material relating to the life and work of former Poet Laureate Ted Hughe... Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/heritage-quay/11-oct-tour/ Join us for a 20-minute tour of our current exhibition, which celebrates one of Heritage Quay’s most important recent acquisitions, a collection of material relating to the life and work of former Poet Laureate Ted Hughe... Sat, 18 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/think-forensic/proof-behind-the-plot/ We have developed content designed to trigger your imagination and creativity; our Authors Event, Proof Behind the Plot, is ideal for both new and existing writers. The day will be hosted by our forensic and crime invest... Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/reluctantreaderskirklees/ FREE ADVICE PANEL! For parents, relatives and teachers/carers for children aged 4-18 who might be battling with enthusiasm for reading; issues such as dyslexia, too much 'screen time' and 'getting bored with the clas... Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/kirkleeslibraries-gov-uk-writer-in-residence/ Ever wondered if there is 'a book in you'? Join the newly appointed WRITER IN RESIDENCE FOR KIRKLEES and find out! (Was LIVE via Kirklees Libraries - but now on 'watch again' via KL YouTube) Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/kirkleeslibraries-gov-uk/ Join Chris Longden, newly- appointed Writer in Residence for Kirklees, to find out more about a writing career in fiction, non-fiction - or in blending the two to become 'faction.' Chris will be joined by Kirklees libra... Wed, 11 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/amanda-huggins/northern-writers-reading-amanda-huggins-sarah-linley/ 7.30PM May 11th 2022 - Fantastic New Fiction Join Marsden regulars Amanda Huggins and Sarah Linley as they read extracts from their latest books and discuss their writing, live in Marsden Library. Amanda Huggins is...