https://www.creativehertfordshire.com/listings/events/?archive=1&user=9654&view=rss Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/ebooksandcuckoos/ FRIENDS OF HONLEY LIBRARY INVITE YOU TO AN EVENING WITH LOCAL AUTHOR, CHRIS LONGDEN Chris will be presenting her latest novel ‘Cuckoo in the Chocolate’ which is set in our very own Holme Valley! Chris has donat... Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/authornethertonladies/ Chris Longden will be speaking about whether there is a 'book in YOU' - and a variety of other related issues. Chris' latest novel - a comedy-drama set in the Holme valley is called 'Cuckoo in the Chocolate'. She is ... Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/reluctant-readers/ HELPING YOUNG RELUCTANT READERS (Dyslexic, or otherwise) In partnership with Kirklees Libraries Do you know a young reluctant reader? Ever wondered why they don’t seem to love reading? Maybe they’ve been told that t... Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/the-hidden-muslim/ Come and hear about an astonishing discovery! Over 100 years passed before Robert Stanley's family found out that their ancestor was one of the earliest recorded Muslim converts in the UK. An by an even more incredibl... Sat, 09 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/reluctant-readers-dyslexics-too-adults-workshop/ Do you know of a reluctant reader? Perhaps a child or teen who isn't keen on reading, or has dyslexia or another type of reading impairment... We believe that you CAN get your child to fall in love with reading! AND get... Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/reluctant-readers-making-mischief-adult-child/ Do you know of a 'Reluctant Reader'? Perhaps a child or teen who simply avoids reading, or has dyslexia or another reason for not reading (too much screen-time?!) This summer ALL children in the UK are being invited ... Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/funnylass-com-reluctant-readers-reluctant-readers-help-page/ Do you know of a 'Reluctant Reader'? Perhaps a child or teen who simply avoids reading, or has dyslexia or another reason for not reading (too much screen-time?!) This summer ALL children in the UK are being invited b... Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/meet-the-author-with-netherton-lassies/ Chris Longden will be speaking to the good lassies of Netherton (HD4) to talk about what spurred her into the jump from writing non-fiction and into fiction. And then back again... Chris' latest novel - a comedy-drama... Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/is-there-a-book-in-you/ Chris Longden is giving a talk and a Q & A session in Netherton on Mon 8th Oct. Chris will be talking about her own (sometimes - unusual!) life and how she grasped the courage to begin her writing career. Whether y... Sun, 07 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/secret-victorian-muslim-bradfor-lit-festival-7-july/ Robert Stanley, working-class grocer and tea merchant in the north of England, converted to Islam becoming Brother Robert Reschid. Robert had been twice elected Mayor of Stalybridge in east Manchester from 1874-1876. ... Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/ashton-lad-victorian-hidden-muslim/ Robert Stanley was a respectable, northern working-class Victorian man who converted to Islam. But his family managed to keep his Muslim identity a secret - for nearly a century. Robert grew up in the cradle of Britai... Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/northern-victorian-convert-challenging-the-world/ Robert Stanley was a respectable, northern working-class Victorian man who converted to Islam. But his family managed to keep his Muslim identity a secret - for nearly a century. Robert grew up in the cradle of Britai... Sun, 07 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/bradford-lit-festival/ Difficult enough today - if a member of your family wants to convert to another religion, isn't it? Imagine what it would have been like in Victorian times. If you were northern, working class, conservative and 69 yea... Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/robert-reschid-stanley-hidden-victorian-muslim-in-batley/ TALK - AND BOOK LAUNCH FOR BATLEY Robert Stanley was northern and proud of it. He grew up in the cradle of Britain’s Industrial Revolution and began work at the age of 10. Self-educated, this grocer and tea-trader m... 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... Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativekirklees.com/chris-longden/http-www-kirkleeslibraries-co-uk-writer-in-residence/ Peaky Blinders: The Real Story. Join Carl Chinn in conversation with Writer in Residence for Kirklees, Chris Longden. Well-known social historian Carl Chinn shines a light on the rarely reported struggles of the work...