What’s on in York: Edwina Hayes – Live at York Explore Library

Fri, 20th September 2019

19:00 – 22:00 BST

£11.37

Edwina’s beautifully written songs, charming stage presence and voice of an angel have won her a reputation as a true natural talent of gentle folk-Americana. She has opened numerous shows for Jools Holland and Van Morrison as well as her own gigs playing stages everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to The Royal Albert Hall. Edwina numbers Michael Parkinson and Mike Harding among her fans and the title track of her album Pour Me A Drink was covered by Nanci Griffith who calls her ‘the sweetest voice in England’.

Her cover of the Randy Newman song Feels Like Home was featured in the Cameron Diaz film My Sister’s Keeper and has since had over eight million plays on You Tube.

Edwina is often invited to guest on studio albums and support major artists on tour and as well as touring with Jools Holland, Van Morrison and Nanci Griffith, Edwina has also toured with artists ranging from Loudon Wainwright and Roger McGuinn to KT Tunstall and Gretchen Peters.

Edwina was born in Dublin and grew up in Preston, Lancashire before moving to the East coast of Yorkshire as a teenager, where she has been based ever since. Dividing her time between the UK and America, Edwina’s second home is Nashville where she is much loved as a songwriter and artist.

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What’s on in York: A Chapter of Woe – the Battle of Myton-on-Swale, 1319

York Explore Library

Thursday 19th September 2019

18:15 – 19:45

£6

On 20 September 1319 William Melton, archbishop of York, hastily assembled clergymen and local officials. His army headed north from York to take a Scottish invasion force under Robert Bruce. The result – a pitched battle at Myton on the River Swale – which saw the archbishop’s force routed, caused the death of so many clergymen that the Scots later called the battle “The Chapter of Myton”.

In this lecture Dr Paul Dryburgh introduces one of the most calamitous but least known battles of the Anglo-Scots wars and looks at how the northern Church coped with the Scots’ military supremacy.

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What’s on in York: Peter Robinson – Many Rivers to Cross

September 18 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

York Explore Library

 £7.50

Join international best-selling author Peter Robinson as he launches Many Rivers to Cross, the 26th instalment of the DCI Banks series.
When the body of a teenage boy is found stuffed into a wheelie bin on the East Side Estate, Banks and Annie have a home-grown murder case to solve. But Banks’s attention is also on Zelda, who in helping him track down his old enemy, has put herself in danger and alerted the stone cold Eastern European sex traffickers who brought her to the UK.

This event is presented in partnership with York Literature Festival

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What’s on in York: There’s a Troll on my Toilet

Acomb Explore Library

September 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

 Free

Join in as award-winning TV correspondent and local author Catherine Jacob reads her super fun, spooky picture book and gets us to turn into characters in her story.

Suitable for children aged 4-8

Free, but places are limited. Book in person at your local library