York Explore Library :
Sat 28 Apr :
2.30pm – 3.30pm :
Free
Inkwell is off to the Antarctic in this cool location adventure!
Come along as we’ll be trekking the icy home of penguins and seals as intrepid explorers and recording our journey through the snowy landscape.
What might we see on our adventures?
This event is aimed at ages 5-12 years.
For more information please call York Explore Library on (01904) 552828 or york@exploreyork.org.uk.
York Explore Library :
Sat 28 Apr :
1.00pm – 4.30pm :
Free
Monopoly, Risk, Cluedo? Modern boardgames go way beyond those. Today’s classics include Settlers, Ticket to Ride, 7 Wonders, Pandemic, Friedrich and Agricola.
BM York, York’s boardgames Club, is based at the Bar Convent. It invites you to an afternoon’s introduction to some of these (and more) at York Explore (Central Library)
Come and have an afternoon’s fun. Experience face-to-face gaming – much better than computer gaming we think.
Entry Free. No need to book.
Open to York Residents 16+ or 12+ if accompanied by an adult.
York Explore Library :
Thu 26 Apr :
6.45pm – 8.00pm :
£3 (£2 with a YorkCard)
Finding the Words is a regular poetry evening every month at York Explore Library. Each evening brings together three poets and we aim to include both published writers and those working towards a collection. We’ll have a bar available and readings last around an hour. The evening is also a chance to share and chat, so please feel free to bring any news or information about poetry local, regional or national.
Harry Gallagher hails from Middlesbrough, though now lives on the coast near Newcastle. His latest book ‘Northern Lights’ (published by York press Stairwell Books) has just entered its 2nd run and Harry describes its contents as “a collective love letter to the people of the North East”. Poet John Hegley described it as containing “gems herein”, while the Yorkshire Times said “Gallagher excels at finding harmony in unlikely places, in juxtapositions; extrapolating subtleties of nuance towards an expression of love, he is, in the end, a poet of hope.” Harry is delighted to be coming to York, one of his favourite cities anywhere.
Judi Sutherland is a poet and would-be novelist living in Barnard Castle, County Durham. Her pamphlet ‘The Ship Owner’s House’ has just been published by Vane Women Press in Darlington and this will be its first ever airing at a poetry reading.
Chérie Taylor-Battiste. After graduating from SOAS with a degree in African Studies, Chérie worked first in television production as a Researcher, then moved onto acting gaining various parts on stage and screen and with the BBC. Alongside this, she engaged in another passion, facilitating drama and video workshops in prisons PRUs and schools.
Finding herself a single parent of two, she was drawn back to her first love of writing, embracing the flexibility that allowed her to write around her baby daughter. She began by getting a prose piece published in the Tangled Roots anthology, then winning a competition to have a poem included in the Saboteur Award winning anthology Remembering Oluwale. After winning the Pitch and Pen event at the Headingley Literature Festival, she began talks with Valley Press.
She has just completed her debut collection “Lioness”, due to be published alongside an audiobook by Valley Press in Autumn 2018.
To book tickets please click here.
Fairfax House :
Wed 25 Apr :
7.00pm – 8.30pm (approx) :
£14
Georgian Superstar, Samuel Foote: satirist, impressionist and dangerous comedian. Adored by many, despised by some, Foote found himself at the sharp end of press attacks…and a surgeon’s knife – probably here in Yorkshire – and lost his leg. In an age obsessed with fame, Foote became an emblem for all that might be wrong with celebrity culture. Ian Kelly, award-winning biographer, actor and West End playwright narrates the bizarre career of England’s only one-legged transvestite comedy superstar…and what his story tells us of our debt to 18th century culture.
The event includes a post-lecture wine reception, ‘audience with author’ and book signing.
Unsuitable for Younger Children.
Ticket prices :
General: £14.00
Friends of Fairfax House and YCT Members Tickets: £12
Includes glass of wine or soft drink
For more information or to book tickets please click here.
