Inkwell Goes to the Zoo
York Explore Library :
Sat 24 Feb :
2.30pm – 3.30pm :
Free
A FREE creative writing session for 5-12 year olds!
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! From adventurous aardvarks to zany zebras, Inkwell needs your help rounding up all the animals of the zoo.
How many will you write about?
For more information please call York Explore Library on (01904) 552828 or york@exploreyork.org.uk.
What’s on in York: Foxy Crafters at Community Centre on Thursday morning
What’s on in York: Finding the Words with Rachel Davies, Hilary Robinson & Joanne Stryker
York Explore Library :
Thu 22 Feb :
6.45pm – 8.00pm :
£3 (or £2 with a York Card)
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.
Rachel Davies has been published in several journals and anthologies, most recently The Interpreters House no. 63 and Noble Dissent (Beautiful Dragons Press 2017). She has been a winner in several poetry competitions including Battered Moons in 2017. She co-ordinates the Poetry Society’s East Manchester and Tameside Stanza and is a member of Manchester’s Poets & Players organising committee. Formerly a primary school head-teacher, since retirement she has graduated MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University and is currently working towards a creative/critical PhD in poetry. She doubts she will ever learn how to stop being a student. Originally from the Fens she now lives in Saddleworth with her partner and two cats. She blogs regularly on the challenge of fitting a PhD into a very full life. You can read her blog here: racheld1607.com
Hilary Robinson lives in Saddleworth and is a retired primary school teacher. She has had work published in The Interpreter’s House, Obsessed with Pipework, Avis, Strix and Riggwelter. Her poetry has been included in several anthologies such as A New Manchester Alphabet (Manchester Writing School 2015) and Noble Dissent (Beautiful Dragons Press 2017). Hilary has recently completed her MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and had a month-long holiday to recover. Since coming to poetry writing late in life, Hilary is trying to cram in as much of it as she can and will often be found at readings, workshops and launches. You can follow her on Twitter (@Hilro1) or on her occasional blog (mamierob.wordpress.com).
Joanne Stryker’s poems have won prizes and are published in journals and anthologies in Canada and the U.K. She spent several years in Yorkshire and now lives in her native Canada. She will be reading from her new collection After published by Cinnamon Press. After is a heart-breaking account of the aftermath of a suicide. Simple, spare language and the use of questions allow the seismic shifts of grief and disbelief to resonate through this powerful, disquieting and sometimes harrowing, but never sentimental or self-indulgent, sequence. There is a fine line of control and grace in this poignant and deeply humane collection.
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What’s on in York: Women and Print in eighteenth-century York
York Explore Library :
Wed 21 Feb :
6.15pm – 7.45pm :
£6, or £5 with a YorkCard
Tutor: Dr Kaley Kramer
York’s conscious civic self-fashioning in the eighteenth century was accompanied by an expanding local print industry. Women played an important role in this, particularly Grace White, who established York’s first newspaper in 1719, and Ann Ward, whose business in Coney Street lasted 30 years under her direction.
Join Dr Kaley Kramer as she uncovers the lives and careers of these fascinating York women.
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What’s on in #York: Foxwood Residents Association Meeting on Wednesday
The Foxwood Residents Association are holding their monthly meeting on Wednesday at the Community Centre starting at 7:00pm. The meeting is open to any resident living in the Foxwood area.
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What’s on in York: Impartial energy saving advice at Sanderson Court, Chapelfields tomorrow (Thursday)
What’s on in York: JORVIK Viking Festival @ York Minster
The Minster :
Thu 15 Feb :
10.00am – 3.00pm :
£2.50 with standard admission.
Make your own Viking-style decoration to take home in the stunning surroundings of the Chapter House inside York Minster.
Inspired by the Anglo-Scandinavian stone carvings in our Undercroft Museum, your keepsake will help you look the part throughout a fun and educational week in York!
Need some more inspiration? You can also meet the Vikings right here too! Handle authentic and replica Viking artefacts, learn how to play a Viking board game, and discover more about the mystery that is York Minster during the Viking period from our resident ‘Vikings’.
£2.50 per child for craft activity, with standard admission.
Admission ticket lasts for 12 months. Family 12-month ticket from £10 (valid for up to 4 children visiting the Minster with 1 adult). FREE admission to Minster for York residents with proof of residency (York Card, DVLA License, utility bill).
Macbeth, the North, and 1066 with Justin Hill
York Explore Library :
Fri 16 Feb :
3.30pm – 5.00pm :
Adult £6.50 Conc. £5.50
The events of 1066 are often seen through the prism of what happened in the south of England.
However, the events that lead to the Norman Conquest happened here, in the North, in the struggle between the real-life historical figures of Duncan, Macbeth and Earl Siward. In an illustrated talk, bestselling author Justin Hill recounts this little-known story, which is just as bloody and compelling as the Shakespearean play.
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For more information please visit The Jorvik Viking Festival website.
What’s on in York: The Queens of the Conquest, with Joanna Courtney
York Explore Library :
Fri 16 Feb :
10.00am – 11.30am :
Adult £6.50 Conc. £5.50
Think you know the story of 1066? Think again….
Joanna Courtney’s ‘Queens of the Conquest’ series explores the lives of Edyth of Mercia, Elizaveta of Kiev and Mathilda of Flanders in their own quests to promote their homeland, support their husbands and, ultimately, to become Queen of England.
Explore the events leading up to the end of Anglo-Saxon England from a female perspective with Joanna at this special and intriguing talk.
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For more information please visit The Jorvik Viking Festival website.