The York Civic Trust has launched a new programme of events aimed at its members.
The programme covers the spring and summer period and can be viewed by clicking here
Residents wishing to joint the Civic trust can do so by clicking here
What’s on in York: Vote 100 – Celebrating the Centenary
York Explore Library :
Sat 17 Feb :
2.00pm – 3.30pm :
£6, or £5 with a YorkCard
Join suffrage historian Jill Liddington, who has researched the Votes for Women era, in this Vote 100 event!
Jill will look at the wide sweep of suffragists and suffragettes across Yorkshire, with a special focus on the city of York itself. She asks: what was special about York’s Votes for Women campaign? And what did win the vote for women over 30 in 1918? An opportunity not to be missed!
To book tickets please click here.
What’s on in York: Shadow Puppet theatre and craft with Hoglets Drama
Acomb Explore Library :
Mon 12 Feb :
2.00pm – 2.30pm :
£2
Hoglets is theatre fun for small folk and we have Mama Hoglet coming to our libraries to perform a fun shadow puppet show.
You can also have a go at a craft yourself after the show.
This event is for ages 3-7 years.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
For each libraries telephone number or email to reserve a place please click here.
What’s on in York: Impartial energy saving advice at Sanderson Court, Chapelfields next Thursday
What’s on in York: Westfield events in February
What’s on in York: Social care event at Gateway centre on Wednesday
What’s on in York: Louise Penny and Ann Cleeves – More than just murder…
York Explore Library :
Tue 6 Feb :
6.30pm – 8.00pm :
£6
Join bestselling authors Ann Cleeves and Louise Penny in conversation about their love of stories and the secrets behind their success.
Ann Cleeves is the bestselling author of ITV’s VERA and BBC One’s Shetland. She’s written 31 novels in 31 years and her latest, THE SEAGULL is set in her home town of Whitley Bay. The recipient of the highest accolade in crime writing, the Diamond Dagger, Ann is the Queen of British crime fiction.
Louise Penny is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache series, set in the fictional Canadian village of Three Pines. The recipient of virtually every existing award for crime fiction, her twelfth novel, A GREAT RECKONING, was awarded the prestigious Agatha Award, Anthony, Macavity, Barry and Left Coast Crime Award.
The ticket price £6 (includes 99p off paperbacks at the event)
To book tickets please click here.
What’s on in York: Finding the Words with John Paul Burns, Emma Storr and Charlotte Wetto
York Explore Library :
Thu 25 Jan :
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.
John-Paul Burns is a writer of poetry and essays currently on the Creative Writing MFA program at Manchester Metropolitan University and lives in Manchester. His work centres around images of the road, the coast and fruit–of music history and the cinema–Federico Fellini wandering the earth spreading madness like Dionysus, Foley-sound artist as Demiurge, a dream of following Thelonious Monk. He has appeared in journals such as The North, Poetry Salzburg Review and 3AM Magazine and is featured in the Smith|Doorstop anthology Introduction X: The Poetry Business Book of New Poets.
Emma Storr lives in Leeds where she is a member of the Leeds Writers Circle. After working as a doctor and teacher for many years she is now giving more attention to poetry and writing. She is interested in where science and poetry intersect, particularly in relation to understanding the body. She has been published in The Hippocrates Prize Anthology 2016 and Strix 2 and her poem ’Spring Walk’ was highly commended in the Walter Swan Poetry competition in 2016. She recently completed an MPhil in Writing at the University of South Wales.
Charlotte Wetton is a poet based in West Yorkshire. Her first pamphlet, I Refuse to Turn into a Hat-Stand has been shortlisted for the Michael Marks award, following a spoken word album, Body Politic. She has published in Poetry Wales, Staple, Stand etc. She regularly performs across the North and will run workshops if the opportunity sounds fun.
@CharPoetry
www.charlottewettonpoetry.wordpress.com
Prices
£3 or £2 with YorkCard
Book at any library or online
What’s on in York: POETRY LAUNCH – Crow Flight across the Sun
York Explore Library :
Thu 18 Jan :
6.30pm – 8.00pm :
Free
Mike Di Placido has published two collections of poetry: Theatre of Dreams (Smith/Doorstop, 2009) and A Sixty Watt Las Vegas (Valley Press, 2013). His poetry has been translated into German and Romanian through the web magazine PoetryPf, and also broadcast on British and European radio.
Mike has read at numerous literary festivals, and his poems and reviews have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as The North, The Rialto, Pennine Platform and Poetry Saltzburg. He was recently the sole judge of The Poetry Space Competition, 2017.
Mike is a member of The Ted Hughes Society and The Elmet Trust.
Comments on Mike’s poetry:
I can’t remember when I enjoyed a book of poems so much; possibly ‘Season Songs’.
Keith Sagar (on Di Placido’s ‘Theatre of Dreams’)
Shrewdly, comically, with Blakean innocence, Mike Di Placido writes about enthusiasm and inspiration: how in practice we read poetry and fall in love with it.
Ed Reiss
In these poems Ted comes alive again, he lives and breathes. These poems are healing gifts.
Mark Hinchliffe
To book tickets please click here.
What’s on in York: “Fight Fit” at Foxwood Community Centre today
