York Explore Library :
Sat 8 Oct :
10.30am – 3.30pm :
£35
Through tutor demonstrations and examining samples you will discover & learn the techniques necessary to create your own memories book.
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Through tutor demonstrations and examining samples you will discover & learn the techniques necessary to create your own memories book.
For more information clickhere.
Edinburgh and York are two ancient cities, both with a rich social history. Dr Kim Bevan from The Retreat will discuss the fascinating past and future of mental health care in York and Catherine Walker, Curator of the War Poets Collection at Edinburgh Napier University will provide a historical glimpse into life at Craiglockhart War Hospital.
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A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language’ W.H. Auden
Join us for National Poetry Day 2016 as we flood York Explore with poetry!
National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by William Sieghart, and has engaged millions of people across the country reading, writing and listening to poetry. The theme for National Poetry Day 2016 is Messages and Explore will be linking our celebration to Big City Read 2016
Pat Barker will be talking about her Regeneration Trilogy as we launch this year’s Big City Read. Regeneration, the first book in the trilogy, is a classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young men.
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