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Chapter & Verse Literature Festival 2011
- Wed, 12 Oct 2011 - Sun, 16 Oct 2011
- 9.00 AM - 10.30 PM
The fourth Chapter & Verse festival at the Bluecoat presents a breadth of literature which will appeal to all those interested in the power of the word, spoken, written, reported and performed.
The Bluecoat will welcome over 40 writers working across the literature spectrum: novels, poetry, non-fiction, journalism, short stories, biographies, histories, children’s books, bookmaking, storytelling, comic books, spoken word performance, publishing and bookselling.
Over five days, there are more than 35 events as well as offsite projects, making this year’s festival as packed and diverse as ever.
For more information on the full festival programme download the brochure here.
Children’s Bookshow presents: Jessica Souhami
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
A firm favourite with Bookshow audiences over the years, Jessica Souhami specialises in retellings ...
- Tickets: Free.
App-ter and Verse: Independent Publishing and the App with Sam Easterby-Smith
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
Are you involved in literary publishing or the promotion of contemporary literature? If so, ...
- Tickets: Free, ticket required
Children’s Bookshow presents: Patrick Benson
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
This year The Children’s Bookshow is delighted to welcome award-winning illustrator Patrick Benson to ...
- Tickets: Free.
Clare Sambrook and Paul Lewis: The Future of Journalism
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
In these troubled times for the media, journalism is a bold yet exciting career ...
- Tickets: Free, ticket required
Ed Vulliamy: A Feral Elite
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
Award-winning global journalist Ed Vulliamy (The Observer, The Guardian), the grandson of department store ...
- Tickets: Tickets: £3 / £2
- Book: Online
Comma Press presents: European Short Story Night
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
With special guests Gregory Norminton (Scotland), and Milos Ilic (Serbia). A rare chance to hear ...
Alliance of Radical Booksellers Symposium
Thursday, 13 Oct 2011
Introducing a day of debate about the past, present & future of the radical ...
- Tickets: Free, ticket required
Poetry Open Mic
Thursday, 13 Oct 2011
Up and coming poets are invited to perform in this one-off open mic session ...
- Tickets: Free
Colin Grant: I&I: The Natural Mystics – Marley, Tosh and Wailer
Thursday, 13 Oct 2011
Author, historian and BBC producer, Colin Grant, the son of Jamaican emigrants to the ...
- Tickets: Tickets: £5 / £3
- Book: Online
Artists’ Book Fair
Friday, 14 Oct 2011
For the first time, the Bluecoat is hosting an Artist’s Book Fair. Come along ...
- Tickets: Free
Alexandra Harris: Romantic Moderns
Friday, 14 Oct 2011
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper Alexandra ...
John Williams: The Liverpool Way
Friday, 14 Oct 2011
Historically, Liverpool Football Club has played an important cultural role in the city and ...
Film Screening: Barbaric Genius
Friday, 14 Oct 2011
Showing at FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ Barbaric Genius is a riveting exploration ...
In Conversation with the Edge Hill Short Story Prize-winners
Friday, 14 Oct 2011
Graham Mort writes poetry and short fiction. After the publication of Visibility: New & ...
The Dike Omeje Slam Poetry Award 2011 Liverpool
Friday, 14 Oct 2011
The Quest for Liverpool’s Ultimate Slam Poet - Three minutes to rock or shock ...
Poetry Workshop: Motivism
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
With Michael Egan. Michael Egan is a Liverpool based poet and runs Holdfire Press -a ...
The 2011 Lowry Lounge & Tour
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
Radical Wirral-born writer Malcolm Lowry, author of Under the Volcano, is remembered in this ...
- Tickets: Tour: £5/ Lowry Lounge £3/ Combined ticket £6
- Book: Online
Traditional Bookbinding Workshop
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
With Lucy Wilson. A traditional and therapeutic craft, bookbinding combines a number of creative skills. ...
Love Books: The Pram in the Hall: Motherhood in Poetry
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
This Love Books, led by Pauline Rowe from North End Writers, event will celebrate ...
- Tickets: Free, ticket required
Uprising!
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
Through words and song Alex Wheatle MBE charts the journey of his own personal ...
- Tickets: Tickets: £4 / £2 / Under 18s free
- Book: Online
Litmus - Short Stories From Modern Science
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
Presented by Comma Press. With authors Sarah Hall, Jane Rogers, Annie Clarkson and science historian ...
Patricia Duncker: The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
Reading from her acclaimed novel The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge ...
Sarah Hall: The Beautiful Indifference
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
Enjoy readings from a new collection of short stories by the Booker-shortlisted author. From the ...
Explore: Arabic Storytelling
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
Drop in at 12 noon, 12.45pm or 1.30pm plus open mic at 2.15pm, come ...
- Tickets: Free, drop in event
Explore: Family Cartoon Workshop
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
Create cartoon characters and pick up ideas to develop your very own comic-book adventure ...
- Tickets: Free, drop in event
Liverpool Screen School presents: Deconstructing Voices
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
A unique collaboration in sample culture, mixing live poetry with VJ, screen and digital technologies. ...
- Tickets: Free drop-in event, no ticket required
Stories from Somalia
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
Somalis comprise the largest African community in Liverpool. Previously unheard stories by two new ...
- Tickets: Free
Liverpool Poetry Cafe and The Windows Project present Michael Murphy and Matt Simpson: A Celebration
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
Leading poets Gwyneth Lewis, John Lucas, Maurice Riordan, Lawrence Sail and George Szirtes present ...
- Tickets: Tickets: £2
- Book: Online
Robert Sheppard: Berlin Bursts
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
Part of the radical literary avant-garde sometimes called ‘linguistically innovative’, Sheppard combines subtle effects ...
- Tickets: Free, ticket required
Penny Feeny: That Summer in Ischia
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
In the long hot summer of 1979, best friends Helena and Liddy travel to ...
- Tickets: Free, ticket required
Mercy Presents Electronic Voice Phenomena
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011
A showcase of artists mimicking and manipulating electronic processing in vocal performance. Part of ...
- Tickets: Tickets: £5/£4
- Book: Online
Philosophy in Pubs
Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012
Our resident philosophers debate theimportant questions. All welcome to join for some deep thinking. Free, ...