28th September - 6th October 2013
Riaz Khan
Mellow Baku
Stan Tracey
Michael Horovitz
Lemn Sissay
Jess Green
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Whatever it Takes...to get every child in Leicester reading. The initiative is made up of a diverse and innovative set of projects and events, which range from grants to supporting targeted work within schools to author workshops for over 4000 children. The initiative is chaired by Liz Warren (Strategic Lead for City Primary Heads) and Bill Morris (Director of the Education Improvement Partnership) and is supported by a range of organisations within the city. Co-chair Bill Morris says “Whatever it Takes is once again delighted to be supporting Everybody’s Reading, Leicester’s excellent and totally unique annual festival which celebrates the sheer joy and love of reading.” ER 2013 promises to be one of the best yet, with an impressive range of cultural events aimed at promoting and developing the culture of reading across Leicester City and its diverse communities. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Leicester’s schools and the City Council for providing the financial and structural support that allows ER to thrive year-on-year and for recognising the inextricable link between reading and achievement in all of its manifestations. It continues to be an enormous privilege to be involved with such great initiatives as Everybody’s Reading and Whatever it Takes and to feel the buzz of excitement and optimism that is generated when individuals unite together around a collective ambition and decide that we can make a difference - and we will!
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For more information about Whatever it Takes visit www.whatever-it-takes.org.uk or contact ellen.lee@sdsa.net.
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Everybody’s Reading is brought to you by a dedicated and creative partnership: Leicester Libraries, SDSA, WORD!, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, LASALS, NUT, BBC Radio Leicester and SLB Distribution & Promotion Services Ltd. Without the continued support of these organisations you wouldn’t be reading through this diverse programme of events and deciding which workshop, storytelling or performance you should go to first! This year we even have our own song. Specially written and performed by John Butler, lead singer and songwriter with seminal Leicester rock band, Diesel Park West, it is appropriately entitled, 'Everybody's Reading'. It will be available as a free download from our website from late September. It’s a pleasure to be able to present the Everybody’s Reading Festival 2013 to Leicester and I hope Leicester enjoys the Festival. Juliet Martin, Festival Co-ordinator juliet.martin@sdsa.net
I’m thrilled to be supporting Leicester’s Everybody’s Reading campaign through a whole City Read of Boys Don’t Cry. It’s so important that everybody reads because reading is FUN, it promotes empathy and it allows us to see through the eyes of others other cultures, races, genders, ages, religions, classes, professions. Reading allows us to create connections and to communicate with other people. Long live reading! Children’s Laureate 2013
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All Dressed Up - Indian Clothing Workshop at St. Barnabas and Belgrave Library Before the Festival starts you are invited to join Linda Harding from Leicester Museums to investigate traditional clothing and textiles from India and around the world using a specialist book collection. You will discover the techniques used to make and decorate the fabrics then help create a group wall hanging for the library inspired by Indian Toran welcome hangings. You will also learn the arts of silk-dying. St Barnabas Library Friday 6, 13, 20, 27 September 1.00-3.00pm Wednesday 2nd October - Exhibition and launch day 1.00-3.00pm Contact St. Barnabas Library to book your free place.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to sew shisha mirrors? Inspired by our book collection you’ll learn how the vibrant patterns are put onto Indian clothing and textiles. You’ll learn about silk painting, wood block printing and embroidery and you’ll help to make a group textile wall hanging for the library. Belgrave Library Thursday 5, 12, 19, 26 September 12.45-2.45pm Contact Belgrave Library to book your free place. Thursday 3rd October - Exhibition and launch day 3.30-5.30pm All workshops are free but you need to contact the appropriate library to book a place. Look on Page 22 & 23 for all festival venues or go to www.leicester.gov.uk/libraries
“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.” Roald Dahl - Matilda
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City Read: Malorie Blackman
Everybody’s Reading Film: Oliver Twist
Join our City Read, Boys Don’t Cry by Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman. Her first book, Not So Stupid, was published in 1990. Since then she has written more than fifty children's books, including novels and short story collections, and also television scripts and a stage play. Her work has won more than fifteen awards including for the bestselling Noughts & Crosses series, which, set in a fictional dystopia, explores love, racism, and violence. Her television scripts include episodes of the long-running children’s drama Byker Grove, as well as television adaptations of her novels Whizziwig and Pig-Heart Boy. Leicester Station & all City Libraries 28 September 2013 - 6 October 2013 Pick up a free copy of ‘Boys don’t cry’ during the Everybody’s Reading Festival at a City Library or Leicester Railway Station.
Campervan Tales An illustrated talk from David Eccles about travelling and living with an old VW Camper, based on an overland journey to India and back in 1976 and on David's book Campervan Crazy. Curve 2.00-4.00pm Contact Curve to book your free place. whatthedickensfood.com
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There have been over 20 different film adaptations of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist and this 1922 version is regarded by many as one of the finest to reach the silver screen. It boasts Jackie Coogan, possibly the greatest of all child actors (who had just finished working on Chaplin’s 'The Kid') in the starring role and Lon Chaney as Fagin. The film will have live musical accompaniment by Cyrus Gabrysch and a illustrated introduction with clips from other early Dickens adaptations. The Guildhall 7.30pm Tickets: £8.00 / £6.00 Book via: The Guildhall. Tasty Victorian street food from award winning WHAT THE caterers What The Dickens will DICKENS! be available at BRITISH FOOD AND SUCHLIKE The Guildhall from 6.30pm whatthedickensfood.com
Reading the Zombie Body A ‘Life’ Drawing, Reading and Writing Session A break with the tradition of the conventional ‘life’ drawing class experience. Draw, read and write about a real zombie - under the close supervision, guidance and protection of experienced facilitators, Scott Bridgwood and Lydia Towsey. This three hour session will draw on a number of zombie texts, and use a range of both quick and longer poses to explore, read and relate to the zombie body. No experience necessary. All materials supplied. The Y Theatre 1.00-4.00pm Suitable for people aged 14+. Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00. Book via: The Y Theatre.
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Richard III Man of His Time A talk by Sally Henshaw, Secretary of the Leicestershire branch of the Richard III Society. 12.00-1.30pm Central Library Free events, just turn up & enjoy.
Dance and Views from Not the Big Snooze ‘News and Views' will be performed by junior reporters who have worked with Streetlife to create a contemporary urban dance and spoken word poem using quotes taken from participants in the Action Homeless sponsored rough sleep in April. Highcross Shopping Centre 2.30pm Just turn up & enjoy.
The 'I Hate Poetry' Poetry Workshop Do you hate poetry? People are often turned off poetry at school or by thinking it is 'not for them'. This event may change your mind and show you that poetry is for everyone: Participants are encouraged to bring a poem they love - or hate! - and we will be reading, discussing, declaiming, performing, writing bits of our own and generally being creative. Westcotes Library 11.00am-1.00pm Children must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Westcotes Library to book your free place.
BABY BLURB An interactive performance and workshop for new and expecting mothers, from Polish singer-songwriter, Ola Szmidt. Bring your baby - or your bump! - and explore feelings around motherhood, pregnancy, and thoughts for the future. Read, write, improvise and sing to break down barriers, make new friends and develop literacy, confidence and creativity across languages. Leicester Estonian House Club & Institute 10.00am-12.00pm Mothers, babies and toddlers from all cultural backgrounds are welcome. Tickets: £2.00 Book via: grape_rd@yahoo.co.uk or 07921 269 036.
Imagination Station Ride the train to Imagination Station. Spend the afternoon dressing up with props, stories and pictures to help continue the story. Anything could happen! St. Barnabas Library 1.00-3.00pm Suitable for children aged 5 -7 years. Must bring a grown up! Contact St. Barnabas Library to book your free place.
Cartoon Capers Meet cartoonist, graphic novel artist and author, Brick, a cartoonist who has created illustrations for just about every publication you can imagine. He’s also written graphic novels, the most recent being Depresso. As well as seeing how a graphic artist works there will be an opportunity to see a collection of the very best Graphic Novels currently available. The BRITE Centre 1.30-3.30pm Turn up early and have your very own personal cartoon drawn by Brick! Contact The BRITE Centre to book your place - free for library members.
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The Battle of Bosworth The Enactment society from The Battle of Bosworth Centre will be bringing along props and talking about The Battle of Bosworth 10.30-11.30am
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Riaz Khan: Recollections of an Asian Football Casual
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The assumption was always that football hooligans were young, white and often skinheads. But not in multi-cultural Leicester. Author Riaz Khan talks about his days in the 80s as an Asian Football Casual, first joining Leicester City's 'Baby Squad' then starting his own gang, the YTS. He and his fellow young Asians were the heralds of a hybrid youth culture. This is their story. Secular Hall 6.30pm Sponsored by Secular Society and Leicester and District Trades Union Council. Free event, just turn up & enjoy.
Neil Innes Another Chance to Get it Right Neil Innes ‘Another Chance to Get it Right' is a wry, poignant, and humorous show spiced with anecdotes of Neil’s life and times in the worlds of media and show business. The Guildhall 7.30pm Tickets: £15.00 / £14.00 Book via: The Guildhall.
Campfire Stories: Tales from Africa and China Join the New Walk Museum Education Team to spot some of the special objects in the World Arts Gallery, explore the exhibitions and hear some fascinating stories then create your own story based upon an object of your choice. Your stories will be selected and exhibited on the gallery walls for all Museum visitors to read! New Walk Museum 11.00am-12.00pm Suitable for children aged 6+. Must bring a grown up! Limited availability, booking essential. Contact New Walk Museum to book your free place.
Campfire Stories: Tales from India to Poland New Walk Museum 1.00-2.00pm Suitable for children age 6+. Must bring a grown up! Limited availability, booking essential. Contact New Walk Museum to book your free place.
“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” Maya Angelou www.everybodysreading.org.uk
Poet and Performer Lydia Towsey presents, Reading Zombies - a moaning, clawing, shuffling work with zombie cats, gruesome goddesses and undead zombie make-up. From Beatrix Potter to Botticelli’s Venus... from cosmetic surgery to the current recession - how might zombies reveal themselves in contemporary culture, art and literature - and what parallels might be drawn between us and them? Featuring live looping and vocals from Ola Szmidt; David Dhonau on cello; original art work by Scott Bridgwood and film visuals from Keith Allott this brand new show will rip apart the zombie matter and pick the brains of audience members. The Y Theatre 7.00pm Open to all, parental guidance advised. No undead experience necessary. Optional zombie dress code - wear black. Tickets cost £7.00 / £5.00 Book via: The Y Theatre.
Turned Out Nice Again Beryl is banned from watching her uncle on stage because her mother wants her to be lady-like. But fate has other plans and Beryl is thrown into her uncle’s world of grease-paint, unusual acts and comedy sketches. Deborah Tyler-Bennett will lead an event based on her recently published collection of short stories, Turned Out Nice Again. As well as reading extracts she will lead a writing workshop, based on objects and stories about British Music Hall. Central Library 2.30-4.00pm Suitable for people aged 16+ Contact Central Library to book your free place.
Alun Parry: When the Sunlight Shines - Songs inspired by Authors and Books Alun's songs take inspiration from a wide range of literature. He draws on James Joyce, Robert Tressel’s (author of the Ragged Trousered Philanthopist) last letter to his daughter Kathleen and stories about working class heroes like Des Warren, Harry Constable and the Dirty Thirty Leicestershire Miners. This is a night to join in, sing along and know you're with friends. The Donkey 8.00pm Suitable for people aged 14+ Sponsored by the National Union of Teachers. Tickets on the door: £5.00.
The Story of the Saff: A History of the Saffron Lane Estate Join Cynthia Brown for an illustrated talk and a trip down memory lane. Cynthia will be showing slides from the book The Story of the Saff, and talking about the history of the local area. The book was inspired by the major rebuilding that took place in the 1990s, when a group of residents decided to capture its earlier history before it slipped from memory. You can share your own memories of what life used to be like on The Saff! Southfields Library 2.00pm Contact Southfields Library to book your free place.
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Reading Zombies Undead at The Y Theatre
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Toddler Tales
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This interactive storytelling session is based on the works of Julia Donaldson, with stories including the Gruffalo, Stick Man, Tiddler, Snail and The Whale and The Smartest Giant in Town. The workshop will include lots of movement, games, interaction and craft activities to accompany the stories - including making your own Gruffalo Puppet and Stick Man. Come along and join us for some storytelling fun! LCB Depot 10.00am - 12.00pm Suitable for children aged from 18 months to 4 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Limited availability; booking essential. Email artsandwriting@hotmail.com to book your free place.
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Rod Duncan revisits Westcotes Local author and Adult Education tutor Rod Duncan will revisit Westcotes Library to give an inspiring talk on his own books, and how to start writing. If you are an unconfident potential reader or writer come along for tips and encouragement and to find out about the new reading and creative writing groups at Westcotes Library. Despite being dyslexic, Rod has written three hugely successful novels set in Leicester, and has a new title coming out this year. Westcotes Library 10.30am - 12.00pm Contact Westcotes Library to book your free place. Vanessa Vie and Michael Horovitz
WORD! Presents: Michael Horovitz and Stan Tracey A unique opportunity to see Michael Horovitz and Stan Tracey perform together for one night only. Horovitz, pioneer of jazz poetry, New Departures editor and Poetry Olympics Image by torchbearer, has been Véronique Dubois dubbed a "Popular, experienced, experimental, New Jerusalem, Jazz Generation, Sensitive Bard" (Allen Ginsberg) and "A dreamer, a maverick ... transmedial crusader" (Martin Amis). He recently recorded with Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon and Paul Weller (www.poetryolympics.com). Tracey, key British jazz pianist-composerbandleader with over six decades of experience, twenty commissions and forty albums; his first major work Under Milk Wood, inspired by Dylan Thomas’ radio play of the same title, is universally recognised as a masterpiece (www.stantracey.com) The duo will be supported by singer-songwriterguitarist-poet Vanessa Vie. The event will be opened by several nationally regarded artists. Advance booking recommended. The Y Theatre 7.00pm Tickets: £10.00 / £7.00 Book via: The Y Theatre.
Railway Journeys: Local historian Sue Porter presents historic Leicester on film Archive footage of old films of Leicester from the 1920’s and 30’s depicting train journeys to the seaside and city centre transport. Central Library 2.30-4.00pm Limited availability; contact Central Library to book your free place.
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The Unofficial Canon Books, music, a good bar! What's not to like? While government ministers lecture us on the 'classics' children 'should' read, we celebrate the great books by writers from all generations that kids really do enjoy. Live music from 'Banjaxed' and 'Coverlist' interspersed by readings from the books we rate. Bring along your own favourite and read an extract to the assembled throng. The Donkey 8.00pm Suitable for people aged 14+ Sponsored by the National Union of Teachers. Tickets on the door: £3.00 Proceeds go to Whatever it Takes.
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Spoken Word Goes Global
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Lively Leicester open mic poetry event, Pinggg…K!, joins with Global Hands, a not for profit social enterprise, to create and celebrate Spoken Word for Leicester. Do you speak more than one language? Do you want to perform poetry with someone else? Dominic Berry and Rod Tame of Manchester offer an exciting workshop in preparation for an evening performance. Innovation Centre Workshop 4.00-6.00pm, DMU, Duffy's Bar Performance 7.30-9.30pm Suitable for people aged 16+ Free event. Just turn up & enjoy.
ILUVLYRICSSLAM 2013 An open mic competition for poets, spoken word artists and MC's. ILUVLYRICS Slam 2013 is taking over Mobius for the evening. Make sure you're prepared for up to three rounds of performing short poetry, rap or spoken word magic. The winner will take home a £50 bursary and the ILUVLYRICS Champion title. Mobius 8.00-10.00pm Hosted By John Berkavitch Suitable for people aged 18+ Just turn up & enjoy.
A Man of Humble Beginnings The world premiere of a play by Anthony Church about Amos Sheriff, former mayor of Leicester who organised an unemployed march to London and promoted literacy for working men. Featuring the Red Leicester choir. The Western 7.00pm Tickets: £5.50 / £4.00 Book via: www.stagelefttheatre.co.uk
Sensational stories with Movers Working alongside members of Movers, Leicester’s learning disabled theatre company, join us for this fun and friendly session exploring our favourite books, stories and characters. Create some new stories through drama games and performance. Embrace Arts 3.00-5.00pm An inclusive session suitable for all abilities in fully accessible surroundings, this is a great opportunity to make new friends, and develop new skills. Contact Speakeasy Theatre via info@speakeasytheatre.co.uk or 0116 283 6646 to book your free place.
Everybody's Cooking If you are interested in food, recipes and cookery books this event is for you. We are a nation of food lovers - but some of the food we love is not that good for us. This event will look at healthy cooking, demonstrating food preparation, cooking and tastes from across the globe. We want to kick start a Food Reading group and bring together people to share and discuss cooking experiences, cookery books and recipes from around the world. Highfields Library 5.00-6.30pm Contact Highfields Library to book your free place.
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Meet Christina Courtney, President of the Romantic Novelists Association and Sue Moorcroft, vice President. These best-selling romantic novelists are spending the day in Leicester and will be talking about their books, giving a master class on how to write a romantic novel, and get it published, and the work of the Romantic Novelist Association. Central Library 1.00-2.00pm Limited availability; contact Central Library to book your free place. Knighton Library 6.30-8.00pm Limited availability; contact Knighton Library to book your free place.
Elizabeth Heyrick A woman who changed the world Slavery fuelled the wealth of the British Empire but shamed the nation's values. While William Wilberforce gets the credit for ending slavery, in reality the unsung hero was Leicester's Elizabeth Heyrick. In 1824 she published a pamphlet, 'Immediate not Gradual. Abolition of Slavery' opposing Wilberforce's cautious approach and by forcing the men to support abolition, changed history. This is her story, as told by County Archivist Jess Jenkins. Plus songs of liberation from the Red Leicester choir. Regent Social Club 7.15pm Sponsored by Leicester Social Forum. Contact the NUT 0116 25 55311 to book your free place.
Rebecca The screening will be introduced by Leicestershire novelist and Daphne du Maurier aficionado Jane Hill. Rightly regarded amongst the best of his work, Rebecca was Hitchcock’s first American production and second Du Maurier adaptation - winning two Academy Awards and nominated for nine more. A young bride moves into her husband’s home but finds that the memory of his deceased first wife looms large. The Phoenix 7.00pm Rated PG. Curve customers who purchase a ticket to THE LOVESONG OF ALFRED J HITCHCOCK are entitled to a £5 ticket to any of the films showing for Phoenix’s Hitchcock Season in October. Simply bring your Curve ticket stub to the Phoenix box office. Tickets: £7.60 / £5.85 Book via: The Phoenix.
Reading Minds A reading themed exhibition of artwork curated by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT), supported by Brightsparks, Arts in Mental Health Group, celebrating World Mental Health Month and featuring work created during Everybody's Reading Storycafes at Embrace Arts and Glenfield Hospital, as well as work drawn from artists with experience of mental health issues, from across Leicester and Leicestershire. The Gallery @ Pedestrian Exhibition is on October 2nd - 11th, 9.00am-5.30pm Free event. Just turn up & enjoy.
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Lemn Sissay
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Lemn Sissay is the author of five collections of poetry spanning 20 years, has written plays for stage and BBC Radio and was the first poet to write for the 2012 Olympics. Lemn received an MBE for services to literature in 2010 and is the Associate Artist at the Southbank Centre, Patron of the Letterbox Club, Education Ambassador for the Arvon Foundation and Trustee of World Book Night. If you Google Lemn Sissay you’ll find he is the only person in the world with the name and Everybody’s Reading is delighted to have Lemn in Leicester for one night only at the Y Theatre. Join Lemn for an intimate evening of incredible words as part of the 2013 Leicester Everybody’s Reading Festival. The Y Theatre 7.30pm Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 Book via: The Y Theatre.
All Dressed Up - Indian Clothing Exhibition at St. Barnabas Come to the launch of a new, communitybased and created exhibition about traditional clothing and textiles from India. St Barnabas Library 1.00-3.00pm Contact St. Barnabas Library to book your free place. Rob Gee
Talk on Victorian Underwear by Leicester Museum’s Jane May Learn what the Victorians wore under their clothes. Jane will be illustrating her talk with a suitcase of Victorian underwear from the Museum’s Costume Collection. The talk will be supported with a display of books and magazines from the libraries reserve collections. Central Library 2.30-4.00pm Contact Central Library to book your free place.
Words for Wellbeing Relax, unwind and free up your mind. Writing can allow us to slow down and recharge our batteries, regain control and free up our thoughts. Take time out of your hectic schedule to find a moment of calm, and while away a couple of hours with some creative writing exercises to help untangle anxiety, free up your thoughts, and relax. LCB Depot 10.00am-12.00pm Suitable for people aged 16+ Places limited; booking essential. Email artsandwriting@hotmail.com to book your free place.
Poetry like you’ve never heard it before Join New Parks Reading and Story Café Groups for a morning with local performance poet Rob Gee, guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. New Parks Library 10.30am-12.00pm Contact New Parks Library to book your free place.
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Workshop participants will take part in a series of exercises that use contemporary poetry to provide starting points for new poems. There is a long tradition of poets being inspired by other people's work. Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath often drafted their poems on the same page. Carol Ann Duffy edited an anthology Answering Back where contemporary poets took a poem and wrote their own poem in response, sometimes agreeing with it, sometimes arguing with it, sometimes using a line or a phrase to inspire their own poem. Friends' Meeting House 7.00-9.30pm For women only. Booking essential as places are limited, contact soundswrite@ntlworld.com or call 0116 2702661.
Tell Tales Tell Tales will feature a popular local professional story teller as part of the inaugural meeting of a new bi-monthly storytelling event. Everyone will be encouraged to tell a story - a traditional tale, a made-up story or an anecdote from real life. The Chapel Cafe 7.30pm Suitable for people aged 12+. Tickets: £5.00 / £4.00 Book via: www.leicesterstorytelling.com or leicstorytelling@aol.com
"When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved." Mark Twain Lemn Sissay
The Great Leicester Book Quiz The Great Leicester Book Quiz pits the literary knowledge of the city’s writers, librarians, English teachers and BBC Radio Leicester for the glamour and honour and (yes) a trophy as well. A comical and entertaining competition that is set to become an annual event in the Everybody’s Reading festival. Be entertained, be educated, be astonished, be there. Curve 6.00-7.30pm Tickets: £2.00 Book via: Curve.
Think Responsibly Kevin Hayes If only the Irish wit and standup comic could follow his own advice. Maybe if he read more, it would make him a more responsible person? Join the genial Kevin for a hilarious and new show. The Guildhall 8.00pm Places limited, booking essential. Tickets: £6.00 Book via: The Guildhall.
The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III A book signing followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Philippa Langley and historian Michael Jones. On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field. For ten years Philippa and Michael have shared a vision to find the real Richard. Their book is a unique collaboration and what emerges is the story of an extraordinary search for the real man behind the Tudor myth. The Guildhall Book signing: 6.00-7.00pm Q&A: 7.00-8.00pm Tickets: £5.00 / £3.00 (Concessions and for Waterstones Loyalty Card holders) Book via Waterstones on 0843 2908445.
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Put Your Hand in a Poet's Pocket - a poetry workshop open to all women, led by Kim Moore
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Donkey Pub Book Group: Killing Honour
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The Donkey Pub's regular book group has a special gathering for 'Everybody's Reading'. Our chosen book for discussion is 'Killing Honour' by local author, Bali Rai. To enhance the discussion Bali will be there to share his thoughts and intentions and talk about being a writer of thought-provoking books for young adults. The Donkey 5.30pm Suitable for people aged 14+ Just turn up & enjoy.
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Lyric Lounge Join us for a full day of poetry events, workshops, film screenings and open-mics to celebrate National Poetry Day, leading to an evening headline performance by the Lounge's formidable patron, Jean Binta Breeze MBE, who will perform alongside Daljit Nagra, Forward prize winner for his first poetry collection, Look, We Have Coming to Dover. FREE daytime events include creative writing masterclasses with the likes of published author Kerry Young, Writing School Leicester’s Alison Dunne and the legendary Jean Binta Breeze, alongside a film screening of the acclaimed British documentary WE ARE POETS. Leicester’s Showcase Smoothie writing collective will be launching their latest anthology of work, and there will be plenty of have-a-go opportunities from a Knit-and-think session to an open ukulele workshop. For more information visit www.everybodysreading.org.uk www.lyriclounge.co.uk The Y Theatre 10.30am onwards All day-time events free; evening performances £6.00 / £4.00 Book via The Y Theatre. Jean Binta Breeze MBE, Lyric Lounge
All Dressed Up - Indian Clothing Exhibiton at Belgrave Library Come to the launch of a new, communitybased and created exhibition about traditional clothing and textiles from India Belgrave Library 3.30-5.30pm Free event, just turn up & enjoy.
Goodbye Mrs. Thatcher Musical and literary nostalgia night. It's back to the 80's for a dose of Two Tone and Ska plus readings from the stories that echoed round miners' strike Britain when 3 million were unemployed and Liverpool City Council was in the dock. Poetry from Drew Walton, music from KGB Jazz and those Ska masters, The Splitters. The Donkey 8.00pm Suitable for people aged 14+. Sponsored by Leicester Social Forum. Tickets on the door: £5.00. Proceeds go to City of Sanctuary.
Peach Party Come and have some sweet squishy fun at New Parks library. Local artist Lucy Hammond will be hosting a creative Roald Dahl Peach Party, inspired by the magical James and the Giant Peach; make an insect friend, magic crystal or even a fantastical Whangdoodle!!! New Parks Library 9.30-11.00am Suitable for pre-school children, must bring a grownup! Contact New Parks Library to book your free place.
A Man of humble beginnings The world premiere of a play by Anthony Church about Amos Sheriff, former mayor of Leicester who organised an unemployed march to London and promoted literacy for working men. Featuring the Red Leicester choir. The Western 7.00pm Tickets: £5.50 / £4.00 Book via: www.stagelefttheatre.co.uk
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Look What We Wrote! The Story Cafe creative writing group has been meeting in Beaumont Leys for two years and are ready to share their work with a launch of a collection of their best pieces, featuring prose, poetry, fiction and memoir. Come and toast the writers’ talent and share in their success. Beaumont Leys Library 5.00-6.30pm. Refreshments will be served. Contact Beaumont Leys library to book your free place.
Reading Voices Children are invited to come along with their parents to participate and listen to a variety of reading styles from writings by different authors, including poems, plays, nursery rhymes and novels. Children and Parents' Alliance 3.30-5.30pm Suitable for children aged 5 - 12. Must bring a grownup! Just turn up & enjoy.
Memories and Verse If you have never written a poem before this is a good place to start - come along to write, read and listen to poetry. More experienced poets also welcome - bring a poem, read a poem or write a poem on the day. Indulge your nostalgia or reflect on past events. The choice is yours. Curve 10.30am-1.00pm Contact Merrill.c@ntlworld.com / joandjohnkitchen@hotmail.com or call 0116 212 4160/0116 220 9368 to book your free place.
Crime Fiction v Crime Fact Meet our panel of experts - S.J. Bolton, author of some of the most bone-chilling crime books ever written, shortlisted for prizes including Crime Novel of the Year and Belinda Bauer, journalist, screenwriter and winner of the Carl Foreman/Bafta Award for Young British Screenwriters. The authors will be joined by a criminologist and a member of the Leicestershire Police Force. Join in, and find out if fiction mirrors fact. Central Library 6.30-8.00pm Tickets: £2.00 (Library members) / £3.00 (non members) Book via: Central Library.
Voicing Your Writing Reading it in Public So you've done some writing and want to share it with other people at a workshop, writing class or Open Mic slot? This hands-on session explores some basic skills to using your voice and person to bring your work to life and build your confidence. Participants will be invited to the Leicester Writers’ Club Open Evening where you can read a short piece aloud in front of a friendly audience and get feedback and refreshments Leicester Adult Education Centre 10.30am-1.00pm Suitable for people aged 16+. Places limited; book via: siobsi@yahoo.co.uk. Contribution £2.00 on the door.
"I declare aſter all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!" Jane Austen
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Meet Jane Adams Crime writer Jane Adams’ first book, The Greenway, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award in 1995 and for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award and she hasn’t stopped writing since. Jane will be talking about her latest book, Secrets, how she started writing, the publishing world and how she’s embarking on selfpublication in an area outside her usual genre. Evington Library 11.00am-12.00pm Contact Evington Library to book your free place.
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Vin Garbutt (Folk singer and writer)
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Vin Garbutt is one of the most sought-after and best loved performers on the music scene. His song writing is witty and powerful; a distinctive singer, an accomplished guitarist and fine whistle player. His songs always remain fresh and vibrant, an ever changing repertoire. Vin is genuinely funny, and his quirky observations of life are very much part of the act, delighting audiences everywhere. The Guildhall 8.00pm Tickets: £12.00 Book via: The Guildhall.
For Better or Worse: Women in the Leicester hosiery industry, a talk by Local Historian Cynthia Brown Many women in the Leicester hosiery industry went back to work after they married and had children - but not everyone approved. In this talk Cynthia will look at their reasons for working and the criticisms other people made of them. Was it responsible for ‘slovenly’ homes and high infant death rates - or were they and their families happier and healthier as a result? Your own memories of the local hosiery industry will also be very welcome. There will be a display of photographs and books related to this Leicester industry at St Barnabas Library. St. Barnabas Library 2.30-4.00pm Contact St. Barnabas Library to book your free place.
Radio Leicester Book Swap Have you got a shelf full of books you aren’t interested in anymore? Would you like to swap one? BBC Radio Leicester’s Lunchtime presenter, Rupal Rajani, is hosting a Book Swap and is inviting you to bring your unwanted book and see if you can swap it for something new and exciting! Radio Leicester 1.00-2.00pm Just turn up with a book and enjoy!
Write on @t Westcotes Library – Launch of a new Creative Writing Group As part of Everybody’s Reading, Westcotes Library is launching an exciting new creative writing group. Run by Nicky Bennison, the group is for everyone; potential writers with any ability or degree of confidence are invited to come along and take part in exploring reading and writing and discussion using library resources. Westcotes Library 10.30am-12.00pm This is the first of a number of four weekly sessions. Contact Westcotes Library to book your free place.
RHETORIC Developed by Leicester born poet The Orator in conjunction with 2Funky Arts this night promises to be friendly, inviting and an example of the profound creative essence flowing throughout the Midlands. Pop down, have a drink, have a laugh, be bathed in the beauty of words and above all support good talent. The Font 8.00-10.00pm Suitable for people aged 18+. Just turn up & enjoy.
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Nationally acclaimed author Elaine Feinstein will be talking about her fascinating life and reading some of her poems. Elaine was brought up in Leicester and has written fourteen novels, many radio plays and television dramas, and five biographies. Knighton Library 6.30-8.00pm Tickets: £2.00 (Library members) / £3.00 (non members) Book via: Knighton Library.
Books That Talk Come along to find out how talking books are produced, learn about formats from cassettes to the downloadable versions for your MP3 Player, PC, and iPad, and meet one of Clipper Audio’s most prolific and experienced narrators - Gordon Griffin. Gordon has recorded over 500 audio books and won many awards for his narration. Central Library 10.30am-12.00pm Open to all, adult education tutors and pupils especially welcome. Contact Central Library to book your free place.
An Easy-Read Workshop Be part of a book group for a day, exploring a choice of novels and even taking one home. Take part in shared reading and discussions around novels such as The Sea Change by Veronica Henry and thrilling all-new adventure The Silurian Gift by Mike Tucker, exploring topics ranging from life skills and romance to TV’s Dr. Who. Embrace Arts 10.30am-12.30pm Tickets: £5.00 Book via: Embrace Arts.
"Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything." Jane Austen
StarBase Comic and Manga night Read comics and manga? Vote for your favourite superhero, design your own hero, villain or comic. Phoenix Square 7.00-10.00pm Suitable for people aged 16+. Free event. Limited availability, arrive early to guarantee a place.
Make Love Not War Explore classic anti-war poems alongside images of war and study newspapers for current hostilities. Write your own antiwar, peaceful and rebellious pieces. Embrace Arts 1.00-3.00pm We welcome mental health service users and first timers to this friendly convivial workshop with free refreshments. Limited availability; please contact Tim Sayers (07956 879 482) to book your free place.
Women's Words Creative, lyrical women at their best. 'Women's Words' brings together four talented young local women with a gift for song and poetry. Two very different poets, Anita Sivakumaran and Jess Green, reflect on life while singers Grace Petrie and Tracy Tierney do the same, but in song. The Crumblin’ Cookie Free before 9.00pm Suitable for people aged 18+. Just turn up & enjoy.
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Elaine Feinstein
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Railway Journeys: Soar Valley Model Railway Society at Central Library
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See the society's best model sets in action, including a Thomas the Tank Engine. Also, view special displays of train and travel books plus a rare opportunity to see items from the library’s antiquarian railway memorabilia collection. Includes timetables, 19th Century Bradshaws, maps, photographs and engine plans. Central Library From 10.00am-4.00pm Just turn up & enjoy.
Jamaica Inn The screening will be introduced by Leicestershire novelist and Daphne du Maurier aficionado Jane Hill. The first of Hitchcock’s Du Maurier adaptations, this tale of a gang of smugglers who deliberately cause shipwrecks in order to loot their cargo remains a riveting thriller. Staying at the Jamaica Inn (the gang’s headquarters) a young girl Mary soon discovers their plans and must race against time to stop their next crime! The Phoenix 7.00pm Rated PG. Curve customers who purchase a ticket to THE LOVESONG OF ALFRED J HITCHCOCK are entitled to a £5 ticket to any of the films showing for Phoenix’s Hitchcock Season in October. Simply bring your Curve ticket stub to the Phoenix box office. Tickets: £7.60 / £5.85. Book via: The Phoenix.
Bedtime Stories Everybody loves bedtime stories. For one evening only The Y Theatre will be transformed into a comfy, cosy bedroom where a range of traditional and new tales full of magic, warmth and giggles can be enjoyed. With professional storytellers, warm drinks, cookies and lullabies this is a magical opportunity to share a bedtime story land with others. Don’t forget to bring along your favourite mug for your hot chocolate! The Y Theatre 4.30pm, snuggle up when the doors open from 4.00pm For children 8 years and under and their families. Tickets - £3.50 per child / adults and teddies get in free - includes cookies and a bedtime drink.
World Mental Health Day at The Guildhall A celebration of the writing and performance talent that exists within our mental health community, organised and promoted by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) with the support of Brightsparks: Arts in Mental Health Group. This open mic show will feature work created at LPT's story cafes - including Richard III themed, writing and set design - from the 'Medieval Storycafe'. Also featuring mental health service user singers, musicians, comics etc - drawn from across Leicester and Leicestershire. There will be free food and a wonderful raffle. The Guildhall 7.00- 9.00pm Suitable for people aged 16+. Tickets: £3.00 / £1.00 (free for mental health service users/friends and family). Book via: Tim.Sayers@leicspart.nhs.uk or 07795 475 806.
Everybody's Reading Pop-Up Library Visit the station library during Everybody’s Reading week to see the railway memorabilia plus a one off opportunity to pick up some free books and learn more about the Festival. For more information visit: www.everybodysreading.org.uk Leicester Station Visit www.everybodysreading.org.uk for more information’ Just turn up & enjoy.
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KGB Jazz; Mellow Baku; Jazz Co-op and Carol Leeming. The Everybody's Reading festival's Jazz celebration party. The lyrics of the jazz standards were always intelligent, witty and wise. Here we bring you a variety of jazz stylings, with songs from the American greats and more recent offerings from songwriters like Van Morrison and Bill Withers. All this alongside the instrumental lyricism of tunes by John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock. Unmissable for Jazz fans. Live stand-up comedy in the interval. Book swap in the bar. Bring a book and swap it. The Y Theatre 8.00pm Tickets: £8.00. Book via: The Y Theatre.
Death and some poems We sometimes turn to poems at important times in our lives - they can say what’s hard to say or what’s hard to know, they can comfort us or just tell how it is. We’ll read and share poems that have worked for us, and make a safe place to talk about one of the big taboos: death and dying. Fosse Centre 1.30-3.30pm Suitable for people aged 16+. Limited availability, booking essential; contact Maxine Linnell (maxine.linnell@gmail.com or 07764941574) to book your free place.
Bookbus Board Game
Build your own special book at St. Barnabas Learn how to make your own really special book! You can make the cover with paints, gold, silver, glitter, printed designs and jewels. Next, add the pages and a beaded bookmark and your book is ready! Now comes the exciting bit writing in your book. It could be a diary, poems, a comic or an adventure! Now you are an author you can share your book with friends and family. St. Barnabus Library 10.00am-12.00pm and 1.00-3.00pm Suitable for people aged between 8 and 14 years. Children must bring a grown up! Tickets: £1.00 Book via: St. Barnabas Library.
V-talk! – The Vagina Monologues This event will include talks, discussions and workshops based on the global V-Day movement which aims to make women and girls more comfortable in their bodies and to end violence against them. Women only. This event contains adult content and explicit language of a sexual nature, this event is strictly for people 18 and over. Duffy's Bar 11.00am-5.00pm Please contact Magda (malena.korytkowska@gmail.com or 07576531511) to book your free place.
Create a boardgame on the Bookbus! Coming soon to The Brite Centre. The Brite Centre and Children’s Bookbus Team Various locations Suitable for children aged up to 11. Must bring a grownup! Please contact the bookbus Team on 0116 225 4997 for more information.
Performance Poetry Workshop Through games and activities, this workshop will help young people develop the skills to write and perform their own poetry based around the theme of Leicester and their experiences of living within it. There will be a showcase from 6pm for friends and family to come and see the young people perform their pieces. Belgrave Library 4.30-6.30pm Suitable for people aged between 9 and 14 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Belgrave Library to book your free place.
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Dougal Dixon Does Dinosaurs
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Dinosaur mad? Come to our dinosaur gallery for a reading and play session with one of the country’s dinosaur experts! Dougal Dixon is a full-time writer and book editor specializing in the earth sciences and has many children's books and encyclopaedias to his name. New Walk Museum 1.00 and 3.00pm Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets: £3.00 per child. Book via: New Walk Museum.
“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot” Charles Dickens Jigs, Reels and James Joyce It has often been said that the best English literature is from Irish writers and it's certainly the case that the Irish enjoy their music and a good ceilidh. This is a great chance to take part in all of these traditions - come and enjoy the music of Chris Conway and Govannen, intertwined with readings of some of the best of Irish literature. The craic is assured to be good. The Donkey 8.00pm Just turn up & enjoy.
“Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title” Virginia Woolf
Adventures in Zombieland Boo! Have you got a favourite monster or zombie story? Make your own monstrous characters from textiles and create your own scary stories. First a story to spark your imagination then craft your own characters to feature in the adventure. Learn how to cut fabric, thread needles, sew stitches and appliqué shapes.
Curve 10.30am-12.30pm Suitable for children over 4 years. Must bring a grown up! Places are limited, booking essential. Tickets: £2.00 Book via: Curve.
Leanda de Lisle: Richard lll Book launch Journalist and author Leanda de Lisle was educated at Somerville College, Oxford, where she took an honours degree in Modern History. Her most recent book is The Sisters who would be Queen (Harper Press) and her Tudor: The Family Story (1437– 1603) will be published by Chatto in August. The Disappeared: Richard III, Henry VII and the Fate of the Princes in the Tower Leanda will consider how clues in the Tudor family story unravel the great murder mystery of what happened to the Princes in the Tower, Did Richard lll really murder the Princes in the Tower? The Guildhall 3.00pm Tickets: £6.00 Book via The Guildhall.
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Flash Mob Time and Place to be announced... Get on down to this top secret, under (book) cover reading flash mob - organised by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in partnership with Everybody's Reading. Boost
your health and wellbeing with a book, spread a little education and celebrate the many ways in which reading books can help make you happy. Full details - including when and where in Leicester - to be released nearer the time follow @LPTnhs on Twitter for more info or email lydia.towsey@leicspart.nhs.uk
BBC Radio Leicester, 9 St Nicholas Place, Leicester, LE1 5LB, 0116 251 6688 Beaumont Leys Library, Beaumont Way, Leicester LE4 1DS, 0116 299 5460 Belgrave Library, Cossington Street Leicester, LE4 6JD, 0116 299 5500 Brite Centre and Children’s Bookbus, Braunstone Avenue, LE3 1LE, 0116 299 5476 - down also as The Brite Centre see right Central Library, Bishop Street, Leicester, LE1 6AA, 0116 2995401 Children and Parents' Alliance, 28 Saxby Street, Leicester LE2 0NE, 0116 255 5300 Curve, Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB, Ticket Office, 0116 242 3595 Duffy's Bar, 8 Pocklingtons Walk, Leicester LE1 6BU, 0116 255 5717 Embrace Arts, Richard Attenborough Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA, 0116 252 2455 Evington Library, Evington Lane, LE5 6DH, 0116 221 1286 Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester LE2 1WP Fosse Centre, Mantle Road, Leicester LE3 5HG, 0116 2221888 Highcross Shopping Centre, Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN, 0116 242 8644 Highfields Library, 98 Melbourne road, Leicester, LE2 0DS, 0116 2995494 Knighton Library, Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, LE2 3AJ, 0116 2995478 LASALS Leicester Adult Skills and Learning Service, Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington Street, Leicester LE1 6HL, 0116 4541900 LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE, 0116 261 6891 Leicester Adult Education Centre, 2 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HL Leicester Central Library, Bishop St Leicester, LE1 6AA, 0116 299 5401 Leicester Estonian House Club & Institute, 366 Fosse Road North, Leicester, LE3 5RS, 07921 269036
Leicester Station, London Road, Leicester, LE2 0QB Mobius, 35 Braunstone Gate, Leicester LE3 5LH, 0116 255 5351 New Parks Library, 321 Aikman Avenue, LE3 9PW 0116 229 8200 New Walk Museum, 53 New Walk Leicester, LE1 7EA, 0116 225 4900 Phoenix Square, Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG, 0116 242 2800 Regent Social Club, 102 Regent Rd Leicester LE1 7DA, 0116 223 8006 Secular Hall, Humberstone Gate, Leicester, LE1 1WB No contact number Southfields Library, (Pork Pie Island), Saffron Lane, Leicester, LE2 6QS, 0116 2995480 St Barnabas Library, French Road, LE5 4AH 0116 299 5450 The BRITE Centre, 130 Braunstone Avenue, Leicester, LE3 ILE The Donkey, 203 Welford Road, Leicester, LE2 6BH, 0116 2705042 The Chapel Cafe, Bishop Street, Leicester, LE1 6AF, 0116 2519068 The Crumblin’ Cookie, 68 High Street City Centre, Leicester LE1 5YP, 0116 253 1212 The Font, 52½ Gateway Street, Leicester, LE2 7DP 0116 3198875 The Gallery @ Pedestrian, 33 Yeoman St Cultural Quarter, Leicester LE1 1UT, 0116 261 9170 The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester LE1 5FQ, 0116 2532569 The Phoenix, 4 Midland St Leicester LE1 1TG, 0116 242 2800 The Western, 70 Western Rd Leicester LE3 0GA, 0116 254 5287 The Y Theatre, 7 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6EY, Box Office: 0116 255 7066 Westcotes Library, Narborough Road, LE3 0BQ 0116 299 5510
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Thursday, 5 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian Belgrave Clothing Workshop at Library Belgrave Library Friday, 6 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian St. Barnabas Clothing Workshop at St. Barnabas Barnabas Thursday, 12 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian Belgrave Clothing Workshop at Library Belgrave Library Friday, 13 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian St Barnabas Clothing Workshop at Library St. Barnabas Thursday, 19 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian Belgrave Clothing Workshop at Library Belgrave Library Friday, 20 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian St. Barnabas Clothing Workshop at St. Library Barnabas Thursday, 26 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian Belgrave Clothing Workshop at Library Belgrave Library Friday, 27 September 13 All Dressed Up - Indian St. Barnabas Clothing Workshop at St. Library Barnabas Saturday, 28 September 13 City Read: Malorie Leicester Blackman Station & all City Libraries Everybody’s Reading Film: The Guildhall Oliver Twist Reading the Zombie Body The Y Theatre A ‘Life’ Drawing, Reading and Writing Session Campervan Tales Curve
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Sunday, 29 September 13 Recollections of an Asian Secular Hall Football Casual Neil Innes - Another The Guildhall Chance to Get it Right Campfire Stories: Tales New Walk from Africa and China Museum Campfire Stories: Tales New Walk from India to Poland Museum Monday, 30 September 13 Reading Zombies The Y Theatre Undead at The Y Theatre Alun Parry: When the The Donkey Sunlight Shines - Songs inspired by Authors and Books Turned Out Nice Again Central Library The Story of the Saff: A Southfields History of the Saffron Lane Library Estate Toddler Tales LCB Depot
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Tuesday, 1 October 13 Railway Journeys: Local Central Library historian Sue Porter presents historic Leicester on film The Unofficial Canon The Donkey Stan Tracey & Michael The Y Theatre Horovitz Rod Duncan revisits Westcotes Westcotes Library Spoken Word Goes Global Innovation Centre, DMU, Duffy's Bar
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Mobius
A Man of Humble Beginnings Sensational stories with Movers Everybody's Cooking
The Western
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2.00 4.00pm Battle of Bosworth Leicester 10.30Central Library 11.30am Richard III - Man of His Leicester Central 12.00 Time Library 1.30pm Cartoon Capers The BRITE 1.30Centre 3.30pm Dance and Views from Highcross 2.30pm Not the Big Snooze Shopping Centre Imagination Station St. Barnabas 1.00Library 3.00pm The 'I Hate Poetry' Poetry Westcotes 11.00amWorkshop Library 1.00pm BABY BLURB Leicester 10.00amEstonian 12.00pm House Club & Institute
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Embrace Arts 3.005.00pm Highfields 5.00Library 6.30pm Wednesday, 2 October 13 Romance Guaranteed Central Library 1.00 2.00pm Romance Guaranteed Knighton 6.30Library 8.00pm Elizabeth Heyrick - A Regent Social 7.15pm Woman who changed the Club world Rebecca The Phoenix 7.00pm Lemn Sissay The Y Theatre 7.30pm All Dressed Up - Indian St. Barnabas 1.00Clothing Exhibition at St. Library 3.00pm Barnabas
Central Library 2.304.00pm LCB Depot 10.00am12.00pm Put Your Hand in a Poet's Friends' 7.00Pocket - a poetry workshop Meeting House 9.30pm open to all women, led by Kim Moore Poetry like you’ve never New Parks 10.30amheard it before Library 12.00pm Tell Tales The Chapel Cafe 7.30pm The Great Leicester Book Curve 6.00Quiz 7.30pm Think Responsibly - Kevin The Guildhall 8.00pm Hayes The King's Grave: The The Guildhall 6.00pm Search for Richard III Thursday, 3 October 13 Goodbye Mrs. Thatcher The Donkey 8.00pm Donkey Pub Book Group: The Donkey 5.30pm Killing Honour Lyric Lounge The Y Theatre 10.30am onwards All Dressed Up - Indian Belgrave 3.30Clothing Exhibiton at Library 5.30pm Belgrave Library Meet Jane Adams Evington 11.00amLibrary 12.00pm Look What We Wrote! Beaumont Leys 5.00Library 6.30pm Crime Fiction v Crime Fact Central Library 6.308.00pm Reading Voices Children and 3.30Parents' Alliance 5.30pm Voicing Your Writing Leicester Adult 5.30Reading it in Public Education 6.40pm Centre Peach Party New Parks 9.30Library 11.00am A Man of Humble The Western 7.00pm Beginnings Memories and Verse Curve 10.30am1.00pm Friday, 4 October 13 Vin Garbutt (Folk singer The Guildhall 8.00pm and writer) For Better or Worse: women St. Barnabas 2.30in the Leicester hosiery Library 4.00pm industry' a talk by Local Historian Cynthia Brown Radio Leicester Book Swap Radio Leicester Between 1.00 & 2.00pm Write on @t Westcotes Westcotes 10.30amLibrary - Launch of a new Library 12pm Creative Writing Group (plus 3 follow up sessions) RHETORIC The Font 8.0010.00pm
Elaine Feinstein Books That Talk An Easy-Read Workshop StarBase Comic and Manga night Make Love Not War Women's Words Saturday, 5 October 13 Railway Journeys: Soar Valley Model Railway Society at Central Library Jamaica Inn Bedtime Stories World Mental Health Day at The Guildhall Everybody's Reading's 'The ABC of Jazz' Build your own special book Death and some poems Bookbus Board Game
Knighton 6.30Library 8.00pm Central Library 10.30am -12.00pm Embrace Arts 10.30am12.30pm Phoenix Square 7.0010.00pm Embrace Arts 1.003.00pm The Crumblin’ Free Cookie before 9.00pm Central Library 10.00am4.00pm The Phoenix 7.00pm The Y Theatre 4.00pm The Guildhall 7.009.00pm The Y Theatre 8.00pm St. Barnabas Library Fosse Centre
10.00am12.00pm and 1.003.00pm 1.303.30pm Various
Brite Centre and Children’s Bookbus Performance Poetry Belgrave Library 4.30Workshop 6.30pm Dougal Dixon Does New Walk 1.00pm Dinosaurs Museum and 3.00pm V-talk! – The Vagina Duffy's Bar 11.00amMonologues 5.00pm Adventures in Zombieland Curve 10.30am12.30pm Sunday, 6 October 13 Leanda D’Isle, RIII Book The Guildhall 3.00pm launch and Talk Jigs, Reels and James Joyce The Donkey 8.00pm 02 October - 11 October 2013 Reading Minds The Gallery @ Mon - Sat Pedestrian 9.005.30pm Everybody's Reading Leicester Pop-Up Library Station
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” Fernando Pessoa
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Talk on Victorian Underwear Words for Wellbeing
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28th September - 6th October 2013
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