As a curtain raiser for Plymouth History Month, BBC’s Sam Willis and Plymouth University’s James Daybell present Histories of the Unexpected Live, the chart-topping, history podcast that features on Dan Snow’s History Hit Network, Histories of the Unexpected Live.
There is a new buzz about history – the new rock and roll! Surely, there is nothing unexpected about the past? About history?
Adopting a new approach to exploring our past, and moving away from the traditional linear plotting of battles, monarchs and political...
A short story writer and novelist living in Tehran, Fereshteh is widely recognised for her enigmatic and mysterious psychological fantasies, including her first short story collection, Everybody’s Sara (2004). She has won several literary awards for both her short stories and novels which include The Fairy of Forgetfulness (2007), Cheese Forest (2008) and Domestic Monsters (2016).
Fereshteh will be reading from her work and discussing its influences in the context of contemporary Iranian literature. Co-presented by...
Whether you are preparing to send your first collection to an agent or submitting to one of the many short story awards, you will find this event an invaluable hour of practical advice from Conville & Walsh literary agent Carrie Kania and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award creator, Cathy Galvin.
Cathy is the founder-director of the leading short story powerhouse, The Word Factory, and Carrie represents fiction and non-fiction writers, including Simon Van Booy, Paul McVeigh, Allen Frances and Giovanni Frazzetto.
WonderZoo featuring next Plymouth Mayflower Young City Laureate Launching the Plymouth Festival of Words
Featuring: Thom Boulton, Plymouth Poet Laureate Simon Travers Nick Ingram, Writer and Compere Laura Quigley Jackie Juno Robert Garnham
To kick-off the Plymouth Festival of Words, WonderZoo present an evening of spoken word and a fusion of poetry, acapella, and contemporary and interactive poetry with Plymouth Poet Laureate, Thom Boulton and Simon Travers. The evening will include writers Laura Quigley and Jacki Juno as well as spoken word performer, Robert Garnham – all...
