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  • Vane Women Press book launches

    Darlington Arts Centre: Wednesday 2 December, 7.30pmVane Women Press presents its two latest publications: County Durham poet Sheila Binks will read from her first collection, One Hand Waving Free, and members of the Vane Women writing collective will rea...

  • Monica Sharp, Mike Edwards and Natalie Boxall

    Centre North East, Middlesbrough: Friday 11 December, 7pmMonica Sharp is a well-known and much loved figure on the writing scene in Teesside and will be reading from her new pamphlet from Mudfog. Plus prose from Mike Edwards and Natalie Boxall. Free event...

  • Why Write?

    Is there a poem which has been personally significant to the way you think about life and writing? Tutor Jen Hadfield will bring examples of ‘credo’ poems from, among others, WS Graham, Tom Leonard and Yannis Ritsos and help you put together a poem of...

  • Life Drawing in Poetry

    So many poems of love and praise, yet how many of the faces can you actually remember? How many of their subjects can you visualise? Do words fail us in capturing a likeness? The morning session takes the portrait as its focus, exploring ways in which poe...

  • An Evening with Martin Bell

    ARC, Dovecot Street, Stockton on Tees: Thursday 3 December, 7.30pm Former Independent MP and BBC journalist Martin Bell has written a major new book set to shake up British politics. Published by Icon Books in October, A Very British Revolution: The ...