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2008 is the National Year of Reading - FREE workshops in Cornwall Libraries - click here |
forthcoming events 2008
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St Ives Literature Festival - A Pride of Publishers Wednesday 14th May 2008 Prompted to Write A workshop at St Ives Arts Club 2.30pm -4pm Fal founder Victoria Field trained as a Poetry Therapist and is a Professional Member of Lapidus, the UK's organisation for creative words for health and well- being. This workshop will offer an introduction to the use of creative writing to promote well-being. Victoria has co-edited two books on therapeutic writing - Prompted to Write (with Zeeba Ansari, fal, 2007) and Writing Works (with Gillie Bolton and Kate Thompson, JKP, 2006) and a collection of poems by homeless people in Cornwall for St Petrocs, Sleeping in the Rain (fal 2005). She works with many different groups and organisations - there will be a chance to discuss and ask questions about this increasingly popular use of creative writing. fal books will be on sale at a discount St Ives Arts Club, Westcott's Quay, The Warren, St Ives Cornwall TR26 2DY Tickets £8 For more information and booking, telephone Bob Devereux on 01736 795003 |
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St Ives Literature Festival - A Pride of Publishers Wednesday 14th May 2008 A Mermaid, a Dragon and a Gift A reading in St Ives Arts Club 5.30pm Angela Stoner, Michael Power and Victoria Field Fal publications has produced four unique fables appealing to adults and children alike - all of them celebrate wonder, the unexpected and have delightful illustrations. Angela Stoner's Once in a Blue Moon is a fable of giving and receiving that the Cornishman said 'should be in the possession of all who share a passion for Cornwall'. Michael Power's Seiriol the Dragon takes us from Cornwall to Wales for Maddy's adventures with a temperamental dragon. The Gift by Victoria Field is set in Truro Cathedral and features dogs, cats and other animals. The reading is suitable for anyone over eight years old - come and be enchanted by these acclaimed stories. fal books will be on sale at a discount St Ives Arts Club, Westcott's Quay, The Warren, St Ives Cornwall TR26 2DY Tickets £5 For more information and booking, telephone Bob Devereux on 01736 795003
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St Ives Literature Festival - A Pride of Publishers Wednesday 14th May 2008 Fal Poets A reading at St Ives Arts Club 8pm DM Thomas, Victoria Field and Jane Tozer Three of the fal poets will be reading from their various
collections. DM Thomas' Dear Shadows celebrates a lost era of village
life in Cornwall and won the Holyer an Gof Award for outstanding literary
merit. His revised, The Devil and the Floral Dance, set at the Helston
Flora combines poetry and prose. Victoria Field's first collection Olga's
Dreams received warm reviews ('delicious' Poetry London) and her second
Many Waters is based on a writing residency at Truro Cathedral. Jane Tozer's
Knights of Love is a new translation of the 'lais' of Marie de France,
the earliest named woman poet in the French language. Her lais are rollicking
song stories in the tradition of the Canterbury Tales. The Times described
them as 'faithful to the world of Marie, representing her tone of wistful
admiration and earthy humour... intense, obsessive, sad, fey and movingly
sexy.'. fal books will be on sale at a discount St Ives Arts Club, Westcott's Quay, The Warren, St Ives Cornwall TR26 2DY Tickets £5 For more information and booking, telephone Bob Devereux
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Saturday 31st May 2008
10am - 1pm £10 including tea and coffee - call 01326 319030 to book or email info@falpublications.co.uk Victoria will be running a writing workshop as part of the Fal River Festival in the Arwenack Room at the Falmouth Hotel. Open to all. |
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Saturday 31st May 2008 1pm - 3pm Falmouth Hotel - Lounge Come and meet fal writers, buy books and enter a free champagne draw FREE - part of the Fal River Festival |
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Friday 13th June - Sunday 15th June 2008 £150 full board -call 01326 319030 for further information or email info@falpublications.co.uk Victoria will be running a writing workshop in the inspirational setting of Cae Mabon in which participants will use poetry and story to deepen connections with nature both inner and outer. Open to all. For further details - click here. |
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Friday 11th July - Friday 18th July 2008 Creative Words for Health and Well-being Victoria will be running a writing workshop at Kalikalos Holistic Holidays in Greece - full details on their website. An opportunity to experience sea, sun and community whilst deepening connections through writing.
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Thursday 24th July– Sunday 27th July 2008
Victoria Field will facilitate writing workshops at the eleventh Resurgence Readers Weekend at Green & Away - Europe’s only eco-friendly tented conference center, situated in Gloucestershire. Resurgence is an international forum for ecological and spiritual thinking. This weekend is always a feast for mind, body and spirit - book early as it fills up quickly. |
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Monday 10th November - Saturday 15th November 2008 Writing in Healthcare Victoria Field ogether with Graham Hartill and in conjunction with Academi, this is a residential course at Ty Newydd. This course is intended as an introduction to the theory and practice of using the literary arts as an integral part of healthcare. There will be a guest session from Larry Butler. Full details are on www.tynewydd.org Cost: £480 (single) £420 (shared) Book via Ty Newydd - Telephone: 01766 522 811 e-mail: post@tynewydd.org |
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Archive 2008
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Wednesday 7th May 2008 The Devil and the Floral Dance - a reading by DM Thomas in Helston 1.30pm Helston Library, Trengrouse Way Helston TR13 8AG Internationally acclaimed Cornish writer, DM Thomas read from his children's book which celebrates the Helston Flora. 120 children from local schools attended and asked lively questions. It's now illegal to play music or sing in public places without a licence but some of the audience were heard to hum the famous song! The picture shows Library Manager, David Oldcorn introducing Don. Email: helston.library@cornwall.gov.uk. Telephone: 01872 322005 for more information about DM Thomas, visit www.dmthomasonline.com
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23rd February to 7th March 2008 Saturday 23rd February 7.30pm - Opening, Poetry Readings
at 8pm Visual Verse An exhibition of poetry and images The exhibition includes poems by Angela Stoner and Victoria Field Angela Stoner will be reading on 23rd February Penzance Arts Club Penzance Arts Club 01736 363761 Howard Phillips 01736 366567
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Tuesday 15th January 2008
by Jane Tozer illustrated by Apsley This took place at the Union Hotel in Penzance and was attended by 90 people - a fabulous turn-out for medieval French poetry in translation! Bob Devereux hosted the evening with generosity and aplomb. Music was provided by musicians from Bagas Porthia and the wonderful T.J. Holmes, and Angela Stoner warmed up the audience by performing her original, touching and moving poetry. The star turn of course was Jane Tozer - with her renditions of Marie de France more than living up to the rave review which appeared in the Times in November. Books flew from the table and Penzance Bookshop has had to re-stock - if you don't already have this wonderful, original book, do order it now!
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Tuesday 25th September 2007
eds Zeeba Ansari and Victoria Field Waterstones hosted this very popular launch, attended by over 50 people. Chris Ramsey, Head of Cornwall Libraries gave an inspirational address and the book is almost sold out.
'Imaginative writing, using words, our everyday currency, can surprise us by turning base or suspect metal into gold'
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21st July 2007 Victoria and Angela gave a poetry performance in the bandstand of the Morrab Gardens as part of the opening of the Selected Bibliography exhibition at the Morrab Library in Penzance |
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Thursday 7th October 2004, 7pm D M Thomas, together with John Macneill, star of Hell Fire Corner, hosted an evening celebrating the poetry of sport as part of the Cornwall Library Service Wonderful Words book festival. The Cornwall Centre, Alma Place, Redruth (tel.
01209 216760) |
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Saturday 2nd October 2004,
7pm Zeeba Ansari and Victoria Field Victoria Field read with Zeeba Ansari and Penelope Shuttle as part of the Wonderful Words book festival. Stuart House, Barras Street, Liskeard (tel 01579 350468)
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Friday 10th September 2004 Victoria Field was awarded the prestigious bloc online writing prize at Pendennis Castle during the Falmouth Festival of Literature and Arts. She submitted a 4000 word extract from an unpublished novel and won a state-of-the-art laptop computer. The full press release is available from Falmouth College of Arts who organised the competition.
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Thursday 12th August – Sunday 15th August 2004 Victoria Field facilitated writing workshops at the sixth Resurgence Readers Weekend at Green & Away - Europe’s only eco-friendly tented conference center, situated eight miles north of Gloucester. Resurgence is an international forum for ecological and spiritual thinking. |
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July 2004 A new poem by Victoria Field, Making love to Jesse James by his wife appeared in Poetry Cornwall no 8. |
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Saturday 17th July - Friday 23rd July 2004 D M Thomas taught at the prestigious Humber School of Creative & Performing Arts in Toronto, Canada. |
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Friday 30th April 2004 Three fal poets read at the Dehwelans 2004 event at Newquay.
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Friday 29th April – 10th May 2004 The play Hell Fire Corner, written by DM Thomas and directed by Marie Macneill, premiered in Truro in a joint production by Mundic Nation, and the Hall for Cornwall. |
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