Category: Durham Book Festival
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A Q&A with Neal Pike, writer and performer of Five Years
Back in the winter of 2015, Nottinghamshire-based poet Neal Pike was on a writing retreat in Devon and saw guest...
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Izzy Gizmo: A Story Gig – Blog by Ruth Mary Johnson
At this time of year, for the past 5 years, I have been living in a picture book for the...
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Alta’ir: Linda France’s Postcard from Amman
How to write about my first week in this astonishing city on a postcard-sized blog? My first morning, and every...
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Jacob Polley: Lamanby
‘Lamanby’ is based on Jacob Polley’s award-winning book of poems, Jackself. The story of an extraordinary house and a troubled...
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Stacy Gillis on the enduring appeal of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”. The opening iambic hexameter of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel Rebecca...
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Become a Reviewer in Residence at Durham Book Festival 2018
Our esteemed Reviewers in Residence programme is back again for Durham Book Festival 2018, and you have a chance to...
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Line-up revealed for Durham Book Festival 2018
We’re excited to reveal the programme for Durham Book Festival, with headline guests including Sarah Waters, David Olusoga, Sarah Perry,...
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Alta’ir: Durham-Jordan Creative Collaboration
Durham Book Festival invites proposals from writers to undertake a month-long writing residency in Amman. Alta’ir is a partnership project...
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Durham Book Festival 2018: Call for commissions
Durham Book Festival invites proposals from writers, for creative commissions to be premiered at the 2018 Durham Book Festival (6-14...
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Durham Book Festival 2017 comes to a close
It has been a bumper year for Durham Book Festival, with a record number of people attending events across the...
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INTERVIEW: Carmen Marcus
Interview by Angelos Sofocleous I suppose ‘How Saints Die’ is an autobiographical book. At least that’s how I perceived it when...
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INTERVIEW: David Goodhart
Interview by Victoria Simpson Sat in the green room of the town hall I was given the chance to pick David...
