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Young People's Workshops
13th - 14th AprilAll workshops are open to young people aged 10 to 19, or up to 25 with additional support needs. The workshops are free of charge....
Friday 13th April
Poetry Drive
5pm - 8pm
Meeting Outside LibraryGet on board the GIMI bus to work with a poet and travel to different inspirational local locations and write some lines of poetry in....
Saturday 14th April
Postcards to the Future
10am - 12pm
Woodend Creative WorkspaceIf you could meet yourself as an adult in the future what would you tell yourself? What advice would you give yourself?....
Saturday 14th April
Scarborough Hip Hop School
10am - 12am
Woodend Creative WorkspaceThe members of Scarborough hip Hop School, called Embolic, Furbz and Blind Mouse amongst others, are becoming rising stars....
Saturday 14th April
Word Mask Totem Pole
1pm - 4pm
Woodend Creative WorkspaceThis is a brilliant art, design and sculpture workshop for young creative people of all abilities....
Saturday 14th April
Cartoons and Illustration
1pm - 4pm
Woodend Creative WorkspaceYou will get to work with Northumberland artist and illustrator John Craggs to design your own works of genius....
HARRY GRATION
Viewers of BBC’s Look North will instantly recognise the household name of Harry Gration. This popular TV…..
THIS YEAR’S AUTHORS AND PERFORMERS
WRITER IN RESIDENCE Patricia Duncker
We are delighted to welcome Patricia Duncker as our 2012 writer in residence…..
HARRY GRATION
Viewers of BBC’s Look North will instantly recognise the household name of Harry Gration. This popular TV…..
FRANCES WILSON – How to Survive the Titanic
Frances Wilson – author, critic, and journalist will speak about her latest epic – How to Survive the Titanic…..
FRANNY MOYLE Constance
Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge, Franny Moyle has played a key rol in the BBC’s arts programming
FESTIVAL FINALE Jessica Fellowes
What could be more topical than ‘The World of Downton Abbey’…? Jessica Fellowes is the Number One bestselling author…..
The Long Weekend Closing Party
Sunday 15th April | 9.00pm VENUE Bacchus Wine Bar and Nightclub, Scarborough RUNNING TIME – PRICE Free Entry Bringing the festival to a close is Mark Waddell with his gloriously…
ANDREW MOTION
Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate (1999 – 2009). He reads from his latest book of poems , The Cinder Path and……
The Crick Crack Club presents...
FAIRY TALES FOR GROWN UPS: The Grateful & the Dead with Ben Haggarty
Persian Magic:The Shahnameh with Xanthe Gresham
World renowned for his dynamic and challenging performances, allow Ben Haggarty to lure you into…..
POETRY & JAZZ
Jazz trumpeter Chris Hodgkins, whose father was a published poet, will be the guest front liner…..
THE BAWDEN MAP
The Bawden map, a hand-painted, collage is a unique portrayal of Scarborough, created by Edward Bawden…..
Scarborough Film Society presents INSOMNIA
In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been…..
THE SITWELLS IN SCARBOROUGH: Festival Walk (SOLD OUT)
The Sitwells in Scarborough: Festival Walk with Suzanne Potter of Step Back in Time and Gillian Sleightholme…..
ASTERISK*: POEMS AND PHOTOS FROM SHANDY HALL
Poet Paul Munden introduces his latest book with an illustrated talk…..
JACK MAPANJE ‘And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night’
Dr Jack Mapanje is a Malawian poet, linguist and human rights activist, and one of the most important…..
LIVE POETRY with Andrew McMillan
Andrew McMillan is one of the poets who will “dominate UK poetry in years to come” according to the seminal…..
SEA SWIM POETRY PERFORMANCE
Sea Swim is part of imove: a Cultural Olympiad Programme in Yorkshire…..
SCARBOROUGH LITERATURE FESTIVAL’S CLOSING PARTY
Sunday 15th April | 9.00pm VENUE Bacchus Wine Bar and Nightclub, Scarborough RUNNING TIME – PRICE Free Entry Bringing the festival to a close is Mark Waddell with his gloriously…
MUMMIFICATION FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO THE 21ST CENTURY by Dr Joann Fletcher
Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher is the author of numerous books about Egypt, she makes regular appearances on television and radio….
BRAM STOKER CENTENARY TALK
How much do you really know about Dracula? To mark the hundreth anniversary…..
BEST OF THE HULL TO SCARBOROUGH LINE
A pick-you-up cocktail for the post-Festival blues as Sue Wilsea and Felix Hodcroft…..
KIDS FOR KIDS UK SHORT FILMS
Kids for Kids UK presents a fantastic selection of award-winning short films…..
FOLK TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Take a lickety-split world tour with storyteller Xanthe Gresham, a gaggle of a bold…..
THE DEVIL, THE TSAR & THE THREE DRY BISCUITS
The Tsar’s winter palace has a demon problem, and there’s only one man with the wit…..
WEAVING WORDS OF ENCHANTMENT
Helped by her fantastical puppets, Joy the Storyteller will captivate you…..
IN THE FOOL’S COMPANY
Ever wondered what you get when you squeeze a Leprechaun? Or if the goat ever got…..
MAKE A STORYBOX!
Angela Smith will help you use your imagination and your creative talents to make…..
THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE BEST BITS SHOW
Join best-selling author Nick Arnold for outrageous hair-raising highlights from the best-selling…..
MASTERCLASS FOR YOUNG POETS
Come along and stretch your poetry muscles with young poet Andrew McMillan…..
DRACULA CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
Do you enjoy reading and writing tales of terror? Horror and Gothic expert Dr Kevin Corstorphine…..
SUSAN HILL (SOLD OUT)
We are honoured to welcome prize winning author Susan back to her home town. Susan’s…..
The Max Jaffa Story
The Max Jaffa Story written by Vincent Billington today features Phillip Mindenhall (violin)…..
Young Prince Philip: His Turbulent Early Life
Philip Eade is the author of Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters: An Outrageous Englishwoman…..
BLOODY WOMEN! S.J. Bolton and Ann Cleeves
Sharon’s books have been shortlisted for several international awards…..
MICHAEL SLATER – The Life and Work of Dickens
On the bicenterary of Charles Dickens’ birth we are delighted to host a celebration of the man…..
VALERIE WOOD – Yorkshire Writing
Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire and is an awardwinning author of 19th century…..
LITERARY LUNCH WITH PETER JAMES
We are delighted to welcome prize winning crime writer and present chair of the Crime Writer’s…..
CYNTHIA HARROD-EAGLES
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles won the Young Writer’s Award in 1972 with her first novel, The Waiting Game…..
ROY HATTERSLEY (SOLD OUT)
We are delighted to welcome Yorkshire born politician and journalist Roy Hattersley to Scarborough…..
CRIME IN A COLD CLIMATE!
Peter James is the son of Cornelia James, the former glove maker to the Queen…..
The Adventures of Andy Kershaw
Andy Kershaw truly has no off switch! Already he’s lived ten lives to everyone else’s one…..
JOAN BAKEWELL (SOLD OUT)
For women of all generations, Joan Bakewell is an inspiration. She is a prolific journalist…..
LITERARY LUNCH WITH BARRY FORSHAW
Barry Forshaw’s latest book is Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction…..
MARINA LEWYCKA
Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of World War II…
EMOTIONAL FLASHPOINTS IN FICTION
Kathy Lette has a high public profile that ranges from appearances on Loose Women and BBC Breakfast…..
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