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| Events for writers and illustratorsin Hastings and around the UK
Crime Writers' Summer CampThe Sussex House Party is holding a crime writing summer camp on Sat July 24th in Laughton, near Lewes. Sue Walker will be leading the workshop from 3pm – 6pm and bringing some urban grit to the fat daisies of our Sussex paddock before a BBQ and campfire in the evening.
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The Powder Mills Hotel in Battle will be hosting a presentation and discussion evening for readers, writers and illustrators about the ways in which words and pictures can work together.
Speakers Kay Green, Ed Boxall, Wendy Metson and Anna Foster.
Wednesday 22nd September 6.45 for 7pm, finishing 9pm Admission Free, all welcome.
Click here for a printable info sheet for your readers' or writers' group. Enquiries and RSVP info@battlefineartfair.co.uk tel: 01424 772130
and the rest is history....
Austerity Diary from Lavender Cottage Hastings 1947 by Victoria Seymour
Meanwhile Space for Readers & WritersEarlyworks Press & Circaidy Gregory Press spent a week 'at home to visitors' in the old Halifax shop in Harold Place, Hastings in November 2009, showing and talking about some of the writer/artist collaborations we worked on in Hastings during 2009. Featured works included Tom O'Brien's 'Down Bottle Alley' - the play based on Brian Charles Harding's book, and featuring the music of Tony Peek. Ron Nicola's epic pictorial history, 'The Millennium Chronicle of Hastings' and news of the on-going project to make a popular history of Hastings based on the paintings, Circaidy Gregory Press exhibited their books, and some of the original works which were used for cover designs, including Cathy Edmunds' 'wormwood, earth and honey' and editor Kay Green was there to discuss creative events and projects planned for Hastings in 2010. Hastings HothousesChristmas Exhibitions 2009Click here for photos from the Dudley Road exhibition 'Old Magic in a New Age' launchThe Black Swan, York, 12th December 2009Hastings Achievers Awards 2009Ron Nicola receives an 'unsung hero' certificate.
Books Born in Hastings 2009Earlyworks Press organised a series of events for readers and writers in the run-up to Hastings Week. There were talks and workshops at the White Rock Hotel on the 6th and 7th October.
The main Books Born in Hastings exhibition was held at Hastings Town Hall on 10th October to coincide with the opening of the Hastings Week celebrations. During the day at the Town Hall, the winners of the Visions of Hastings Competition were announced.
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Hastings Hothouses - an artistic tour of the town in carnival moodEarlyworks Press and Circaidy Gregory Press books, along with many of the original cover artworks, were on display in the Millward Road venue of the Hastings Hothouses project.
1st to 2nd & 6th to 9th August, 2009. 12 - 5 pm, and you can see a map of the venues on the Hastings Hothouses website.
Popular children’s
author Kate O’Hearn was the star at Bodiam Castle’s
annual Family Fun Day on Wednesday 5th August. Rosalie Warren signing: 'Low Tide, Lunan Bay' May 2009
Book Launch: The Slow Turning Tide: Hastings in Austerity 1946-1954 by Victoria SeymourLaunched at The Stables Theatre, Hastings in November 2008.
Pam Eaves & Kate Nivison Speak at the Woodford Festival October 2008Author Pam Eaves on 'How to Write Short Stories' and find a market for them and travel writer Kate Nivison on 'How to Write Travel Features and Get Them Published'
Book Launch: wormwood, earth and honey April 2008Cathy Edmunds at Bishop Auckland Town Hall Mayoral Awards: HastingsEarlyworks Press Writers and Reviewers Club member Terry Sorby receives a Mayoral Award.
Book Launch: Light in the Shade by Pam EavesPam's book was launched at Loughton Library, Essex, on 25th February 2008.
Writers from Authors2You and Earlyworks Press visited Stamford for the bookfair, readings and workshops. Book Launch: The Anatomy of ChesterStories inspired by modern life in the city of Chester, published by Chester University Press.Science Fiction and Fantasy Exhibition, October 2007Featuring a fantasy art workshop led by Katy Jones and the launch of the new Earlyworks Press Science Fiction book 'The Road Unravelled'.
Garfield School meet the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Challenge
Policing from the Town Hall in the 1940's, October 2007Victoria Seymour at Hastings Town Hall Writers in Hastings exhibition, October 2007Exhibition of books written and published in and around Hastings National Poetry Day, October 2007Including the launch of Terry Sorby's book, Beyond the Greyscale ESCC Readers and Writers Day, March 2007Featuring Victoria Seymour, Kay Green and Guy Pringle Hastings Week 2006Exhibition by and for small press and independent authors, publishers and printers. Including the results of the Earlyworks Press/Royal Pictoria Novel Idea Competition
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