North Kirklees Li-Fe

Today, February 20, begins the very first North Kirlees Literary Festival at the Red House Museum in Gomersal:

North Kirklees Literary Festival
A New Festival 20 to 22 September 2013

Why not spend the weekend exploring our rich literary associations and discovering your own writing skills?

The daily events are:
Friday afternoon

The Brontës and the Railways - Ann Sumner
Saturday morning

Fashion in the Age of the Brontës - Katina Bill

Cruel Lives: Some West Yorkshire Epidemics - John Brooke
Saturday afternoon

The Reporter and Editor Mr WW Yates - Margaret Watson

The Gaskell Drawing - Liz Rye

Landseer’s Drawings of Three Sisters: The Brontës? - James Gorin Von Grozny
Saturday evening

A Brontë Tribute Concert - Val Wiseman at Whitechapel Church
Sunday morning

Richard III, Victim of Tudor Propaganda - David Pinder
Sunday afternoon

Writing for Radio and Television - Julian Spilsbury

Wilfred Booker ‘Walk & Talk’- Peter Jackson and Trees Fewster

Crafting ‘Make & Take’ it home - Margaret Morrison

More information on the Brontë Parsonage Blog and the Dewsbury Reporter.