Brontë Festival of Women's Writing 2015 (reminder)

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Brontë Festival of Women's Writing 2015 - full programme announced We are thrilled to announce the full programme for the fifth Brontë Festival of Women's Writing, which will take place between Friday 4 and Sunday 6 September 2015. The Museum is delighted to be hosting its fifth festival dedicated to showcasing and celebrating women's writing. The festival weekend will feature talks, readings, workshops and family events. We hope you will be able to join us. Helen Lederer announced to headline this year's Festival Helen Lederer is to headline the fifth Brontë Festival of Women’s Writing, the programme of which has been announced today. The writer, actress and comedienne will visit Haworth in September to speak about her debut novel, Losing It, which has been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction and The Edinburgh First Book Award 2015. The event will take place at 7.30pm on Saturday 5 September at West Lane Baptist Centre, Haworth. Tickets are £8.50 and should be booked in advance. Click here for more information or to book your ticket. Alison Case: Nelly Dean The Festival is delighted to welcome novelist Alison Case, who will present her newly published book Nelly Dean in a reading on Friday 4 September. Nelly Dean is Alison Case's first novel, a heart-breaking accompaniment to Emily Brontë’s adored Wuthering Heights, which retells the beloved tale from the perspective of the housekeeper, Ellen: a woman fated to bear the pain of a family she is unable to leave, and unable to save. 'Alison Case has cracked open Wuthering Heights and inserted into the gaps her own richly imagined story. In doing so she manages to pay homage to Emily Brontë without copying her. I never thought I needed more Wuthering Heights. Now I wonder how I could have been satisfied with only the original telling.' Tracy Chevalier. Tickets £6 and should be booked in advance. Click this link for more information Decentring Classics: Bringing Minor Characters to the Foreground - Writing Workshop with Alison Case Saturday 5 September, 10am - 12pm Novelist Alison Case leads this creative writing workshop inspired by her novel Nelly Dean, in the library of the atmospheric Ponden Hall, near Stanbury, which is believed by many to be the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights. How can writers use a minor character in history or literature to create a new piece of fiction? How can you weave fact and fiction together and make this believable? This workshop will explore the approaches, benefits and pitfalls of using a minor character to give a classic tale a fresh pair of eyes. Tickets £25 (includes tea and homemade cakes) and must be booked in advance. Click this link for more information, and to book your ticket. Places are limited so early booking is recommended. Brontë Relics: Writing Workshop with Anne Caldwell Friday 4 September, 1pm - 3pm (click here for more information or to book your place - early booking recommended). Back by popular demand, poet and writer Anne Caldwell leads this creative writing workshop using the Brontë collection for inspiration - there will be a unique opportunity to see some items up close and then write prose or poetry inspired by the Brontë relics. It is suitable for beginners or more experienced writers. Get Creative with Non-Fiction: Writing Workshop with Glynis Charlton Saturday 5 September, 2pm-4pm (click here for more information or to book your place) Just because something is not fiction, it doesn't mean it can't be written in an engaging way. Using examples, this workshop will show you how to enrich a non-fiction composition - be it a memoir or travel writing - by applying some of the techniques more commonly associated with fiction. Beginners very welcome! Glynis has been running friendly, informal workshops for many years and her work has been featured in several anthologies. Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe