Birmingham Literature Festival 2014
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Thu 02 Oct 2014
Authors, poets, Scandanavian crime writers and Booker Prize nominees are all part of the thrilling line-up for the 2014 Birmingham Literature Festival.
Book lovers have 10 days of events to choose from in the festival from October 2 - 11, which is based around Birmingham's brand new state-of-the-art library.
Highlights of
Birmingham Literature Festival include Birmingham writer and comedian Meera Syal interviewing Wolverhampton-born author Sathnam Sanghera, who wrote the acclaimed The Boy With The Top Knot, about his new novel.
Steven Knight, the screen writer and director behind popular BBC2 TV show Peaky Blinders, will speak about bringing to life the pre-First World War gangsters that controlled Birmingham.
Scandi-crime is all the rage at the moment and the Danish Noir event will look at the Brits attraction to such macabre stories with three Scandanavian authors - Dagma Winther (one half of pen name Sander Jakobsen); Elsebeth Egholm, who created the TV series Those Who Kill; and Lene Kaaberbols, author of the internationally successful Nina Borg crime fiction series.
Agatha Christie fans will also be interested in the event with writer Sophie Hannah, whose new book The Monogram Murders sees a return of Hercule Poirot - with authorisation from the Agatha Christie estate.
Actress Dame Janet Suzman speaks about her life growing up in South Africa and the politics of that country as well as her latest play, Soloman & Marion, which she performs in at Birmingham Rep from October 16 to November 1. The event sees her in conversation with the theatre director and writer Ola Animashawun.
Run by Writing West Midlands, the Festival has been held for the past 15 years.
The full programme is:
THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER
Birmingham Poet Laureate 2014/15 Announcement Event
6 – 7pm, Café Mezz, Library of Birmingham
Jackie Kay: Poems for National Poetry Day
7.30 – 8.45pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER
Wake up Happy with Stephen May
6 – 7pm, The Door, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Dylan Thomas and Me: Hannah Ellis, Guy Masterson & Sian Lloyd
6 – 7pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Fern Hill & Other Pieces by Dylan Thomas
7.30 – 9pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Voices in Fiction
7.30 – 8.45pm, The Door, Library of Birmingham
Little Earthquake presents: The Story of a Disappearance & Appearance
8 – 8.30pm, Discovery Terrace, Library of Birmingham
SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER
Workshop: Writing Comedy with Stephen May
10am – 12pm, Book Box, Library of Birmingham
Writers Without Borders: On Film
Throughout the day, Library of Birmingham
Poetry Afloat with Jo Bell
10am – 12pm, Aboard the narrowboat Frederick
Romeo & Juliet Flash Performances
1 – 2pm, around the Library of Birmingham
Letters to the Midwife
2 – 3.15pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Writing Motherhood
3.30 – 4.30pm, The Door, Library of Birmingham
Louise Doughty: Apple Tree Yard
4.45 – 5.45pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Nathan Filer & Paul Wilson
6.15 – 7.30pm, The Door, Library of Birmingham
Roger McGough and Liz Berry: Poetry in Performance
8 – 9.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER
Emergency Poet
11am – 4pm – outside the Library of Birmingham
Writers Without Borders: On Film
Throughout the day, Library of Birmingham
BBC Radio 4&
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2 – 3.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
BBC Radio 4&
#8242 ;s With Great Pleasure with Jonathan Coe
4 – 5pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Rich McMahon
5.15 – 6pm – playing in the Birmingham REP's bar
Tell Me On A Sunday: The Greatest Hits
6 – 8pm, The Door, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
MONDAY 6 OCTOBER
Steven Knight: Writing Peaky Blinders
6 – 7.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Dame Janet Suzman: In Conversation
8 – 9.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER
Last Act: Dance & Poetry Workshop
5.30 – 6.30pm, Book Box, Library of Birmingham
Danish Noir
6 – 7.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Last Act: Dance & Poetry Performance
7 – 7.15pm, Foyer, Library of Birmingham
A Midlands Odyssey with Natalie Haynes
8 – 9.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER
Raven: Comic Book Commission Q&A session
6 – 6.30pm, Foyer, Library of Birmingham
Writing from the Home Front
5.30 – 6.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
The 2014 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Event
7.30 – 9pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
The Urban Sermon: Owen Jones
7.30 – 9pm, Birmingham Cathedral
THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER
Malorie Blackman
4 – 5.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Writing in the Wild: Tim Dee, Andrew Fusak Peters and Jean Sprackland
6 – 7.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Little Earthquake presents: The Story of a Disappearance & Appearance
8 – 8.30pm, Discovery Terrace, Library of Birmingham
Chaucer Night: Lavinia Greenlaw & Patience Agbabi
8 – 9.30pm, Studio Theatre, library of Birmingham
FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER
The Boat that Rocked
6 – 8pm, Aboard the narrowboat Frederick
Soap City
6 – 7pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Helen Dunmore: The Lie
7.30 – 9pm, Studio Theatre
SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER
Workshop: Writing from Life with Tiffany Murray
10am – 12pm, Events Room, Ikon Gallery
Writers Without Borders: On Film
Throughout the day, Library of Birmingham
Voices of the First World War – Creative Writing Workshop with Fiona Joseph
10.30am – 12.30pm, Heritage Learning Space, Library of Birmingham
The Writer's Dance: A Readers' Afternoon
1 – 4pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Voices of the First World War – Poetry Writing Workshop with Garrie Fletcher & Antony Owen
1.30 – 3.30pm, Heritage Learning Space, Library of Birmingham
Short Fiction Open Mic with Rachel New
2 – 3pm, Book Rotunda, Library of Birmingham
Naked Lungs presents: Urban Nature
4 – 4.30pm, Foyer, Library of Birmingham
Sophie Hannah: The Monogram Murders
6 – 7.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Meera Syal in conversation with Sathnam Sanghera
8 – 9.30pm, Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham
Birmingham Literary Festival
Library of Birmingham and nearby venues
Broad Street, Birmingham City Centre
Prices vary - see the
Festival website for further information.
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