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SUMMARY:READY TO PUBLISH?
DESCRIPTION:Please note this event is taking place in Silk Mill Gallery\, not Silk Mill West / Frome Art School as per the brochure \nDiscover what top agents look for in submissions. Kate Hordern\, who runs an independent literary agency with a growing list of clients\, and Clare Wallace\, shortlisted for the British Book Awards Agent of the Year\, will be in discussion with well-known local author and writing tutor\, Alison Clink. \nIN ADDITION: \nTHURSDAY 9 JULY /13.00-16.00pm\nKATE HORDERN & CLARE WALLACE: CONSULT THE AGENTS A 10-MINUTE AGENT SLOT AVAILABLE WITH KATE or CLARE\nA chance to submit an extract of your manuscript in advance and receive feedback from a top literary agent in a relaxed\, face-to-face meeting. \nSILK MILL WEST /£50\nEmail for details and book instructions to: fromewriterscollective@gmail.com \nEarly booking advised as numbers limited.
URL:https://fromefestival.co.uk/event/ready-to-publish/
LOCATION:Silk Mill Gallery\, Merchants Barton Saxonvale\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 1PT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Spoken Word & Literature
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - MR & MRS DICKENS
DESCRIPTION:Authors Peter Clark and Annie Elliot bring Charles and Catherine Dickens back to life with vibrant scenes from their different Dickens books. Find out what happened when middle-aged Charles fell in love with a teenager and wanted to be rid of the loving wife\, who had given him ten children.
URL:https://fromefestival.co.uk/event/mr-mrs-dickens/
LOCATION:Archangel\, 1 King Street\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 1BH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:History,Spoken Word & Literature
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SUMMARY:NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE - SPIES AND LIES
DESCRIPTION:Nicholas is a prize-winning novelist and biographer. In discussion with Kylie Fitzpatrick\, he will explore the intimate connection between writers and spies\, and the authors and places which have inspired him. In his latest novel\, ‘Frame 37’\, Dyer – an ex-journalist – tries to stop a dubious candidate from becoming US President.
URL:https://fromefestival.co.uk/event/nicholas-shakespeare-spies-and-lies/
LOCATION:Merlin Theatre & Ecos Outdoor Stage\, Bath Road\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 2HG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Spoken Word & Literature
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SUMMARY:ANDREW MILLER & EMMA CRAIGIE - THE LAND IN WINTER
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Miller talks to Emma Craigie about ‘The Land in Winter’\, his Booker-shortlisted\, ‘word-of-mouth favourite’ novel\, set in Somerset during the Great Freeze of 1962-3. As the relentless snow creates a new world\, two neighbouring couples start to question what it is they want from life.
URL:https://fromefestival.co.uk/event/andrew-miller-emma-craigie-the-land-in-winter/
LOCATION:Merlin Theatre & Ecos Outdoor Stage\, Bath Road\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 2HG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Spoken Word & Literature
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SUMMARY:SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS – PRIZE-GIVING EVENT
DESCRIPTION:Join Frome Writers Collective for a wonderful celebration of local\, regional and international writing talent. The winners of the Young Writer Competition and the Frome Writers in Residence contest will be announced\, and acclaimed author Claire Fuller will reveal the winners of the Frome Short Story Competition and award the prizes.
URL:https://fromefestival.co.uk/event/short-story-competitions-prize-giving-event/
LOCATION:Merlin Theatre & Ecos Outdoor Stage\, Bath Road\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 2HG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:THE POWER OF WRITING AND READING MEMOIR
DESCRIPTION:Lily Dunn talks to Harriet Derioz about the importance of memoir in our fragmented times\, as a transformative experience for both writer and reader. A discussion about life – writing as a shifting and changing form\, and why a personal narrative is so much more than finding the story and sharing it with the world.
URL:https://fromefestival.co.uk/event/the-power-of-writing-and-reading-memoir/
LOCATION:Archangel\, 1 King Street\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 1BH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Spoken Word & Literature
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