Everybody's Reading 2014 by Everybody's Reading 2014

Simon Mayo

Carol Leeming

Bali Rai

Cynthia Brown

Michael Rosen

Andy Kershaw

.....just some of the featured festival artists.....

They said it couldn’t be done! “A reading festival in Leicester...really?” But here we are in the 5th year of Everybody’s Reading with our biggest and best programme yet. 40 packed pages of reading, music-making, workshops, theatre, guided walks and so much more – all in Leicester and all to get Everybody Reading. The dedicated team at Everybody’s Reading would like to thank all those who have supported the 5th annual Everybody’s Reading Festival, particularly our festival partners: Leicester Libraries, SLB Distribution, SDSA, NUT, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, WORD! and LASALS. We hope that you enjoy the diverse programme taking place from Saturday 27th September – Sunday 5th October 2014. Juliet Martin, Festival Co-ordinator The Everybody's Reading Festival is unique. It isn't a literary festival for the select few, it is a community festival of reading. With events spread right across the city, engaging with people from all communities, it happily embraces every aspect of 'the word' - spoken, written, sung, even drawn. With most events organised by groups from the local community rather than professionals, it really is a people's festival of reading. Peter Flack, Chair of Everybody’s Reading and Assistant Secretary NUT Whatever It Takes is thrilled to be supporting the fifth Everybody’s Reading festival. One of the jewels in Leicester’s crown, the festival is attracting increasing national attention as truly community-based. We highly value the contribution it makes to do “Whatever It Takes to get every child in Leicester reading.” Liz Warren, Co-Chair of Whatever it Takes I'm proud and delighted to be a part of this wonderful and unique festival. This year's programme is superb and it is a privilege to be involved. Literature for everyone! Bali Rai A Tribute to Sue Townsend (1946-2014) This year, Leicester lost the brilliant and incomparable Sue Townsend. Loved and respected across the world, Sue was the most wonderful, talented and passionate advocate of our city, and of literature for all. She was a proud patron for our festival too. Truly one in a million, Sue will be sadly missed by us all.

Thanks to the Festival Media Partners:

Belgrave Library 15th September 1.00pm—3.00pm

Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops

Beaumont Leys Library 16th September 1.00pm—3.00pm St Barnabas Library 19th September 1.00pm—3.00pm Belgrave Library 22nd September 1.00pm—3.00pm Beaumont Leys Library 23rd September 1.00pm—3.00pm

A series of fantastic workshop events led by Linda Harding (Leicester Museums). Participants will learn techniques which will result in a beautiful book wrap to take home and will have an opportunity to contribute to a wall art panel that will celebrate books and reading and will be displayed in libraries.

St Barnabas Library 26th September 1.00pm—3.00pm All workshops are free. To book, please contact the library at which you wish to participate.

Pop-up Libraries in Leicester Everybody’s Reading is pleased to announce that there are now pop-up libraries at the following locations: the Donkey Pub, the Exchange Bar, the Cookie and the Sugar Loaf, where people can come along and take away a book, or swap a book for another.

Writing for Performance Workshops

Come to either or both workshops; everyone is welcome whatever your experience. All workshop participants are invited to attend a special Everybody’s Reading ‘Celebration of Spoken Word’ open mic night at Upstairs at the Western on Sunday 5th October.

Would you like to hone your writing skills? Polish your performances? Have you always wanted to read your writing on stage? Join the team from Off the Fence Theatre Company and Coventry's Silhouette Press in a series of workshops for people of all writing abilities with an opportunity to develop your own work for performance, whether it is poetry, prose or plays.

West End Neighbourhood Centre 21st September 2.00pm—5.00pm Upstairs at The Western 4th October 2.00pm—5.00pm

These workshops provide you with space to write and opportunities to share your work with others. Guests including local poets and performance artists will provide helpful feedback and suggestions.

Free event, booking essential Book via: bit.ly/upstairs-western Find out more: sj@off-the-fence.com Suitable for 16+

Literature at Lunchtime with Dr Jane Mackay

This short story was made famous by the iconic film by Hitchcock. Du Maurier had a famously dark imagination and a way of producing haunting books that did not fit with her upper class life style. Come and find out what made her tick.

Daphne Du Maurier’s The Birds Come and hear Dr Jane Mackay explore the influences, lives and works of great writers. With an infectious enthusiasm for her subject matter, this lunchtime lecture will bring this classic work to life. Following the controversial television production of Jamaica Inn, here is a chance to find out what Du Maurier's work is really about.

De Montfort Hall 25th September 12.30pm Tickets £6 Booking recommended Book via: De Montfort Hall or Visit Leicester Suitable for adults/older children

Bring Your Story to Life with Puppets

How to Read a Poem This is a free event for anyone who has ever wished they knew how to read a poem. Why does everyone make so much fuss about poetry? Why is it worth reading? How can I appreciate it? Is it something for the select few or can poetry be for everyone? If you don't know how to get started with poetry, who Carol Ann Duffy is, why it's worth reading the First World War poets or even if, one day, you might want to write your own poems, this workshop is for you. We'll be looking at different styles of poetry from the traditional to the more experimental and seeing what it does for us. We'll be reading aloud, experiencing rhythm and rhyme and discussing how close poetry really is to music.

Come and bring your favourite story to life by making a stick puppet, finger puppet, hat band, or story setting and characters. You can use a variety of materials (felt, googly eyes, fabric, sequins, feathers, wool, plastic, card and paper) to make your chosen character. Tell us why you chose the story and perform it to others, but most of all, have fun reading! Aylestone Library at Aylestone Leisure Centre 10.00am—1.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

Toddler Tales Interactive storytelling for toddlers, with stories and arts and craft. Based around traditional fairy tales, and featuring Cinderella - this year’s pantomime, come and hear these favourite stories brought to life.

Westcotes Library 12.00pm—2.00pm Free event, booking essential Book via: Westcotes Library

The workshop will include lots of movement, interaction and craft activities to accompany the stories. Dress up as your favourite character from a fairy tale and come and enjoy this hour-long session for toddlers. De Montfort Hall Sessions at 10.00am, 11.30am, 1.00pm & 2.30pm Tickets £5 per child (accompanying adult free) Book via: De Montfort Hall or Visit Leicester Suitable for 2—4 years 5

Story Build

Enjoy Helping Your Child to Read

Build a story with LOL Co. Ltd. Giant sheets of paper cover the wall, so come and write, scribble, draw and scrawl. We will use drama to weave these fantastic ideas and images into a story. The greatest story ever told – a real chance to be brave and bold with imagination. We will focus on the role of the ensemble in theatre and make our world from newspaper. Families will be invited to see the end performance.

Come and get information and advice on reading with your children. Event includes storytelling and a Bookbus visit. Come and find out about:  How to help at home  Choosing books  Storytelling/ Story Sharing 1.00pm-3.00pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: The BRITE Centre or Children’s Bookbus

St Barnabas Library 12.00pm—5.00pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: loversofliterature@gmail.com

Death and some poems, with Maxine Linnell and Alison Dunne

Family Story Writing This will be a commemorative story writing workshop for children aged nine and over with their parents/carers. By modelling my Centenary story based upon my own family’s history, imaginations will be sparked. Then, after discussion, we can group-read signposted fiction from the war years. We shall acknowledge the sacrifices of our relatives by using fun writing techniques. Thus, through research and use of the internet for inspiration, each family will have begun sharing their historic war or peace story. Central Library 12.30pm—2.30pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for families with children aged 9+ (children must be accompanied by a parent or carer) Find out more: www.fionalinday.co.uk

We turn to poems at important times in our lives - they can say what’s hard to say or what’s hard to know, they can comfort or just tell it how it is. We’ll read and share poems that have worked for us, and make a safe place to talk about one of the big taboos: death and dying. And there will be tea and cake. Maxine Linnell is a novelist, poet and psychotherapist. Alison Dunne is a writer, workshop leader, ukulele player & bibliotherapist. Fosse Centre 1.30pm—3.30pm Free event, booking essential Book via: maxine.linnell@gmail.com 077654 941 574 or 0116 289 1378 or Suitable for 16+ 6

Bedtime Stories

Nayna Patel

Everybody loves bedtime stories. For one evening only, our theatre will be transformed into a comfy, cosy bedroom where a range of traditional and new tales, full of magic, warmth and giggles can be enjoyed. With professional storytellers, warm drinks, cookies and lullabies, this is a magical opportunity to share a bedtime storyland with others. Don’t forget to bring along your favourite mug for your hot chocolate!

A talk with questions by local Gujarati author of Kedi Zankhe Charan, Nayna Patel, who writes on common issues faced by Asian people in the UK today. Belgrave Library 2.00pm—3.00pm Free event Book via: Belgrave Library

The Condition of the Working Class

The Y Theatre 4.30pm Tickets £2 Book via: The Y Theatre Suitable for children 8 years and under and their families. Teddies welcome

Inspired by Engels’ book, The Condition of the Working Class in England, this much acclaimed film follows a group of working class people preparing to put on a theatrical show from scratch, based on their own experiences and on the book, followed by discussion with the producers. This afternoon promises to be a fascinating (and free) event for all those interested in working class history and culture.

Launch of People’s Art Collective, Leicester People’s Arts Collective, Leicester is launching itself at this street event with performances, displays and a presentation by an outstanding advocate of art and public and political engagement. Duffy’s Bar 2.00pm—5.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

Secular Hall 2.30pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

Dylan Thomas Shed

Under Milk Wood (1972)

Dylan Thomas’ iconic Writing Shed has been cloned and it is coming to Everybody’s Reading! All those who visit the shed will be invited to invent an entirely new word and definition to add to a new Dictionary for Dylan, which will be published in early 2015.

This is a delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called ‘Llareggub’ (read it backwards). We meet a host of curious characters (including ghosts) through the 'eyes' of Blind Captain cat. This is a true ‘classic’ of modern British writing with a wonderful, mischievous use of language.

The replica shed will travel to Leicester – it comes with book-shelves, with the woodbines, with the empty beer bottles, with the atmosphere. Imagine the surroundings that the poet embraced himself with, and the creativity which was born out of this shed. We hope that your visit to the Shed will inspire you to read and write as part of daily living.

The Guildhall 7.15pm Tickets £5 Book via: The Guildhall

Extracts from the Under Milk Wood Suite - A Tribute to Stan Tracey

The Guildhall 10.00am – 5.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

Following the 7.15pm showing of 1972 film Under Milk Wood, an hour of live jazz at the Guildhall. Come and hear extracts from the Under Milk Wood Suite, a tribute to Stan Tracey. The Guildhall 9.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

A Dozen Stories

The Sunday Chillout with Mellow Baku and John Butler

The makers of children’s film, A Dozen Summers will be staging an event aimed at children aged 5—8, which takes the premise of the film and applies it to reading and storytelling.

The Sunday newspapers are scattered on the tables. Get yourself a drink, relax and read the papers at your leisure while outstanding local songwriters Mellow Baku and John Butler sing some of their songs and talk about how they write them. Mellow Baku is a celebrated Jazz singer but doubles up singin soulful songs with the Friday People. John Butler has 30 years of song writing behind him, most for seminal local band Diesel Park West. A gig not to be missed. The music starts at 12.30pm and runs through to 3.00pm. The perfect way to ease yourself into Sunday afternoon.

In A Dozen Summers , the leads see their real life through different film and TV styles. In A Dozen Stories, writer and director Kenton Hall will be writing and performing short stories live, based on the children’s ideas. Real-life ideas – married to different styles of children’s story. Phoenix Square 11.00am—12.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

House of Verse

The Donkey Bar 12.30pm—3.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

The House of Verse is an immersive and interactive poetry experience aiming to blur the barrier between people and the written word. It showcases that language can appeal to all the senses; it can be absorbed, located and created.

Graphic Novel Workshop Whether your interest is gothic, sci-fi or even your own life story, this workshop will teach you how to develop characters, plot and stories and offer tips on the creative process of producing your own graphic novel; led by the award winning illustrator Rachel Smith and comic publisher Jay Eales. Phoenix Square 1.00pm—4.00pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: Phoenix Square Suitable for 13—18 year olds

It is a collection of 3D instances/ atmospheres/installations to encapsulate you in the momentary flow of my words from once ago. St Martin’s Coffee House 12.00pm—4.00pm Tickets £2.50/99p 9

The Disappeared: Richard III, Henry VII and the Princes in the Tower

Alun Parry Plus Public Sector Liverpool folk singer and campaigner Alun Parry returns to the Musician to bring us his musical take on life and politics. With songs about Leicester's Dirty Thirty miners, imprisoned Shrewsbury 2 member Des Warren and a special sing-along David Cameron song, Alun always gets the audience singing. He will be joined by the Red Leicester Choir and supported by London based band Public Sector whose songs tell stories covering issues like the shooting of South African miners.

Join national author, Leanda de Lisle, for a talk, book signing and Q&A regarding her latest publication. Did Richard III really murder the Princes in the Tower? The Guildhall 2.00pm Tickets £6 Book via: The Guildhall

Infidel Feminism Dr Laura Schwartz of Warwick University argues that the relationship between secularism, religion and the position of women is of central importance in the modern world. She examines the clash between the Church and feminism in the nineteenth century and mentions Harriet Law; a feminist and freethinker who spoke at the opening of Secular Hall in 1881 and after whom the Society has recently renamed one of the rooms in the Hall.

The Musician 8.00pm Tickets £5 Book via: The Musician Suitable for 16+ Sponsored by National Union of Teachers Alun has written a song especially for Everybody’s Reading, look out for it on YouTube!

Secular Hall 6.30pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Sponsored by Leicester Secular Society

Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops

How do we get young people reading?

Getting teenagers reading is a challenge for most parents. This discussion with a panel of young people from Leicester’s Young People's Council, chaired by local author Bali Rai and City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby, looks at some possible solutions. The Tea Rooms in the Town Hall 5.30pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Members of the audience will be able to participate in the discussion. Sponsored by National Union of Teachers

Literary Figures on Film

House of Verse

This 90-minute illustrated discussion, presented by Sue Porter, will feature a range of films depicting the lives of great authors and poets. It will consider the pleasures offered by these often intimate portrayals. Do these films add to the often romanticised reputation of these great literary figures or do they portray a darker, seedier side? We will view a range of film clips from early silent films through to more recent depictions.

The House of Verse is an immersive and interactive poetry experience aiming to blur the barrier between people and the written word. It showcases the appeal of language to all the senses; it can be absorbed, located and created. It is a collection of 3D instances/ atmospheres/installations to encapsulate you in the momentary flow of my words from once ago. Manhattan 34 6.00pm—10.00pm Tickets £3 Find out more: bit.ly/houseofverse Suitable for 18+

Central Library 2.00pm—3.30pm Free event Book via: Central Library

Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, socialist and scourge of the empire

More Warbling from the Bum and Beyond More Warbling is a collection of poetry and songs from the pen of one of Leicester’s most original poets and songwriters... Steve Cartwright. Themes covered include: Loss, War, Spirituality, Love, Consumerism and Politics, the poems are presented by a small group of reader/actors. These poems are then interspersed with original songs that complement the poetry. These will be performed by Steve on guitar/vocals and Tonia Sorrell on percussion, along with Nic and Debbie Morse, Simon Myhill and Geraint Griffiths. The songs and poetry are both stimulating and provocative as well as very very funny but have no particular target audience in mind as they relate to humanity in general. They are not really suitable for children as some of the poetry is extreme in terms of language and content.

Katherine Connelly, author of the most recent biography of Sylvia Pankhurst, talks about the impact of this leading suffragette on the women's movement, the early socialist movement and the working class press, as exemplified by Women's Dreadnought. A chance to learn about women changing the world. Secular Hall 7.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Sponsored by Leicester Social Forum

The Petal and The Wire A new play by Andy Reeves, Spark Artist in Residence at Southfields Library, drawing on original recordings of Great War veterans and their families from Leicester and Leicestershire and developed in conjunction with Leicester University Oral History unit. This event will include a discussion on the topics raised by these powerful memories.

The Musician 8.00pm Tickets £5 Book via: Steve Cartwright on 0772 622 4317 or scartwright64@yahoo.co.uk Suitable for 18+

Southfields Library 7.00pm—8.30pm Free event, booking essential Book via: Southfields Library 12

The Soldier's Story - A Writers' Workshop

Booster Cushion Theatre for Children presents: Old MacDonald and the Three Pigs Plus

This workshop, which is aimed at participating adult writers, looks at how using First World War memorabilia and photographs can allow writers to create storytelling voices. Pictures from postcards, true stories and items of dress are meant to inspire, as are extracts from the author’s own work based on family and local stories from the war. Because much of Deborah’s own writing on the subject came from the experience of doing workshops with soldiers’ stories for projects in Leicestershire, and from family stories from the East Midlands, the workshop will also have a ‘local’ feel. So come along, have a go at writing from the objects and pictures, and see what sort of story you can create.

A comical show weaving the song “Old MacDonald” with the story of “The Three Little Pigs”. This colourful show is ideal for younger children. St Barnabas Library 10.00am—11.00am Book via: St Barnabas Library New Parks Library 2.00pm—3.00pm Book via: New Parks Library

Central Library 10.00am—12.00pm Book via: Central Library Suitable for 16+

Tickets £1 per child (parents and carers are free) Suitable for 3+

Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops A series of fantastic workshop events led by Linda Harding (Leicester Museums). Participants will learn techniques which will result in a beautiful book wrap to take home and will have an opportunity to contribute to a wall art panel that will celebrate books and reading and will be displayed in libraries. Beaumont Leys Library 1.00pm—3.00pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: Beaumont Leys Library 13

Graham Joyce at the Story Cafe

Women in the Great War Join Cynthia Brown for a talk on the vital role of women and their impact in the First World War.

Learn about the craft of writing and the habits of the successful writer, first hand. Graham Joyce has written more than 20 novels and been the winner of a number of literary prizes. He knows what it takes to succeed as an author. Beaumont Leys Library 10.00am—12.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

Central Library 2.00pm—3.30pm Free event Book via: Central Library

Poetry Posse Takes to Leicester Streets Pinggg…K!

Health and Beauty A women only session for those who are interested in health and beauty; including demonstrations of mendhi (henna art), nail art, eyebrow threading and facials. Attendees will also have a chance to learn the correct way to drape a sari, try out basic yoga and other health demonstrations. Books about beauty and healthy living will also be exhibited. Highfields Library 1.00pm—3.00pm Free event Book via: Highfields Library

Di-Versify: Poetry Posse led by 2FunkyArts, Global Hands, BeatTheBox, and Pinggg…K! take to the Streets of Leicester … be there… Beaumont Leys Shopping Precinct near the Leisure Centre at 4.00pm and then Celebrate the Event… Duffy’s Bar at 7.30pm. Public Performance is for Everyone in Our Beautiful City. Beaumont Leys Shopping Precinct/ Duffy’s Bar 4.00pm—7.30pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 16+

House of Verse The House of Verse is an immersive and interactive poetry experience aiming to blur the barrier between people and the written word. Full information on page 9. Manhattan 34 6.00pm—10.00pm Tickets £3 Find out more: bit.ly/houseofverse Suitable for 18+

Burning Books - Jess Green and the Mischief Makers plus music from KGB Jazz Local poet Jess Green brings her Edinburgh Festival words and music show 'Burning Books' back home. Over 300,000 people have seen Jess’s hit 'Dear Mr Gove' rap poem online and it now features this extended take on the state of education, all set to a musical soundtrack from the Mischief Makers. Then settle back and listen to some classic jazz tracks like 'Cry Me a River' and 'Summertime', plus band compositions from the wonderful KGB jazz. The Musician, 8.00pm Tickets £3 Book via: The Musician Suitable for 16+ Sponsored by NUT

What would I have done in WW1? Come and take part in an exciting intergenerational workshop where you can act out your opposition or support for WW1 as if you were alive at the time. We will explore concepts of resistance, shame and sacrifice, both then and now, through a mixture of drama, poetry and discussion. This event is a part of the 'Memories in Conflict' project, which is looking at resistance in WW1 and the impact of the war on future generations, and is in partnership with QE drama department and students. It is open to everyone. Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College 7.00pm - 9.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 10+

The Poetry of the Great American Song Book Come to an evening of jazz with the Jazz Co-op featuring words and music from The Great American Song Book. These soulful tunes and poetic lyrics have been, and still are, an essential part of the jazz vocabulary. Jazz greats from Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald have played this unique repertoire, breathing new life into the tunes and words with each performance. Also, catch up on the jazz biography – a unique literary genre charting the brilliance and tragedy of our jazz heroes. Regent Club, 8.00pm Tickets £3, Suitable for 16+ 15

Booster Cushion Theatre for Children presents: Old MacDonald and the Three Pigs Plus

Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops A series of fantastic workshop events lead by Linda Harding (Leicester Museums). Participants will learn techniques which will result in a beautiful book wrap to take home and will have an opportunity to contribute to a wall art panel that will celebrate books and reading and will be displayed in libraries.

A comical show weaving the song “Old MacDonald” with the story of “The Three Little Pigs”. This colourful show is ideal for younger children. Belgrave Library 10.00am—11.00am Book via: Belgrave Library

Highfields Library 1.00pm—3.00pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: Highfields Library

Hamilton Library 2.00pm—3.00pm Book via: Hamilton Library

Turning a New Page

Tickets £1 per child (parents and carers are free) Suitable for 3+

If you are an adult that has or is recovering from a mental illness or is a carer of someone who has a mental illness, come and join a relaxed afternoon of creative collage bookmark making with a chance to browse through some mood boosting books and quick reads and an opportunity to join Leicester City Libraries. Network For Change (Resource Centre) 2.00pm—4.00pm Free event, booking essential Book via: aminemchandshah@hotmail.co.uk or 07944 157 692

Meet Bali Rai

Michael Rosen

Good Ideas

Come and hear local author Bali Rai talk about his experiences of being a writer, ask any question you want.

Come and hear acclaimed author Michael Rosen talk about his new book, Good Ideas - How to Be Your Child’s (and Your Own) Best Teacher’, which is all about making learning much more fun.

Bali’s debut novel, (un)arranged marriage, was published in 2001 to fantastic reviews; he has since written numerous popular books for children and young people. Bali enjoys the honest feedback from readers he meets; if you are one of the more eccentric ones you may find yourself turning up as a character in his next book!

Michael was Children's Laureate between 2007 and 2009 and has presented Radio 4's Word of Mouth since 1996. His monthly 'Dear Mr Gove' letter in the Guardian has become required reading for parents and teachers. He has a PhD in Education, as well as being a Professor of Children's Literature at Goldsmiths, Celebrating 25 years University of of We’re Going on a London. Bear Hunt in 2014

Bali will also be signing books, which will be available at a reduced price. Leicester College, Abbey Park Campus 5.30pm—7.00pm Free event Book via: Leicester College Suitable for 16+

Michael Rosen is an acclaimed poet, and author of many popular books, including We're Going on a Bear Hunt, which has sold over 8,000,000 copies. Hansom Hall,6.00pm—8.00pm Tickets £4, Suitable for all ages Book via: bit.ly/magicteapot

Launch of Crime Scene

A Different World – A Poetry Workshop

Britain and Ireland: A Reader's Guide

Open to all, this event will explore different perspectives on the world through reading and writing poetry. This could include different cultures, times, possibilities. Bring a poem, read a poem, hear others’ poems or write a poem on the day.

John Martin will introduce his new book for crime fiction readers– a regional look at the vital settings of crime novels, contemporary and historical, in Britain and Ireland. A lifelong crime reader – If John hasn’t read it, it isn’t crime fiction!

Everybody is welcome, whether they have written a poem before or this is their first attempt. We anticipate producing a booklet of the day’s writing for participants if they wish. The Tangent Poets were originally formed from a group of people who met at poetry workshops at Curve. We meet on a monthly basis to share our poetry and we welcome new members.

Westcotes Library 7.00pm—8.30pm Free event Book via: Westcotes Library

Curve Theatre (Seminar Room B) 6.00pm—8.00pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: Curve

Poetry Workshop Open to All Women Soundswrite is an open group for all women with an enthusiasm for poetry. In conjunction with Soundswrite, Jane Commane, poet and editor of Nine Arches Press, will lead ‘Sketches for Dreams’, a 2.5 hour poetry writing workshop based around dreams. The workshop is free and open to all women.

The event is aimed at adults. Children must be accompanied by an adult

Friends Meeting House 7.00pm—9.30pm Free event, booking essential Book via: 0116 270 2661 or soundswrite@ntlworld.com Women Only Suitable for 16+

Oh, Whistle…Two ghost stories by M R James, performed by R M Lloyd Parry

The Queen and I - Sue Townsend Remembered A celebration of the book The Queen and I by Leicester writer Sue Townsend, with a setting inspired by the area surrounding Southfields (Pork Pie) Library. This will be performed in the style of a radio play.

M R James is acknowledged as the master of the English Ghost Story. He first performed his supernatural tales to friends at Christmas in King’s College, Cambridge. Now Nunkie Theatre Company have brought two of these unforgettable spine chillers back to life.

Southfields Library 7.30pm Free event—voluntary donations will be welcome on the night Book via: Southfields Library or www.stagelefttheatre.co.uk

Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad a tale of nocturnal horror on the Suffolk coast – is considered by many to be James’s masterpiece. It is beautifully complemented here by The Ash Tree, a story of witchcraft and vengeance down the generations. “Lloyd Parry catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality.” The Times The Guildhall 7.30pm Tickets £5 Book via: The Guildhall

Women's Words Women singers and poets share the joys (and occasional sorrows) of being a woman. With Liz Gray, Tracy Tierney, Jess Green, Ola Szmidt and The Fallers. A night to celebrate the creativity of women. The Crumblin' Cookie 8.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 16+ Find out more: bit.ly/the-cookie Sponsored by NUT

“In Our Own Write”

The Donkey Book Group

All Quiet on the Western Front

Come and join Evington Scribblers Writing Group for biscuits and a cup of tea or coffee. Relax and listen to our stories and poems on the theme of 'Memories' or, even better, join in and read your own response to the theme. Pieces should be no more than 500 words and can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, funny, sad, scary...

On the centenary of the First World War, the Donkey Book Group discusses a book that offered a different take on the war. All Quiet on the Western Front was written by Erich Maria Remarque, who fought as an infantryman in the German army. He made no attempt to glamorise war or to give it a moral purpose; instead, his dedication was to a “generation of men who, even though they escaped the shells, were destroyed by war." We will be talking about Remarque's book and what the First World War means to us.

Free parking in nearby Evington Park. Evington Library 10.30am—12.30pm Free event Book via: Evington Library

Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops

The Donkey Book Group is open to all. The Donkey Bar 5.30pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

WORD! Presents: A 'Dead Local' National Poetry Day EXTRAVAGANZA!

Dead Local WORD! Shop...with Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Poet Are you feeling zombified? Acclaimed performance poet and Dawn of the Unread collaborator, Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves is. Join him in a poetry workshop with a gory twist! In a series of practical exercises, he will help you strip away the flesh and explore the very bones of creative writing, structure and form. Don’t allow those poems to die, let those long forgotten ideas come bursting from the grave. Bring a pen, some paper and a weapon of your choice – the apocalypse is only a few words away…

WORD! presents an extravaganza of 'dead local’ writers with Dawn of the Unread, the Brothellian Movement and Leicester Adult Skills and Learning Service. Celebrate reading, local literary heritage, WORD!‘s 13th Birthday and 2014 National Poetry Day theme, ‘Remember’. Come and workshop, perform and party across the day and night…

Dead Local WORD!...with David Stickman Higgins Come on down to this gala edition of WORD! - with David Stickman Higgins and Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves. Listen to top class work and share your own; inspired by dead writers, undead people, birthdays - anything goes! David Stickman Higgins is a world class poet, percussionist, actor, educator and conceptual artist . He has been commissioned by Channel 4 and performed internationally.

Leicester Adult Education College 2.00pm—4.00pm Free event, booking essential Book via: secretagentartist@hotmail.com Find out more: bit.ly/wordpoetry or bit.ly/unreaddawn

Leicester Adult Education College 7.00pm (performers sign up 6.00pm) Tickets £5/£3 Book via: Leicester Adult Education College Parental Guidance

The Poetry Brothel

Crime: location, location, location

Following WORD! attend an 'Intimate Poetry Brothel' the original Brothellian showcase. Founded in Brighton and hosted all over the world, the Poetry Brothel provides discerning punters with the opportunity to receive an intimate, one-to-one reading with a hand-selected 'Poetry Whore' of their choice.

This year's crime fiction debate focuses on the use and importance of location. Urban or rural, claustrophobic or isolated, location can work almost as a character in its own right. Joining us in conversation with Alan Seaman will be novelists Elly Griffiths, whose protagonist Dr Ruth Galloway lives on the North Norfolk coast, local author M P Wright, whose debut crime noir novel Heartman was published in July and John Martin, author of a new book on the topic of crime locations. Followed by Q and A.

Satta Hashem Hall Leicester Adult Education College 9.00pm Find out more: www.graysonscarnival.com Suitable for 18+

Central Library 6.30pm—8.00pm Tickets £2 (library members) & £3 (non-members)

Everybody’s Reading The Film

Throughout the summer our BRITE Ambassadors have been hunting down readers around the city and with the help of Jayne Williams, artist in residence at the BRITE Centre, and a professional film company, have created a short film for the festival.

The grand premier screening of a film by ‘BRITE Readers’ as part of the Imaginative Spaces partnership between The Spark Arts for Children and Leicester Libraries. What do you think were the craziest places that we found people reading?

The BRITE Centre 6.00pm Free event, booking essential Book via: The BRITE Centre

Love The Life You Live… Live the Life You Love

Literary Leicester Guided Walking Tour

Sharing New Choreopoem Text by Carol Leeming FRSA – A Reading & Q&A

Free walking Tour of Literary Leicester by experienced Blue Badge guide Ken Wheatley. The tour will last between 75-90 minutes and take literary enthusiasts around the centre of town, the Newarke and the northern half of the City.

Love The Life You Live… Live the Life You Love is a new, compelling and likely controversial choreopoem narrative about Martin, a Shop Window Dresser of mixed heritage and a gay man, who recounts a strange encounter on a night out in the St. George’s area of Leicester.

Suitable for anyone looking to explore undiscovered literary Leicester. Families with pushchairs and wheelchair users welcome! Meet on the square outside Town Hall 7.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

Poetry Workshop Open to All Women

It is also the second part of a trilogy, by local writer Carol Leeming FRSA, the first part of which was performed onstage as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The performance attracted and enthralled packed audiences over two nights at Curve, as well as gaining glowing accolades and reviews from arts cultural leaders. So, be the first to attend this exclusive and unique event, which provides an exciting preview and a chance to share a work in progress by an engaging , distinctive and cutting edge writer.

Soundswrite is an open group for all women with an enthusiasm for poetry. In conjunction with Soundswrite, Cathy Grindrod, awardwinning Derbyshirebased poet, will lead a themed 2.5 hour poetry writing workshop. The workshop is free, and open to all women. Friends Meeting House 7.00pm—9.30pm Free event, booking essential Book via: 0116 270 2661 or soundswrite@ntlworld.com Women Only Suitable for 16+

Embrace Arts 7.00pm—9.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 15+ Commissioned by Affective Digital Histories: Centre for New Writing

Waugh and Words: Party like it’s 1929!

Forget Me Not – The Alzheimer’s Whodunit

Come to the ‘Old Hundreth’ and celebrate with the Evelyn Waugh Book Group as we read extracts from our favourite Waugh books, ranging from the black comedy of A Handful of Dust to bittersweet Brideshead Revisited. Sip authentic cocktails like Waugh’s own ‘mulled claret’ whilst wearing your own 20s-themed glad rags. Nibbles provided.

A murder mystery set on an Alzheimer’s ward. Solo poetry show by Rob Gee, who just completed a sold out run across Canada. Never performed in Leicester. Target audience: people interested in crime/ mystery, mental health, ageing/ dementia, poetry, storytelling or comedy. FMN introduces people interested in different art forms to live literature.

Waugh fans welcome but this will be designed as a light-hearted introduction to the author, so no previous knowledge necessary.

Upstairs at The Western 8.00pm Tickets £8/£6 Book via: bit.ly/forget-western or The Western Suitable for 16+

The Crumblin' Cookie 7.00pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: bit.ly/party1929 Suitable for 18+

Dawson Smith & The Exiles performing songs from The Cordell Collection Come and enjoy Dawson Smith &The Exiles performing songs from The Cordell Collection.

took place in Wales during the terrible working conditions and political struggles at the beginning of The Industrial Revolution (and Unionism).

The songs are based on Alexander Cordell’s epic 'Welsh' novels including Rape Of The Fair Country and Hosts of Rebecca. Cordell’s books are works of historical fiction based on the real events which

The Donkey 8.30pm Tickets £3 Suitable for 18+ www.thedonkeybar.com

Community Reading

‘Stand Up For Your Rights!’ Rebellious Writing Workshop

Current adult learners from the Layton Road and Evington Road areas have worked together to compile two books – one about favourite recipes and one about folk tales from their respective communities. These have been printed and will be launched at this event at Layton Training Centre.

Come to ‘Stand Up For Your Rights!’, a rebellious writing workshop around the theme of Human Rights. The workshop is open to all, but particularly welcome are: mental health service users, members of The Militant Seagulls Rebellious Writer’s Group, members of the LGBT community and first timers.

Contributors will be invited to read their own entries at the launch, hopefully in community costumes, and copies of both books will be available.

Following the workshop, an anthology of the work will be produced. This will feature as part of the Human Rights and Arts Festival taking place in December 2014.

Layton Training Centre 11.30am Book via: Amisha Solanki on 0116 276 0469 Children need to be accompanied by an adult

Embrace Arts 2.00pm—4.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for mature children & adults

Adult Dyslexia Reading Group

Great Leicester Book Quiz

Come and join us at this special Everybody’s Reading Festival session at Central Library where you can find out more about our group, meet the friendly supportive team of tutors and other members who can guide you and help with your reading skills.

Four teams of three compete for the honour of, well, just winning the second Great Leicester Book Quiz. Comedians vs English Teachers, Book Groups vs Librarians, then the two winners go head to head to prove themselves the city’s best bookworms. Be entertained, be educated, be astonished, be there.

Central Library 1.15pm—2.45pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Find out more: www.dyslexicbuddies.org.uk Suitable for 16+

The Criterion Free House 7.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 18+

Magic Teapot presents : David Crystal English accents: past, present and future

WORD! Presents: Maria and The Mullet… WORD! presents a one night only double bill of two powerful poets. Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves: "Blisteringly brilliant. One of the funniest and sharpest stand-up poetry sets I have ever seen." - Anna Saunders (Cheltenham Poetry Festival Coordinator). Maria Taylor: "Enjoyable, engaging, serious but unpretentious, confident and well crafted...a voice that is good to listen to because it sees so much" - Peter Sansom. The night will be compered by poet and performer, Lydia Towsey, and will feature guest performances from rising stars Shruti Chauhan, James Mcatear and Jitendra Bhatt.

A new book out in October, You say potato, by David and Ben Crystal explores the world of English accents. In this talk David explains the history, present state and likely future of accents in Britain, and recalls a time, ten years ago, when Leicester's accents were given special media attention. David is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Bangor and author of over a hundred books on many areas of language and linguistics. Bishop Street Methodist Church 6.00pm—8.00pm Ticket: £5 Book via: bit.ly/magic-teapot

Upstairs at The Western 7.30pm Tickets £8/£6 Book via: http://bit.ly/maria-mullet or The Western Suitable for 14+ More info: bit.ly/wordpoetry Bishop Street Methodist Church

The Everybody's Reading Nostalgia Night with a DJ session from Bali Rai and live music from the Psychedelic Filberts

Bounce offers an environment where people respect local songwriters and listen hard to lyrics and the feel of the song. 8.00pm - Open Mic with a bouncy twist... Play only one song at a time, but go up as many times as you like!

Music makes the world go round and the lyrics stay with you forever. At this celebration of the 60s and 70s we're going for classics. Starting just after 8.00pm, local author Bali Rai plays his favourite reggae tracks and talks about “What reggae means to me”. Then those masters of the sixties vibe, the Psychedelic Filberts, take us on a tour of all that was best in the progression from Merseybeat to the Summer of Love and beyond. Moby Grape, Love, the Move, Buffalo Springfield and the Hollies will all be included.

9.30pm - The selected featured acts (Meri Everitt and Kevin Hewick) perform one song each in turn playing off the mood of the last song... Bounce is a great opportunity for songwriters to delve into what their songs mean, bring out forgotten songs from the past and sing songs not to keep people happy but because they are the right songs to sing. Hansom Hall 7.30pm—11.00pm Access enquiries: spaceponyrecords@gmail.com Tickets £3/£1 Book via: bit.ly/bounce-leicester Tickets also available at the event. Suitable for 14+

The Donkey 8.00pm Just turn up and enjoy! Free before 9.00pm, £3 after Suitable for 18+ Sponsored by NUT

BOUNCE – Songwriters' Evening Event BOUNCE - an acoustic music event with a difference, where songwriters bounce off the back of the last person’s song finding a link based on the song's lyrics or mood of the song. This night can go anywhere and will lift your spirits and make you feel alive and inspired!

A Walk with Susanna Watts

Toddler Tales – Butterflies, Bugs, Caterpillars and Creepy Crawlies

Discover Leicester’s past through a guided walk which commemorates two of the city’s most famous women writers: Susanna Watts (1786-1842), author of the first guidebook to Leicester, and her friend, the abolitionist campaigner Elizabeth Heyrick (1769-1831).

Join us, with your little one, for a storytelling and craft session - all about bugs, butterflies and creepy crawlies! Tales will include: What the Ladybird Heard, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Snail Trail, I love Bugs, Is that a Butterfly? and Norman the Slug with a silly Shell.

The circular walk will begin outside Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel 10.30am Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Find out more: E-mail Rebecca Shuttleworth at recs1@le.ac.uk

There is fun to be had with paper plates, pom poms and pipe cleaners to make your own assortment of bugs, ladybirds and the Hungry Caterpillar.

Stitch the ‘t’s and dot the ‘i’s – super sewing sessions

Beaumont Leys Library 11.15am – 12.15pm and 12.30pm – 1.30pm Free event, booking essential Book via: Beaumont Leys Library Suitable for 2 - 4 year olds who must be accompanied by an adult

Using cross stitch and simple embroidery stitches, children (7 years+) will create their very own unique and colourful stitched bookmark using designs around the theme St Barnabas Library 11.00am—12.30pm and 1.00pm—2.30pm Free event, booking is essential Book via: St Barnabas Library Suitable for children 7+ (parents welcome to come along and help their children)

Beat and Beyond from around the world....

Jess Green Local Poet Jess Green will lead a workshop to encourage young people to write about themselves, their neighbourhoods, friends, families and more.

Concrete Meat Press in association with Magic Teapot presents 'Beat and Beyond’ featuring Jim Burns, Adrian Manning and Michael Curran plus short films featuring post-beat poets. Jim Burns’ first poems appeared in 1962 and he has continued to be an active voice in poems, stories, reviews and articles about beats, bohemia and jazz. He edited Move (1964-1968) and Plantar (19761983). His articles continue to appear in magazines such as Beat Scene.

This free event will consist of 90 minutes writing/ performance skills workshop and 30 minutes showcase of work for families and friends to attend. Rushey Mead Library 1.30pm—3.30pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: Rushey Mead Library

Changing Spaces, Trading Places

Adrian Manning is a poet from Leicester. He is also editor of Concrete Meat Press. Michael Curran is a poet and publisher from London. His Tangerine Press has published books by Billy Childish and William Wantling.

We’ll use photos and text to think about migration to Leicester in the 1970s, the industry of the City at that time and the changes those industries have undergone in recent years.

The Musician 12.00pm—2.30pm Tickets £5/£3 Book via: bit.ly/magic-teapot Suitable for 14+

Participants will have the chance to record their own memories and experiences of change in words or drawings and for those memories to be included in an online photo-film. Also, they’ll receive a copy of the Changing Spaces, Trading Places project book. Cross Corners Art Centre 2.00pm—4.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Find out more: bit.ly/ccreatives 29

Writing for Performance Workshops

The Dark Side: Gothic tales from Germany

Would you like to hone your writing skills? Polish your performances? Have you always wanted to read your writing on stage?

These events will take place in the newly refurbished German Expressionist gallery. Come and explore German horror stories of the 19th and 20th century and contemporary children’s gothic stories.

Upstairs at the Western 2.00pm—5.00pm Free event, booking essential. Book via: http://bit.ly/upstairs-western Find out more: sj@off-the-fence.com Suitable for 16+

2.00pm to 4.00pm Readings of German and British short vampire stories and poems e.g., Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series and Goethe’s Bride of Corinth. 4.30pm to 5.00pm Brief introduction to the history of vampires.

Harry Paterson talk on his book Look Back in Anger

5.00pm to 6.30pm screening of Nosferatu with accompanying soundtrack.

Author Harry Paterson chose the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike to release his book Look Back in Anger. Beginning with a history of the mining industry, it then focuses on the events of 1984/5 and the careful machinations that brought the so-called Union of Democratic Mineworkers into being as the first ever strike breaking union. The book is aptly named - to read it is to get mad - both at what happened back then and at the fact that it’s still happening now.

New Walk Museum 2.00pm—7.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 13—17 year olds

D. A. Prince & Jayne Stanton: Poetry Event A joint HappenStance/Soundswrite Press book launch. Come and enjoy high-quality new poetry from two wellrespected East Midlands poets. D.A. Prince reads from her second collection, Common Ground, and Jayne Stanton from her first poetry pamphlet, Beyond the Tune.

Secular Hall 3.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Sponsored by Leicester Social Forum

Friends Meeting House 3.00pm—4.30pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy!

Sathnam Sanghera

The Song of the Soar

Award winning writer Sathnam Sanghera will be talking about his first novel, Marriage Material, which tells the story of three generations of a family through the prism of a Wolverhampton corner shop – itself a microcosm of the South Asian experience. This is an epic tale of family, love and politics, told with humour, tenderness and insight.

The film is a journey along the River Soar from its source, near Hinckley, to the outflow into the Trent, stopping off at the towns and villages along the river to learn about interesting features, people, history, heritage and culture.

The Font 6pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 18+ This is the first film focusing upon this local treasure and was written and produced by local artists. The film runs for 80 minutes.

Greenbird Promotions Presents:

The Adventures of Andy Kershaw

Before the showing of the film there will be 35 minutes of folk canal/sea songs performed by Dragonhead with Brian Langtry.

Andy Kershaw has won more Sony awards than any other radio broadcaster, worked for Billy Bragg and The Rolling Stones, shared an office with the late great John Peel for twelve years and possesses a music collection that weighs more than seven tons! All this and more is detailed in his autobiography, No Off Switch, which he will have for sale and signing.

Secular Hall 7.30pm Free event, booking recommended Book via: 01530 416251. Suitable for 14+ Find out more: bit.ly/lproductions

Join him and hear more about the amazing life of “Britain’s finest broadcaster, bar none.” - Stephen Fry The Y Theatre 7.30pm, Tickets £12 Book via: The Y Theatre 31

The Dark Side: Gothic tales from Germany

Smiling beyond Salvation The idea of the poetry night ‘Smiling beyond Salvation’, is the result of linguistic discussions between local poet Jo Twist and Magdalena Korytkowska, who worked together to create a unique translation of Szymborska’s poetry (fresh English translation alongside the Polish original). They would like to share their discoveries and observation with you. The Nobel Prize winner’s poems are shown in a completely different light than ever before.

These events will take place in the newly refurbished German Expressionist gallery. Come and explore German horror stories of the 19th and 20th century and contemporary children’s gothic stories. 2.00pm to 4.00pm Reading of early years and children’s Gothic stories e.g. Funny Bones 4.00pm to 5.00pm Ghost hide and seek in the museum. New Walk Museum 2.00pm—7.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for early years and families

This event is created for people from all social backgrounds, not only for poetry fans. Come and enjoy the game of words.

Richard Bonfield

Duffy’s Bar 5.00pm Tickets £3 All proceeds from tickets will go to LOROS Book via: malena.korytkowska@gmail.com

Poetry readings from the awardwinning Richard Bonfield – in affiliation with the Born Free Foundation. Including an information point and Q&A with Richard. The Guildhall 2.30pm Free event, donations welcome Book via: The Guildhall

Alan Gibbons, Attila The Stockbroker and Don’t Blame Da Youth — 100 years of The Ragged

Upper Brown Street 6.00pm Tickets £5 Book via: 07432 607 532 All ages welcome - may be some strong language

Trousered Philanthropists Come and find out why The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists still inspires great passion and affection a century after it was first published. Frank Owen, the book’s hero, is a socialist who believes that capitalism is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers, but their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their ‘betters’...

Everybody’s Reading ‘Celebration of Spoken Word’ open mic night This event is open to all. If you enjoyed our workshops (see Writing for Performance Workshops on 21st September and 4th October) then why not add your voice to Leicester’s vibrant writing community, sign up for an open mic slot and enjoy the 100% legal high of performing your work in front of a paying audience. Upstairs at The Western 7.30pm Tickets £3 Book via: The Western, from the Box Office 30 minutes before the performance or via http://bit.ly/ upstairs-western Suitable for 16+

This entertaining night has something for everyone; children’s author Alan Gibbons will speak about his passion for the book and Can’t Blame Da Youth, a local youth drama group, will perform the book’s famous scene, ‘The Great Money Trick’. Renowned performance poet Attila the Stockbroker will talk about his passion for the book, performing a set based on it, and the audience will be able to participate and share their views. The book itself will be on sale at a very reasonable price. 33

The Miller’s Tale with the

Irish Literature and Celtic Music Night

This energetic one-man show is a mad mediaeval musical monologue of poetry, comedy, song and the occasional dance! This fabulous fun-filled fable from the famous Canterbury Tales is performed with the help of Bob Dylan songs and other classics. Folk singer Pete Morton keeps close to the original text, whilst making it accessible to a contemporary audience.

Following on from last year’s fun and successful ‘Jigs, Reels and James Joyce’, please join us for some more great and thought-provoking Irish poetry and literature.

Songs of Bob Dylan

Music will also be provided from the much praised Celtic sounds of Malarkey, featuring Steve Wainwright. So, for those of you wanting to widen your interest in Irish literature, mixed with a great Ceilidh, the craic is guaranteed. The Donkey 8.00pm Free event, just turn up and enjoy! Suitable for 18+

The Guildhall 8.00pm Tickets £6

Westcotes Library Events Three the Westcotes Way Sunday 28th Sept , Friday 3rd Oct and Sunday 5th Oct 1.00pm to 3.00pm

Young Readers Group Wednesday 1st October 4.00pm to 5.00pm Westcotes History Group Friday 3rd October 10.00am to 12noon

Rattling Book Challenge Monday 29th Sept 1.00pm to 3.00pm

World War One Words Saturday 4th October 10.15am to 3.00pm

Poetry Tea Table Monday 29th Sept - Friday 3rd Oct 3.00-4.00pm

All events are free Find out more: Westcotes Library (0116 299 5510) or bit.ly/westcotes

Crime Readers Group Tuesday 30th Sept 10.00am to 1.00pm Turning Pages - Westcotes Book Group Wednesday Oct 1st 1.30pm to 3.30pm 34

Supporting WiT to get everybody reading in Leicester’s schools Everybody’s Reading is delighted to support a diverse programme of 2014 School Festival Reading Events and Activities, ranging from Bedtime Stories to Author Visits, Fairy Reading Circles to Bear Hunts. We are looking forward to a series of fun and creative events taking place at Stokes Wood Primary School, Humberstone Infants, Mayflower Primary, Catherine Juniors, Glebelands Primary, Taylor Road Primary School, Crown Hills Community College, Inglehurst Juniors, Braunstone Community Primary, Overdale Infant School and The Cooke E-Learning Foundation. Festival guides will be in schools from the start of the New School Year and there are loads of events taking place for children and families. We request that you please encourage your pupils to take a Festival guide home to share with their families. If you require additional copies, please contact a member of the team on 0116 299 5977 or email everybodysreading@sdsa.net. Festival posters and flyers will available to download from www.everybodysreading.co.uk.

The Everybody’s Reading team wishes schools the very best with their events! For more information about Whatever it Takes (WiT) email ellen.lee@sdsa.net or call 0116 299 5940

Aylestone Library at Aylestone Leisure Centre, 2 Knighton Lane East, Leicester, LE2 6LU, 0116 233 3040 Beaumont Leys Library, 25 Beaumont Way, Leicester, LE4 1DS, 0116 299 5460 Beaumont Leys Shopping Precinct, 25 Beaumont Way, Leicester, LE4 1DS, 0116 235 2561 Belgrave Library, Cossington Street, Leicester, LE4 6JD, 0116 299 5500 Bishop Street Methodist Church, 10a Bishop Street, Town Hall Square, Leicester, LE1 6AF, 0116 255 4111 Central Library, Bishop Street, Leicester, LE1 6AF, 0116 299 5401 Cross Corners Art Centre, Thurcaston Road, Leicester, LE4 5PF, 0116 261 2730 Curve Theatre (Seminar Room B), 60 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB, 0116 242 3595 De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, LE1 7RU, 0116 233 3111 Duffy's Bar, 18 Pocklington's Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BU, 0116 255 5717 Embrace Arts, 35 Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA, 0116 252 2455 Evington Library, 200 Evington Lane, Leicester, LE5 6DH, 0116 221 1286 Fosse Centre, Mantle Street, Leicester, LE3 5HG, 0116 222 1888 Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester, LE2 1WP Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel, 45E Bond Street, Leicester, LE1 4SX, 01509 812236 Hamilton Library, 20 Maidenwell Avenue, Leicester, LE5 1BL, 0116 221 2790 Hansom Hall, Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HL, 07500 900737 Highfields Library, 98 Melbourne Road, Leicester, LE2 0DS, 0116 299 5494 Layton Training Centre, 9 Layton Road, Leicester, LE5 0PU, 0116 276 04669 Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HL, 0116 454 1900 Leicester College, Abbey Park Campus, Painter Street, Leicester, LE1 3WA, 0116 224 2240 Manhattan 34, 34 Rutland Street, The Cultural Quarter, Leicester, LE1 1RD, 0116 262 8855 Network For Change (Resource Centre), 150 – 152 London Road, Leicester, LE2 1ND, 0116 247 0335

New Parks Library, 321 Aikman Avenue, Leicester, LE3 9PY, 0116 229 8200 New Walk Museum, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA, 0116 225 4900 Phoenix Square , 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG,0116 242 2800 Regent Club, 102 Regent Road, Leicester, LE1 7DA, 0116 223 8006 Rushey Mead Library, Lockerbie Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7ZX, 0116 266 5112 Satta Hashem Hall, Leicester Adult Education College, 2 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HL Secular Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, LE1 1WB, 07722782787 Southfields Library, Saffron Lane, Leicester, LE2 6QS, 0116 299 5480 St Barnabas Library, French Road, Leicester, LE5 4AH, 0116 299 5450 St Martin’s Coffee House, 2 – 6 Martins Walk, Leicester, LE1 5DG, 0116 251 2879 The BRITE Centre, Braunstone Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1LE, 0116 299 5476 The Criterion Free House , 44 Millstone Lane, Leicester, LE1 5JN, 0116 262 5418 The Crumblin' Cookie, 68 High Street, Leicester, LE1 5YP, 0116 253 1212 The Donkey, 203 Welford Road, Leicester, LE2 6BH, 0116 270 5042 The Font, 52 Gateway Street, Leicester, LE2 7DP, 0116 319 8875 The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE1 5FQ, 0116 2532569 The Musician, 42 Crafton Street West, Leicester, LE1 2DE, 0116 251 0080 The Tea Rooms in the Town Hall, Town Hall Square, Every Street, Leicester, LE1 6AG The Y Theatre, 7 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6EY, 0116 255 7066 Town Hall, Town Hall Square, Every Street, Leicester, LE1 6AG Upper Brown Street, 16 Upper Brown Street, Leicester, LE1 5TE Upstairs at The Western, 70 Western Road, Leicester, LE3 0GA Westcotes Library, Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 0BQ, 0116 299 5510 Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RJ, 0116 247 1147

Monday 15th September Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops Tuesday 16th September Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops Friday 19th September Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops Sunday 21st September Writing for Performance Workshops Monday 22nd September Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops Tuesday 23rd September Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops Thursday 25th September Literature at Lunchtime with Dr Jane Mackay Friday 26th September Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops Saturday 27th September Bring Your Story to Life with Puppets

Toddler Tales

Belgrave Library

1.00pm3.00pm

Beaumont Leys Library

1.00pm3.00pm

New Parks Library

1.00pm3.00pm

Upstairs at The Western

2.00pm5.00pm

Belgrave Library

1.00pm3.00pm

Beaumont Leys Library

1.00pm3.00pm

De Montfort Hall

12.30pm

St Barnabas Library

1.00pm3.00pm

Aylestone Library at Aylestone Leisure Centre De Montfort Hall

10.00am1.00pm

Story Build

St Barnabas Library Central Library BRITE Centre and Children’s Bookbus Fosse Centre

12.00pm5.00pm 12.30pm2.30pm 1.00pm3.00pm

Duffy's Bar

2.00pm5.00pm

Death and some poems, with Maxine Linnell and Alison Dunne Launch of People's Art Collective, Leicester

4.30pm 2.00pm3.00pm 2.30pm

The Guildhall

7.15pm

The Guildhall

9.00pm

The Guildhall

10.00am5.00pm

Phoenix Square St Martin’s Coffee House The Donkey Bar

11.00am12.00pm 12.00pm4.00pm 12.30pm3.00pm

The Phoenix

1.00pm4.00pm

The Disappeared: Richard III, Henry VII and the Princes in the Tower Infidel Feminism Alun Parry Plus Public Sector Monday 29th September

The Guildhall

2.00pm

Secular Hall The Musician

6.30pm 8.00pm

Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops Literary Figures on Film

Belgrave Library

1.00pm3.00pm

Central Library The Tea Rooms in the Town Hall Manhattan 34 Secular Hall

2.00pm3.30pm 5.30pm

Southfields Library The Musician

7.00pm8.30pm 8.00pm

Central Library Beaumont Leys Library

10.00am12.00pm 1.00pm3.00pm

The Condition of the Working Class Under Milk Wood (1972) Extracts from the Under Milk Wood Suite - A Tribute to Stan Tracey Dylan Thomas Shed Sunday 28th September A Dozen Stories House of Verse The Sunday Chillout with Mellow Baku and John Butler Graphic Novel Workshop

10.00am 11.30am 1.00pm 2.30pm 12.00pm2.00pm

Westcotes Library

Enjoy Helping Your Child to Read

The Y Theatre Belgrave Library Secular Hall

How do we get young people reading?

How to Read a Poem

Family Story Writing

Bedtime Stories Nayna Patel

House of Verse Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, socialist and scourge of the empire The Petal and The Wire More Warbling from the Bum and Beyond Tuesday 30th September The Soldier's Story - A Writers' Workshop Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops

1.30pm3.30pm

6.00pm – 10.00pm 7.00pm

Tuesday 30th September (cont) Old MacDonald and the St Barnabas Three Pigs Plus (Booster Library Cushion Theatre for Children) Old MacDonald and the New Parks Three Pigs Plus (Booster Library Cushion Theatre for Children) Graham Joyce at the Beaumont Story Cafe Leys Library Health and Beauty Highfields Library

10.00am11.00am

2.00pm3.00pm

Central Library

2.00pm3.30pm

Poetry Posse Takes to Leicester Streets/ Pinggg...K!

Beaumont Leys Shopping Precinct/ Duffy's Bar Manhattan 34 Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College Regent Club

4.00pm7.30pm

The Musician

8.00pm

House of Verse What would I have done in WW1?

The Poetry of the Great American Song Book' Burning Books - Jess Green and the Mischief Makers plus music from KGB Jazz Wednesday 1st October Old MacDonald and the Three Pigs Plus (Booster Cushion Theatre for Children)

6.00pm8.00pm

A Different World – A Poetry Workshop

Curve Theatre (Seminar Room B) Westcotes Library

6.00pm8.00pm

Friends Meeting House The Guildhall

7.00pm9.30pm

Southfields Library The Crumblin' Cookie

7.30pm

Evington Library New Parks Library

10.30am12.30pm 1.00pm3.00pm

Leicester Adult Education College Leicester Adult Education College

2.00pm4.00pm

The Donkey Book Group – All Quiet on the Western Front

The Donkey Bar

5.30pm

Everybody's Reading – The Film

The BRITE Centre

6.00pm

Crime: location, location, location

Central Library

6.30pm 8.00pm

'Love The Life You Live... Live the Life You Love' Sharing New Choreopoem Text by Carol Leeming FRSA – A Reading & Q&A

Embrace Arts

7.00pm9.00pm

Literary Leicester Guided Walking Tour

Town Hall

7.00pm

Poetry Workshop Open to All Women

Friends Meeting House

7.00pm9.30pm

Waugh and Words: Party like it's 1929

The Crumblin' Cookie

7.00pm

Oh, Whistle... Two ghost stories by M R James performed by R M Lloyd Parry The Queen and I – Sue Townsend Remembered Women's Words

"In Our Own Write"

6.00pm10.00pm 7.00pm9.00pm

Dress the Book – Mixed Media Textile Workshops Dead Local WORD! Shop...with Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Poet

8.00pm

Dead Local WORD!...with David Stickman Higgins

Belgrave Library

7.00pm8.30pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

Thursday 2nd October

10.00am11.00am

Old MacDonald and the Three Pigs Plus (Booster Cushion Theatre for Children)

Hamilton Library

2.00pm3.00pm

Dress the Book - Mixed Media Textile Workshops

Highfields Library

1.00pm3.00pm

Turning a New Page

Network For Change (Resource Centre)

2.00pm4.00pm

Leicester College, Abbey Park Campus

5.30pm7.00pm

Meet Bali Rai

Hansom Hall

Launch of Crime Scene Britain and Ireland – A Reader's Guide Poetry Workshop Open to All Women

10.00am12.00pm 1.00pm3.00pm

Women in the Great War

Michael Rosen

7.00pm

Forget Me Not – The Alzheimer's Whodunit Dawson Smith & The Exiles performing songs from The Cordell Collection The Poetry Brothel

Friday 3rd October Community Reading

Adult Dyslexia Reading Group 'Stand Up For Your Rights!' Rebellious Writing Workshop Great Leicester Book Quiz Magic Teapot presents: David Crystal – English accents: past, present and future WORD! Presents: Maria and The Mullet... BOUNCE – Songwriters' Evening Event The Everybody's Reading Nostalgia Night with a DJ session from Bali Rai and live music from the Psychedelic Filberts Saturday 4th October A Walk with Susanna Watts Stitch the 't's and dot the 'i's – super sewing sessions

Toddler Tales – Butterflies, Bugs, Caterpillars and Creepy Crawlies

Upstairs at The Western The Donkey Bar

8.00pm

Satta Hashem Hall, Leicester Adult Education College

9.00pm

Layton Training Centre Central Library Embrace Arts

11.30am

The Criterion Free House Bishop Street Methodist Church

7.00pm 6.00pm8.00pm

Sathnam Sanghera

Upstairs at The Western Hansom Hall

7.30pm

The Adventures of Andy Kershaw The Song of the Soar

7.30pm11.00pm 8.00pm

Sunday 5th October The Dark Side: Gothic tales from Germany

10.30am

The Donkey Bar

Great Meeting Unitarian Chapel St Barnabas Library

Beaumont Leys Library

Concrete Meat Press in association with Magic Teapot presents 'Beat and Beyond' featuring Jim Burns, Adrian Manning and Michael Curran plus short films featuring post beat poets from around the world... Jess Green

8.30pm

The Musician

12.00pm2.30pm

Rushey Mead Library Cross Corners Art Centre Upstairs at the Western New Walk Museum Secular Hall

1.30pm3.30pm 2.00pm4.00pm 2.00pm5.00pm 2.00pm7.00pm 3.00pm

Friends Meeting House The Font

3.00pm4.00pm

The Y Theatre

7.00pm

Secular Hall

7.30pm

New Walk Museum

2.00pm7.00pm

Richard Bonfield Smiling beyond Salvation 100 years of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell Everybody's Reading 'Celebration of Spoken Word' open mic night The Miller's Tale with the Songs of Bob Dylan

The Guildhall Duffy's Bar Upper Brown Street

2.30pm 5.00pm 6.00pm

Upstairs at The Western

7.30pm

The Guildhall

8.00pm

Irish Literature and Celtic Music Night

The Donkey Bar

8.00pm

Changing Spaces, Trading Places Writing for Performance Workshops The Dark Side: Gothic tales from Germany Harry Paterson talk on his book 'Look Back in Anger' D. A. Prince & Jayne Stanton: Poetry Event

1.15pm2.45pm 2.00pm4.00pm

11.00am12.30pm and 1.00pm2.30pm 11.15am12.15pm and 12.30pm1.30pm

5.30pm