Aspects programme 2015

Irish Literature Festival Bangor, 23-27 September 2015 A celebration of the written word through poetry, prose, journalism, song-writing, theatre and much more.

Guest Curators For the Festival programme, we considered storytelling from all angles; to be performed aloud, played and sung, conjured from memory, adapted from foreign tongues, listened to communally, invented on the spot, reinvented by others, navigated by dead reckoning across disciplines and dialects. We are believers in the power of narrative to transform the local and everyday into fantastical other spaces.

BROWN&BR� is our collaborative curatorial and artistic practice. We work with people across artforms and disciplines and are most interested in the intersections where it’s possible for new languages to be invented. We are interested in theatricality and staging in art, and the honesty of fiction. Since 2009 we have worked together as artists, curators and programmers, exploring subjects as diverse as vacancy in Belfast city centre, and the gradient mathematics of orbits and of harmony.

Rachel Brown & BrighdĂ­n Farren

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The Museum

HELLO AND WELCOME As Aspects celebrates its 24th year, we are pleased to present a diverse and exciting programme showcasing the wealth of local talent along with Aspects favourites and special guests.

This year Aspects presents events from spoken word to crime, theatre to comics and from history to poetry. The thread woven through all of them is that at their core, they are telling a story.

In addition to high quality reading events, we also have a range of workshops and discussions that will support and assist the next budding writer trying to get published, write for the large and small screen as well as creative children’s classes.

Our festival marquee is located right in the centre of Bangor at Project 24 and some of the highlights at it include poet Michael Longley, best-selling author Sheila O’Flanagan and one of the UK’s most respected spoken word artists, Polarbear.

This year we invited guest curator’s Brown and Bri to take a multi-disciplinary approach to a few of our events. They looked at story-telling from all angles and programming included the Beckett play, The End, the premiere of a new production of The Metamorphosis and the festival finale, The Supper Room.

Aspects Irish Literature Festival is about writing in its many forms and we hope that the programme will interest, inspire and entertain you.

Aspects Festival Team

Young Aspects At Aspects, encouraging young writers is something we value very highly and our annual Young Writers Showcase is an important part of the Young Aspects programme. Often inspired by the Writers in Schools events, pupils in the area are selected by their teachers to read a new piece of writing and we are delighted to showcase their work in the Festival Marquee along with special guests.

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2-27 September

Dis-ease: An exhibition of photography and poetry Sync Space Free event

Poet, Moyra Donaldson and photographic artist, Victoria J. Dean met in 2010.

Interested in expanding and challenging their individual practices they collaborated across the disciplines of poetry and visual arts.

The theme, spans concepts of disease, unease or discomfort. The exhibition consists of a series of images combined with poems or extracts from poems.

Moyra Donaldson is one of the country’s most distinctive and accomplished writers.

Victoria J. Dean has exhibited locally and internationally and her work is held in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection and a number of private collections in the UK and Ireland.

Exhibition continues until Sunday 27 September

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Saturday 19 September, 10am – 1pm

Screen Writing Workshop with Colin Bateman

Bangor Carnegie Library £20 Colin Bateman, one of the UK and Ireland’s leading writers for film and TV, conducts a masterclass for anyone who has ever dreamed of writing for the screen. This will be a hands-on experience for new writers interested in finding out how the movie and TV businesses work and how to set about creating their screenplay. All you need to bring is an open mind and something to write on.

Colin Bateman wrote the screenplay for his first movie Divorcing Jack in 1997 and since then has gone on to work regularly on the large and small screens. He created the long-running BBC show Murphy’s Law for James Nesbitt and most recently wrote two series of the Irish language newspaper drama Scoop (Scup) for TG4/BBC. Shooting is about to begin on his new feature film, The Journey, starring Timothy Spall.

This masterclass is strictly limited to a maximum of 20 writers and the over 18s.

No previous screenwriting experience is necessary.

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Wednesday 23 September, 2pm

New Writing Helen Nicholl

North Down Museum £5 Helen Nicholl reading from and in conversation about her new book.

The Traveller’s Guide to Love is Helen Nicholl’s writing debut. It tells the story of finding love again. Set in the countryside of Strangford and Downpatrick, this funny and warm novel highlights the complexities of love, a jealous estranged wife, a daughter’s wedding and a sceptical friend. A funny, tender and warm story about finding love again.

Helen Nicholl was born and brought up in South Africa. She came to London in 1970 and lived and worked in England and Northern Ireland before moving with her family to Zimbabwe for eighteen years. In 2000 she returned to Belfast where she managed a charity bookshop until she retired in 2015. Happily settled in Holywood, she and her partner keep open house for their extended family and friends, but still travel at every opportunity.

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Wednesday 23 September, 6pm

Crime Panel

North Down Museum £8 A panel discussion including crime writers Jason Johnson and Kelly Creighton. They will discuss the state of Irish crime fiction, where it has come from and where it’s going to, as well as talking about their recent releases and what they are currently working on.

Jason Johnson is a Northern Ireland-based journalist and author. His debut novel, Woundlicker (2005), was a ferociously raw story set in fraught Belfast times. His second book, Alina (2006), won him a reputation for his distinctively gritty style of writing. His third book, Sinker (2014) built on that reputation, with the Irish Independent hailed it, “a jolt to the senses”. Aloysius Tempo, 2015 is his fourth novel.

Newtownards author Kelly Creighton, whose 2015 debut novel, The Bones of It, is set in County Down post-Troubles. Described by fellow crime writer Brian McGilloway as ‘a brilliant crime debut, chilling, compulsive and beautifully written’, The Bones of It should also appeal to fans of Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy.

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Wednesday 23 September, 8pm

Michael Longley

Festival Marquee, Project 24 £10 Aspects Irish Literature Festival is delighted to welcome Michael Longley back to discuss and read from his most recent collections of poems, The Stairwell and Sea Asters Michael Longley has long been acknowledged as one of our greatest living poets: Seamus Heaney once described him as ‘a keeper of the artistic estate, a custodian of griefs and wonders’. Among Michael’s awards and prizes are the Whitbread Award, the TS Eliot Prize and the Irish Times Now Poetry Award. He received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2001, and in 2003 the Wilfred Owen Award. He was the Ireland Professor of Poetry, 2007-2010, appointed a CBE in 2010 and is a member of Aosdana.

He has published ten collections of poems, the latest of which, The Stairwell, was shortlisted for the 2014 TS Eliot Prize and was the winner of the International Griffin Prize for Poetry in 2015.

In his tenth collection of poems Michael Longley writes of birth as well as death, childhood and age, nature and art, the animal and human worlds, tenderness and violence, battlefield and ‘homeland’.

Longley has built this collection on intricate doublings; the second part of the book is a powerful sequence of elegies for his twin brother, Peter, and elsewhere the dominant mood is elegiac.

The Stairwell is a book by a major poet writing at the height of his powers.”

In 2015 Michael Longley was granted the freedom of his native city of Belfast.

The honour is in recognition of his contribution to literature and to the cultural life of Belfast.

“Michael Longley … one of the finest lyric poets of our century.” John Burnside

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Thursday 24 September, 7pm

Marie-Louise Muir Bangor Carnegie Library Free event

Join Marie-Louise Muir as she talks about her favourite Irish books.

Expect to hear Dracula share the stage with The Commitments or PS! I love you with The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. To quote Marie-Louise “This is about what has floated my boat reading. This isn’t my definitive list of the great Irish novel, nor is it an academic thesis. These are books that I read from childhood until just last week, stories full of characters and colour, plot lines and passion that gripped me, moved me and have stayed with me”.

Each book is different, unique and compelling, but there is a strong undercurrent of an Irish storytelling voice that anchors all these many stories and voices to this island.

Marie-Louise Muir currently presents Arts Extra and the flagship classical music programme Sounds Classical both on BBC Radio Ulster.

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Thursday 24 September, 7.30pm

The Metamorphosis Bangor Castle £8

Aspects is delighted to present the premiere of The Metamorphosis, a new production

by Colin Reid & Reggie Chamberlain-King.

100 years ago, Franz Kafka published the only significant work made available in his lifetime - indeed, the closest thing he would write to an autobiography - The Metamorphosis. In the surreal short story, Mr. Samsa, the commercial traveller, becomes a strange creature at night, whilst, elsewhere in Prague, Mr. Kafka, the strange author, becomes an insurance clerk by day.

“Late one morning, as Gregor Samsa awoke from unsettling dreams, he discovered himself, in his own bed, changed into a gigantic insect.”

In a new translation by writer Reggie Chamberlain-King, The Metamorphosis becomes an ensemble piece for guitars, violins, readers, and drone machines. Following the success of his critically-acclaimed adaptation of ‘The Third Policeman’ with Stephen Rea, the music is composed by Colin Reid, with visuals by comic artist, Debbie McCormack. It is funny, touching, and hypnotic reconciliation between the writer and his story.

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Thursday 24 September, 9pm

The Lifeboat

The Salty Dog Kitchen Garden Free Event The Lifeboat is a monthly reading series hosted by Stephen Connolly and Manuela Moser in Belfast, pairing an established poet with a new poet. It launched in February 2013 in The Galley Cafe and has featured Michael Longley, Ciaran Carson, Leontia Flynn, Miriam Gamble, SinĂŠad Morrissey, Sam Riviere and many more.

For each reading the Lifeboat presents a small printed selection of work by the new poet. These are produced in very short print runs and sold at the events for ÂŁ1, with all profits going directly to the new poet.

Aspects is delighted to welcome The Lifeboat to Bangor in the appropriately nautical setting of the Salty Dog Hotel. This outdoor venue has heaters, blankets and canopies however if a storm comes we will move indoors. Wrap up warm! www.lifeboatbelfast.co.uk

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Friday 25 September, 2pm

My Writing Life; Why Bother?

Ian Sanson and Carlo Gébler in conversation.

North Down Museum £6

Expect an interesting and lively discussion with stories and anecdotes, giving a unique insight into the life of a writer.

Ian Sanson is English born but a long time Bangor resident. He is a leading academic, reviewer for the national press, the author of the highly popular Mobile Library Mystery Series and a new series which gloriously mixes tourism and murder, The Country Guides, whose second instalment is Death in Devon.

A prolific writer, Sansom’s essays and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including The New York Times.

Carlo Gébler’s writing covers many different genres, including novels, memoir, history, short-stories, travel, children’s books and for television. He is the author of several novels including, The Dead Eight (2011), which was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.

He has written extensively in publications such as the Critical Quarterly, The Dublin Review, Fiction Magazine, The Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Irish Independent. Carlo is a members Aosdána.

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Friday 25 September, 6pm

The Faerie Thorn and Other Stories Book Launch

North Down Museum Free event Join us for the launch of The Faerie Thorn and Other Stories, a new collection of short stories by debut author Jane Talbot.

Jane’s writing is inspired by the local landscape and its myths, legends and folktales.

All of the stories in this debut collection feature real places in Northern Ireland – such as Bushmills, Murlough Bay, Banagher glen and Dunseverick Harbour.

The Faerie Thorn and other stories depicts Ireland as a mysterious place full of faerie queens, enchanted forests, sly trolls and evil witches, where magic balances all things, light and dark. This dazzling collection will enchant, bewitch and intrigue, marking Jane Talbot’s place as a unique new voice in Irish writing.

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Friday 25 September, 7.30pm

The End by Samuel Beckett

Presented by Gare St Lazare Players SERC College Theatre £12

The End is a short story by Samuel Beckett which he began in English and finished in French. In it a man recounts an episode late in his life when, having been expelled from an institution of care, he finds his own way in the world. He meets a variety of characters and situations before finally lying down to let life ebb away.

It is one of Beckett’s most complete, most compelling and most beautiful works.

“At this stage, having seen nearly all of their profoundly moving interpretations of Beckett, all attempts at restrained objectivity go out the window. Conor Lovett has refined his technique and his empathy to a degree, which surely makes him one of the world’s leading interpreters of the work.” Sunday Independent “Such a pleasing triumph.” New York Times.

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Friday 25 September, 9pm

An evening of poetry, stories and song Len Graham, Ciaran Carson & Deirdre Carson Bangor Castle £8

Len Graham, one of Ulster’s finest performers and collectors of story and song, will be joined by acclaimed poet Ciaran Carson and musician Deirdre Carson for an evening of poetry, story and music.

This is a very special opportunity to appreciate the artistry and musicianship of three exceptional performers. Each highly skilled and fluent in their art, they maintain a great spontaneity in an artistic conversation that has spanned roughly three decades, and which draws on centuries of tradition.

Len Graham has gained an international reputation, not only for his inimitable singing style, but also for the breadth of his knowledge of Irish folk music. He performs traditional song in English, Irish and Ulster Scots, with memories from a lifetime of collecting and performing.

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Ciaran Carson has written many books of poetry, translation and prose, including Last Night’s Fun (Jonathan Cape, 1998), a book about traditional music. His latest, From Elsewhere (Gallery Press, 2014), consists of translations from the French poet Jean Follain, paired with poems inspired by the translations. He has won many literary awards, including the Forward Prize and the T.S.Eliot Prize. He is a member of Aosdána and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature.

Deirdre Carson initially learned the fiddle from her father Paddy Shannon, and has been influenced by the fiddle styles of Sligo and Leitrim. She and Ciaran have been making music together for near on forty years.

Saturday 26 September, 10am

Comic Workshop with Andy Hamilton

Bangor Carnegie Library £5 For over 25 years, local artist and illustrator Andy Hamilton has been illustrating for books and drawing cartoon strips. His creations will be familiar to children all over the world in books, websites and magazines as varied as the Beano and RSPB’s Wingbeat.

This workshop will be jam-packed with fun exercises to help aspiring cartoonists bring their stories to life.

No experience necessary. Just bring your ideas!

Drawing materials will be provided Suitable for ages 7 and up Children must be accompanied by an adult

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Saturday 26 September, 1pm

The Chinaman of Marlborough Street, Khaki Roberts and me A performative lecture by Dr Daniel Jewesbury Bangor Castle £6

In 2012 artist and writer Daniel Jewesbury began researching the carved heads on the facades of many of Belfast’s finest Victorian buildings. He uncovered the story of a family of almost-forgotten artisans, the three Fitzpatrick brothers, who, for a brief period, were Belfast’s most prolific and most original sculptors.

He also found that the story often returned to his researches into his own family history, connecting the Belfast Ropeworks, the sinking of the Princess Victoria off Donaghadee, the Ulster Covenant, the Nuremberg Trials and Mrs. Beeton.

Daniel will perform an illustrated talk, weaving a narrative that passes through power, money, industry, art and autobiography. This event will explore the serendipities and surprises that a research project can entail, and give an insight into the working processes of an experienced writer.

Daniel Jewesbury studied Sculpture at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin. He makes film, video and live art, which has been exhibited internationally.

He is a widely published writer, with an interest in art, the history of visual culture, a curator and editor, and an experienced broadcaster.

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Saturday 26 September, 2pm

Listen, Imagine, Create ….

Boom! Studios £5

Children aged 7-11 can come along to this fun two hour workshop. The classic children’s story ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ will be the backdrop to this creative workshop. Children’s imaginations will be let loose and ideas will be translated to large drawings and the creation of a three dimensional wonderland.

The workshop will be delivered by Kate Mitchell who has been an illustrator for more than twenty years.

Materials will be provided Children must be accompanied by an adult

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Saturday 26 September, 3pm

Children and Young Adult Books Writing and getting published North Down Museum £5

Calling all budding children and young adult authors, have you got a book in you? Join young adult writer Steven Camden and top children’s literary agent Philippa MilnesSmith as they share invaluable insider advice on how to write and get published.

They will talk about their experience, answer questions, give top tips on creating the best stories and share industry secrets.

Philippa Milnes-Smith Managing Director and Children’s and Young Adults, LAW Agency Philippa MilnesSmith, a specialist in children and YA fiction, is rare among agents in being both very senior and well-established and still positively hungry for debut work. She began her working life as a publisher, becoming MD at Puffin and a Director of Penguin Books.

She was (remarkably) the first children’s and YA agent to be elected President of the Association of Authors Agents.

Steven Camden Children’s writer, play-right, spoken word poet and extremely talented individual!

Steven has published two young adult books, It’s About Love, 2015 and Tape, 2014.

His books have received rave reviews.

‘Truly gripping… a cleverly structured, movingly characterised and powerful tale.’ The Sunday Times

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Saturday 26 September, 5.30pm

Poetry Reading

with Jon Plunkett and Moyra Donaldson The Guillemot Cafe £6

Born in Northern Ireland, Jon Plunkett now lives and writes in Scotland. His work has appeared in many poetry journals, anthologies and literary magazines including Gutter, Acumen, Northwords Now and Poetry Scotland.

As well as writing and performing he has been leading the development of the Corbenic Poetry Path in the Scottish Highlands where lines of poetry are carved in stone, etched in glass, burnt in wood and installed along the way. He is also organiser of the Loose Tongues, live poetry limb of The Aberfeldy Festival.

‘Jon Plunkett has a genial way about him that belies the devastation of his words!’

Ash Dickinson - Edinburgh, Cheltenham & BBC Slam Champion ‘Jon is a powerful stage presence...he has a silver tongue that will take him far.’

Chrys Salt MBE Moyra Donaldson’s poetry, short fiction and playwriting have garnered many prizes and much critical acclaim.

Snakeskin Stilettos was reprinted in America in 2002 by CavanKerry, bringing her poetry to the attention of an international audience.

She is a poet who weaves ancient lore into the fabric of contemporary life, her work hearkens back, as fellow poet Mebdh McGuckian notes, to the sensual spirituality of Yeats, while simultaneously looking clearly and wryly at everyday experience.

Moyra Donaldson has matured into one of the country’s most distinctive and accomplished writers. Her pamphlet Kissing Ghosts, made many readers aware of her particular talent for conveying the complexity of human relationships in a spare yet intimate voice.

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Saturday 26 September, 7pm

Love’s Laebrack Sang Fealty’s Back Bar £6

Love’s Laebrack Sang is a reflection on the work of Shetland-based poet Lollie Graham, with readings by his daughter Ruth Graham. The poems will be interspersed with live music from Thierry Michel, and a vinyl set from folk afficionado Daniel Jewesbury.

Most of the poems are in Shetland dialect, as used by Lollie Graham, is speaking in da Midder tongue without ceremony or pretension and as a way of giving voice to those whose voices are seldom heard.

Lollie Graham (1924-2009) was a poet, teacher, part-time crofter and socialist from Shetland. Between 1956 and 1998 Lollie co-edited the New Shetlander magazine with his older brother John. The New Shetlander has always been a strong advocate for Shetland dialect and is reputedly Scotland’s longest running literary magazine. The Graham brothers co-edited the 1998 poetry collection A Shetland Anthology and Lollie co-edited MacDairmid in Shetland with Brian Smith.

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Saturday 26 September, 9pm

Polarbear

Festival Marquee, Project 24 ÂŁ5

Born and raised in the city of Birmingham Steven Camden aka Polarbear is one of the most respected spoken word artists in the UK. After the accidental fall into spoken work, he developed into a fullyfledged spoken work artist known for delivering stories that make complete sense. In his unique performances, language and rhyme patterns from his Hip-Hop roots combined with the day-today sentiment of a man trying to figure things out.

the ground. A sharp line in storytelling and poems. His work has featured on BBC Radio 1, 3, 4 and 6, and he has performed around the world from Kuala Lumpur to California. He leads writing and performance projects nationally and internationally and can usually be found in the kitchen at house parties.

Polarbear will headline this spoken word event which will also feature local performance poets.

Funny and compelling, Polarbear is a 21st century wordsmith with his roots in the rhythms of hip hop and his feet firmly on

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Sunday 27 September, 1pm

Beckett in the Bar

MacGowran Speaking Samuel Beckett Fealty’s Back Bar Free Event

Join us in the bar where we will be dusting off the vinyl and playing a rare recording of the celebrated Irish actor, Jack MacGowran (1918-1973), reading the work of Samuel Beckett. Released on Claddagh Records in 1966, the sessions were personally supervised by Beckett, who bangs a gong at pertinent intervals while his two sons, John and Edward, play harmonium and flute. It is an atmospheric, warm and historic recording of a selection of the great man’s work, read by one of his foremost interpreters.

The record will be introduced by writers and Beckett enthusiasts, Daniel Jewesbury and Fionola Meredith. Sunday papers and pots of tea will be provided for this informal listening event.

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Sunday 27 September, 2pm

Ireland’s Call

Festival Marquee, Project 24 £8 Join BBC NI Political Correspondent and critically acclaimed author Stephen Walker discussing his newly released book, Ireland’s Call.

The story follows the fortunes of Irish sporting heroes who fell in the Great War. Stephen’s detailed and colourful narrative includes exploits of men who had a passion for many different sports including rugby, football and cricket.

Ireland’s Call presents a moving yet candid account of how the lives of the country’s brightest sporting stars ended in a foreign land.

This unique and comprehensive account will shed new light on an important chapter in Ireland’s history when war and sport collided. Ireland’s Call will appeal to a wide audience, including sports fans, lovers of history and those who enjoy discovering unexpected perspectives on the lives of past generations.

Stephen Walker has worked as a reporter for BBC Northern Ireland for 25 years.

One of Northern Ireland’s best known broadcasters he has been honoured by the Royal Television Society and by the Association of European Journalists. In 2005 he was named Northern Ireland Journalist of the Year.

Introduced by BBC Presenter Mark Carruthers. © Bill Brown

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Sunday 27 September, 4pm

Sheila O’Flanagan

Festival Marquee, Project 24 £10 Sheila O’Flanagan is the international number one bestselling author of twenty novels and three collections of short-stories.

My Mother’s Secret unveils long-buried secrets that threaten to unravel relationships between family members. On the day of their parent’s surprise wedding anniversary party, Steffie and her brother and sister realise they may not know everything about their family. My Mother’s Secret is an engaging, warm and thought-provoking new novel about a secret that can’t be kept under wraps any longer –whatever the consequences.

SheiIa says of her audience ‘I didn’t set out to write for any particular type of reader, but I suppose I must have had people like me in mind – people who have busy lives and who like to escape into someone else’s for a while’.

Sheila was a bond dealer and financial journalist whose novels have all been immediate No. 1 Irish bestsellers. Her books have been described as ‘necessary to women as chocolate, and just as addictive!’ Her last three novels have sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in their British editions. With each publication, she breaks her record of weeks at No. 1.

Sheila O’Flanagan will discuss her new book, her approach to writing and will pass on tips on how to write yourself.

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Sunday 27 September, 7pm

The Supper Room

An orchestrated dining experience North Down Museum ÂŁ25 per person

Taking our cue from infamous literary dinners where public dining provided both opportunity and guise for deals to be struck, ruses to be hatched, and lovers to meet, we will host a banquet, of sorts, for 50 guests.

We are inviting you to join us for an evening of dining punctuated with impromptu readings and rhythm by some surprise attendees.

This Aspects Finale will have toasts and readings from Aspects writers and audience members are encouraged to give a short toast if and when the moment takes them.

This is a unique experience with a group of people celebrating the written word and what it means to us!

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Aspects at a glance Price £

2-27 September Dis-ease Exhibition

Free

Saturday 19 September 10.00am

Colin Bateman

£20

Wednesday 23 September 2.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm

Helen Nicholl Crime Panel Michael Longley

£5 £8 £10

Thursday 24 September 11.00am 7.00pm 7.30pm 9.00pm

Aspects Showcase Marie-Louise Muir The Metamorphosis The Lifeboat

Free Free £8 Free

Friday 25 September 2.00pm 6.00pm 7.30pm 9.00pm

Carlo Gébler and Ian Sansom Jane Talbot Book Launch Gare St Lazare Len Graham and Ciaran Carson

£6 Free £12 £8

Saturday 26 September 10.00am 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 5.30pm 7.00pm 9.00pm

Comic workshop Daniel Jewesbury Children’s workshop Children’s/Young Adult’s Book Panel Moyra Donaldson and Jon Plunkett Love’s Laebrack Sang Polarbear

£5 £6 £5 £5 £6 £6 £5

Sunday 27 September 1.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 7.00pm

Beckett in the Bar Stephen Walker Sheila O’Flanagan The Supper Room

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Mondays in August: 10am – 4.30pm

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Access for disabled Patrons – We welcome disabled patrons, but would appreciate knowing your requirements in advance.

All events were correct at the time of going to print. Aspects Festival reserves the right to make alterations if necessary.

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