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28 September 2024
With Arthur Black + Ben Brown + Monica Guarnieri
Arthur Black is a 4 piece female-fronted band borrowing sounds from Irish folk and bands such as Portishead, Big Thief and Fleetwood Mac.
23 September 2024
Tibetan Monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery: From the Roof of the World
Tibet – the Land of Snows: home to Buddhist lamas whose ancient rituals have fascinated people for centuries. Eight Tibetan monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery present ‘From the Roof of the World’: chant, mantras, music and dance opening a magical window on to a world of reincarnation and mysticism which has inspired audiences in theatres and festivals since they were first seen in Europe a hundred years ago in 1924.
From the mesmerising chant of Buddhist texts to swirling costumed masked dances accompanied by ancient Tantric musical instruments: horns made from human leg bones, skull-drums, cymbals, bells and the great dungchen (long horns), the monks evoke the atmosphere of sacred Tibet: an experience of an ancient, endangered culture.
7 October 2024 - 9 December 2024
2 November 2024
What are the differences between short stories and novels? Is it just length alone, or is there something else more integral to the form?
Join award-winning writer Naomi Wood for a transformative workshop where you will explore the key differences between novels and short stories, and how to structure your own short fiction.
24 October 2024
All-new for 2024, gather close for a chilling evening of contemporary tales and music from the ‘Haunted Counties’ of the East.
12 October 2024
Where does the novel begin? How do you draw the reader into your story? How much information do you need to release and how much do you need to withhold? What kind of expectations do you need to create in the readers mind?
The first three chapters of a novel are where all these questions need to be answered. Getting the balance correct in your opening chapters is crucial to your success as a writer as this is the part of the novel you will submit to agents, publishers and competitions for their consideration.
In this session, Ian will lead you through writing exercises and discussions that will help you to work on the essential aspects that make the beginning of a novel really work. It is, after all, the threshold the reader must cross in order to fully engage with your story.
8 October 2024
Join us for a night of fable, drama, adventure and eccentricity as critically acclaimed author and illustrator Edward Carey takes us back to Norwich in 1901 with his beguiling new novel, ‘Edith Holler’.
Illuminated by Carey’s trademark illustrations, ‘Edith Holler’ is the entrancing fable of a young woman’s struggle to escape her family’s control and to craft her own creative destiny; a beguiling love letter to the theatre, our fine city and a celebration of the power of imagination. Joining Edward on stage will be Bridget Walsh, author of ‘The Tumbling Girl’.
This event will include an audience Q&A and will be followed by a book signing.
5 October 2024
The best works of non-fiction find ways to connect the author – and the reader – to the biggest stories, events, discoveries and questions.
In this workshop led by Luke Turner (author of Men at War and the Wainwright prize shortlisted Out of the Woods), we’ll discover how to ground your reader by using the self as the bedrock for your narrative, helping your non-fiction come fully alive. Together, we’ll look at the ways elements of craft and form can pull the reader into a story, and explore the ways you can tease the narrative out of your research, finding the points of connection inside the facts to create a compelling and engaging work of non-fiction.
26 September 2024
Welcome award-winning writers Katie Hale and Ned Beauman to Dragon Hall for a discussion on how their climate fiction explores topics of mass extinction, climate crisis, ecological disaster and human fallibility. Joining Katie and Ned on stage is author and academic Dr Jasmin Kirkbrade.
‘The Edge of Solitude’ is the second novel from award-winning novelist Katie Hale. Exhilarating, terrifying and thought-provoking at once, it is a story of climate emergency and human fallibility, of the clash of ambition and principle, and of the choices we make when we know that time is running out.
Ned Beauman is the author of five novels. His fifth book, ‘Venomous Lumpsucker’, is a darkly funny and incisive zoological thriller for the age of Extinction Rebellion. Martin Macinnes, author of Infinite Ground, said it is ‘as illuminating as it is entertaining’.
19 September 2024
Join local entrepreneurs and writers for an engaging and insightful talk from Ali Smith, award-winning portrait and documentary photographer and author.
Ali has recently relocated from her hometown of New York City to Norwich. She shares her insights on working from Norwich, drawing inspiration from its people and spaces, and the importance of forging new connections.
There will be plenty of time for a Q&A and an opportunity to talk to Ali at the drinks reception afterwards. There will be a book signing of Ali’s memoir ‘The Ballad of Speedball Baby’.
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