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• The Edge of Solitude: Climate in 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’.

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• Ali Smith: Here and Now

  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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• Workshop: Journeys in Non-Fiction with Jini Reddy

  7 September 2024

  How might you weave a journey into your non-fiction writing?

  In this session, Jini will lead you through the many forms of travel writing, including post-colonial travel literature, crossover with memoir and other narrative non-fiction forms.

  Together, we’ll explore examples of travel writing, consider the practicalities of writing in the genre, and experiment with writing exercises that will begin to equip you with the skills to write about your journeys.

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• Dragon Hall Social

  4 September 2024

  Are you a writer, reader, translator or creative looking to meet new people in the city? Want to have a nose around the historic Dragon Hall? Keen to find a partner for a new project? Join us for an informal evening of conversation, ideas exchange and support!

  Open to anyone who makes, reads and works with words, this monthly drop-in event is an opportunity to grab a drink from the bar, meet people, cook up plans and compare notes, to talk books, and to hear what’s happening in Norwich.

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• Workshop: Understanding and Writing the Thriller with Ian Nettleton

  31 August 2024

  From the working-class man who finds money in a desert and is pursued by a psychopathic killer to a woman who drinks too much and thinks she witnesses the prelude to a murder, we have always enjoyed reading stories about ordinary people getting caught up in violent worlds that they don’t understand.

  In this workshop, we will explore the landscape and moral atmosphere of the thriller, discuss common tropes of the genre, and look at how to plot your story.

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• Murder: Staged – Live

  5 September 2024

  Following the success of Crime Viral’s sell-out UK serial killer tour, ‘MURDER: STAGED – LIVE’ is coming to Epic Studios Norwich!

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• African Choir of Norfolk

  16 November 2024

  This Autumn, as The African Choir of Norfolk marks four years since it was established as a festival Signature Project, we will be celebrating with more new songs with stories of Africa in the beautiful theatrical setting of Norwich Playhouse.

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• Juliette Burton: Hopepunk

  18 January 2025

  In a world where everything seems negative, hope can be a rebellion. But is the punk-rocking power of positivity passé? Or is despair a luxury we can’t afford?

  Award-winning comedian and activist Juliette Burton finds the funny both in the darkness of desolation and being blinded by the light. Where does hope end and naivety begin? In 2024, what can resolute optimism do for us now? Edinburgh Fringe sell-out shows (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2023). As seen on BBC1 and ITV.

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• Kids crafting workshop

  Join us in-store for a fun corner bookmark making class specifically designed for kids aged 5+.

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• Hook Driven Indie Folk Songs: “Sam Carter” – Silver Horizon Album Release Tour

  22 September 2024

  Sam Carter announced his fifth solo album, Silver Horizon, for release on Captain Records on Friday, 16th of August. Featuring 11 hook-driven indie folk songs in an absorbing sound world, Silver Horizon represents a marked shift in style from Carter’s previous work.

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