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Word Party 2007 - A Celebration of Words



Poetry - Music - Fiction - Word Games - Prizes



Join us at Word Party – a fun packed evening of music, games, poetry, fiction and prizes.

• Highlights include:
  
• Music from Whitewood and Fleming and the Write Note Songwriters
• A performance of the ever-popular Pub Scripts
• A specially commissioned poem and reading from Maggie Norton, South Cumbria’s Poet Laureate,
• plus readings from local writing groups and plenty of word games.
  

Venue: Ulverston Sports Club, Ulverston, Cumbria

Date: Thursday 18 October 2007

Time: 7.30 pm to 10.15 (doors open 7.00 pm)

Tickets: £4 -available from The Tinners' Rabbit, Ulverston and via email from http://mailto:info@wordmarket.org.uk

Word Market, in partnership with forum twenty eight, presents Storytelling Saturday, a chance for the whole family to enjoy events and activities.

Open to all from 3 to 93, there will be something for everyone.

Activities include:

A book swap - bring along your unwanted books and exchange them.
Stories on the move - creative dance sessions.
Cartoon workshop.
Wriggle and Rhyme - a fun session for pre-school children.
Munching Magic Mangoes - storyteling and food from around the world.
Hunky Dory Bedtime Story - alternative bedtime story sessions.
Dadszone - record a bedtime story.

For further info, click here.

Norman Nicholson Festival 2007

Saturday 20 October
10.00 am – 3.30 pm

in the Guide Hall, Millom

Talks, Exhibition and
Award of Poetry Competition Prizes

Directions to the Guide Hall
By Train
Trains to and from Millom are operated by Northern Rail on the Cumbrian Coastal line.

By Road
From the north, as you come to the centre of Millom, you meet a mini-roundabout, with a filling-station on your left. Go straight ahead, across the railway bridge and straight on past Lancashire Road on your left, the old town hall square on your left, and NatWest and HSBC banks on your right. Pass St George’s Terrace on your left. The narrow turn for the Guide Hall is the immediate next turn on the left, at the pelican crossing, opposite Barclays Bank which is on your right. The Guide Hall is just a few yards down on the right. There is some parking space there. If the spaces are full, there is a car park a couple of minutes’ walk away, next to the Somerfield supermarket on Lancashire Road.

From the east and south: meet the mini-roundabout as above, and take the left turn over the railway bridge, then follow the directions already given.

(If in any doubt, you’ll be able to see the very tall spire of St George’s Church from a long way off. If you head for that, you’ll find yourself in the right area of Millom!)


Advance Booking for the day is essential
(see Booking Form below- copy and paste into Word file and send to LA18 4JF addres given in full below.)

The Norman Nicholson Society is grateful to the
CGP-Millom Town Council Trust Fund for its financial support for the Poetry Competition.


Booking Form

I would like to reserve a place for Saturday 20th October.

I require lunch Yes/No

Name

Address


Telephone

I enclose £

(£8 per person for the day plus lunch,
or £4 for the day only)
(Norman Nicholson Society members: £6.50 for the day plus lunch, or £2.50 for the day only)
Prices include tea/coffee on arrival and departure.

Please make cheques payable to The Norman Nicholson Society and return with this form by Saturday 13 October to:


Mrs Rosemary McFie
4 Devonshire Road
Millom
Cumbria
LA18 4JF (01229 775192)

Programme
for the Norman Nicholson Festival 2007
to be held in the Guide Hall, Millom

• 10.00 Arrive and coffee
  
• 10.30 Welcome and introduction
  
• 10.45 Norman Nicholson: Reviewer –
  from ‘The Revival of Agriculture’ to ‘A Love Story’
  by Canon David Scott,
  poet, author and priest.
  
• 12.15 Lunch
  
• 1.15 Reassemble and Society Notices
  
• 1.30 Norman Nicholson’s early poems: the first two collections
  by Matt Simpson,
  poet, critic and formerly Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Liverpool Hope University.
  
• 2.45 Schools’ Poetry Competition 2007 Presentation of prizes and reading of winning entries
  
• 3.15 Tea and depart
  
  The Norman Nicholson Heritage Exhibition 2007 will be on display.
  

See you all there folks!!



BOOK SIGNINGS by-

• Cedric Robinson on Saturday 27th October 10.30- 12.00pm
  at The Bookshop at The Tinners Rabbit.
  
  
  
  Cediric Robinson has recently published his latest book Between The Tides, which is "...beautifully illustrated with photographs that depict both the walk and the vast expanse of Morecambe Bay in all its amazing variety."
  Please come along and meet and see the legend talking about what he knows and loves best.
  
  
• Gervase Phinn on Wednesday 28th November 10.30-12.00pm
  at The Bookshop at The Tinners Rabbit.
  
  
  
  Gervase Phinn's latest book Heart of the Dales continues his tales of "life as a schools inspector in York, reintroducing the cast of characters now firm favourites with thousands of readers. Phinn has an extraordinary talent to entertain, and the latest instalment to the Dales series is heartwarming, wry and will make you laugh out loud."

If you have already purchased a copy of these titles please feel free to bring them along to be signed by the author. Both books, available in hardback, are in stock at The Bookshop at the Tinners Rabbit : Between The Tides £14.99, Heart of the Dales £16.99

WATCH THIS SPACE!!  We have further book signings and events planned for the near future, and they are looking like being very un-missable  too!

South Cumbria Poet Laureate Goes International!

Maggie Norton, South Cumbria Poet Laureate 2007, will represent Cumbrian poets at the 7th International Poetry on the Lake Festival in Italy in October. Funded for this project by Arts Council England, she will read her own work and speak about contemporary poets in the Lake District.

“I’m really excited about the Italy project. It’s such a wonderful opportunity to bring Cumbria to an international poetry scene,” said Maggie. “British poets going include Carol Ann Duffy, John Hartley Williams, Christopher North and Mario Petrucci, whom the Word Market literary organisation brought to Ulverston three years ago.”

Her latest publication, The Bundle on the Dresser, is the story of a Cumbrian sheep farmer. He wants his son to follow him on the farm, then foot and mouth disease arrives. She wrote the piece after a commission to work with Cumbrians affected by FMD in 2001. U. A. Fanthorpe, the acclaimed poet whom Word Market will bring to Ulverston next February, described it as ‘Very moving – this story and its theme are sustained in tight powerful pieces’.


Maggie has collaborated with Key Advice (www.keyadvice.net) videographer Kate Harrison Whiteside to make a podcast and video of The Bundle on the Dresser. Kate filmed Maggie reading the poem with Neil Curry, poet and editor of Norman Nicholson’s ‘Collected Poems’, and Peggy Savage. The film supports the reading with stunning images of the Lake District fells. The pamphlet and DVD are on sale at The Tinner’s Rabbit Bookshop, Ulverston, and the pamphlet at Swarthmoor Hall and Gleaston Mill.

Reading Groups Resume Next Week

Back to school means we are back up and running with our ever popular Childrens Reading Group. The Toddlers group will be meeting  on Monday 10th September at the Ulverston Library. Keep your eyes posted on our diary section at the bottom of this page to be informed of all forthcoming group meetings. ALL children are welcome at any of these little gatherings, so see you guys there!

Don't forget also that The Bookshop at The Tinners Rabbit  has two rooms dedicated to children and teen reading, which are stocked to the brim with new,up to date dictionaries and learning guides, as well as all the latest and classic editions of novels and picture books.

Ideas for all ages can always be found: you may just wish to pop in and pass the time. Either way, it's always a pleasure to see you in the shop and amongst it all. Solong, and we'll be seeing you in the future.

!! Ian Davidsons' New Book Has Launched and Landed at The Tinners' Rabbit !!

A Hatful of Crows- Culture and Anarchy in Broughton Mills
By Ian Davisdon

This sequel to the notorious Dynamiting Niagara continues the story roughly ten years later, follwing the author and his principal characters into the 1960's. Electrictity and the pill are but two of the new influences to hit the residents of Broughton Mills.



Reluctantly our hero enters gainful employment and soon becomes a criminal, a husband and a father.

As you would excpect from Ian, perceptive sardonism veins throughout, as his gentle slide into an early retirement amongst his beloved landscape awaits.

Harry Potter Fever at The Bookshop at The Tinners’ Rabbit!!

Late night opening in Ulverston took on a whole new meaning last week as
The Bookshop at The Tinners’ Rabbit opened its doors to many local Harry Potter fans on Friday /Saturday 21st July between 12 midnight and 1am!

It was great to see so many eager faces lining Market Street desperate to claim their publication day copy of the 7th and final Potter book – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Many thanks to all those brave folk who ventured out in the rain to join in the celebrations at our Midnight Feast. We really enjoyed ourselves and hope you did too.

Competition winners
Congratulations to our fancy Dress competition winners – the Harry Potter and Hermione look-a-likes!! We were delighted to see so many fantastic costumes – well done.

Congratulations also to Sharon Anderson who was the lucky winner of the "What Happens in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Quiz."

What next….?
For all the avid readers of the Harry Potter series looking for your next read we have put together the following list of suggestions:

Magyk Series by AngieSage
Earthsea Series by Ursula Le Guin
Tremaris Series by Kate Constable
Inkheart Series by Cornelia Funke
Keys to the Kingdom Series by Garth Nix
Night Watch Trilogy by Sergie Lukyanenko
Chrestomanci Series by Diana Wynne Jones
Power of Five Series by Anthony Horowitz
Tunnels by R Gordon & B Williams
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
The Wizards Apprentice by Herbie Brennan
Wardstone Chronicles/Spooks Series by Joseph Delaney


Most are in stock at the bookshop, however we are always happy to place a next day order.

Beatrix Potter Biog' takes Lakeland Book of the Year Title

A biography of the famous children’s author and illustrator Beatrix Potter has won the Lakeland Book of the Year title 2007.
Beatrix Potter: A Life In Nature, was an eight-year labour of love for US author Linda Lear, who also becomes the first ever American to win the Lake District’s most prestigious literary prize.

Overall there were five category winners with the Beatrix Potter book taking the main prize in a year which has seen interest rocket in the children’s author following the release of the film MISS POTTER starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.

We also would like very much to give our congratulations to June Whitehead from Kirkby Lonsdale for gaining 3rd place in the Saint and Co Business and Industry section with her book Lost Children – Ulverston Workhouse in the 19th century. (Published by Liz Drew's Handstand Press).


The Bookshop at The Tinners Rabbit was overwhelmed with the success of this book, as it rapidly becoming our best seller.
Lost Children continues to create high demand and praise from our customers.

Northern Lights by Gladys Hobson and Bob Taylor & guest authors

An interesting mix of stories and poems, from light laughter to dark humour, charming tenderness to heavy drama. All this adds up to a book that can be picked up and read through, or used to while away a few spare moments, whether travelling, on holiday, or at home.
Altogether, the book displays a considerable diversity of thought and ‘voice’.
The illustrations add further interest.

Tempus Publishing Brings Us "Ulverston"

Tempus Publishing's latest book in the "Images of England" series is "ULVERSTON". Well known local historians, Carol Bennett and Peter Lowe have put together a collection of approximately 200 archive photographs accompanied by captions, depicting the changing face of Ulverston over the years. The book describes the streets, shops, pubs, industries and the people who formed the heart of the town's strong community.

The Illustrated Guide to the Holiday Resorts of the Furness Railway

This is the greatly awaited and lavishly illustrated facsimile of the classic guide, first published in 1900 by Furness Railway.  Made extant once more by the people of Handstand Press,  The Illustrated Guide to the Holiday Resorts of the Furness Railway, Illustrating and describing the districts adjoining, is arguably one of the two best publications by the Furness Railway.

It takes the reader on a tour of Furness Railway towns, including Kendal, Grange, Carnforth, Ulverston and Dalton, describing not only beauty spots and tourist attractions, but the important shops and businesses of the time. Copiously illustrated, it is a wonderful record of Furness life in 1900.

The Furness Railway opened in 1846 when a main line between Dalton-In-Furness and Kirkby-In-Furness was brought into service. During it's lifetime it was instrumental in the development of the mining and shipbuilding industry of South Cumbria, of tourism, and towns such as Barrow-In-Furness and Grange Over Sands. In 1923 it was aquired by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company.

This reprint of a very scarce original will strongly appeal to students of Cumbria and Lancashire social history and collectors of local railway memorabilia. It is the ideal Christmas present for those who love all things redolent and for the hopelessy atavistic!  A real gem.

LOCAL MUSIC

Please peruse these websites that can be personally recommened and should keep all muso's out there informed of what's going on in and around the Funrness peninsula.

The Whitewater Hotel

The Canteen Arts and Media Centre

Veggie Camp-Mini musical festivals in the heart of the Lake District

The no-frills info site for Jazz music in the North West

Check out whats on and worthwile in the fine city of Lancaster

Harbour Town Records

Ulverston International Music Festival

CHILDREN'S READING GROUPS / STORYTIME SESSIONS

We run storytime sessions /reading groups for children aged toddler through to teens. Please contact Melanie on 01229 588858 for more information, or see the diary below. Sessions are free - just turn up on the day. Sessions run in line with School term dates.

TINNERS' RABBIT ART GALLERY

This month's exhibition - The Art Circus Easter Exhibition.  Sat 17th March to Sat 14th April.  To visit the Tinners' Rabbit Art Gallery website click here.

DIARY September 2007

September

• Saturday 1st Sept
• Sunday 2nd Sept
• Monday 3rd Sept
• Tuesday 4th Sept
• Wednesday 5th Sept
• Thursday 6th Sept
• Friday 7th Sept
• Saturday 8th Sept
• Sunday 9th Sept
• Monday 10th Sept Toddler Reading Group at Ulverston Library 4-4.30pm
• Tuesday 11th sept 
• Wednesday 12th Sept
• Thursday 13th Sept
• Friday 14th Sept
• Saturday 15th Sept
• Sunday 16th Sept
• Monday 17th Sept Toddler Reading Group at Ulverston Library 4-4.30pm
• Tuesday 18th Sept
• Wednesday 19th Sept
• Thursday 20th Sept
• Friday 21st Sept
• Saturday 22nd Sept
• Sunday 23rd Sept
• Monday 24th Sept Toddler Reading Group at Ulverston Library 4-4.30pm
• Tuesday 25th Sept
• Wednesday 26th Sept
• Thursday 27th Sept
• Friday 28th Sept
• Saturday 29th Sept
• Sunday 30th Sept

October

• Monday 1st October
• Tuesday 2nd October
• Wednesday 3rd October
• Thursday 4th October
• Friday 5th October
• Saturday 6th October
• Sunday 7th October
• Monday 8th October
• Tuesday 9th October
• Wednesday 10th October
• Thursday 11th October
• Friday 12th October
• Saturday 13th October
• Sunday 14th October
• Monday 15th October
• Tuesday 16th October
• Wednesday 17th October
• Thursdsay 18th October
• Friday 19th October
• Saturday 20th October
• Sunday 21st October
• Monday 22nd October
• Tuesday 23rd October
• Wednesday 24th October
• Thursday 25th October
• Friday 26th Octonber
• Saturday 27th October
• Sunday 28th October
• Monday 29th October Toddler Reading Group at Ulverston Library 4-4.30pm
• Tuesday 30th October
• Wednesday 31st October