Category: News
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Letters Home Launch and Exhibition
ME4 Writers Letters Home exhibition will be at Rochester library from November 3rd and likely be there for at least a month. It will comprise all letters and artwork submitted, and a photographic exhibition on the theme of home. A smaller, satellite exhibition will be at Walderslade Library between 10th…
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Creative Writing Courses in Rochester
CREATIVE WRITING COURSES Enrolment is now open for the courses Philip Kane will be teaching at Rochester Adult Learning Centre in Eastgate (same building as Rochester Library) during the 2012-13 academic year. These courses are: Creative writing Monday, 7-9pm, 24/9/12 for 25 sessions Fees: a £173; b £124 Rochester, code: R091002412A (This Monday evening class,…
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Medway and Swale community consortium successful in Arts Council grant bid
Arts Council England have announced that a community consortium from Medway and Swale has been successful in applying for a commissioned grant from its Creative People and Places programme – designed to empower communities to take the lead in shaping local arts provision. The Creative People and Places programme focuses…
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All aboard the imaginary voyage to the Arctic
Artist/Explorer, Tony Malone will be setting off on two different voyages to the Arctic next summer. While he and his crew physically traverse the sea between the UK and the North Pole, their documenting of the trip on their yacht, the SV Iceni, will not only be shaped by the…
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Kentish maids all in a row…
She Writes is 17Percent’s Whitstable-based, popular showcase of new playwriting by women. For Lounge on the Farm they are happy to present a selection of new short plays by Kentish women writers, entitled ‘Maid in Kent’ on Friday, 6th July. The show at Lounge on the Farm will feature five…
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Summer Writers’ Rendezvous
The next Writers’ Rendezvous is scheduled for Thursday, 14th June, from 7.30pm and will be held, as usual, at The Two Brewers in Rochester High Street. Feel free to bring along any writing you’d like to share or just come along and find out what’s happening on the Medway writing…
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A Road of Marvels
Myth and folktales are the subject of a talk by our very own Artistic Director, author, poet and storyteller Philip Kane at Chatham Library on the 24th May. The talk entitled “A Road of Marvels” will argue for the continuing importance of myth and folktale to our imaginations and to…
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Show Us Your (Virgin Media) Shorts
Virgin Media Shorts, the UK’s biggest short film competition is back for a fifth year and they want to see your two minutes and 20 seconds of movie magic! Upload it before 12th July 2012 and you could soon be watching it on the big screen. This year they’ve have…
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Rochester Writers’ Retreat, the sequel!
There will be a second one day Rochester Writers’ Retreat on the 27th May between 10am and 4pm, at the CoFWD coworking space in Rochester. This event will be running on a ‘magic hat’ basis like the first one. This means that you pay what you think the day was…
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New Playwrights’ Circle Course
Local scriptwriter Paul Doust will be holding another 10 week playwriting course at the Eastgate Centre, Rochester. The course starts on Thursday May 3rd, 7pm – 9pm and you can book with the Medway Adult and Community Learning Service on 01634 338400. The cost is £77. Paul has previously written…
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The Garden Poetry Party – Launch event of the Rochester Literature Festival
We are pleased to announce the launch event for the Rochester Literature Festival. The Garden Poetry Party will take place on Sunday 22nd July, at Eastgate House Gardens, between 12noon and 4pm. Performers confirmed for the festival are: Bill Lewis Philip Kane The James Worse Public Address Method Abigail Zeiring-Delmado…
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LUX/ICA Biennial Of Moving Pictures Writers Residency
You’ll have to be quick on this one – deadline for applications is April 7th but I’ve only just seen it! LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images seeks to appoint three energetic and gifted upcoming writers to participate in a 5-day writing residency as part of its forthcoming LUX/ICA Biennial of…
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