Calendar: North West
Children's Book Show
Picture book and poetry readings with Posy Simmonds and Kit Wright in the morning and acclaimed story teller, Daniel Morden, in the afternoon.
see www.childrensbookshow.com
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Children's Book Show
Poetry and readings from one of UK's leading storytellers - Daniel Morden.
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Michael Symmons Roberts on The Half Healed
October 2008 - January 2009
Michael Symmons Roberts is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about his book.
http://www.symmonsroberts.com/
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Kenneth Steven
Sept 2008 - Jan 2009
Iona, Columba, Wild Horses, Salt and Light, and Wildscape - readings would be a selection of poems from this best-known work to date, and detailed talk on how the poems came to be written.
Audience sizes - half a dozen would be the minimum for an event.
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Tim Birkhead - The Wisdom of Birds
October 2008 to January 2009
Tim Birkhead is available for library events and talks to reading groups.
Audiences 40 +
www.bloomsbury.com/timbirkhead
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Conference: Great Expectations - Pathways to literacy for blind and partially sighted children
Wednesday 12 November 2008
2008 is the National Year of Reading. How much do children with visual impairment have to celebrate in this vital area of their education?
This conference provides an important opportunity to review established policies and practices in the light of new research, changing pupil needs and developments in technology.
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Neil White - Lost Souls
March to December 2008
Neil is available for library events and reading groups in the North West of England throughout 2008. For more information, click on continue reading.
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Michael Symmons Roberts on Breath
Any date throughout 2008
Powerful second novel from the Whitbread-winning author of Patrick’s Alphabet. Michael is available to promote his novel in libraries and reading groups. For more information, click on continue reading.
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Joe Stretch on Friction
March to December 2008
Joe is available for library events and talks to reading groups. For more information, click on continue reading.
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Fiona Campbell on Death of a Salaryman
May to December 2008
Fiona is available for library events and talks to reading groups. For more information, click on continue reading.
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