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9 May 2017
Hexham Book Festival: John Simpson
Should selfie be a word in the dictionary? Previous editor of the OED John Simpson seems to think so!
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9 May 2017
Hexham Book Festival: Gary Younge
Gary Younge presents a moving exploration of the lives and deaths of 10 young people who were killed by guns on one day in the US.
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28 April 2017
Reading a book? To get your Arts Award? Go on then...
This year we are thrilled to be working closely with CILIP and the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards to help spread the word that not only is reading great fun, it can also contribute to achieving an Arts Award!
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27 April 2017
Hexham Book Festival: Top Picks
Hexham Book Festival is running from 28th April - 7th May featuring some top authors and writers and a whole host of interesting events.
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26 April 2017
'Bard for Life' – is the world still Shakespeare's oyster?
As 2017 marks 401 years since Shakespeare's death, that is the question.
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24 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: Virago/New Statesman Prize for Women in Politics and Economics
Where are all the women? That is the question that this talk and Virago and the New Stateman's prize is looking to address.
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23 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: Elif Shafak
Prominent Turkish writer Elif Shafak discusses her new novel, the political situation in Turkey and how it has influenced her writing.
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23 April 2017
Cambridge Literary Festival: The Good Immigrant
Writers who contributed the The Good Immigrant look at the challenges concerning race and immigration today.
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17 April 2017
Cambridge Literature Festival: Top Picks
Cambridge Literature Festival is running from 18th-23rd of March, with a whole host of events on more than just books.
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29 March 2017
Callum Conroy, undertaking Gold
Callum Conroy is a poet and writer and is doing his Gold Arts Award alongside his A-Levels.
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24 March 2017
eBooks: A body bag for books?
Are we ready to let go of the humble book and fully embrace its digital counterpart? Sienna shares the Part C, Form a View, from her Gold Arts Award.
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21 March 2017
Defending free-speech - and our right to call it out
Free Speech says everyone has the right to say what they want, even if it is discriminatory or hateful. But that doesn't mean businesses have to sell it, or that we can't call out those who do.
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15 March 2017
Reading For Wellbeing
Can reading be used as therapy? Ellen Orange explores the potential and the pitfalls of 'Books on Prescription'
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19 February 2017
Matilda The Musical
Upon the 23rd of November, I visited the Cambridge Theatre (London, West End) in order to view the stage adaption of Roald Dahl's 'Matilda'. Here is a simple review of my experience as an audience member there:
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23 February 2017 – 30 March 2017
Arts Award Club with Norwich Theatre Royal
Join Arts Award Club in Stage Two!
A unique opportunity for young people to grow as artists and arts leaders
Do you want to learn new skills in the arts and develop your creativity and communication?
Arts Award can be achieved in any area of the arts – it's up to you! Members will explore the world of theatre-making with Stage Two's dedicated advisers who can support young people in developing their arts interests. You can be the creator or performer of your own work, or choose to develop creative skills with roles in marketing or event management.
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14 February 2017 – 14 April 2017
Arts Award Club with Norwich Theatre Royal
A unique opportunity for young people to grow as artists and arts leaders
Do you want to learn new skills in the arts and develop your creativity and communication?
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19 January 2017
Want My Job? Emily Winslow, novelist
Emily Winslow studied drama at Mellon University, Pennsylvania. Now she's the author of the memoirs Jane Doe January and a series of physiological novels. She lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband and two sons who are home-educated.
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18 January 2017
Scapegoat - Arts Award Gold, Unit 1 Part A
This is a link to my wordpress based blog that I started as a way of creating an e-portfolio for my Gold Arts Award work, that I am currently carrying out in sixth form. Please check it out if you so desire.