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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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28 April 2017
Railhead review for CILIP Carnegie Medal shadowing
Read Arts Award Administrator Shaun Smith's review for Railhead, one of the CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted titles
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28 April 2017
Wolf Hollow review for CILIP Carnegie Medal Shadowing
Read Arts Award Associate (Museum, Heritage and Libraries) Caroline Bray's review for Wolf Hollow, CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlisted title
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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
I love my art – do I need to go to university?
Choosing between university and the world of work is hard, what are the pros and cons?
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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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21 April 2017 – 21 June 2017
The 2017 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting
Entries for The 2017 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting are now open.
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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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23 March 2017
Michael Palin in conversation at York Literature Festival
As a founding member of comedy group Monty Python and celebrated for revolutionising the travel documentary genre, Michael Palin remains at the forefront of the British identity.
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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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27 February 2017 – 27 April 2017
Performers wanted
Are you an Performance Artist or Group? Do you have work you want to show?
Artists, come and present your work at our Monthly Jam's in front of a supportive audience.
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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: