We hope you had a restful weekend because this week is full of exciting literary events for your enjoyment.
On Wednesday 10th April, Reader in Residence Alison Miller will lead
The Poem's the Thing - an informal poetry reading group open to all who want to discover new poems and share old favourites - there will be a session in Kirkwall Library between 1pm-2pm and here in Stromness Library from 6pm- 7pm.
Then on Thursday 11th April the Orkney Book Festival 2013 begins with a Film night hosted by
West Side Cinema at 7.30pm when they will be showing That Now by Sarah Forrest, who was the first Margaret Tait resident in 2012. This will be followed by a showing of Blue Black Permanent by
Margaret Tait.
A full list of events during the four day festival can be found on the
George Mackay Brown Fellowship website , or pick up a programme from the library, but we would like to draw your attention to the events being held in Stromness on Sunday 14th April.
At 11am here at Stromness Library, Bryce Wilson will give a talk on 'Stromness and John Rae'; then in the afternoon from 2-4pm Ian Macpherson will be running a Workshop on comedy writing - if you would like to sign up for this workshop please email pamela.beasant@virgin.net
Still in Stromness on Sunday evening starting at 7.30pm in the Stromness Hotel
Ian Macpherson and
Magi Gibson will host an evening of entertainment entitled 'Be
mused'.
Entry to all events costs £5 (£4 concessions) at the door, with a Whole Festival Pass costing £20 available in advance from
Orkney Library in Kirkwall, or on the door at events.
After all that excitement you may need a peedie sit down with a good book, so don't forget there will be a book sale running in Orkney Library, Kirkwall on Friday and Saturday, while here in Stromness we have our own small selection of sale books at the bargain price of 5p per title, with the offer that, should you buy 5 books we will give you a 6th for free.
It's going to be a busy week!
