Zoe Lambert and Eleanor Rees at Wordpool
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Zoe Lambert and Eleanor Rees @ Wordpool Literary Festival
On Tuesday 13th November, Zoe Lambert and Eleanor Rees will be appearing at Wordpool Literary Festival, Blackpool, for a day of workshops, readings and discussions.
See the full programme below:
Eleanor Rees & Zoe Lambert Workshops
Blackpool 6th Form College & Blackpool & The Fylde College, Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LR
Writers workshops with Blackpool 6th Form students & Blackpool & the Fylde College Students
Walls Have Voices Readings
6pm - 6.45pm, Central Library, Queen Street, Blackpool, FY1 1PX
Walls Have Voices features new work from Blackpool creative writers inspired by Blackpool’s
wonderful and unique built heritage. Beautifully illustrated by specially commissioned
photographs by photographer, Yannick Dixon. Project mentors, writers Zoe Lambert and Elly Rees
will introduce readings by the project writers.
Eleanor Rees & Zoe Lambert in conversation
7pm - 8.30pm, Central Library, Queen Street, Blackpool, FY1 1PX
Poet, Eleanor Rees and writer, Zoe Lambert, present a selection of readings from their widely
published work exploring representations of place. Both Zoe and Eleanor write about places and
locality. Eleanor’s poetry often explores the post-industrial landscapes of Merseyside, similarly,
Zoe’s recent collection of short stories, The War Tour explores the landscapes and people of
urban Manchester in connection to global localities and conflict. Zoe and Eleanor will discuss the
questions that motivate their work and the challenges these themes present for a writer. Includes Q & A with the writers & book signings.
Contact artsdevelopment@blackpool.gov.uk for details.
About Zoe Lambert
Zoe Lambert is a Manchester based writer. She has an MA in Creative Writing at UEA and a PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University. She lectured on the creative writing MA at the Universities of Bolton and Edge Hill. She was the founder of cult Manchester literature night, Verberate, and is a member of the board of the Northwest Short Story Network. She has been long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize, and in 2012 her debut short story collection The War Tour (Comma Press) was short-listed for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize.
zoelambert.blogspot.co.uk
About Eleanor Rees
Eleanor Rees was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside in 1978. Her pamphlet collection Feeding Fire received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002 and her first full-length collection Andraste’s Hair (Salt, 2007) was short-listed for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Glen Dimplex New Writers Awards. Her second collection Eliza and the Bear (Salt, 2009) is also a live performance for voice and harp which has toured in the North West. Rees works in the community as a poet, running writing workshops for The Windows Project as a freelancer, and is also studying for an AHRC funded PhD at the University of Exeter in the theory and practice of the local poet. She often collaborates with other writers, musicians and artists and works to commission. She lives in Liverpool.
www.eleanorrees.info
Supported by Arts Council England
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Price: £0.00
Time: 6:00pm
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