Alibi has teamed up with HarperCollins and Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate to unearth some of the country's hottest new crime-writing talent of 2011 and we're asking you to submit your very own crime fiction short story.
Your story should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words and should refer to your local region and create a strong sense of place. Click on the title above for a full overview and competition criteria.
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Music on the Quantocks
Hello everyone
We thought you'd like to hear about these world-class concerts in local villages, featuring the incredible bass baritone Andrey Kapralov ...
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MALE VOICE CHOIR
from St Petersburg, Russia
Stogumber - 7.30pm - Friday, 13 May
Kilve - 6.30pm - Saturday, 14 May
North Curry - 4pm - Sunday, 15 May
A magical concert of Russian Orthodox music and Russian folk songs by St Petersburg's finest vocal group, the Hermitage Ensemble.
The incredible bass baritone Andrey Kapralov, who sang in Verdi's Don Carlo at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden recently, will be singing with the Hermitage Ensemble. He sang with them last year at our two sell-out concerts in Over Stowey church and stunned the audiences with his solos. It was an extraordinary, unforgettable day!
To book seats from £5 to £15 please email quantocks@live.co.uk or more info by clicking the title above...
We thought you'd like to hear about these world-class concerts in local villages, featuring the incredible bass baritone Andrey Kapralov ...
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MALE VOICE CHOIR
from St Petersburg, Russia
Stogumber - 7.30pm - Friday, 13 May
Kilve - 6.30pm - Saturday, 14 May
North Curry - 4pm - Sunday, 15 May
A magical concert of Russian Orthodox music and Russian folk songs by St Petersburg's finest vocal group, the Hermitage Ensemble.
The incredible bass baritone Andrey Kapralov, who sang in Verdi's Don Carlo at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden recently, will be singing with the Hermitage Ensemble. He sang with them last year at our two sell-out concerts in Over Stowey church and stunned the audiences with his solos. It was an extraordinary, unforgettable day!
To book seats from £5 to £15 please email quantocks@live.co.uk or more info by clicking the title above...
First Poetry Cafe of 2011 on 7 April
Poetry Cafes are not ‘showcase evenings’ in which audiences are expected to listen in rapt silence, but participatory evenings for poets and poetry lovers to exchange views with experienced poets with a view to developing more confidence in writing, a better understanding of the world of modern poetry, both in terms of approaches to writing and of the publication ‘merry-go-round’.
As guest poet for this freewheeling evening Fire River Poets have invited their colleague, Hannah Wiseheart, to step into the spotlight. Hannah was born and studied in the USA, including a period with the great Denise Levertov (1923-97), for which we can only envy her - or maybe not! Great poets are not always easy company.
Hannah's poems have appeared in numerous journals in the US and she has won prizes there. She recently moved to the UK with her husband and now lives near Taunton. I must say, I always look forward to the opportunity to explore another person's experience of poetry. It is a never ending fascination to hear what the drivers are that make people write, how varied they are and yet how very much common ground! Hannah will, I am sure, offer yet more evidence of this extraordinarily human conundrum and be greatly entertaining in the process.
Join us and discover for yourself ...
John Stuart
Chairman-Fire River Poets
As guest poet for this freewheeling evening Fire River Poets have invited their colleague, Hannah Wiseheart, to step into the spotlight. Hannah was born and studied in the USA, including a period with the great Denise Levertov (1923-97), for which we can only envy her - or maybe not! Great poets are not always easy company.
Hannah's poems have appeared in numerous journals in the US and she has won prizes there. She recently moved to the UK with her husband and now lives near Taunton. I must say, I always look forward to the opportunity to explore another person's experience of poetry. It is a never ending fascination to hear what the drivers are that make people write, how varied they are and yet how very much common ground! Hannah will, I am sure, offer yet more evidence of this extraordinarily human conundrum and be greatly entertaining in the process.
Join us and discover for yourself ...
John Stuart
Chairman-Fire River Poets
Sunday 27 March 2011
Anyone fancy 'writing' for your supper?
Our company, Food & Drink Guides, publish an annual restaurant guide currently covering 29 regions across the UK and will be producing the 8th Edition of our Somerset Guide during June 2011. From experience, I have found that the vast number of our best reviews have been by those with a keen interest and/or career in writing, which I why I would like to extend this opportunity to you.
Although unpaid, each reviewer will receive a complimentary meal for themselves and a guest for each review they attend. They will also be credited for their contribution in the front of the guide.
Please feel free to look at our website for the reviews we have currently published www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk.
Contact Josh Turner - Food & Drink Guides
Tel: 0117 927 7167
Although unpaid, each reviewer will receive a complimentary meal for themselves and a guest for each review they attend. They will also be credited for their contribution in the front of the guide.
Please feel free to look at our website for the reviews we have currently published www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk.
Contact Josh Turner - Food & Drink Guides
Tel: 0117 927 7167
Monday 21 March 2011
wow! Check out Sinead's writing...
She's one of our very own Somerset Writers, albeit with a distinctive Northern Irish twang, currently on the Brit Writers Programme....Sinead Gillespie has such a unique voice, you can hear her as you read off the page...check out her blog...
Monday 14 March 2011
Poetry café at The Brewhouse
Poetry lovers and, in particular, poets, whether they belong to a writers’ group or not, whether they have published any poems or not, whether they write seriously or not, are invited to come along to The Brewhouse on 7 April 2011 to join us in a poetry café run by Fire River Poets. Cafés are open meetings at which members of the audience are invited to read their own work and to enter into discussion and debate with the guest poet and the chair of the evening.
These are not ‘showcase evenings’ in which audiences are expected to listen in rapt silence, but participatory evenings for poets and poetry lovers to exchange views with experienced poets with a view to developing more confidence in writing, a better understanding of the world of modern poetry, both in terms of approaches to writing and of the publication ‘merry-go-round’. It is also an opportunity to get to know other lovers of poetry.
The chairman of Fire River Poets, John Stuart, said “The important thing about a poetry café is that it is an informal, friendly get together with other lovers of poetry. Anybody who feels uncertain about reading their work in public will soon realise that the audience is on their side. It is a great opportunity to see what it’s like and to learn how to read your work aloud.”
As guest poet for this freewheeling evening Fire River Poets has invited their colleague, Hannah Wiseheart, to step into the spotlight. Hannah was born and studied in the US, including a period with the great Denise Levertov (1923-97). Her poems have appeared in journals in the US and she has won prizes there. She recently moved to the UK with her husband and lives in Somerset.
The café begins at 8.00 pm, takes place in the Studio and tickets cost £5.00 - obtainable from the Brewhouse box office (01823 283244).
These are not ‘showcase evenings’ in which audiences are expected to listen in rapt silence, but participatory evenings for poets and poetry lovers to exchange views with experienced poets with a view to developing more confidence in writing, a better understanding of the world of modern poetry, both in terms of approaches to writing and of the publication ‘merry-go-round’. It is also an opportunity to get to know other lovers of poetry.
The chairman of Fire River Poets, John Stuart, said “The important thing about a poetry café is that it is an informal, friendly get together with other lovers of poetry. Anybody who feels uncertain about reading their work in public will soon realise that the audience is on their side. It is a great opportunity to see what it’s like and to learn how to read your work aloud.”
As guest poet for this freewheeling evening Fire River Poets has invited their colleague, Hannah Wiseheart, to step into the spotlight. Hannah was born and studied in the US, including a period with the great Denise Levertov (1923-97). Her poems have appeared in journals in the US and she has won prizes there. She recently moved to the UK with her husband and lives in Somerset.
The café begins at 8.00 pm, takes place in the Studio and tickets cost £5.00 - obtainable from the Brewhouse box office (01823 283244).
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