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Wonderful to see all the schools tuning in this morning to listen to storyteller Richard O'Neill, author of The Lost Homework! We hope you're enjoying his tales as much as we are! #DBF2021
Capote swans #SwanSong care of @kgjephcott's brilliant talk.
Thanks to @carolinesgreen Stan @northlitagency and Clare @Writers_Artists for so much useful, practical advice in today’s event #dbf19
Our #bookoftheday 📚 is @JoannaCannon's Breaking and Mending. This powerful memoir tells Joanna's story of the burnout she experienced whilst working as a junior doctor. See Joanna at #dbf19, Oct 13 alongside @nathanfiler. Join us there! #Durham19 #NHS #mentalhealth #amreading
Fans of political fiction, this is one for you! Our #bookoftheday is The Friends of Harry Perkins, @chrismullinexmp long-awaited sequel to the much loved A Very British Coup. Set in a near-future post-Brexit Britain, this is a thrilling & timely read #dbf19 #politics #fiction
Norman is normal, perfectly normal...until he grows a pair of wings!
This one-off family performance will feature live, original music and created with the help of children all over Co. Durham. Join us for a morning of singing and dancing on Sat 12 Oct! @KidsBloomsbury #dbf19
We're #BackToWork after a glorious bank holiday, but worry not, here's our brilliant #BookoftheDay to continue that holiday feeling with. Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín, follows a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 50s. #WritingCommunity #TuesdayThoughts #dbf19 #Brooklyn
We're showcasing some of the sensational books & authors that make up this year's programme!📚Today's #Bookoftheday is The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney by @NzeluWrites. A distinctive & comic novel about a mixed-race girl questioning her Nigerian heritage. #dbf19 #amreading
Writers! 📖
We’re offering 3 commissions of £1000 for #dbf19 (5-13 October) and we want your creative proposals. Must be inspired around this year’s festival themes - Space, Happiness & Good News and A Room of One’s Own. Find out more here: https://t.co/s4623sB16C
Thanks to @louisewelsh00 and @doug_johnstone for exploring #deathintheislands with us and expert chair Sasha de Buyl.