2024 Fringe Events
Petticoat Tales
Fogo Church, Mount Pleasant, Duns - £10
Sunday 6 October at 7.30 pm
Roddy Johnston on small pipes, Seonaid Lynn singing and Nancy Marshall as narrator present Petticoat Tales, a programme which tells stories of women in the past from the Borders and beyond. It gives a glimpse into their lives and provides a snapshot of the land and the people who depended upon it.
Booking: ticketsource.co.uk
Curious & Connected:
Sketchbook Workshop
The Straw Yard, Parade TD15 1DF · £5–£30
Tuesday 8 October at 10am-1pm
Sketchbooks are playgrounds for soul-informed ideas and creative thinking. Join Berwick Contemplative Arts and artist/educator Alison Mountain for a workshop that aims to capture this spirit, offering practical strategies and looking at how sketchbooks support and enrich creativity. Participants will make a simple sketchbook, using prompts to stimulate ideas and overcome fears about how and where to start.
Booking: berwickcontemplativearts.org
Book launch: Lisa Hobman
Kings Arms Hotel, Hyde Hill, Berwick
Thursday 10 October at 11am
Lisa Homan is launching her new book A Highland Family Affair at the Kings Arms Hotel on 10th October. Author of the best-selling books Dreaming Under an Island Skye, A Seaside Escape, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, and many more, including the upcoming release Coming Home to the Highlands through Boldwood Books. Shortlisted in the 2014 RONA Awards via Romantic Novelists Association.
Facebook: LisaJHobmanAuthor
Tidekettle Papermaking Demonstrations
The Tidekettle Paper, 16 Bridge Street TD15 1AQ · Free
Saturday 12 October at 10:30-11:30am & 2-3pm
In a whistlestop tour through the history of papermaking from its origins in East Asia to the state-of-the-art teabag machine at Chirnside papermill, Lucy Baxandall will demonstrate papermaking processes and bust a few myths along the way.
Free of charge but booking essential: lucybaxandall.com
Zine Making Workshop
Berwick Library · £5–£30
Saturday 12 October at 1:30-4:30pm
Zines are self-published books or pamphlets; printed in small editions often by artists and collectives, they can serve any purpose. In this workshop with Sam Stokes, participants will use found imagery and some basic bookbinding techniques to create an edition of collaborative zines.
Booking: berwickcontemplativearts.org
