Ursula Buchan: Did we really Dig for Victory?

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Ursula Buchan is an award-winning author and journalist, writing mainly about gardening and social history. These two preoccupations come together in 'A Green and Pleasant Land: How England's Gardeners Fought the Second World War', published by Hutchinson in 2013. Drawing on the research for that book she will address the question: 'Did we really Dig…

Gordon Brown ~ Seven Ways to Change the World

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Gordon Brown is the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010, he also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, making him the longest-serving Chancellor in modern history. As prime minister, his tenure coincided…

Daniel Smith: A Short History of the World in 50 Books

Berwick Baptist Church Golden Square, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom

The book is a unique emblem of human culture and civilization, providing a record of what it means to be human. So, how did author Daniel Smith choose his selection of fifty of the most influential of all time – from Gilgamesh and the Analects of Confucius to Don Quixote and Catch-22?  Daniel Smith has…

Tidekettle Paper: Paper making demo (afternoon)

Tidekettle 16 Bridge Street, Berwick upon Tweed

A whistle-stop 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 Western and Eastern hand papermaking processes and bust a few paper myths along the way. You’ll never take paper for granted again, and there might even be some samples…

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Bloodaxe Books Poetry Reading

Holy Trinity Parish Centre Parade, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom

Bloodaxe Books has revolutionised poetry publishing in Britain over four decades. In this session, founder Neil Astley will introduce three Bloodaxe authors. Jo Clement lectures in Creative Writing at Northumbria University and is the Managing Editor and Creative Director of Butcher's Dog poetry magazine. Her first book-length collection of poems, Outlandish, was published by Bloodaxe…

Emily Haworth-Booth: PROTEST!

Berwick Library Walkergate, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom

Make a comic and change the world Join author-illustrator Emily Haworth-Booth for a short reading from PROTEST! How People Have Come Together To Change the World, followed by a hands-on drawing and writing workshop in which participants will be guided through the process of making their own comics on the theme of activism and changing…