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June 2013

Blackpool Roller Derby League Rehearsal

First rehearsal for their debut dance on wheels for Wordpool Festival, with choreographer, Sarah Hall

Great Wordpool round up from altblackpool today, see also Vicky Ellis’s interview with trev Meaney

http://www.altblackpool.co.uk/wordpool-2013-round-up

Wordpool loves Aunty Social’s flyer for the Little Shop of Horrors screening. Feed me Seymour!

Book online at auntysocial.co.uk or pay on the door

Wordpool is making the most of moving to sunny July

We’re opening up the delightful secluded  garden at Anchorsholme Library for our Cream Tea with Freda Lightfoot event on Thurs, 4th July 1.30pm. Freda draws on childhood memories of Lancashire to write her successful family sagas. and the background of the beautiful Cumbrian Fells,  where she raised her own family, for many of her novels including the best selling […]

Writing a One Act Play – Sold Out

 We’re very sorry but there are no places left for this event. It’s a great response so as we have so many keen play writers out there we will try and run  another similar event as part of our Wordpool presents programme later in the year.  There are still tickets for the other Wordpool events […]

Just the start of one of the Tiny World’s being created in Blackpool schools this week

Blackpool school children are working with artist Vanessa Card this week to create tiny fictional worlds inside a picnic basket for Wordpool’s Tiny Worlds Day. They are also being treated to a special puppetry performance of the BFG from Blackpool libraries to promote the Summer Reading Challenge.

Mystery writing doesn’t get much better than this

Find out how they do it! Lunch with Kate Ellis & Martin Edwards, Central Library, Friday 5th July 12-2pm FREE

Deborah Morgan talks about her debut novel, Disappearing Home and getting published

Palatine Library, Thurs July 4th 7.30-9pm Deborah Morgan lives in Liverpool. Before taking up writing, she worked as a chambermaid, a bingo caller, a dressmaker and a primary school teacher. Disappearing Home is Deborah’s first book and was written at the instigation of legendary film-maker Terence Davies. She is an enthusiastic and entertaining speaker and […]

Look whose coming to Wordpool’s Tiny Worlds!

A very big hungry caterpillar. Come and help us make him a banquet. click on the link for more about the Tiny Worlds Family Day in Stanley Park https://wordpoolfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tiny-worlds-promotion-a5.pdf