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Plymouth Artists’ Book Fair

Haiku Writing Workshop

Writing Magical Words - Helen Dunmore

Illustration Talk and Children’s Books - Babette Cole

Making Great Illustration

Audrey Niffenegger

A Perfectly Good Man - Patrick Gale

Moby-Dick Big Read with Simon Callow

Celebrating Young People’s Writing

Peninsula Arts School Illustration Workshop

Sound To Sea Talk - Professor Eduardo Reck Miranda

How Short Can A Short Story Get? - Tania Hershman


Unstill Life - Stephen Estaugh

Short Fiction 6 Launch - Jamie Edgecombe

Stories In The City

Boys Into Books Celebrity Role Model

Leviathan - 24 Hour Comic Book

Tell The Wolves I’m Home - Carol Rifka Brunt

Changing Face of Horror - Johnny Mains

Schools Writing Anthology Launch


Writers’ Fair and Open Mic Session

Trolls Book Launch / Dark Crystal Film - Brian and Wendy Froud

Crime Always Pays - Writing Workshop

Peter Hamilton

Criminal Writing - Jørn Lier Horst, K O Dahl and Barry Forshaw

Sound to Sea – Ten Tors Orchestra

Phillip Gross

Film Scores and Songs: From Stage and Screen Ten Tors Orchestra with Ruthie Henshall

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We’re delighted to welcome you to the first Plymouth International Book Festival!

On behalf of the festival partners, Cyprus Well, Plymouth City Council and Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University, we are thrilled to be able to bring some of the best writers, poets, speakers and illustrators from around the UK and the world to Plymouth for 10 days of fun, discussion and inspiration.

With the ever increasing pace of change affecting the world we live in, we believe that the art of reading, writing and communication has never been so vital. This festival intends to bring opportunities to enjoy the world of books and the exchange of ideas to everyone across the city and beyond, putting Plymouth on the map of urban literature festivals in the UK.

With over 30 events from writers such as Helen Dunmore, Audrey Niffenegger, the fabulous Etherington Brothers, Jørn Lier Horst, Peter Hamilton, Philip Gross, Patrick Gale and Babette Cole we are sure to have something to inspire everyone. Many of our events have a linked discussion on the day. We’ll be looking at the world’s best illustrators with the launch of a special exhibition, Making Great Illustration in the Peninsula Arts Gallery. Exploration and discovery are the key themes for our celebration of young writers and writing, and we also take a look at sci-fi and the dark world of crime detective novels with two of Scandinavia’s best-selling crime writers discussing the enduring popularity of the genre.

The future success of this festival rests on the generous support of our individual and corporate supporters, and we thank everyone who has joined our Friends scheme, and who have helped us bring this event together. We hope our programme will encourage you to get involved and we look forward to seeing you in September.

Tracey GuiryFestival Director 2012

Bertel MartinLiterature Development Manager, Plymouth

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The Plymouth International Book Festival is a festival designed for Plymouth. The Hoe has been witness to some of the greatest stories in the history of the world; Drake set off on his adventures, the Pilgrims began their search for a new life in America and Scott began his infamous trip to the South Pole from here. We wanted a festival that celebrated the impact that Plymouth has had on the world and so we have invited as wide a variety and nationality of authors and events to the city as possible. We want to bring the world to Plymouth and take Plymouth out to the rest of the world. The Moby-Dick Big Read; has over 130 readers bringing this classic text to life; our children’s tent celebrates the writing of young people and launches an anthology by the children of refugee families in the city; and two internationally best-selling Norwegian writers talk about the legacy of Scandinavian crime.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL VENUES1 RLB* THEATRE 1

2 RLB JILL CRAIGIE CINEMA

3 RLB PENINSULA ARTS GALLERY

4 PLYMOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY

5 PLYMOUTH CITY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

6 UNIVERSITY BOOKSELLER

7 THE HOE AND PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY MARQUEE

8 PLYMOUTH ARTS CENTRE

9 WATERSTONES, NEW GEORGE ST

10 ST ANDREW’S MINSTER CHURCH, ROYAL PARADE

BookshopsBookshops are provided by theUniversity Bookseller and Waterstones and are open daily from 10am to 9pm.

Author signingsOur authors will be pleased to sign books after their events. All signings will be heldin the bookshop, in the Crosspoint on the ground floor of the Roland Levinsky Building.

Facilities for visitors with disabilitiesThe RLB has level access from the north entrances and lift access from Cobourg Street. Access is available for disabled people in all venues used by Peninsula Arts on the University campus.

Visiting with childrenWe request all adults to accompany children under 10 years of age to all events.

Latecomers policyTo ensure events remain enjoyable and relaxing for you and the authors we do not admit latecomers into events once the doors have been closed, and we do not give refunds on tickets purchased. However, we recognise that sometimes you might need to leave the venue unexpectedly during an event, for example with young children, our stewards are on hand to assist should you wish to return.

*Roland Levinsky Building,Plymouth University

TICKET PRICES

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Plymouth International Book Festival Friends

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Having first started as an illustrator for children’s television, Babette Cole has been publishing children’s books since 1976. She joins us to give an insight about how she creates her work, and the highly competitive world of children’s writing and illustration.

Babette Cole’s first job was at BBC TV, where she created storyboards for iconic children’s television programmes such as Bagpuss. Babette has written over 70 books, making her one of the UK’s most prolific picture book authors.

Winner of the prestigious Kurt Maschler literary award for a recognised ‘work of imagination for children’, some of Babette’s well-known books include Mummy Laid An Egg! (1995), which won the 1994 British Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, Princess Smartypants (1986) and Dr Dog (1996). Her best selling stories are often hilarious, always lively, and feature a cast of wacky characters and animals. Join her for this exciting talk on the world of children’s picture books.

HELENDUNMORE

2.00-3.00PM

WRITING MAGICAL WORDS

Roland Levinsky Building

The award-winning creator of the fantastic Ingo series talks about creating wonder and magic with words. A great event for the whole family where you will have the chance to meet Helen and ask her about her wonderful work.

Helen Dunmore is a poet, novelist, short story writer, critic and writer for children. Her accolades include the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize for Zennor in Darkness (1994) and the Orange Prize for A Spell of Winter (1996).

Helen’s work includes the mesmerizing Ingo series. The four books are set at the point where Cornwall meets Ingo; the world of the Mer. In these books, Helen has created a magical undersea world that draws inspiration from the stunning Cornish coast, and is both startlingly beautiful and dreadfully dangerous. Join her for a talk on what it takes to create such memorable worlds.

BABETTECOLE3.15-4.15PM


SATURDAY15TH SEPTHELEN DUNMOREBABETTE COLEDEREK BRAZELL JO DAVIESMATTHEW RICHARDSONAUDREY NIFFENEGGER

AUDREYNIFFENEGGER6.00-7.00PM


From Chicago, Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller’s Wife, tells us about her work as a visual artist and writer.

Audrey Niffenegger originally trained as a visual artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited her artist’s books, prints, paintings, drawings and comics at Printworks Gallery in Chicago since 1989.

Her debut novel, The Time Traveller’s Wife (2003) was originally conceived of as a graphic novel, but she decided the story was better suited to a novel due to its rapid shifts in time. The book has been a massive success, selling nearly five million copies worldwide. It is a Richard and Judy Book Club Choice, and has been made into a successful film starring Rachel McAdams. Her second novel Her Fearful Symmetry was published in 2009 and she is currently working on her third novel The Chinchilla Girl in Exile.

DEREK BRAZELL JO DAVIESMATTHEW RICHARDSON

4.30-5.30PM

MAKING GREAT ILLUSTRATION


Derek Brazell and Jo Davies, authors and co-curators of Making Great Illustration are in conversation. They discuss the Illustrators’ world and the unique collection of works on display with Matthew Richardson. A gem for fans of all kinds of illustration.

Derek Brazell works for the Association of Illustrators, and lectures on illustration in the UK, at the major European book fairs and campaigns for illustrators’ rights.

Jo Davies has exhibited and lectured internationally and is a children’s author and illustrator. Jo is an Associate Professor in Illustration at Plymouth University.

Matthew Richardson studied Graphic Design at Middlesex University, later specialising in Illustration at Central St. Martins. He also studied Fine Art at UWIC in Cardiff, where he developed his interests in moving image and 3-dimensional assemblage. Matthew is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Harpers Magazine and The New York Times.

Free Event

ARTISTS’ BOOK FAIR10.00AM-5.00PM

Plymouth University brings together an international selection of people working with ‘the book’ as an art object. Exhibitors will include individual artists as well as small independent publishers, all of whom will have a selection of books to peruse and buy.

For more information go to http://pabf.tumblr.com.

Crosspoint, RLB

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MUSEUM EVENTS

FRIENDS

The Friends of Plymouth International Book Festival scheme raises funds to support a year round programme of writing and reading activities with people and community groups who would otherwise struggle to take part. We work within the city of Plymouth and its environs, and your support offers the chance for more people in the region to get involved with the life-changing world of books, reading and writing.

To help secure the future of the Plymouth International Book Festival and literature programme, please join one of our membership schemes today and get some great offers and benefits, including priority booking and invites to Friends only events throughout the year.

We offer three levels of friendships, each with different benefits.

Friend, £20 per year. Discounted tickets to £2 for participating Plymouth International Book Festival events. Priority access to the programme through advanced e-mailing 1 week priority booking ahead of the general public for event tickets Exclusive invitation to an event dedicated to Friends during the year Discounts, treats and special offers through the Friends e-newsletter (offered via email address only). Folio Friend - £250 per year. All of the Friend benefits plus: Two weeks priority booking ahead of the general public for event tickets 2 complimentary tickets to the VIP launch event Acknowledgement of support on the Festival website ‘Friends’ pages. A personally signed book by any of our Festival authors (subject to availability).

Champion / Corporate Friend - £500 per yearAll of the Folio Friend benefits plus: Dedicated assistance with priority bookings for event tickets 4 complimentary tickets to the VIP launch event 10 complimentary tickets to be used at selected events during the Festival and annual programme. Acknowledgement of support in our printed programme (including corporate logo if appropriate). Opportunities to meet our authors during the festival (to be arranged in advance and subject to author availability and agreement).

FRIENDS

During the week of Plymouth International Book Festival there will be a number of opportunities to work with the Writer-In-Residence at Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery. The public are invited to come into the museum and have a go at writing a Haiku poem in response to the Endless Summer surfing exhibition, or the museum objects that will be on show in the Plymouth University Marquee on the Hoe on 16 September. These poems will then be added to the word bank on our Word Marathon: Writing The Museum’s Stories website at www.wordmarathon.co.uk.

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE / WORD MARATHON: WRITING THE MUSEUM’S STORIES

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

DROP-IN HAIKU WORKSHOP10:00AM-12:00PM

PLYMOUTH CITY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY ON THE HOE

SUN 16TH SEPT

Come along and find out what a Haiku is, write one in response to our Endless Summer surfing exhibition and then text it to our dedicated mobile phone texting project number to have it added to the word bank on our Word Marathon: Writing the Museum’s Stories website. The museum Writer-In-Residence will be on hand to help you with your poems.

Come along to the PCMAG stand in the Plymouth University Marquee and handle some museum objects then have a go at writing a Haiku based around the experience. Text these to the dedicated mobile phone texting project number to have it added to the word bank on our Word Marathon: Writing the Museum’s Stories website.

SAT 15TH SEPTTUES 18TH SEPTTHUR 20TH SEPT

Plymouth City Museum and Art GalleryPlymouth University Marquee

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4:30-6:00PM

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A highlight of the Plymouth International Book Festival 2012 is the Peninsula Arts launch of the Moby-Dick Big Read; an exciting 21st-century audio and visual rendition of Herman Melville’s 19th-century classic novel. It features some of the UK’s biggest stars, including Stephen Fry, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir David Attenborough, famous names from around the globe and members of the Plymouth public. Alongside work from some of the biggest names in the contemporary art world - including Anish Kapoor, Susan Hiller and Gavin Turk - each chapter will be released daily on a dedicated website.

This event will include an introduction by author Philip Hoare, an exclusive reading from guest of honour, actor Simon Callow, Call Me Ishmael - a musical performance by Sam Richards and in a short film directed by the award-winning BBC director, Adam Low, international, best-selling, kraken-tattooed novelist China Miéville reads extracts from The Squid, for the Moby-Dick Big Read.

PATRICKGALE

2.00-3.00PM

A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN


Patrick Gale’s 14 novels include The Whole Day Through and the Richard & Judy bestseller, Notes From an Exhibition. He joins us to talk about his latest novel, A Perfectly Good Man.

Patrick Gale’s most recent novel, A Perfectly Good Man (2012) has been selected for Richard and Judy’s Summer Book Club 2012 and was described by one reviewer as ‘a thoughtful and moving novel about love, morality and faith’.

The book tells the story of Barnaby Johnson, the much-loved priest of a West Cornwall parish, who is witness to a suicide. Returning us to the rugged Cornish landscape of Notes from an Exhibition, Patrick Gale lays bare the lives and the thoughts of a whole community and asks us: what does it mean to be good? Join Patrick as he reads from his new novel and answers your questions.

MOBY-DICK BIG READ3.15-4.15PM

Plymouth University Marquee

SUNDAY16TH SEPTPATRICK GALESIMON CALLOWBABETTE COLETHE ETHERINGTON BROTHERSTHE YOUNG CITY LAUREATE

4.30-6.00PM


Join us in the Plymouth University Marquee overlooking the stunning Plymouth Hoe for a rip-roaring celebration of writing for, and by, young people. The Etherington Brothers will keep 7 – 12 year olds busily enthralled, Babette Cole will help us to crown the new Young City Laureate and we’ll have a few surprise guests and book launches along the way.

Come and see what Plymouth’s creatives have to offer young people. Browse stalls from leading artistic organisations in the city and enjoy this marketplace of activity. Amidst this exciting atmosphere, The Etherington Brothers present a comic-making workshop for 7-12 year olds based around their critically acclaimed book, Baggage!

Robin and Lorenzo will be sharing the SIX secret steps to making your own incredible adventures in words and pictures, with ingenious ideas guaranteed to get young imaginations soaring! Every child who attends the workshop will receive a free copy of The Etherington Brothers Go Nuts activity book; a 12 page master class in comics and story creation, packed with exercises for all abilities.

The Etherington Brothers are the creators of Monkey Nuts, Baggage, Yore! and Long Gone Don. They have produced comics for Transformers, The Dandy, Star Wars, Wallace and Gromit, Dreamworks’ Monsters Vs Aliens, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar. They have worked with Lucasarts, Random House, The Guardian, The Times, DreamWorks, and the BBC.

CELEBRATING YOUNGPEOPLE’S WRITING

The school was founded in 1978 and was the first professional language school in Plymouth. With so many years experience we can guarantee students will receive the course they need in a caring and professional environment.

Photo: Claire McNamee

Image:Sean Landers, Around the World Alone (The Gloucesterman), 2011

Join renowned children’s author Babette Cole, as she announces Plymouth’s first Young City Laureate. This exciting position will offer one 16-19 year old the chance to perform their written work at events around the city, as well as giving them access to mentoring and professional development from South West Literature Development Agency, Cyprus Well, Plymouth City Council and Plymouth University. Help us celebrate the best of Plymouth’s young writing talent.

THE YOUNG CITY LAUREATE


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MONDAY17TH SEPTPROFESSOR EDUARDO RECK MIRANDA TANIA HERSHMAN

Roland Levinksy Building

PROFESSOR EDUARDORECK MIRANDA5.00-6.00PM

Plymouth Central Library

TANIAHERSHMAN6.30-7.30PM

HOW SHORT CAN A SHORT STORY GET?

Professor Eduardo Miranda introduces Sound to Sea, his major new work that revisits the magnificent British choral tradition, through a myriad of different cultural references including the literary works of Horace, Shakespeare and Mark Twain and the music of Elgar, Mozart, Messiaen and Stravinsky.

Eduardo Reck Miranda is Professor in Computer Music and Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR).

Tania Hershman joins us to read from her second collection of short stories My Mother Was An Upright Piano. She will also talk to us about the short story and even shorter ‘flash’ fiction, and her work with The Short Review, an online journal.

Tania Hershman is one of the nation’s most engaging short story writers. The White Road and Other Stories was commended in the prestigious Orange Award for New Writers. Her new collection, My Mother Was An Upright Piano (Tangent Books, 2012) contains 56 tiny fictions, and was long listed for the 2012 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.

Her work has been published widely in print and online and broadcast on BBC Radio. She is also editor of The Short Review. She joins us to read from her astonishing work, and to discuss the future of short fiction and its importance as a highly literary form.

TUESDAY18TH SEPTSTEPHEN EASTAUGHJAMIE EDGECOMBE

Plymouth Arts Centre

STEPHEN EASTAUGH

Crosspoint, RLB

JAMIE EDGECOMBE

SHORT FICTION

By his own admission, Stephen Eastaugh is geographically promiscuous. He is one of only a handful of artists to winter-over in Antarctica. His Knots series, created whilst resident at Mawson Station, bring a contemporary interpretation to that remote landscape.

Stephen Eastaugh joins the Plymouth International Book Festival to complete his Knot series with a new work for Plymouth, commissioned by Plymouth Arts Centre.

Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1960 Eastaugh has two fathers. Both were sailors and both were either the cause or inspiration for Eastaugh’s self-diagnosed disease: an unremitting, uncontrollable and incurable need to travel. In the guise of artist-as-raconteur, traveller-as-artist and lost-confused-and-fuzzy, Eastaugh’s Unstill Life explores three decades of travel and art on the road and was written at Mawson Base during the Antarctic winter of 2009 while undertaking his third stint on an Australian Antarctic Division.

SHORT FICTION, the visual literary journal, launches its 6th issue tonight with a reading by contributor, Jamie Edgecombe.

The journal, edited and published by Professor Anthony Caleshu, of the English and Creative Writing Department, Plymouth University, aims to showcase the best new fiction, alongside bespoke illustration. In addition to Jamie’s reading, the launch will include a talk about the short story form, and its contemporary importance.

Anthony Caleshu is author of two books of poetry, a monograph on the American poet James Tate, and a novella, as well as numerous short stories. His recent poetry collection, Of Whales (in Print, in Paint, in Sea, in Stars, in Coin, in House, in Margins) was a ‘book of the year’ in the Daily Telegraph (2010). He is founding editor of Short Fiction.

The journal boasts lauded contributing editors such as Ali Smith, Jayne Anne Phillips, Helen Oyeyemi, Toby Litt and Gerard Donovan.

UNSTILL LIFE

SHORT FICTION

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6.30-7.30PM

SOUND TO SEA TALK

6:00-8:00PM

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PLYMOUTHUNIVERSITY

Drawing and narrative as means of recording, expression and understanding are central to the illustraton departmental ethos, approached with experimentation and a very broad understanding of what constitutes illustrative practice, from more traditional fields such as publishing and editorial through to installation, interactive and performative activities, all under an enterprising, collaborative agenda.

The staff expertise matches the breadth of ambition and includes conceptual approaches, design, publishing, children’s markets, animation and interactivity, digital and traditional media, creative writing and curatorship. Staff are recognised and celebrated at International levels and are all active practitioners as well as educators.

The department operates within Plymouth University with some of the most enviable studio, printmaking and digital facilities to be found in any institution nationally. It offers a BA(Hons) Illustration degree.

www.plymouth.ac.uk/ug/3888

ILLUSTRATION

I-DATi-DAT, is a lab for creative research, experimentation and innovation across the fields of digital Art, Science and Technology, generating social, economic and cultural benefit. Located within the Faculty of Arts, Plymouth University it has since 1998 been delivering high quality and experimental national and international arts and cultural activities.

i-DAT became a NPO of the Arts Council England in March 2012, and continues to grow its programme of activities pushing the boundaries of digital arts / creative media practise, instigating playful opportunities for research, production and collaboration and making technological innovations accessible to artistic talent and to audiences. One of i-DAT’s core aims is to demystify and democratise these processes, supporting a culture of innovation in the arts, enabled through digital technologies.

Through a rich interaction with teaching – BA/BSc/MRes Digital Art & Technology - research and enterprise, i-DAT provides access to new technologies, knowledge and ideas and is central to the cultural activities of Plymouth University through its interactions with Peninsula Arts and the Arts & Science programmes.

www.i-DAT.org

MA Publishing addresses and engages with the Publishing sector by bringing together key practices within the industry. The programme provides a theoretical and practical framework for students wishing to engage with the publishing process, from product development to production and design, through to publishing and distribution, using both traditional and digital media. Combining numerous opportunities for professional practice experience to gain an industry relevant qualification and gain indispensable work experience.

You can identify specific or cross- disciplinary Publishing contexts, technologies, practices, outputs and ideas that are at the forefront of Publishing practice both nationally and internationally. The programme creates an environment where individually or collaboratively you can research, initiate, author, edit, design, visualise and produce publications across an eclectic range of technologies and contexts to develop the professional and creative skills to maximise your career opportunities and prospects.

For further information www.plymouth.ac.uk/postgraduatewww.facebook.com/[email protected]

PRESS AND PUBLISHINGDESIGN COMMENTARY, DIGITAL FUTURESEDITORIAL DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION

The BA (Hons) Illustration course and i-DAT (Interactive Design & Technology) at Plymouth University.

For 24 hours, 12 comic book artists will create 12 separate 24-page comics (see page 16 for more details).

LEVIATHANWED 19TH SEPT


WEDNESDAY19TH SEPT

LEVIATHAN CAROL RIFKA BRUNT JOHNNY MAINS

CAROL RIFKABRUNT

Free Event

Carol Rifka Brunt is a New Yorker, now based in Devon. She joins us tochat about her much-anticipated debut novel, Tell The Wolves I’m Home.

In 2006, Carol was selected for the New Writing Partnership’s, New Writing Ventures award. In 2007, she received a generous Arts Council grant to write Tell the Wolves I’m Home. Carol’s book was subject to a hotly contested five publisher auction.

Set in 1980s New York, Tell The Wolves I’m Home is a novel about coming to terms with the loss of a loved one. June is the young protagonist, whose much-loved uncle dies of AIDs. The story follows June’s relationship with her uncle’s former lover, and the strain it places on her family. Carol’s book is haunting, heart-breaking and uplifting in equal measure. Join her as she reads from her work and talks about the experience of being published for the first time.

3.00-4.00PM


Join us for this shockingly enjoyable and informative talk. British horror stories have a long and proud tradition. Johnny Mains illustrated talk takes us through the changes in tastes and styles that have kept British readers enthralled from the 1920’s to modern times.

Johnny Mains is an author, editor and horror historian. He runs the imprint Noose and Gibbet Publishing and the first book he edited and published, Back From The Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, won the British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology in 2011. His biography on noted editor Herbert van Thal, Lest You Should Suffer Nightmares, has recently been nominated for a British Fantasy Awards in the Non-Fiction category.

Mains lives in Plymouth and loves the city dearly. When not working, you can find him down at one of the bookshops in the Barbican, looking for a good bargain.

JOHNNY MAINS


7.00-8.00PM

THE CHANGING FACE OF HORROR

The BA (Hons) Illustration course at Plymouth University hosts aremarkable event, where artists will use the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville as the inspiration for their own comic book creations. For 24 hours, 12 comic book artists will create 12 separate 24-page comics.

An open space will be created in Peninsula Arts Gallery (open 10:00am - 5:00pm) giving an insight into writing and illustrating comics. The artists will be exploring themes suggested by Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick.

On the 20th at noon, Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan or, The Whale will speak in the gallery. Reflecting on the work created whilst describing his own personal journey through the pages of Moby-Dick.

LEVIATHAN

Free Event

12:00PM FOR 24 HOURS

Peninsula Arts Gallery

BA ENGLISH, BA ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING, BA ENGLISH MAJOR, MA CREATIVE WRITING, MA ENGLISH & CULTURE

The English and Creative Writing department at Plymouth University are committed to providing courses which will feed your interest in literature, challenge you to sharpen your critical and analytical skills and, if you so choose, support you in the practice of your creative writing. You will be encouraged to interpret not only the texts you’ll read but also the world around you in more subtle and penetrating ways. The choice of courses means that you can make English literature the focus of your study with the BA English programme or, alternatively, place the emphasis on creative writing with the BA English and Creative Writing. You may also study English as a major in combination with a minor such as History, Spanish or French.

You’ll be taught in lectures, undertake group work in seminars or workshops and also have the opportunity for one-to-one tuition.

Special Features

You can make use of the excellent teaching and learning facilities that include: a well-equipped library (with a Rare Books Room); a wealth of electronic resources; 24-hour computing centres; and the Roland Levinsky building with its cinema, theatre and art gallery.

INK, Plymouth University’s literary arts magazine is devised, edited and contributed to by students.

Field trips to Plymouth Theatre Royal, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, as well as places of literary interest in the South West.

You’ll work with one tutor on a literary or creative writing project of your choosing; you set the syllabus and the subject.

The curriculum includes a workbased learning module and extra-curricular work opportunities are offered in journalism, arts administration, publishing, the theatre and the heritage industry.

Through Peninsula Arts internationally-renowned writers are brought to the campus each term to give lectures, readings and lead workshops.

You’ll have the chance to study overseas in the USA or Europe.

The MA Creative Writing programme enables students to develop their own, original writing as they engage with the best contemporary work being published.

A workshop-based programme that week after week, provides a dedicated audience, and challenges you to submit your best work. All the while you are writing, you are reading contemporary work to give you that all-important sense of context. In small seminars, you will discuss elements of craft and the compositional process as you create your own writing in an environment that is as supportive as it is demanding.

The MA English & Culture is diverse and challenging and in addition to the generic degree allows you to also specialise, achieving awards in Modernity or Eighteenth Century studies.

www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/hpa

ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING



SCHOOLS AND YOUNGPEOPLE PROGRAMME

MAKING GREAT ILLUSTRATION

Plymouth International Book Festival sees a whole host of exciting events for young people and families, including a celebration of writing for, and by, young people in the marquee overlooking Plymouth Hoe, where the city’s first ever Young City Laureate will be crowned.

This year’s festival features prolific children’s authors such as Babette Cole, Helen Dunmore and The Etherington Brothers.

There is also the opportunity to visit the Making Great Illustration exhibition in the Peninsula Arts Gallery, Plymouth University which features fantastic artwork from Quentin Blake, Kitty Crowther, and Ralph Steadman.

This event provides boys with the opportunity to visit the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth on 18 September 2012. The boys will meet a range of male role models who will share their love of reading and relate this to everyday life.

Taking inspiration from the Peninsula Arts Gallery exhibition Making Great Illustration, Peninsula Arts leads an Education Day dedicated to exploring illustration. As part of the Plymouth International Book Festival the pupils will enjoy a visit to Central Library to discover children’s literature and partake in an afternoon art workshop, experimenting with making illustration for stories.

BOYS INTOBOOKS

ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH EVENT


It is that time again when the Council is searching for talented young authors as part of this year’s city-wide writing competition.

Writers aged up to 19 are being asked to put pen to paper and submit pieces of written work to Plymouth City Council’s annual Anthology competition.

This year’s work is based around the overall theme of ‘World at your Feet’, with sub categories of ‘International links’, ‘Plymouth’s links with the wider world’, ‘Vision as I see it’, ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ and ‘Olympics 2012’.

MONDAY 17TH - FRIDAY 21ST SEPT

STORIES IN THE CITYWED 19TH SEPT

Hundreds of children from primary schools across Plymouth will hear stories in unusual and interesting locations as part of Plymouth City Council’s Stories in the City event.

To help encourage children to read and enjoy the thrill of storytelling, over 30 story time sessions have been arranged by the Council’s Services for Children and Young People at different and exciting venues throughout the city. Many businesses across Plymouth have volunteered to take part.

The Deputy Lord Mayor will also be hosting a group of youngsters for a tea party and a story in the parlour. Children will also be visiting Forder Valley Nature Reserve, Street Factory, the Plymouth Herald, the Naval Dockyard, TR2, Waterstones, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Pavillions Pool and Ice Rink, Crownhill Police Station, Pilgrim Centre, Plymouth University Planetarium and some of our city fire stations.

WORLD AT YOUR FEET

SCHOOL EVENT

PLYMOUTH CITYCOUNCIL’SLIBRARY SERVICESWe provide welcoming spacesfor people to meet, socialise, learn, relax and have fun.www.plymouth.gov.uk/libraries

In our libraries you can:

Borrow from a wide range of books and DVDs

Browse a selection of the latest publications

Have free access to the internet and online information sources

Take part in free events and activities ranging from rhyme times for babies to social groups for the over 50s

Take control of your health and well-being with direct links to health and social care information, services and support organisations

Have direct access to all of Plymouth City Council’s services

All supported by helpful staff to guide and assist you if required

MAKING GREAT ILLUSTRATIONEXHIBITION10TH SEPT - 20TH OCT

Fish and Guavas scarfIllustration: Catalina Estradafor Laboratorio del Espiritu


FRIDAY21ST SEPT WRITERS’ FAIR

BRIAN AND WENDY FROUD

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BRIAN AND WENDY FROUD

Not since Brian Froud’s conceptual design work with Jim Henson on the classic films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth has he created a faerie world with such imagination, dimension, depth, and detail. Trolls features new and classic work by both Brian and his wife, Wendy, woven together, along with artefacts and symbols of the natural world, to create a fascinating revelation about the world of trolls. The book explores trolls and troll culture, revealing their philosophies, their home life, and their world attitudes through their tales, mythology, and archaeology. Trolls affirms that trolls are real, that they have lived and are living now.

Wendy Froud is an American doll-artist, sculptor, and puppet-maker, best known for her work creating Yoda for The Empire Strikes Back and creatures for the Jim Henson films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Brian Froud is an English fantasy illustrator and bestselling author. He lives and works in Devon.

A special screening of The Dark Crystal, a 1982 British-American fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. The animatronics were considered ground-breaking. Join Brian and Wendy for a Q & A after the screening.

Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago The Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos began. Now the time of the great conjunction of the three suns is near. If the crystal is not healed now, the control of the evil Skekses will last forever. Jen - the last of the Gelflings, nearly exterminated by monsters controlled by the Skekses - starts his dangerous journey to find the missing shard of the crystal. Will he be able to heal the crystal and restore order on the planet?

WRITERS’ FAIR AND OPEN MIC

Free Event

Interested in writing? Come and meet some of the groups and organisations that make up Plymouth’s vibrant writing scene. Meet writing groups, performance promoters, literature development organisations, readers’ groups and more.

This is something for all writers based in Plymouth, and those who are just curious. Local writers’ groups and writing and reading agencies will set up camp for the afternoon in the Central Library; come along and find out about local writers’ groups, what support there is for writers in Plymouth, and writing and reading initiatives in Plymouth. You can also browse and buy books written and produced by writers living in the area.

12:00-6.00PM

6.00-7.00PM

OPEN MIC 5.00-6.00PM

THE DARK CRYSTAL7.00-9.00PM


Cyprus Well is the Literature Development Agency for the South West. It’s our job to make sure that everyone who wants to get involved with creative writing and reading has the chance and opportunity to do so. Reading and writing are basic skills for life and access to them can really make a positive difference to the lives of individuals and their communities. Cyprus Well has worked, in partnership, to produce the Plymouth International Book Festival, but that isn’t the end of the story. We are also bringing a year-round literature development programme to Plymouth which will see hundreds of people, groups and organisations experiencing the life-changing benefits of the world of creative writing, reading and life-long learning. In partnership with Plymouth City Council we are crowning the first Young City Laureate for the city. Not only will this role be a fantastic opportunity for the young writer selected, the Laureate will also be an inspiration to other young people to get involved with their own creativity and ideas.

As well as organising a great range of inspirational talks with best-selling authors and poets, Cyprus Well raises funds to make sure that people who otherwise would not be able to take part, or who don’t imagine that creative writing and reading is open to them, can really get involved. We have a fantastic group of Champions who work on our behalf to help us raise money. They hold raffles, do sponsored readathons, bookswaps, walks and runs, even jump out of planes, all to raise money which will enable others to enjoy the world of books. Our Young Writer Squads are based around the South West, and they provide the support that young teens need to exercise their imaginations. If you think you can help us raise money for your community or area, we’d love to hear from you!

We hope you enjoy the Plymouth International Book Festival and help spread the word to your colleagues and friends about our Friends scheme and the work of our organisation. If you can help us with our ambitious plans to grow the festival into a major international event – or any other part of our work - please get in touch with Tracey Guiry, CEO of Literature Works/Cyprus Well at [email protected] or by telephone on 01392 495102.

Cyprus Well also provides opportunities for professional writers to develop their work by promoting their writing and giving them opportunities to give talks, appear at festivals and work in their communities and schools, which all helps them to sustain their living as writers. We provide a Young Writer Squad network, and the South West Writer network, alongside regular Writer development days and other events on topics of interest to anyone wanting to get involved in the literature sector. For more information on any of our programmes please get in touch or subscribe to our newsletter via www.cypruswell.org.




Peter F. Hamilton is the UK’s bestselling Science Fiction author. He is the author of 10 novels and two short story collections, including the Night’s Dawn Trilogy and The Void Trilogy. Peter will give an advanced reading of his epic new novel, Great North Road, and fans will have the chance to get their hands on a copy before its official publication on September 27.

Detective Sidney Hurst is called to a brutal murder scene, the victim turns out to be one of the wealthy North family clones. Disturbingly, a North clone billionaire and his household were horrifically murdered in exactly the same manner over 20 years ago. The accused, Angela Tramelo, is still serving time and still protesting her innocence. Teams of engineers, support personnel and xenobiologists must find out whether Angela really did see an alien, or whether she had other reasons for being there. Then the expedition is cut off deep within St Libra’s rainforests, and the murders begin.

CRIME ALWAYS PAYS2.00-3.30PM

In association with Cyprus Well Tickets £10 (booking essential)

The Crime Writers’ Association give a master-class in writing the perfect crime novel. This session covers plotting, character, twists and turns for anyone wanting insider information on how to create the perfect narrative.

Join the Director of the Crime Writers’ Association, UK, Claire McGowan, and local crime writer and BBC Television Crime Correspondent, Simon Hall for this exciting workshop on writing crime fiction.

Claire’s first novel, The Fall, was published in 2012 to critical acclaim. She now writes full-time and from September will be tutoring on the new Crime Writing MA at City University London. Claire’s second novel will be out in March 2013.

Simon Hall is the creator of the TV detective series including The Balance of Guilt (2010) and The Judgment Book (2009). He teaches creative writing, and has appeared at popular Writers’ Summer Schools such as Swanwick, Caerleon and Winchester.

PETERHAMILTON3.30-4.30PM


SATURDAY22ND SEPTCLAIRE MCGOWANSIMON HALLPETER HAMILTONJØRN LIER HORSTK O DAHLBARRY FORSHAW EDUARDO RECK MIRANDA

CRIMINAL WRITING6.30-8.00PM


A fantastic opportunity to meet bestselling Norwegian crime writers Jørn Lier Horst and K O Dahl as they read from their work and talk about the continued popularity of Scandinavian crime stories. With Barry Forshaw.

Jørn has worked as a policeman in Larvik since 1995. His debut novel, Key Witness was published in 2004, and is based on true murder story. This was the first in The William Wisting novel series, which also includes Disappearance of Felicia (2005), When the Sea Calms (2006), The Only One (2007), The Night Man (2009) and Dregs (2011).

Kjell Ola Dahl was born in Norway in 1958 and lives with his wife and children in Askim, near Oslo. His first novel Lethal Investments was published in Norway in 1993, and an English translation by Don Bartlett was released in 2011. The other titles that have been translated include The Fourth Man (2007), The Man in the Window (2008), and The Last Fix (2009).

Barry Forshaw’s books include Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction and British Crime Film, British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction, along with books on Italian cinema, Film Noir and the first biography of Stieg Larsson. He writes for various newspapers, edits Crime Time, and is a talking head for ITV and BBC TV documentaries. He has held the position of Vice Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association.

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery

SOUNDTO SEA7.30-9.30PM

Plymouth University started out as a School of Navigation in 1862 and the year 2012 marks its 150th anniversary. This heritage is its foundation and it continues to grow and develop. Today Plymouth is a leading university, with a world class reputation - a university very much on the ascendancy.

Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University’s public arts programme is promoting a series of special music events, playing its part in the150th anniversary celebrations.

New music, commissioned by Plymouth University for 2012, is inspired by the oceans and Plymouth’s seafaring heritage. Work from Eduardo Reck Miranda, Alexis Kirke and Nick Ryan is performed by Ten Tors Orchestra and Peninsula Arts Choral and conducted by Simon Ible. The concert venue is Plymouth’s Minster, St Andrew’s; the church that witnessed the final prayers and departures of so many great voyagers from the Sir Frances Drake, the Mayflower Pilgrims to Sir Francis Chichester.Tickets £12

St. Andrew’s Minster Church




SUNDAY23RD SEPTPHILIP GROSS TEN TORS ORCHESTRA WITH RUTHIE HENSHALL

Waterstones, New George St.

PHILLIP GROSS2.00-3.00PM


FILM SCORES AND SONGS: STAGE AND SCREEN7.00-9.30PM

A chance to hear the poet and winner of the TS Eliot Prize 2009, writer of novels for young people, science fiction, plays, short stories and radio, talkabout his work. With readings and an opportunity for discussion.

Philip Gross is the author of several adult poetry collections, including The Ice Factory (2004), Cat’s Whisker (1987), The Son of the Duke of Nowhere (1991), I.D. (1994) and The Wasting Game (1998).

The Wasting Game, which deals with teenage anorexia, is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Poetry Award. Recent collections are The Egg of Zero (2006) and The Water Table (2009), winner of the 2009 T.S. Eliot Prize. His latest poetry collection is Deep Field (2011). Join Philip as he reads a selection of his impressive poetry and answers your questions.

Plymouth International Book Festival 2012 closes in style with a grand finale in the spectacular setting of Plymouth Hoe. The Ten Tors Orchestra, conducted by Simon Ible will be joined on stage by special guest and star of Broadway and West End, Ruthie Henshall who will perform songs from popular shows. With music from blockbuster film scores including Gladiator, James Bond and Pirates of the Caribbean to classic show tunes from Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and Carousel.

Tickets £25 Concessions £17.50 / £12

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY

Plymouth University is ranked as one of the country’s top ten modern universities – but can also trace its lineage back 150 years to the Victorian era. Sir John Merrifield founded the School of Navigation in 1892, providing training and education to the merchant shipping industry. From these earliest roots, the University has developed and flourished.

2012 has been a year of celebration; we have commemorated our heritage, and looked forward to the opportunities and challenges ahead. We are very much on the ascendancy, our global reputation and connection to communities and partners reflected in the events and activities of the past year.

The 150th anniversary was ‘launched’ in spectacular fashion during Graduation Week on Plymouth Hoe in September 2011. We gathered together nearly 2,000 people – students, staff, families, and special guests such as Honorary Doctor of Science Sir Ranulph Fiennes, demonstrating how the University helps to showcase all that is best in the city, and the wider region.

A new children’s history book – Well Over 150 Facts About Plymouth University – was produced by Plymouth University students, with guidance from Helen Greathead, former commissioning editor of the Horrible Histories series.

The University’s commitment to tackling grand challenges and promoting debate was at the heart of three ‘Prestige Lectures’ in 2012. Professor Camille Parmesan, the University’s Nobel Prize-winning biologist posed the question, ‘Oceans and Climate Change: What to Do and Why’ at the National Marine Aquarium in April. Renowned urban regeneration entrepreneur Tom Bloxham MBE focused on ‘Universities, Cities, Art, Regeneration, and The Royal William Yard’ when addressing a packed audience in May. And former Home Secretary Charles Clarke delivered his Prestige Lecture on ‘International Challenges in Higher Education’ in June.

In July, The House of Lords welcomed 100 alumni, honorary graduates, and friends of the University, to a drinks reception hosted by Lord Kestenbaum, an honorary doctor of the University. It provided a platform to inform key influencers in London of the progress that Plymouth was making, including the construction of its new state-of-the-art marine building. 150 University runners took part in the Plymouth Half Marathon, and the first of the 150 Scholarships were awarded, to Olympic Games swimmer Antony James and International Scott Centenary Expedition winner Henry Evans.

During September, the programme of 150th anniversary events include the Vice-Chancellor’s Enterprise Awards; the Peninsula Arts’ Sound to Sea concert, its Ten Tors Orchestra Popular Classics concert, and the inaugural Plymouth International Book Festival.

2012 has been a very special year for the University; it is a celebration of how far we’ve come; a reminder of how we’re making a difference, of how what we do here matters and how our approach to partnership is helping create a lasting legacy for our community.



This Festival and programme is indebted to the support of our key sponsors and funders. With their help we are able to bring writing and reading events and opportunities to individuals and communities who might otherwise not have the chance to get involved.

We would like to thank all the staff and volunteers who have donated their time and passion to making this festival possible. We would particularly like to thank our Festival Friends who have donated to the festival, and to all the publishers who help support us.

The Plymouth International Book Festival is funded by:

Media Partner

Major Sponsors and Funders

Sponsors and Supporters

THANKS TO SPONSORSPENINSULA ARTS

CYPRUS WELL

Established in 2005, Peninsula Arts is the arts and culture public programming organisation for Plymouth University. The year-round programme includes exhibitions, music, film, public lectures, and theatre and dance/performance.

Plymouth University is one of the UK’s largest higher education institutions, with students and staff from over 100 countries. Strongly connected to its community, it is helping to transform lives through education, providing opportunities to foster social inclusion and building a society distinguished by innovation, where people are encouraged to use their abilities, experience and talents to make a difference.

It is based on the city centre campus, in the award-winning Roland Levinksy Building in the heart of the city’s Cultural Quarter. One of our principle aims is to enable the people of Plymouth and the wider South West, and visitors to the region, to access a programme of wide-ranging, high-quality arts and cultural experiences, which is informed by the expertise, research and scholarship of the University and its partners.

This collaborative approach to stimulating new knowledge ensures that the cultural programme has a currency and a critical edge, bringing to the South West region an international network of artists and experts recognised for their significant contributions to their field – as well as actively encouraging and providing a platform for emerging voices whose fresh perspectives provoke new insight.

www.peninsula-arts.co.uk

Cyprus Well was established to enable and nurture literature development activity in South West England. Ideas and creativity supported originates from a wide range of sources e.g. individuals, communities, organisations or local authorities. Cyprus Well provides the support and networks to bring ideas to fruition.

It is managed by an independent board of trustees who oversee a team of dedicated executive staff. Between them the board and staff have a wealth of experience, skills and contacts that helps them nurture and support the thriving literature scene in the south west.

The main focus of Cyprus Well’s work includes:

Leads, fundraises for, and administers new literature network development opportunities for South West England.

Fundraises for and delivers Grass Roots Literature South West, a programme of literature activity awards for all non-profit organisations and individuals to create new literature development opportunities.

Supports writing and reader development in South West England.

This does not prevent Cyprus Well from actively seeking new projects and ideas from a diverse range of individuals, groups and organisations, or being approached to support new ideas.

www.cypruswell.org

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PAN MACMILLAN


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