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Fri 11th Apr 25 10:45
Join us in talking to Annalisa Crawford about her writing journey, inspiration, and future projects.
Annalisa Crawford lives and writes in Cornwall. She?s won several competitions with her short stories, and after writing 3 novels in 4 years, all based in Cornwall and Devon, she is now working on more short stories. She writes dark contemporary fi...
Wed 23rd Apr 25 13:45
A fascinating exploration into how traditional remedies and healing practices were lost, imported back from overseas, shaped alongside and occasionally in conflict with 'modern medicine'. Starting in the prehistoric times until the present day, looking at a household herbal owned by 3 generations of Cornish women from the 18th century onwards, as ...
Tue 6th May 25 13:45
The Rev Sabine Baring-Gould, parson and squire of Lew Trenchard Manor, West Devon is probably best remembered as the author of the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers' and the children's hymn 'Now the Day is Over'.
What may not be so well known about him is the large collection of folk songs he collected from the country people of Devon and Cornwall in...
Wed 14th May 25 10:00
Fear of the blank page? Put your pen to paper with a host of invaluable tips and tricks from songwriter Gary McCausland, as he walks you through a host of techniques to unlock your lyric writing potential.
Wed 14th May 25 13:30
Emotion lies at the heart of fiction and memoir, but naming an emotion isn?t enough to bring it to life. How, then, do we make the reader feel anything? What gives our writing emotional punch? Come explore the possibilities?and bring something to write with.
Ellen Hawley is the author of five novels, including 'A Decent World' and 'Other People Ma...
Wed 14th May 25 15:00
Cara Hunter is a Sunday Times and NY Times bestseller, with nearly 2m books sold. Her latest, 'Making a Killing', is the 7th in the DI Adam Fawley series, and her standalone, 'Murder in the Family', was the 10th most Googled book in the world in 2023.
Cara will be in conversation with national print journalist, Natasha Harding.
This 60 minute eve...
Thu 15th May 25 10:00
Join Poppy Wonnacott for an exploratory talk on Jean Rhys, who wrote 'Wide Sargasso Sea', the postcolonial prequel to 'Jane Eyre', whilst living in Bude. We'll delve into Jean's life, her connection to Bude and the themes of madness and belonging in her short masterpiece.