Driffield Literary Festival taking place at the Butchers Dog this weekend
A small, local literature festival is underway at a Driffield town centre pub, focusing on people writing in Driffield and the Wolds.
The Literary Festival will run until Sunday 27th April at The Butchers Dog on Market Place and has been described by organisers Nat Waudby, owner of the pub, and Driffield poet David Herbert, as ‘a taster, a mere toe in the water’ of the local writing scene.
The festival will celebrate the written and spoken word and includes singing, poems and everything in between.
After events throughout Thursday and Friday, the Saturday of the festival will be a family day, before concluding with an author day.
David is urging local authors to get in touch and take part in the inaugural festival.
“Calling all wordsmiths of the East Riding and Hull,” he said. “We’re delighted to have a book sales and meet the author session, where folk can browse and buy your books at the Driffield Literary Festival from 4pm to 7pm on Sunday 27th April at The Butchers Dog in Driffield.
“We want to promote books written by our region’s authors and warmly invite you to take the opportunity to make sure your treasures are on display and available for sale.”
The full festival timetable is as follows:
Friday 25th – 2pm Catherine Rayner, The Life and Works of the Brontes, and David Walford, It Was to be the Big One, 3pm Alex Weston – The Hollywood Governess, 8pm John Lewis, bike night, ghost story
Saturday 26th (Family Day) – 2pm Harry Gellar, crime novelist, 3pm Mark Blakeston, The Wold Rangers, 4pm Sam Bartle, Planets Show, planetary poems and seasons presentation, 8pm John Sugden, a play, From North to North, a whaling ship story, 9pm Spoken word open mic night
Sunday 27th (Author Day) – 2pm-4pm Writing workshop, all welcome, 4pm-7pm Open authors book sales and show, 8pm Sam Bartle, Planets Show, planetary poems and seasons presentation
For more information, contact David by emailing daveherbert@btinternet.com or info@thebutchersdog.co.uk.
