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The Shipping Forecast: Rob Stepney and Kathy Biggs

Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre Haggersgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Often described as a litany, mantra or lullaby, the practical marine weather forecast has become much-loved for its gentle rhythm and curious wording as a comfort, a charm, or fail-safe formula for inducing sleep. Good Occasionally Rhyming is a love letter in poetry and prose from Britain's literary landscape to this iconic radio broadcast, released […]

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Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Whitby Again: Rebeka Russell and Dr Katherine Cooper

Quayside 7 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Rebeka Russell set up her independent publishing imprint Manderley Press in 2021. It specialises in literary classics featuring distinctive settings, taking its name from Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.’) A former editor at Thames & Hudson and the National Gallery, Rebeka grew up in Whitby, surrounded by […]

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Horror, Humour, and The Hand of Glory: Bob Beagrie and Bob Fischer

Whitby Museum Pannett Park, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The Folklore of Freebrough Hill is a series of short stories spanning 12,000 years of history. Bob Fischer takes us on a dream-like journey through the folklore attached to Freebrough Hill, a curious peak located beside the A171 moorland road to Whitby. Travelling from the last Ice Age to present-day North Yorkshire, Bob weaves a […]

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The Holy Trinity (Plot, Place and Character): Creative Writing Workshop with Bestselling Author, David Mark

Whitby Library Windsor Terrace, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Focusing on plot, place, and character, best-selling novelist David Mark helps writers to tell their stories in an environment of positivity, encouragement, and shared imagination. David spent more than 15 years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with the Yorkshire Post - walking the Hull streets that would later become the […]

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The Restless Coast: Roger Morgan Grenville

Quayside 7 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ex-soldier, storyteller, and seaside crusader. From helping to set up the charity Help For Heroes to co-founding Curlew Action, Roger Morgan Grenville is no stranger to standing up for a cause. Whitby’s towering cliffs and rocky shores offers the perfect backdrop for his latest book, The Restless Coast: A Journey around the Edge of Britain. […]

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New Blood: Stoker’s Undying Legacy: Gavin Collinson, Amanda Mason, and Leticia Lentini

Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre Haggersgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Bram Stoker’s legacy on the world is immense, from literature to TV and film. Join author and cultural historian, Gavin Collinson, who worked on the BBC’s 1977 version of Dracula, and more recently has written extensively for the BBC, BFI, and Hammer Films on gothic horror. A crime writer, his latest is his Moriarty series […]

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Through a Lynchian Lens: John Higgs

Hetty & Betty 7 Baxtergate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Writer, novelist, journalist, and cultural historian, John Higgs has written on subjects that shape our cultural landscape, from The Beatles, to William Blake and Doctor Who. In Lynchian, he explores the appeal of the enigmatic genius David Lynch and what that appeal says about who we are. Much like the loss of David Bowie, Lynch's […]

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Between the Covers: Paul Armfield

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The folk-singing bookseller from the Isle of Wight has been compared to Nick Drake and Cat Stevens. A veteran performer with a legion of celebrity fans including Mark Radcliffe, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Lauren Laverne and Caitlin Moran, Paul’s latest album celebrates the collision of the literary and music world: Between the Covers: 9 Songs for […]

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The Meaning of Life: James Bailey and Joshua Fletcher

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

It is the one question we all search an answer to: What is the meaning of life? Unemployed, heartbroken, and questioning his purpose on the planet, James Bailey asked Google what the point of it all was. Where could he find happiness, purpose and meaning?He discovered a project by philosopher Will Durant in the 1930s. […]

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Older, Bolder, Colder: Jo Moseley and Sara Barnes

Whitby Museum Pannett Park, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Local author Jo Moseley Jo went from ‘crying in the biscuit aisle of Tesco’ (we’ve all been there) to becoming the first woman to paddleboard 162 miles coast to coast aged 54, fundraising and picking up litter. Jo found joy, adventure, and a fresh start in nature. In 2022, aged 57, her childhood dream came true […]

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Poetry Writing Workshop: Harry Gallagher

Whitby Library Windsor Terrace, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Whether you’re a novice, amateur, or professional poet, this workshop themed around coastal history, taking in marine life, will help you explore ideas and be inspired by our beautiful coastal setting. Pens, pads, and other prompt materials will be provided, and feedback will be based wholly on positivity, with constructive ideas for development. Experienced at […]

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And How Does That Make You Feel? Joshua Fletcher

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The psychotherapists coach awaits… Praised as, “Profound, entertaining and enlightening” (Cathy Rensenbrink) and, “Hilarious, honest and helpful” (Dr Alex George), Joshua’s book And How Does That Make You Feel? Everything you (n)ever wanted to know about therapy promises to, “change the way you think about your own mental health” (Dr Nicole Le Pera). Psychotherapist Josh […]

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Filling a Heart-Shaped Hole: The Romance Panel: Rowan Coleman, Jess Kitching, Jenna Warren

Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre Haggersgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Get ready for a swooningly-good panel…The Sunday Times bestselling author Rowan Coleman (who lives down the road in Scarborough) has written many award-winning novels. She’ll discuss her latest, Never Tear Us Apart, a spellbinding tale of love, strength and sacrifice set during World War Two on the island of Malta, as well as her Scarborough/Whitby […]

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The Ghost Lake: Wendy Pratt

Quayside 7 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Poet Wendy Pratt lives on the North Yorkshire coast, a place that inspires her to write about nature as refuge, and landscape as connection – as we walk on the land our ancestors did. She talks about her 2024 memoir The Ghost Lake, a powerful exploration of grief and belonging, was described as ‘remarkable’ (Observer), […]

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Verses (we’ve forgotten, by) Voices (you’ll remember)

Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre Haggersgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The best poetry is original yet accessible; it stirs the mind or moves the emotions. The 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s were arguably the greatest eras for poetry in the UK. But many writers are now forgotten - producing a wide range of pocket masterpieces, some arising from the upheavals of those decades, others apparently untouched […]

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Gothic Tales: Essie Fox in conversation with Amanda Mason

Crafty Cove 2-4 Wellington Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Essie Fox’s debut novel, The Somnambulist, was selected for the Channel 4 Book Club. Her latest novel Dangerous: A Lord Byron Mystery has been declared ‘A magnificent gothic tale of scandal, secrets and murder’ by Janice Hallett. Set in Venice and drawing on real events from Byron’s life it follows the story of a novel […]

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North Yorkshire Women Poets and Music by The Marigolds

Quayside 7 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Three poets from the Yorkshire coast - Wendy Pratt, Rowena Somerville, and Charlotte Oliver - perform a selection of their poetry as a dynamic group. Wendy Pratt is the founder and editor of Spelt magazine, dedicated to celebrating rural life. She runs short courses and workshops through her Substack writing community, Notes from the Margin. […]

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Red Hot Crime Writers: Abir Mukherjee and Vaseem Khan

Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre Haggersgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The name's Khan, Vaseem Khan. Move over Bond, and hello, Q. Author of two award-winning crime series set in India, the Baby Ganesh Agency series and the Malabar House historical crime novels, Vaseem brings a new James Bond spin-off featuring Ian Flemming’s most beloved of characters. Quantum of Menace sees Q ousted from his job […]

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Scream Queen: Yvette Fielding

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

From the rollercoaster ride of being Blue Peter’s youngest ever presenter to the rather unusual job of ‘ghost hunter,’ real-life Ghostbuster Yvette Fielding has Whitby spooked. The coastal town is the setting of her latest children’s book The Vampire of Whitby and the place she told the Yorkshire Post she’d like to retire to. The […]

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Diaries of Note 366 Lives, One Day at a Time: Shaun Usher

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Shaun Usher is a literary phenomenon - the appointed custodian of letters, lists and now, diaries. His book Letters of Note not only became a huge bestseller, it evolved into Letters Live featuring A-list actors reading out the letters on iconic stages in London, New York, LA, and Venice. This year, he took it to […]

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Great Expectations: Barbara Havelocke and Lucinda Hawksley

Whitby Museum Pannett Park, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Great Expectations meets Killing Eve. Dubbed ‘gloriously Gothic’ (Daily Mail), Estella’s Revenge reimagines the story of Charles Dickens’ Miss Havisham - the world’s most famous jilted bride. Long fascinated with Miss Havisham’s daughter, Estella, Barbara asks the question: What kind of emotionally-scarred adult would Estella become? A journalist, Barbara has interviewed victims and perpetrators of […]

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How to Raise a Happy ADHD Child: Jessie Hewitson

Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre Haggersgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Informative, empathetic, and empowering, ADHD: How to Raise a Happy ADHD Child is the must-read book for parents and teachers. Jessie Hewitson is an award-winning journalist, ADHD-er and parent to two neurodivergent children. For more than a decade, Jessie has been on a quest to better understand neurodivergent happiness and the many barriers young ADHD […]

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The Working-Class Library: Live Podcast with special guest author Adelle Stripe

Coliseum Centre Victoria Place, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Join writer and editor Richard Benson (The Farm, The Valley) and Claire Malcolm (CEO of New Writing North) from the Working Class Library podcast as they seek to explore and reclaim working-class people’s contribution to English literature. Their quest is to establish a new ‘canon’ of working-class books that tell a different story to the established British literary canon. For this live […]

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Create a Netflix Series in an Hour: Writing Workshop for Teens: Liz Hyder

Whitby Library Windsor Terrace, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Using nothing but their collective imagination, teenagers are invited to join writer and workshop leader Liz Hyder in creating the concept, characters, and plot ideas for a brand-new TV series in only an hour. From sci-fi to fantasy, from gritty drama to comedy, anything could happen! Majority rules in this fast-paced workshop with ideas being […]

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Upon A White Horse: Peter Ross

Quayside 7 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Join award-winning author Peter Ross (Tomb with a View, Steeplechasing) in discussion about his latest book Upon A White Horse, a celebration of landscape and people – and all that is beautiful, strange, and old. The prehistoric sites of Britain and Ireland are places of wonder and wondering. Who made these structures? What did they […]

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On The Road: Rob Cowen and Jenn Ashworth

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

One of the UK’s most original voices on nature, Rob Cowen’s latest book, The North Road, has attracted universal acclaim: ‘Astonishing’ (The Telegraph); ‘Remarkable’ (The Financial Times), ‘Entrancing’ (The Observer). The A1: The Great North Road. A 400-mile multiplicity of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway that has run like a […]

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Life on Magrs? Paul Magrs

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Whitby takes centre stage with cult writer Paul Magrs – known for his writings around Doctor Who. Paul’s Brenda and Effie Mystery series of novels merge comedy, fantasy, high art, and popular culture. Who knew that from the annals of Mary Shelley’s Gothic seminal work Frankenstein Brenda’s story would arise? Running a BnB in Whitby, […]

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Forgotten Women of History Fight Back: Anna Mazzola, Liz Hyder, and Donna Moore

Quayside 7 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Join three powerhouse authors for a journey through time and place, and delve into the stories that reclaim women from the footnote of history – with a thrilling vengeance. Anna Mazzola is the award-winning writer of historical, Gothic and crime fiction. She also writes thrillers under the pen name Anna Sharpe. Her most recent historical […]

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Old Songs, Stories of Love and Death: A musical afternoon with Amy Jeffs, Gwen Burns, and Natalie Brice

Coliseum Centre Victoria Place, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Amy Jeffs, author of the Sunday Times bestseller Storyland and Wild, artist Gwen Burns, and musician Natalie Brice combine forces to create a rich compendium, singing of mystery, magic and, above all, humanity. The three celebrate their illustrated and music-infused book, Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads, which fuses short stories, […]

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The Little Book of Miriam: Miriam Margolyes

Whitby Spa Pavilion Theatre West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Famed for her unfiltered honesty and big heart, Miriam Margolyes has a huge capacity for kindness, is outrageously funny, and her passion and curiosity cannot be dimmed. Qualities that have propelled her to the position of national treasure. An award-winning actress, Miriam has featured alongside Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo and Juliet), played the beloved Professor Sprout […]

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Vampish Tales: Emma Carroll

Crafty Cove 2-4 Wellington Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

For readers aged 9+, bite into vampish powers with a brand-new adventure series following three cousins who discover they’re the descendants of Dracula. The trio combine their vampish powers to form the infamous vampire healing company, Dracula & Daughters! A tale dangerously close to the heart! Emma Carroll is a multi-award winning and bestselling author […]

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Deadline: Steph McGovern

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Your child has been kidnapped. You're live on television. Going live in 10, 9, 8 . . . Today is a huge day for TV reporter Rose’s career. A live interview with one of the most powerful men in the country, on one of the nation’s biggest TV shows. 7, 6, 5 . . . […]

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The Man Behind the Stories: Lee Child in conversation with Rob Rinder

Whitby Spa Pavilion Theatre West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Are you one of the 100 million people in need of an addictive Reacher fix? With a book selling every nine seconds, famous fans include Tom Cruise (who took Reacher to the big screen), Bill Clinton and Stephen King. Exit Strategy is the 30th Reacher book (now co-written with his brother, Andrew). The first, Killing […]

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What the Dickens? Author Dinner with Lucinda Hawksley

White Horse & Griffin 87 Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Join a descendant of Dickens over a delicious dinner at The White Horse and Griffin, the original coaching inn where Dickens stayed whilst visiting Whitby. His great, great, great granddaughter, Lucinda Hawksley, is an acclaimed biographer, author, art historian and travel writer. Her books include Victorian Christmas, Dickens and Travel, and Charles Dickens and his […]

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Outrageous: The Mitford Letters: Rob Rinder and Leticia Lentini

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The fascination with the Mitford sisters is endless. The glamour. The tragedy. The scandal. Each pursued wildly different paths - communism and fascism - often at a great personal cost. Recognised for their beauty, eccentricity, conflicting political views, and sharp intellect, the six Mitford sisters were undoubtedly the ultimate ‘It Girls’ of the 20th century. […]

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Walking on Egg Shells: Belinda Bauer and Steve Mosby

Whitby Museum Pannett Park, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Vera’s Ann Cleeves declared Belinda Bauer’s The Impossible Thing ‘extraordinary.’ Val McDermid said it gifts the ‘pure joy of reading’ and Lee Child declared it ‘solid gold.’ Literary crime writing at its best, this gloriously gripping novel follows one of the most daring crimes of the century. 1926. On the towering cliffs of Yorkshire, men […]

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Every Last Fish: Rose George

Quayside 7 Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Fearless and dogged, Rose George began her journalism career as an intern at The Nation in New York, and has since written for the New York Times, Guardian and Independent. Every Last Fish: What Fish Do For Us and What We Do To Them is a shocking expose of the fishing industry’s misdeeds. An essential […]

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Let Me In: The Brontës in Bricks and Mortar: Sharon Wright, Ann Dinsdale and Julie Akhurst

Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre Haggersgate, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Between wild walks, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë spent most of their lives indoors, their imaginations firing behind firmly-closed doors. Two expert writers, Sharon Wright and Ann Dinsdale, went on a very personal journey around Britain and Ireland, enjoying privileged access to private houses, that shaped and inspired the Brontë sisters and their writing. Echoing […]

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Sir Alan Ayckbourn in conversation with Kate Fenton

Eighteen91 Brunswick Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

One of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights is interviewed by festival patron, the former BBC Radio 4 producer, Kate Fenton. As funny in person as his plays, and as penetrating about human nature, this conversation promises a fascinating insight into his craft, his global success, and why as a Londoner – he chose Scarborough to be […]

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