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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

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 […]

£5

Julie Noble – Writing Workshop

Rusty Shears Silver Street, Whitby

Whitby has been inspiring writers for centuries. From Caedmon to Atkinson, Gaskell to Brody, Julie’s aim is to introduce you to a variety of writing about Whitby and how and why this place captures the heart of so many writers. In the first part of this workshop session, she will read some book extracts, then you […]

Walking on Egg Shells: Belinda Bauer and Steve Mosby

Whitby Museum Pannett Park, Whitby

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 […]

£9