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SUMMARY:Let Me In: The Brontës in Bricks and Mortar: Sharon Wright\, Ann Dinsdale and Julie Akhurst
DESCRIPTION:Between wild walks\, Charlotte\, Emily\, and Anne Brontë spent most of their lives indoors\, their imaginations firing behind firmly-closed doors. \nTwo 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. \nEchoing Cathy’s ghost in Wuthering Heights\, Ann and Sharon ask to be let in – and invite you on an eye-opening odyssey that combines the surprising Bronte history of key houses with their sometimes glorious\, sometimes heartbreaking\, always fascinating afterlives. They’ll also delve into the strong local Brontë connections with Scarborough\, Filey\, and Bridlington. \nAnn Dinsdale\, Principal Curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth\, is an expert on the world-class Brontë collection. Sharon Wright is an award-winning journalist and author of the Amazon #1 bestselling biography of Maria Branwell Brontë. \nThey are interviewed by former journalist\, Julie Akhurst\, who lived in Ponden Hall – the ancient farmhouse on the moors thought to inspire Wuthering Heights. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/let-me-in-the-brontes-in-bricks-and-mortar-sharon-wright-ann-dinsdale-and-julie-akhurst/
LOCATION:Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre\, Haggersgate\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 3PP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Interviews & Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:Julie Noble - Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn the first part of this workshop session\, she will read some book extracts\, then you can decide: classic or contemporary? Can you identify the authors? It will be an opportunity to explore the rich pickings for stories on offer through historic and modern times.  In the second part it will be your turn to do some creative writing of your own\, with optional sharing. \nJulie Noble is a Whitby writer of various genres. In 2019 her memoir piece was published in Kit de Waal’s critically acclaimed Common People; Julie has won a Northern Writers Award; Arvon Gold Dust and the Moniack Mhor Two Roads Award. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/julie-noble-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Rusty Shears\, Silver Street\, Whitby\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Walking on Egg Shells: Belinda Bauer and Steve Mosby
DESCRIPTION: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.’ \nLiterary crime writing at its best\, this gloriously gripping novel follows one of the most daring crimes of the century. \n1926. On the towering cliffs of Yorkshire\, men are lowered on ropes to steal the eggs of the sea birds who nest there. The most beautiful are sold for large sums. But when small and hungry Celie Sheppard finds an ‘impossible’ red egg\, it will forever alter the course of her life – and the lives of others. \nOne hundred years later in a remote cottage in Wales\, a carved case containing an incredible scarlet egg goes missing after a robbery\, as the book takes readers on the trail of a priceless collection of eggs lost to history. Until now. \nThis promises an atmospheric author talk\, set amongst Whitby Museum’s own rare egg collection. \nThe CWA Gold Dagger Award winner is in conversation with fellow crime writer\, Steve Mosby. \nThe Leeds author has written ten novels as Steve Mosby\, then\, in 2019 he released a book under the pen name\, Alex North: The Whisper Man. It became a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller\, translated into over 30 languages. \nThe Whisperer Man is being filmed for Netflix starring Robert De Niro\, Michelle Monaghan\, and Adam Scott\, produced by the famed Russo brothers. His fourth Alex North book The Man Made of Smoke is out now. \nBuy Tickets SOLD OUT
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/walking-on-egg-shells-belinda-bauer-and-steve-mosby/
LOCATION:Whitby Museum\, Pannett Park\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction
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SUMMARY:What the Dickens? Author Dinner with Lucinda Hawksley
DESCRIPTION: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. \nHis 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 Circle. \nLucinda speaks around the world on Dickens\, and has appeared on multiple TV documentaries and BBC radio shows on the subject\, and is Patron of the Charles Dickens Museum. \nThe White Horse and Griffin is no stranger to famous guests. Alongside Dickens\, it has hosted everyone from Captain Cook to Michael Caine. \nContact White Horse and Griffin to book by calling them on 01947 604 857.
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/what-the-dickens-author-dinner-with-lucinda-hawksley/
LOCATION:White Horse & Griffin\, 87 Church Street\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO22 4BH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest
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SUMMARY:Vampish Tales: Emma Carroll
DESCRIPTION: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! \nEmma Carroll is a multi-award winning and bestselling author and the ‘Queen of Historical Fiction’ (BookTrust). \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/vampish-tales-emma-carroll/
LOCATION:Whitby Museum\, Pannett Park\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Gothic Literature,Headliners
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SUMMARY:The Little Book of Miriam: Miriam Margolyes
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAn award-winning actress\, Miriam has featured alongside Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo and Juliet)\, played the beloved Professor Sprout (Harry Potter)\, and won a BAFTA for her role in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence. Her stage credits include Dickens’ Women. \nShe has fronted incisive\, award-winning\, and humane documentaries\, including exploring what it means to be Australian. Her appearances on the Graham Norton Show go viral and\, in her eighties\, she was on the cover of Vogue. \nA life-long Dickens aficionado\, her recent Edinburgh Fringe show was Margolyes and Dickens: More Best Bits. She comes to Whitby at the end of a book tour for her latest memoir. \nJoin her for a candid interview with her long-time friend: Dickens’ great\, great\, great granddaughter\, the author\, art historian and broadcaster\, Lucinda Hawksley\, as she discusses her latest book: The Little Book of Miriam\, an A-Z of wit and wisdom. \nBuy Tickets SOLD OUT
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/the-little-book-of-miriam-miriam-margolyes/
LOCATION:Whitby Spa Pavilion Theatre\, West Cliff\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 3EN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Headliners,Interviews & Panel Discussions,Non-Fiction
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SUMMARY:Scream Queen: Yvette Fielding
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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 former presenter of TV’s Most Haunted\, Yvette’s memoir is fittingly titled\, Scream Queen. \nShaking a blinking torch\, going into a dark cellar\, and stepping into the fog\, writer Gavin Collinson shines a light on the TV personality and author in what promises to be an entertaining\, and enlightening\, interview. \nGavin Collinson is a crime writer best known for The Hitchcock Murders\, the Marc Novak trilogy and more recently\, his Moriarty series of thrillers which place the Napoleon of Crime in a contemporary setting. \nAs a cultural historian he’s specialised in screen adaptions of Victorian literature\, focussing on Dracula and the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He’s written extensively for the BBC\, the British Film Institute and Hammer Films\, and you can read many of his features at www.hammerfilms.com/blogs/news including pieces on Dracula(1958)\, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla and the history of Hammer Films\, including its movies inspired by the novels of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley. \nAway from the world of Gothic horror he’s written Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality (featuring David Tennant and Adjoa Andoh)\, Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins (featuring Jodie Whittaker and Ingrid Oliver) and the stage play\,Samson Fox: The Man Who Captured Sunlight which premiered at the Harrogate Royal Hall in 2022. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/scream-queen-yvette-fielding/
LOCATION:Eighteen91\, Brunswick Street\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Gothic Literature,Headliners
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SUMMARY:Gothic Tales: Essie Fox in conversation with Amanda Mason
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSet in Venice and drawing on real events from Byron’s life it follows the story of a novel called The Vampyre\, which is published under Byron’s name. Rumours begin as local women are found dead with wounds to their throats. Haunted by whispering campaigns and the scandals of his past\, Byron is forced to play detective and discover who is really behind the heinous crimes. \nAmanda Mason was born and brought up in Whitby. Her debut novel The Wayward Girls is a dark and captivating story of sisterhood and family secrets. Her second\, The Hiding Place\, a chilling ghost story about mothers and daughters was declared the ‘perfect modern ghost story’ and a ‘supernatural tour-de-force’ (Daily Mail). \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/gothic-tales-essie-fox-in-conversation-with-amanda-mason/
LOCATION:Whitby Museum\, Pannett Park\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Gothic Literature,Interviews & Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:The Ghost Lake: Wendy Pratt
DESCRIPTION: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. \nShe talks about her 2024 memoir The Ghost Lake\, a powerful exploration of grief and belonging\, was described as ‘remarkable’ (Observer)\, ‘deeply profound’ (The Times)\, and brave and luminous. \n \nHer poetry collections include Blackbird Singing at Dusk and When I Think of My Body as a Horse. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/the-ghost-lake-wendy-pratt/
LOCATION:Whitby Museum\, Pannett Park\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction
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SUMMARY:New Blood: Stoker’s Undying Legacy: Gavin Collinson\, Amanda Mason\, and Leticia Lentini
DESCRIPTION: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 of books. Gavin has also written for BBC’s Doctor Who. \nLocal lass and Whitby author Amanda Mason was born within the sound of the bells of St Mary’s Church\, an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This Gothic background has nourished a fervent imagination and curious mind creating wonderfully dark and mysterious novels set in Whitby. \nThey’re joined by Leticia Lentini\, founder of the Whitby publishers\, The Crow Emporium\, who recently brought new blood to the classic tale with a bespoke illustrated version of Dracula. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/new-blood-stokers-undying-legacy-gavin-collinson-amanda-mason-and-leticia-lentini/
LOCATION:Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre\, Haggersgate\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 3PP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Gothic Literature,Interviews & Panel Discussions
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SUMMARY:Horror\, Humour\, and The Hand of Glory: Bob Beagrie and Bob Fischer
DESCRIPTION: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 magical tale of Vikings\, Romans\, giants\, demons and even the sleeping knights of the legendary King Arthur. \nBob Beagrie will perform extracts from his new collection of poems\, The Hand of Glory: a biography to an accompanying eerie soundscape composed by Project Lono. The collection has been described as\, “a real rollercoaster of a read full of fireworks – lyrical\, rhythmical\, and bursting with imagery. The Hand of Glory is a fable for our times. (Ann Caldwell) and\, “a fascinating cavalcade of dark humour and social observation.” (Ville Hytönen). \nBuy Tickets SOLD OUT
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/horror-humour-and-the-hand-of-glory-bob-beagrie-and-bob-fischer/
LOCATION:Whitby Museum\, Pannett Park\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 1RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Interviews & Panel Discussions,Non-Fiction
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SUMMARY:A Dramatic Tale: Dogwood Productions and Going For Independence
DESCRIPTION:A unique collaboration between Whitby’s professional theatre company\, Dogwood Productions and Going For Independence (GFI)\, the Teesside organisation supporting the blind and partially-sighted has led to the creation of a four-part audio drama. \nIt features a young couple\, struggling to run the recently inherited guest house\, Bel View\, in a fictitious resort north of Whitby. Each episode was created by one of GFI’s groups in Redcar\, Darlington\, Hartlepool\, and Stockton\, not only working with experienced writers\, but recording alongside professional actors. This session reunites the writers\, performers\, and group members to tell the story of the project\, plus a playback of the dramas. \n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nThe project was made possible through the financial support of Arts Council England via their National Lottery Project Grants programme. \n \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/a-dramatic-tale-dogwood-productions-and-going-for-independence/
LOCATION:Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre\, Haggersgate\, Whitby\, North Yorkshire\, YO21 3PP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dracula, Dickens & Local Interest,Fiction,Poetry & Spoken Word
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