Category: Events

Home Grown Gardeners

Launch Text To SpeechHome Grown Gardeners is an evening of competitive poetry to establish the Tees Valley’s most promising performance poet. The winner will be selected by a panel of judges and the audience, and receive unconditional love, the mystery prize and a certificate of accomplishment. The competition is limited to 15 participants who have

Posted on 13/12/2001

The Mudfrog Midsummer Booklaunch

Launch Text To SpeechMudfog, Teesside’s very own small publishing press will be celebrating the release of four new pamphlets and one full length anthology of poetry and short fiction by writers living in and around the Tees Valley. Mudfog was established in 1994 to provide an outlet for the work of committed local writers and

Posted on 23/05/2001

Giant poem “My Street” to be revealed

Launch Text To SpeechAs part of the Middlesbrough New Deals Schools Writing Project, the poet Pat Borthwick has been working with Year 4 pupils at St Francis RC Primary School, Whinney Banks. On Wednesday April 4th at 1.30 pm a giant poem entitled ‘My Street’, created by the whole class, will be erected on an

Posted on 02/04/2001

This Is Billingham/This Is Not Billingham

Launch Text To SpeechChildren from Pentland Primary School and Northfield Comprehensive school will be showcasing their creative visions of a mythical Billingham at a performance/exhibition of artwork, poetry, digital animations, photography and movement at Billingham Community Centre, The Causeway, Billingham on Friday 23rd March starting at 6.30pm. The work has come from a pilot project

Posted on 07/03/2001

Hartlepool Online Day

Launch Text To SpeechWhere? When? Hartlepool Central Library, York Road / Sunday Nov 21st from 12:00 noon to 3:00pm. After the success of the Family Learning Day held in the Central Library in early October ‘Hartlepool Online Day’ is to be held in the Central Library, York Road on Sunday, November 21st from 12:00 noon

Posted on 11/11/1999