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‘Carlisle is a wonderful city, with a long tradition in the arts and crafts, poesy and fiction. And now at long last we have our own literary festival’

say hello, and also say goodbye to never got round to it. Those pesky Picts. Carlisle not being seen as one of the When the Cathedral got founded, I am nation’s literary centres. It was, of sure there was a library and studious course, well sort of, many years ago, people giving instructions, if not Iwhen Wordsworth and Coleridge and lectures. When we got a University, I Southey made Lakeland the heart of the thought a proper Literary Festival would literary universe. Now Carlisle is back in be bound to follow. And now, at long the swim, writers of words and wisdoms last, we have got one of our own, an swarming to share their gems and annual living , breathing literary event experiences with us. Well done to all which we hope will go on for ever, to the those who have made it happen. Why has last syllable of recorded texting, internet- it taken so long, when Carlisle is such an ting, tweeting, kindling or whatever Like us on facebook or follow us on twitter for more special deals! historic, wonderful city, with such a rich comes along next. For we will always culture and a long tradition in the arts have words. English Street • Carlisle • Cumbria • CA3 8HZ and crafts, poesy and fiction? Goodness Telephone: 01228 525491 • Facsimile: 01228 514553 knows. The Romans, when they were Hunter Davies OBE here, being ever so civilised, probably Honorary President Email: [email protected] thought of starting a literary salon, but Borderlines Carlisle www.crownandmitre-hotel-carlisle.com BORDERLINES 2014 Buy tickets online at www.borderlinescarlisle.co.uk in association with cumbrialife or at Bookends Carlisle in person or on 01228 529067

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4pm Eric Robson, Abroad - a journey with Talks and events the sad, mad and dangerous to know FRIDAY SEPT 5 Crown & Mitre Carlisle Library 11am Catherine Hall, Love, Loss, War and 5.30pm Rory Stewart, Borderlands 7.30pm Hunter Davies, Biscuits and The Lakes Beatles 1.00pm Matt Hilton and Sheila Quigley, Writing gritty crime fiction SATURDAY SEPT 6 Crown & Mitre Waterstones 9.30am William Ryan, Crime Writing 2.45pm Michaela Robinson-Tate and Phil Workshop Rigby, Lakeland Icons 10am Thane Prince, Perfect Preserves 11.45am Paul Morley, The North (and almost everything in it) The Writers’ 1.30pm Sandra Howard, Tell the Girl 3.15pm Clash of the Genres: Historical Quarter novelists versus Crime Novelists SATURDAY SEPT 6 5pm Alan Johnson, Please Mr Postman 8pm Northern Lines: Grace Dent and Carlisle Library Stuart Maconie in conversation 10.00am Therapeutic Writing Workshop, with Carol Ross Tullie House 11.00am Writing Local Fiction, with Ruth 11am Ben Kane, Mud Sweat and Tears Sutton 12.10pm Meet the Roman Soldier 2.00pm The Story Cafe, with Lisa 1pm Philip Walling, Counting Sheep Rossetti 3pm Kathleen Jones & Neil Curry on Norman Nicholson Carlisle Cathedral Waterstones 10.00am Words in the Cathedral, 9.30am Poetry Breakfast with Malcolm creative writing workshop Carson 7.30pm Evening of Poetry and Prose 11am Judith Allnatt, Finding the Moon Field Tullie House Carlisle Library 9.30am Short form fiction Writing, with 12pm Children’s event: Curly Tales Story Vivien Jones Time 10am-12pm Drop-in Creative Writing Sessions with Marilyn Messenger and the SUNDAY SEPT 7 CUMBRIA DAY Crichton Writers Crown & Mitre 12pm Self Publishing, with Alan Cleaver 10.45am Nick Burton, Wainwright’s Way 2pm Poetry Workshop with Ben Wohl 12.30pm Paula Day & Val Corbett, Tree 2pm-4pm Drop-in Creative Writing 2.15pm David Carter, Carlisle in the Sessions with Marilyn Messenger and the Great War Crichton Writers

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5.30pm: Festival opener 7.30pm (with interval) Rory Stewart Hunter Davies Borderlands, a walk through the Biscuits and Beatles vanished kingdom of the Middleland Crown & Mitre Hotel Ballroom £10 Crown & Mitre Hotel Ballroom £8 It’s a game of two halves for Hunter, as he has two books to talk about. In the first half he will talk about The Biscuit Girls, the life stories of six women, now aged between 60 and 80, who spent much of their lives as Cracker Packers at Carr’s of Carlisle. It’s also social history, taking us through their personal and private lives from the Eleven Plus to suspender belts and mini skirts, to council house purchases and drug related problems. The book tells us about the joy of biscuits and how Carr’s gave them to the world, being the first company to manufacture biscuits as we know them today. It is hoped some of the women in the book will be with him on stage, to answer any questions. After half-time, a complete change- around - Lyrics. Hunter, who wrote the only authorised biography of Ten years after walking across Central the Beatles, has tracked down over 100 Asia and through Afghanistan, Rory original manuscript versions of the Stewart returns to Britain. He walks a Beatles songs thousand miles, crossing and re-crossing and will show a the English-Scottish Border. There will selection of soon be a referendum on Scottish them on screen, independence; he is a Scot living in along with the England, and the MP for the only music, and will constituency with ‘Border’ in its name. He explain the discovers that, buried beneath England background to and , there is another country, each song and now lost, a Middleland with its own tell us the story history and civilisation: a vanished of how The kingdom. Beatles made Since May 2010, Rory Stewart has been their music, MP for Penrith and The Border. In May music which the 2014 he was elected Chair of the House world now of Commons Defence Select Committee. knows.

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9.30am–1.15pm (inc 15min interval) 9.30am William Ryan Poetry Breakfast Crime-writing with Malcolm Carson Waterstones £3 Workshop Join poet Malcolm Carson Constructing Characters and for a coffee and croissant Perfecting Plots or even tea and teacake at Crown & Mitre Hotel boardroom £25 Costa in Waterstones. This will be a relaxed and With a mix of informal opportunity for presentations and you to read one of your workshop own poems (or a short exercises prose piece) or to read a poem by your attendees will favourite poet. Malcolm will join in and learn how to read his own poetry as well as other construct favourite poems. There may be time to interesting and read more than one poem, so come complex prepared. characters from scratch and then use them to 10am develop the plot of a crime novel—all in the space of a morning. William Ryan Thane Prince teaches on the Crime Writing Masters Perfect Preserves course at City University, and his practical Crown & Mitre Hotel Ballroom £6 and entertaining workshops for the Thane Prince’s brand new Guardian and literary festivals around the book, Perfect Preserves, country (including Crimefest, Harrogate gives even the most and Iceland Noir), have been much unconfident cook the help praised by attendees - from absolute needed to make perfect beginners to published authors. jams, pickles and chutneys, A morning with William may be just the and offers both beginners thing to kick-start your crime writing and more adept cooks, recipes which will career. Historical thriller author William ensure cupboards full of delicious treats Ryan writes the widely for any time of the year. This theme is acclaimed Captain picked up in her Saturday morning talk for Korolev series. His Borderlines, when she will talk about her novels have been career in food and offer shortlisted for CWA further hints and tips for Daggers, The perfect preserves. Thane, Theakstons Crime the preserves judge on Novel of the Year and BBC2’s The Big Allotment a number of other Challenge, will also be crime writing awards. judging our very own

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Borderlines Jam Competition, so why not might like to meet a real live Roman enter a jar of your homemade jam and soldier. After his talk, Ben will stay to see if yours is “Best in show”! See www. meet all those curious to find out more – borderlinescarlisle.co.uk for more how much does the sword weigh, how information on how to enter. big is the shield, how much weight is there in all the armour? There will be 11am photo opportunities galore, and best of Ben Kane all – it’s free! Mud, Sweat and Tears - the quest of 11am three authors to raise money for charity by walking Hadrian’s Wall in Judith Allnatt full Roman armour Finding The Moon Field Tullie House Lecture Theatre £5 Waterstones £4 In 2012, bestselling In 1914, Keswick author Ben Kane postman George decided to realise Farrell, cycles his dream of through the walking Hadrian’s Cumberland fells to Wall. Naively, he deliver a letter, decided to do it unaware that it will wearing full Roman change his life, military kit, breaking his heart

© © North News and Pictures including hobnailed and sending him to boots. Persuading two fellow Roman war and the historical fiction authors - Anthony Riches cratered emptiness of no man’s land. and Russell Whitfield to join him, and Judith will talk about how her forebears picking two charities to support, they set inspired her novel of love and redemption out in late April 2013. Using slides, Ben and of her fascinating research: will recount their amazing journey. keepsakes, letters, the Alhambra cinema, Although not talking about his books they and masks made at the ‘tin-noses shop’. will be on sale after his talk, which will be Described by presented by Ben in full Roman military The Times as gear! ‘deeply moving’, ...plus at 12.10pm The Moon Field special children’s event is a poignant exploration of the loss of Meet the innocence in a Roman Soldier war that destroys Tullie House bar area Free everything Where better to meet a soldier from except the Roman times than at the best museum in bonds of the Cumbria?Younger fans of Roman history human heart.

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11.45am when sheep were vitally important to Britain and Paul Morley defined our culture, topography and social The North (and almost everything in it) history. It is a story of Crown & Mitre Ballroom £6 wool, money, merchants, Paul explores farmers and shepherds. what it means to Philip meets the people of be northern and the countryside including why those who the mole-catchers, stick-makers, tobacco- consider twisters and clog-wrights. For him, these themselves to be, are the real people of England. believe it so Philip Walling will be in conversation with strongly. He Susan Aglionby who runs a 40 hectare breaks up his own organic farm near Carlisle. history with fragments of his 1.30pm region’s own social and cultural background. Stories of Sandra Howard his Dad spreading margarine on Weetabix Tell the Girl stand alongside those about northern Crown & Mitre Ballroom £6 England’s first fish and chip shop in Mossley, near Oldham. And out of these Sandra Howard’s new lyrical memories rise many disconnected book, her fifth voices of the north: novel,Tell The Girl, is a Wordsworth’s poetry, story that cried out to Larkin’s reflections and be written. She had had Formby’s guitar. Morley some unique maps the history of experiences and wild northern England through old times in the Sixties, its people and the places but didn’t want to write they call home. an autobiography. She decided to tell them as 1pm fiction and write this novel in which she talks about her modelling days in that Philip Walling fascinating decade - the personalities and people she knew, and Counting Sheep – a pastoral heritage her friendships with of Britain Sinatra, Monroe and Tullie House Lecture Theatre £5 the Kennedys. Sandra Northumbrian Philip Walling, Howard, one of the formerly a farmer and a leading photographic barrister, returns to his fashion models of the farming roots and celebrates 60s and 70s, will give the pastoral heritage of us a glimpse into a Britain. He looks to a time much loved era.

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3pm Kathleen Jones and Neil Curry Norman Nicholson and the environment Tullie House Lecture Theatre £5 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson, so it is fitting that Borderlines features talks by two 12pm writers who possess insight and knowledge of Children’s Event both the man and his work. The poet, Neil Curly Tales Curry, will open this Storytime - session, talking about Norman Nicholson’s Big Bill the poems and reading from them. Beltie Bull After a short interval, Kathleen Jones with Jayne Baldwin & Shalla Gray will then talk about Norman Nicholson’s Carlisle Library, £2 per child, adults free passionate environmentalist beliefs, held Jayne and Shalla will read from and developed long before Rachel their books - Big Bill the Beltie Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ gave stark Bull and Big Bill’s Beltie Bairns. warnings about what would happen to There will be games and activities the planet if we didn’t both understand including ‘Pin the Tail on the and cherish our relationship with it. Much Beltie’ (with a magnet!), of Norman Nicholson’s poetry and prose is wordsearches, crosswords, about the interaction between human colouring and puzzles, all age beings and the landscape. He appropriate for the pre and early understood the delicate balance between school age group. The session will making a living from it and preserving it last approximately one hour. Curly as a living entity. Norman Nicholson spent Tale Books is an independent his life observing one publisher based near Wigtown, particular landscape Galloway. Their books are and the impact of delightfully produced with lovely industrialisation and its watercolour illustrations subsequent decline. depicting their farming tales. His controversial Children will love to learn more opinions were about these belties! sometimes unpopular.

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5pm Alan Johnson Please, Mr Postman Crown & Mitre Ballroom £8 Born in condemned housing in West London in 1950, with no heating, electricity or running 3.15pm water, Alan Johnson M.P. Clash of the Genres did not have the easiest start in life, as he Ben Kane, William described in the award- winning, memoir, This Ryan, Matt Hilton, Boy. But by the age of 18, he was married, a father and working as a and Sheila Quigley postman in Slough. This sequel to This Boy Historical Novelists describes the next period in Alan’s life with versus Crime Novelists the same honesty, humour and emotional Crown & Mitre Ballroom £6 impact as his bestselling debut. Please, Mr Two historical novelists take on two Postman paints a vivid picture of a bygone crime novelists in a battle of wit and era – Britain in the 60s and 70s was a very repartee. Why do they write the novels different country to the one we know today they do, what makes their genre ever so – and reveals another fascinating chapter in slightly better and why are their readers the life of one of our best loved public clearly the most discerning? All of these figures who has been the MP for Hull West questions and more will be answered & Hessle since 1997. when we listen to four authors battle it out in a panel discussion on the merits or otherwise of crime and historical fiction. Who knows what might happen? Will Ben Kane brandish his Roman sword as soon as there’s any hint that history might lose? What will Matt Hilton’s reaction be? He doesn’t have Joe Hunter to help him out. And Sheila Quigley – a great thriller writer, but is this woman strong enough to take on the men? And look out for William Ryan, he’s an expert on all the nasty dealings of the KGB. We’ll all have to watch our backs. Be prepared for 60 exciting minutes in the company of four highly successful authors – anything might happen!

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8pm (with interval) Cumbria Life presents Northern Lines: Grace Dent and Stuart Maconie in conversation Crown & Mitre Ballroom £10

Two working class northerners who became successful journalists, writers and broadcasters - Carlisle’s Grace Dent and honorary Cumbrian Stuart Maconie - discuss the borderlines of class, culture, language and geography that have Carlisle’s independent shaped and defined them as they progressed their careers, developed their bookshop is proud writing and tried to get their heads round what Londoners meant by supper. There to support will be lots of friendly banter amongst the serious talking. Although not talking BORDERLINES specifically about their books, there will be the opportunity to meet both authors Carlisle Book Festival who will sign books at the end of the evening. Grace Dent writes for the We also welcome you to Independent and Evening Standard, has our shops and online at written 11 teen fiction novels and has www.bookscumbria.com 200,000 followers on Twitter. Stuart Maconie co-presents Radcliffe and BOOKENDS BOOKCASE BOOKENDS Maconie on BBC 6 Music, is the author of 56 Castle Street, 17 Castle Street, 66 Main Street, Pies and Prejudice and The People’s Carlisle, Carlisle, Keswick, Songs, and writes a monthly column for 01228 529067 01228 544560 017687 75277 Cumbria Life.

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10.45am within her award winning second novel The Proof of Love. Catherine Hall was born Nick Burton in the and worked in documentary film production and Wainwright’s Way international peacebuilding before Crown & Mitre Ballroom £6 becoming a freelance writer and editor for Nick Burton’s illustrated charities specializing in human rights and talk, based on his book, development. Wainwright’s Way, will provide a new insight into the legendary guidebook 12.30pm writer and also to the Paula Day north country landscapes through which he passed, and Val Corbett looking at some of his lesser known The making of Tree sketches of Lancashire and Westmorland. Crown & Mitre Ballroom £6 Nick will explore Wainwright’s East Paula Day and Val Lancashire roots and his early walking Corbett share the expeditions in the company of Town Hall stage to talk about colleagues, uncovering the 1920’s their new book Tree, guidebook that actually guided him. poems by Paula Day Nick puts forward the case that with photography by Val Corbett. Paula Wainwright was simply following the long talks about the adventure of self- tradition of the ‘weaver poets’, working publishing, and gets the audience class men who sought solace on the guessing with her tree riddle poems. Val moors as an escape from the grim reality shows the photos she took on the quest of life in the industrial mill towns. to find the right image to match each poem, and reflects on the rewards and 11am challenges of collaboration. Expect a feast for the eye and ear, with vivid images of Catherine Hall trees through the Cumbrian year. Love, loss, war, and The Lakes: recurrent themes and local links 1pm Carlisle Library £4 The Repercussions – Matt Hilton and Catherine Hall’s most ambitious novel to date – is Sheila Quigley a sweeping narrative Northern King and Queen of the rough dealing with the and tumble: writing gritty crime fiction psychological and emotional Carlisle Library £4 reality of war, as well as The session has Matt and Sheila in race, guilt, love and loss. Catherine will be relaxed discussion about their books and talking about this, her latest title, her their writing regimes and methods, other work, and her links with Cumbria, before inviting questions from the including the autobiographical elements audience. The session ends with a fun

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crime fiction quiz Written by journalists where participants Michaela Robinson- can win signed Tate and Phil Rigby, copies of the Lake District Icons is a authors’ latest fan letter to the Lake books. The most recent books by these District, where the authors have worked for two authors are The Lawless Kind by many years, currently for Cumbria Life. Matt Hilton and Lady in Red by Sheila Through original research and more than Quigley. 80 new photographs, they tell the story of some of the incredible people who have 2.15pm made the Lake District their home.

David Carter 4pm Carlisle in the Great War Crown & Mitre Ballroom £6 Eric Robson Although 450 miles from the Abroad – a journey with the sad, mad, fighting in France, Carlisle was bad and dangerous to know fully involved in the Great War. Crown and Mitre Ballroom £6 Citizens observed troop trains; cared for Belgian Refugees; fed wounded men on hospital trains; joined the Lonsdale Battalion; dealt with the aftermath of the Gretna rail disaster; cared for the wounded in local hospitals. Everyday life was changed by women going out to work, food shortages, the building of the Gretna munitions factory and state ownership of public houses and breweries. Beneath In his new book, Eric Robson takes a this, normal life great railway journey round the Lake continued with District in the company of writers and children going to philosophers, heroes and villains, school, local aristocrats and politicians, the sad, the government dealing mad, the bad and the dangerous to know. with a growing Eric and his long-suffering researcher population and daily boldly go where tens of thousands have work and commerce. gone before – Carlisle platform 6 to Carlisle platform 2 and against the odds 2.45pm make it an interesting adventure. Eric Robson is a writer and broadcaster who Michaela Robinson- was in Outside Broadcasting, working on Tate and Phil Rigby all great state events. These days he Lakeland Icons: People, Places and chairs Gardeners’ Question Time on Radio Things that make Cumbria Great 4 and is Chairman of Cumbria Tourism and Waterstones £4 a Deputy Lieutenant for Cumbria.

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Programme A5 final.indd 13 7/11/2014 10:08:45 AM The Writers’ Quarter Saturday September 6 The Writers’ Quarter Saturday September 6

The historic quarter of Carlisle and the Library will host a variety of 2pm workshops on Saturday Sept 6th. There are limited places for these The Story Cafe workshops, so please don’t delay The Power of Stories, with Lisa Rossetti if you want to ensure your place. Main Library Area £3

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LIBRARY Stories are not just for kids! This is a unique event offering inspiring stories for wellbeing, 10am sharing insights and conversations together, plus a dash of creativity! Lisa Rossetti is an Therapeutic Writing accredited coach, trainer and story Workshop with Carol Ross practitioner. She is the founder of The Story Library Meeting Room £3 Café in Chester (Stories for Wellbeing), which provides a reflective environment to Carol will lead a 90-minute workshop encourage meaningful conversations, exploring the use of creative writing as listening & communication skills and therapy for wellbeing. Writing can help connection with others. Her work honours relieve stress and help you clarify and the crucial role that the story has in every organise your thoughts and can even help aspect of our lives. Join Lisa’s group to find change the way you think. Within the NHS, out how we connect and communicate. Carol delivers creative writing therapies and runs writing groups in mental health wards, psychiatric intensive care and also in the community. She is co-author and editor of CARLISLE Words for Wellbeing, an anthology of writing created by her groups. CATHEDRAL 11am Writing local fiction The Challenge of Writing Local Fiction: learning from experience workshop with Ruth Sutton Main Library Area £3 In this 90-minute workshop Ruth will explore how to write stories based where we live, including research, authenticity and respect for 10am-12pm the community. Ruth Sutton has long experience of workshops, and writing local fiction. Participants will be involved, asked to Words in the think and even to sketch a plan of something Cathedral they might like to write. Six years ago Ruth A creative workshop with Dr Martyn Sutton started writing a trilogy set in West Halsall, Canon David Weston and Canon Cumbria Between the Mountains and the Sea’ in the first half of the 20th century, and has just Geoff Smith completed and published the final part Fallout. Prior’s Tower £6

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Programme A5 final.indd 14 7/11/2014 10:08:54 AM The Writers’ Quarter Saturday September 6 The Writers’ Quarter Saturday September 6

Dr Martyn Halsall, Canon Geoff Smith and Canon David Weston will use the Cathedral as a source of reflection and inspiration. These TULLIE HOUSE three Cumbrian writers will look at how an historic site can disclose its stories and become a stimulus to new writing. Bring your notebook, pen and imagination as David shows us around the Cathedral, and Geoff and Martyn explain how they have developed new work from the Cathedral’s continuing story. Be prepared to write up your own ideas! The main session will run from 10am to 12 noon, in the Prior’s Tower, which will remain open for the rest of the day for you to work there. David Weston is the Events author of histories of Carlisle Cathedral and sponsored Rose Castle. Geoff Smith has a lifetime’s by Cranstons interest in reading and writing poetry which has been published in various magazines and anthologies and he is the cathedral’s Poet in 10am Residence. Martyn Halsall, following a career in newspaper journalism, including The Small is Still Guardian, now reviews poetry for the Church Times, and is poetry editor of Third Way Beautiful magazine. Short Form Fiction Writing workshop with Vivien Jones 7.30pm The Community Room £3 This 90 minute workshop will focus on those An evening of aspects of the short form that make it so special: its gem-like qualities and its punch, and the poetry and prose technical skills of paring down to essentials. There will be a little reading, some exercises, Litcaff special event hosted by feedback and networking. Vivien’s first poetry Mike Smith and Darren Harper. collection was published in 2010 when she also The Fratry Free won the Poetry London Prize. She is widely Writers taking part in The Writers’ Quarter published in poetry & prose and is a member of and guest writers, Facail aig an or (‘words Crichton Writers and leader of Powfoot Writers, at the edge’) with their poetry and music both in S.W.Scotland. She is co-editor of from South West Scotland, will present an Southlight Magazine which nurtures new writers. evening of the celebration of the written, spoken and sung word. Those who have 12pm attended the workshops during the day are encouraged to bring along samples of their Self Publishing work. All local writers are invited to join in Workshop with Alan Cleaver with an Open Mic session. This is a Litcaff special event hosted by Mike Smith and The Community Room £3 Darren Harper. The Writers’ Quarter aims to Alan Cleaver will give an overview of how to encourage the practice and activity of publish your own book – whether by hand, creative writing and to put local writers in through a printer or via websites such as touch with each other for the enjoyment of Blurb or Lulu. During the 90 minute reading and writing. workshop you will hand-bind your own

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Programme A5 final.indd 16 7/11/2014 10:08:58 AM The Writers’ Quarter Saturday September 6

booklet and learn the basic principles which about your own knowledge of the objects. apply to all aspects of the book publishing Write as much or as little as you like, and be world. Alan Cleaver is a journalist living in prepared to discover that you can indeed Cumbria who has worked on both regional write! This event is a drop-in session so and national newspapers. He has a particular booking is not necessary but participants will interest in online media and digital need to register at reception on arrival. technology. He has self published many Marilyn Messenger is a graduate of We Our Printing Heritage books ranging from hand-bound books Cumbria University’s Creative Writing course through to e-books. and a member of Facets of Fiction workshop. Established in 1878 to serve the needs of customers 1878 She has had poetry and short fiction throughout Cumbria, today our design, print and production 2pm published, and her short stories have been performed by Liars League, New York City. expertise still provides the same highly valued local service The Crichton Writers, based in that our reputation was built upon. We have expanded Poetry Workshop and Galloway, recently celebrated their tenth into national and international markets, and now provide Forming Form, with Ben Wohl year with the publication of an anthology of various works. a comprehensive exhibition, signs and display service. The Community Room £3 Whatever your requirements - just give us a call... A 90-minute workshop about writing in and experimenting with forms in poetry. This workshop will consist of sharing and WagTongues composing some interesting examples of All authors leading workshops in the formal poetry concentrating on the different venues may be selling their own traditional forms of sestinas, villanelles, and publications at their events. Pop–up ghazals. Ben Wohl is a graduate of Cumbria bookshop WagTongues will be in the library University’s Creative Writing Course and runs selling the works of locally published and Freerange Artists which has published self-published authors. WagTongues is the several local poets from the Carlisle area. brainchild of the Dumfries and Galloway Writers’ Collective, created to sell books 10am to 12pm (commission-free) from local authors and and 2pm to 4pm publishers at pop-up events throughout the region. Drop-in Creative William Ryan Crime Writing Sessions Writing Workshop with Marilyn Messenger There is another writer’s workshop which and the Crichton Writers takes place in the the Crown and Mitre The Border Galleries Free Hotel on Saturday from 9.30am–1.15pm. William Ryan, author of the Korolev (Please note these sessions are free but there is a charge for visiting the Border Galleries in Tullie mysteries, published by Macmillan, and who House Museum. The annual ticket price is £7, but leads Masterclasses in crime entry is free to anyone with a Tullie Card) fiction, will put you through your paces and set you on the path to a life of crime We are all storytellers, regardless of (fiction). £25. See main entry in this whether or not we write down our tales, but programme under Saturday talks. perhaps you have always wanted to ‘put pen 2014 to paper’? Come and try creative writing in Acknowledgements these informal sessions, with local writers on hand to help get you started. Be inspired by The Writers’ Quarter would like to thank all exploring some of the fascinating artefacts in who have contributed their time, skills, the Tullie House galleries. Fire up your goodwill, energies and venues to make The hhreedsprinters.co.uk imagination, rekindle memories, or write Writers’ Quarter a success.

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JUDITH ALLNATT is DAVID CARTER HUNTER DAVIES an acclaimed writer. retired from a long was brought up in Her first novel, A Mile career in education Carlisle, went to of River, was during which he was a and shortlisted for the teacher and edited Palatinate, the Portico Prize for headteacher. A University newspaper. Literature; her second, The Poet’s secondment to work at BBC He has always been a journalist Wife, was shortlisted for the East Newcastle gave the opportunity to and still writes for The Sunday Midlands Book Award. Her short write and produce local history and Times, the New Statesman, and stories have featured in the geography programmes. He went Cumbria Life. He is an author with Bridport Prize Anthology, the on to work in several posts with over 70 books to his name including Commonwealth Short Story education authorities in the south- the only authorised biography of Awards and on BBC Radio 4. Judith east and with Capita. He and his the Beatles and biographies of has lectured widely on Creative wife bought a cottage in Cumbria in Wainwright and Wordsworth. This Writing for twenty years. 1999. David has written two books, year he was awarded the OBE for a history of the Stockbrokers’ his services to literature. He is JAYNE BALDWIN Battalion, 10th Royal Fusiliers and married to the Carlisle-born novelist worked as a Carlisle 1914 -1918. and biographer newspaper journalist and they live in London and before retraining as a ALAN CLEAVER Loweswater. yoga teacher. Her first has spent his career in book West Over the journalism and PAULA DAY Waves was published in 2009. publishing. He has self- was born in London, Since then Jayne has worked as an published a number of the daughter of editor and publicist and in 2013 books ranging from designers Robin and she started the children’s hand-bound books to e-books. He Lucienne Day. After publishing company Curly Tale lives in Whitehaven. reading English at Books with her friend and fellow Cambridge she moved to Cumbria VAL CORBETT writer/illustrator Shalla Gray. She is and completed a PhD thesis on is a freelance also the author of a second non- nature imagery in women’s poetry. photographer based in fiction book, Mary Timney, The For many years she ran pioneering the Lowther valley on Road to the Gallows and the outdoors holidays for women from the eastern fringes of children’s book The Belties of her hillside home in the Lune the Lake District. Over Curley Wee Farm. Valley. As well as writing, she the past 25 years she has built up designs gardens, and as chair of NICK BURTON Apart an extensive photographic library the Robin and Lucienne Day from a brief spell as a of Cumbria. Her photos of gardens Foundation, she currently divides storyliner on appear regularly in magazines. Her her time between Cumbria and Emmerdale, Nick own recent books include Winter in Chichester. Burton has spent his the Lake District and Rainy Days in career working in the Lake District, and she has GRACE DENT countryside and recreation collaborated on Gardens of the Carlisle-born journalist management. For the last ten years Lake District and Jack’s Yak, both of and broadcaster Grace he has been a health walks which won the Lakeland Book of Dent took the first coordinator for Blackburn Council. the Year award. train to London after He has written numerous walking leaving school and NEIL CURRY has lived guides to Lancashire and North- never looked back. She began her for many years in West England. career in magazines, published 11 Cumbria. Among his teen fiction novels including Diary MALCOLM CARSON poetry collections are of a Snob and Diary of a Chav, and Born in Cleethorpes, Ships in Bottles, a wrote her World of Lather TV Malcolm Carson Poetry Society column for The Guardian’s Guide studied English at Recommendation; Walking to listings for many years. She now Nottingham Santiago, where he recounts a walk writes columns for the University, and along the medieval pilgrim route Independent, restaurant reviews taught for the University of and a new collection, Some Letters for the London Evening Standard, Northumbria in Carlisle, where he Never Sent. Neil edited the and has made TV appearances on now lives with his wife and three Collected Poems of Norman Have I Got News For You and sons. He has published several Nicholson, and has published books ’s Screenwipe. She collections of poetry, has on Christopher Smart, George has 200,000 followers on Twitter reviewed for Other Poetry and Herbert and Alexander Pope. His and is the author of How to Leave Critical Survey, and was a founder book on William Cowper will be Twitter: My Time as Queen of the of Border Poets. published next year. Universe.

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CATHERINE HALL undertook a wide variety of cabinet Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 was born in the Lake positions, including Health Music and has appeared on and District and worked in Secretary and Education Secretary. presented numerous TV documentary film He has been the Member of programmes. A former sociology production and Parliament for Hull West and Hessle teacher from Wigan, Stuart sent international since 1997 and was most recently some northern gig reviews to New peacebuilding before becoming a Shadow Chancellor of the Musical Express and ended up as freelance writer and editor for Exchequer. A former postman, in assistant editor. He coined the charities specialising in human 1992 he became the youngest phrase Britpop and has written rights and development. She is the General Secretary in the history of biographies of Blur and James. A author of three novels and now the Union of Communication keen fellwalker with a lifelong lives in London. Workers. Alan’s memoir of his association with Cumbria, he has a childhood in London, This Boy, was home near Penrith and has written MARTYN HALSALL published in 2013 to huge critical a monthly column for Cumbria Life was Carlisle Cathedral’s acclaim and this year it was for 6 years. first Poet-in Residence awarded the Orwell Prize for Books. and is about to publish MARILYN Sanctuary, a collection KATHLEEN JONES MESSENGER of his poetry is the author of several graduated in Creative chronicling that year. He is an award winning Writing from the ex-Guardian journalist and biographies including University of Cumbria approached his task as a ‘foreign A Passionate Her short fiction has correspondent’, searching out the Sisterhood (the wives been published and performed, building’s hidden stories. He is of the Lake Poets) which won the including by Liars League New York poetry editor of Third Way Barclays Bank Prize for Non Fiction . City. She also contributed chapter magazine and reviews poetry for She was Royal Literary Fund Fellow to Words for Wellbeing, the not-for- the Church Times. at Lancaster University and is also a profit book edited and co-authored Fellow of the English Association. by Carol Ross, aimed at encouraging MATT HILTON Norman Nicholson: The Whispering people to write. is a high-ranking Poet was commissioned to martial arts expert and celebrate the centenary of his birth, PAUL MORLEY has been a detective January 8th, this year. grew up in Stockport and private security and has worked as a specialist, all of which VIVIEN JONES music journalist, pop ensure authentic action scenes in is widely published in svengali and his books! Matt is currently working both poetry & prose, is broadcaster. He has on the next Joe Hunter novel, as a member of Crichton written several books on music well as a standalone supernatural Writers, and leader of including Words and Music: A novel. He lives in Cumbria with his Powfoot Writers both History of Pop in the Shape of a wife Denise. in SW Scotland. She is co-editor of City. Paul also writes for numerous Southlight Magazine. SANDRA HOWARD publications - New Statesman, was one of the leading BEN KANE has been Sunday Telegraph, NME, The photographic fashion fascinated by history Observer and the Guardian. He was models of the 60s and all his life. After 16 a regular on Newsnight’s Review 70s. when she also years working as a vet programme and writes and directs worked as a freelance in Northumbria, he TV arts documentaries. decided to write about journalist. She still writes for the THANE PRINCE ancient Rome, and was published press alongside writing popular Cookbook author and within a few years. He is best novels. Sandra is actively involved cookery teacher Thane known for the Forgotten Legion, with two charities, is a trustee the Prince has been Hannibal and Spartacus Chronicles drug rehabilitation charity involved with food for which have featured in the Sunday Addaction and is vice-president of over 20 years. She has Times bestsellers lists. His most Youth Epilepsy. She is married to published ten books and spent 12 recent book is Hannibal, Enemy of the former Conservative Party years as the cookery columnist for Rome. leader Michael Howard and they the Daily Telegraph. She opened a live in London and Kent. STUART MACONIE is cookery school in Aldeburgh and ALAN JOHNSON the author of Pies and she regularly appears on TV served as Home Prejudice, The People’s cookery programmes. Thane is Secretary in the Songs, Hope and Glory, regarded as the best in her field Labour Government Adventures on the and was recently the preserves from June 2009 to May High Teas, and Cider judge on BBC’s The Great Allotment 2010. He previously with Roadies. He co-presents Challenge.

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SHEILA QUIGLEY health wards. She writes mainly Stewart has been MP for Penrith Born in Sunderland, about therapeutic writing, but also and The Border. In May 2014 he Sheila has lived and enjoys writing short fiction, was elected Chair of the House of worked in the north children’s stories and poetry. Carol Commons Defence Select east all her life. Sheila is editor and co-author of the not- Committee. has a large family for-profit book, Words for RUTH SUTTON including 9 grandchildren and 2 Wellbeing. has spent most of her great grandchildren. As well as LISA ROSSETTI is a working life as an being an international bestselling storyteller, writer and educator, most writer, she can often be found on a poetry therapy recently as a free- touchline supporting her grandsons practitioner working lance consultant in in their pursuit of footballing with stories and various parts of the world. She is excellence. creative writing for the author of a trilogy of books set PHIL RIGBY Wellbeing in health and social in West Cumbria and she lives in has been a settings. Lisa’s published writing Waberthwaite. professional press includes a contributing chapter for PHILIP WALLING photographer for 26 Cumbria NHS Trust’s Words for lives in Northumber- years is now picture Wellbeing. land and is a former editor at CN Magazines WILLIAM RYAN barrister and sheep with responsibility for three titles, Historical thriller writer farmer. He farmed including Cumbria Life. An William Ryan writes Picket Howe, near experienced rock climber and the widely acclaimed Crummock Water for 10 years until member of the Fell & Rock Climbing Captain Korolev series, he went to university which led to Club, he has contributed to a series set in a vividly a 30 years in barristers’ chambers of specialist Lake District climbing imagined Stalinist Russia. Irish born, in London, before he called it a day guide. he was a lawyer prior to becoming and returned to his farming roots MICHAELA a writer. His novels have been by immersing himself in the history ROBINSON¤TATE published in 18 countries (including of sheep and the countryside, and trained as a Russia) and shortlisted for the Counting Sheep became a Sunday newspaper journalist. Crime Writers Association New Times bestseller. She has worked in Blood and Historical Daggers, The DAVID WESTON newspapers, radio and Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award and Canon David Weston magazines in north Lancashire and The Theakstons Crime Novel of the was Canon Warden at Cumbria since 1993 and is currently Year. the cathedral for 11 senior writer with Cumbria Life CANON GEOFF years and is the author magazine. Lake District Icons is her SMITH is the current of Carlisle Cathedral first book. Poet in Residence at History. He still looks after the ERIC ROBSON the Cathedral. He has cathedral’s medieval library and has been in TV for had his poetry mounts regular exhibitions of its over 40 years. He was published in various rare books and manuscripts. His a BBC outside magazines and anthologies, latest publication is Rose Castle and broadcast including New Writing from the the Bishops of Carlisle, which grew commentator working North and is working on a series of out of his time as Domestic on all the great State occasions and poems based on ‘new monasticism’. Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle. for 20 years he’s been chairman of He is a radical priest-poet who BEN WOHL the much loved Gardeners’ blogs on political issues, often does is an American poet Question Time. His books include, locums abroad and rides a Harley living in Cumbria. He The Border Line, a history of the Davidson. studied creative Anglo/Scottish border and After RORY STEWART writing at Cumbria Wainwright, a memoir of the years read History and PPE Institute of the Arts. he worked with him. He’s Chairman at Oxford, joined the He grew up in the shadow of the of Cumbria Tourism, a trustee of British Diplomatic Rocky Mountains in an unpopulated Tullie House Museum and a Deputy Service with posts in portion of the middle of America. Lieutenant for Cumbria. Indonesia, Montenegro He has a master in Media and CAROL ROSS and Iraq. He was awarded the OBE Communication from the European Born in Yorkshire, Carol for his services in Iraq. He wrote Graduate School. He is also project Ross settled in the bestseller, The Places in manager for Freerange, in north Cumbria in 1995. Carol Between which is based on his Cumbria, who provide professional leads writing groups 6,000-mile walk from Turkey to design and research services for for patients in mental Bangladesh. Since May 2010, Rory businesses and artists.

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Festival partners How to book tickets Borderlines Book Festival has been Online To buy tickets online, visit www. developed through partnership working borderlinescarlisle.co.uk which operates between public and private enterprise: 24-hour ticket sales. Bookends Carlisle; Cumbria County In person From Bookends, 56 Castle Council’s Library Service; Tullie House Street, Carlisle, CA3 8JA, 9am-5.30pm Museum and Gallery and Cumbria Life. Monday-Saturday; 11.30am-4pm Sunday. Borderlines is a not-for profit organisation, By phone Call Bookends on 01228 with a fully constituted steering group. 529067. If tickets are posted out, there The steering group members are: will be an administrative fee of 50p. Chair: Gwenda Matthews (Bookends Carlisle); Vice Chair: Helen Event information Weston; Treasurer: Carolyn White (Cumbria Timings Talks usually last one hour Library Service); Secretary: Helen Towers (unless otherwise stated), with an (Cumbria Library Service); Richard Eccles additional 20 minutes when the author (Cumbria Life); Mike Fox; Susan Fox; will sign books. Seating is unreserved and Darren Harper (Litcaff); Anna Smalley doors will open 20 minutes before an (Tullie House Museum and Gallery); event. Mike Smith (Litcaff) Refunds In the event of a talk or workshop being cancelled refunds will be Sponsors offered, but no other exchanges or Borderlines is indebted to the following refunds are available. sponsors: Bookends Carlisle; Carlisle The festival bookshops in the Crown Cathedral; Carlisle City Council; Cranstons; and Mitre Hotel and at Tullie House are Crown and Mitre Hotel; Cumberland run by Bookends, Carlisle’s independent Building Society; Cumbria County Council; bookshop. They will stock books by those Cumbria Life; Waterstones. authors appearing at the festival. After each talk, there will be the opportunity to meet the author and get books signed. Borderlines online Website www.borderlinescarlisle.co.uk Email [email protected]

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Programme A5 final.indd 22 7/11/2014 10:09:28 AM during the festival, please email us at [email protected] Accessiblity All our venues are accessible to people Venues with disabilities. Venues have different levels of facilities – please contact the The Crown & Mitre Hotel individual venues for more information. 4 English Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8HZ. 01228 525491 www.peelhotels.co.uk Getting Around Please visit www.discovercarlisle.co.uk for Tullie House Museum maps, transport and parking information and Art Gallery Trust or call the Carlisle Tourist Information Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TP Centre on 01228 598596. 01228 618718 www.tulliehouse.co.uk Publishers Carlisle Library Thank you to the following publishers for 11 Globe Lane, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8NX their support of the first Borderlines 01228 227321 Carlisle Book Festival: Alma Books, Arena www.cumbria.gov.uk Press, The Book Mill, Bloomsbury, Curly Carlisle Cathedral Tale Books, Daylight, Ebury Press, 7 Abbey Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TZ Enitharmon Press, Faber & Faber, Frances 01228 548151 Lincoln, Harper Collins, History Press, www.carlislecathedral.org.uk Hodder & Stoughton, Hodder Children’s, Waterstones Macmillan, Pen & Sword Books, Picador, 66 Scotch Street, Carlisle CA3 8PN Pocket Books, Profile, Random House, 01228 542300 Simon & Schuster, Transworld, Weidenfeld www.waterstones.com & Nicolson

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Programme A5 final.indd 23 7/11/2014 10:09:29 AM Hunter Davies Grace Dent Sandra Howard Alan Johnson Stuart Maconie Paul Morley Eric Robson Rory Stewart

Judith Allnatt Nick Burton David Carter Alan Cleaver Val Corbett Neil Curry Paula Day Catherine Hall Martyn Halsall Matt Hilton Kathleen Jones Vivien Jones Ben Kane Marilyn Messenger Thane Prince Phil Rigby Michaela Robinson-Tate Carol Ross Lisa Rossetti William Ryan Geoff Smith Ruth Sutton Sheila Quigley Philip Walling David Weston Ben Wohl

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