readings // workshops // performances // open mics
CHECK OUT THIS YEAR’S EVENTS HERE
2022
15 January: Workshop: New Year, New Stories: Kick-Start Your Fiction // online, 10am
14 March: Getting Into Writing: University of Lincoln Virtual Guest Speaker series // online, 6.30pm
3 May: Working as a Writer // Jericho Writers, online, 7pm
11 June: My Name is Monster with Katie Hale: Crossing the Tees Festival // online & Base Camp Boro, 3pm
24 June: New Writing North Award Winners Event: Kendal Poetry Festival // Kendal Library & online, 11am
14 June: Kirkby Lonsdale Poetry Festival // various events around Kirkby Lonsdale
6 October: National Poetry Day BBC Live Lesson // CBBC, 11am
21 October: Sylvia Plath Festival: chairing poetry reading with Polly Atkin, Betty Doyle & Hannah Hodgson // online, 5pm
22 October: Sylvia Plath Festival: chairing poetry reading with Maureen Boyle, Jessica Mookherjee, Alycia Pirmohamed & Denise Saul // online, 6pm
24 October: Moorforge Book Flood // Moorforge, Gilcrux, Cumbria, 4pm
12 November: Workshop: So You Want To… Explore Narrative Voice // KSP Writers’ Centre, Perth, Australia, 1pm
13 November: Discussion: Fantasy, Horror & SciFi group // KSP Writers’ Centre, Perth, Australia, 10am
21 December: Hearth: Northern Writers’ Studio Christmas Party // online, 7.30pm
2021
7 January: My Name is Monster Paperback Launch // online, 7pm
15 January – 31 March: StAnza Dial-A-Poem // via phone
16 January: Workshop: New Year, New Stories: Kick-Start Your Fiction // online, 10am; 2pm
21 January: The Write Chat: What does it take to write a book? with Helen Mort & Rashmi Sirdeshpande // online, 7pm
8 February: Cafe Writers Poetry Competition reading // online, 7.30pm
10-17 February: Highlighting Eden: Spring Poetry Workshops // online
13 February: Workshop: Writing from Place // online, 10am; 2pm
18 February: The Write Chat: Setting & Place with M W Craven // online, 7pm
19-28 February: Kendal Poetry Festival: guerrilla poetry // Kendal town centre (displays) & online
22 February: Chairing Courttia Newland & Adam Roberts: Writing Dystopias // Paisley Book Festival (online), 7pm
20 March: Workshop: Making Stories Happen // online, 10am; 2pm
17 April: Workshop: Creating Characters // online, 10am
22 April: The Write Chat: Crafting Characters, with Molly Aitken & Yvonne Battle-Felton // online, 7pm
20 May: waiting (weighting): BxNU Baltic Research Exchange symposium // online
22 May: Workshop: Look Who’s Talking: The Non-Human Narrator // online, 10am
27 May: The Write Chat: Creativity & Conflict // online, 7pm
26 June: Workshop: Mining Your Life for Fiction // online, 10am
17 July: Workshop: Writing the Body // online, 10am
9-13 August: Northern Writers’ Studio Summer School: tutoring // online
26 August: The Boozy Book Club // online, 7.30pm
11 September: Gladfest author event // Gladstone’s Library (Wales) & online, 10.30am
23 October: Workshop: Writing Weather // online, 10am
10 November: Novel Monsters: the threat of emerging pathogens in contemporary literature – Bio-Lit Talks, Crossing Science with Humanities // online, 7pm
11 November: Chairing J R Thorp Learwife event: Golden Hare bookshop // online, 6.30pm
27 November: Workshop: Myth, Fairytale & Folk, 10am
2020
8 January: QEGS A-Level Award Evening: Keynote Speaker // Wordsworth St Methodist Church, Penrith, Cumbria, 7.30pm
9 April: KSP Writers’ Group: workshop // KSP Writers’ Centre, Perth, Australia, 7.30pm-9.30pm – postponed due to Covid19
18 April: KSP Writers’ Centre Workshop // KSP Writers’ Centre, Perth, Australia, 1pm-4pm – postponed due to Covid19
21 April: Literary Dinner (reading) // KSP Writers’ Centre, Perth, Australia, 6pm-9.30pm – postponed due to Covid19
18 May: My Name is Monster, and Other Monsters – An Evening with Writer in Residence Katie Hale // Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, 8pm – postponed due to Covid19
24 May: Narrative Voice and the Unconventional Narrator – A Masterclass with Writer in Residence Katie Hale // Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, 10am-3pm – postponed due to Covid19
18-21 June: Kendal Poetry Festival: guerrilla poetry projects // Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, Cumbria – postponed due to Covid19
2019
7 February: Wordsworth Trust Poet in Residence Workshop // The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, Cumbria, 2pm-5pm – contact H.Catterall@wordsworth.org.uk to book a place
19 February: Wordsworth Trust Poet in Residence Reading // The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, Cumbria, 7.30pm-9pm
21 March: Cork International Poetry Festival: Fool For Poetry Prize & New Irish Voices Reading // Assembly Instructions chapbook launch // Grand Parade Library, Cork, Ireland, 4pm
23 March: The Northern Marches // including Gretna: music & poetry collaboration // Ye Olde Mitre, London, 7.50pm
24 March: The Northern Marches // including Gretna: music & poetry collaboration // Ye Olde Mitre, London, 2.15pm
5 – 26 June: Under Northern Skies // exhibition of poetry, drawing & writing // Carlisle Old Fire Station, Carlisle, see website for times / free entry
6 June: My Name is Monster book launch // Cakes & Ale Cafe, Carlisle, 7.30pm
10 June: My Name is Monster talk & book signing // Waterstones, King Street, Lancaster, 6.30pm
11 June: My Name is Monster book talk // Cumbria Library Services // Ambleside Library, Cumbria, 3pm
13 June: My Name is Monster book talk // Cumbria Library Services // Ulverston Library, Cumbria, 7pm
18 June: My Name is Monster book talk // Sam Read Books // Emma’s Dell, Grasmere, Cumbria, 7.30pm
19 June: The Feminist Book Society presents: Motherhood – the last feminist taboo // Waterstones, Tottenham Court Road, London, 6.30pm
20 June: Writers’ Night: Katie Hale & Hanna Jameson // Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, 7pm
25 June: My Name is Monster book talk // Cumbria Library Services // Penrith Library, Cumbria, 2pm
25 June: My Name is Monster book talk // Cumbria Library Services // The Old Courthouse, Shap, Cumbria, 7.30pm
27 June: My Name is Monster talk & book signing // Waterstones, Kendal, Cumbria, 6.30pm
28 June: My Name is Monster book talk // Cumbria Library Services // Dalton in Furness Library, Cumbria, 10.30am
28 June: My Name is Monster book talk // Cumbria Library Services // Grange over Sands Library, Cumbria, 2.30pm
27 July: My Name is Monster book event // Port Eliot Festival // Walled Garden, 11am
16 August: Ten at Ten: a 10-minute reading from My Name is Monster // Edinburgh Book Festival // Writers’ Retreat, 10am
17 August: My Name is Monster book event // Tidelines Fesitval // Thornleigh Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, 6pm
18 August: After the Apocalypse // Edinburgh Book Festival // Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre, 7pm
22 August: Open Book with Mariella Frostrup // Edinburgh Book Festival // The New York Times Main Theatre, 10am
4 October: Poetry reading // The Tin, Canal Basin, Coventry, 7.30pm
5 October: Northern Powerhouse: poetry event // Borderlines Book Festival // Cakes & Ale, Carlisle, 7.30pm
6 October: Helen Mort & Katie Hale: Where Do We Draw The Line? // Borderlines Book Festival // Crown & Mitre Hotel, Carlisle, 11.30am
7 October: Borderlines Open Mic night // Borderlines Book Festival // Vallum Gallery, Brampton Road Campus, University of Cumbria, Carlisle, 7.30pm
10 October: Fiction at 7: Classics Recast // Cheltenham Literature Festival // The Nook, Cheltenham, 7pm
21 October: Marchland Poetry Collection Launch // RADA Studios, London, 7pm
25 November: Gladstones 2020 Writers in Residence Launch Event // National Liberal Club, London, 6pm
5 December: Cumbrian Poetry Evening // Cakes & Ale, Carlisle, 7.30pm
2018
27 February: Word Mess wordy open mic night RESCHEDULED FROM 13 FEB // Anti-Valentine’s Day Party // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
7 March: StAnza International Poetry Festival Launch Extravaganza // The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, 6:30pm-8:45pm
10 March: StAnza: Border Crossings // The Undercroft, St John’s House, South Street, St Andrews, 11:30am-12:30pm
11 March: StAnza: Poetry Cafe Festival Plenary // The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, 8pm-9:30pm
22 May: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
1 – 9 September: Kendal Poetry Festival: River of Poems installation // Waterside Cafe, Kent View, LA9 4DZ, Kendal
25 September: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
7 October: Borderlines Festival Poetry Workshop: ‘Provoking the Creative Brain’ // Crown and Mitre Hotel, Carlisle, 10:30am-12:30pm
2017
24 January: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
28 February: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
16 March: The Robert Tannahill Poetry Competition awards reading // Lochwinnoch Arts Festival, Lochwinnoch, 7:30pm
21 March: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
25 April: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
27 April: Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize award ceremony // Poetry Ireland, Dublin
4 May: Jane Martin Poetry Prize award ceremony // Girton College, Cambridge
23 May: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
31 May: Guerrilla Poems: Poetry Postcards // distributing Poetry Postcards with Dove Cottage Young Poets for Kendal Poetry Festival // Kendal town centre, 11am-12:30pm
2 June: Breaking the Surface Pamphlet Launch // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm
27 June: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
7 July: Breaking the Surface Joint Pamphlet Launch with Pualine Yarwood’s ‘Image Junkie’ (Wayleave Press, 2017) // Crosthwaite Memorial Hall, 7:30pm
14 July: Reading at Derby Poetry Group // Friends Meeting House, Derby, 7:30pm
20 July: Special guest at Cakes & Ale Open Mic Night // Cakes & Ale, Bookends, Carlisle, 7:30pm
25 July: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
2 – 28 August: The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash // musical by Katie Hale & Stephen Hyde, playing at Edinburgh Fringe Festival // C Royale, George St, Edinburgh, 6pm nightly // TICKETS
6 August: Guest at GenreFluid open mic night // Fingers Piano Bar, Edinburgh, 5:30pm
9 September: Lakes Alive Festival // Wild Words in the Word Yurt // Abbot Hall Park, Kendal, 11am-4:30pm
16-17 September: C-Art Adult Youth Club // Rheged, Penrith, 3pm-5pm
23 September: Speaking at WriteNow Live event (Penguin Random House) // Newcastle
26 September: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
7 October: Cumbrian Poetry & ProseCumbrian Poetry & Prose // reading as part of Borderlines Carlisle Book Festival // Carlisle Cathedral (The Fratry), 7:30pm
12 October: Poetry Evening at the Old Courthouse // The Old Courthouse, Shap, 7pm
24 October: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
3 November: Brewery Poets // reading alongside Harriet Fraser & Caroline Gilfillan // Warehouse Cafe, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, 7:3opm
28 November: Word Mess wordy open mic night // Old Fire Station, Penrith, 7:30pm (NB: unfortunately this event does not have wheelchair access)
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