in Louth: Thursday 19th October - Sunday 22nd October 2006.

workshops, talks, performances and much, much more..

With up to 30 activities taking place across Louth, including workshops, performances, readings and talks, Wolds Words 2006 offers a rich mix of events to suit every taste.

The Riverhead Theatre is, as always, a key venue attracting headline acts as well as hosting poets, playwrights and novelists during the festival.

Festival Patron - Margaret Dickinson

Children's Patron - Kevin Crossley-Holland

Highlights include:

18 October 2006

OPEN MIC SESSION
... 7.30pm. (advance booking essential)
Bring your (short) performance piece and talk into the night with like-minded people.

19 October 2006

Lincolnshire Storytellers Featuring Joy Pitt and Keef
at the Salvation Army
Bring your stories or just come as listen.
... 7.30pm Tickets: £3.00 (£2.00 concessions)

20 October 2006

An Audience with... Clive James - sold out
... 7.30pm Tickets: £16.00 (Theatre Patrons & Associates - £14.50)

Join the popular writer from Down Under for an evening where the laughs and anecdotes will come thick and fast.This evening is a must for any budding journalists and fans of this prolific writer. Clive will be signing copies of his new book North Face ofSoho (the fourth book of his autobiography, published in October 2006)

AN EVENING OF ‘HENTERTAYUNMENT’ WITH FAR WELTER’D –THE EAST LINCS DIALECT SOCIETY
upstairs at the Masons Arms, Cornmarket, Louth
Many people regard Lincolnshire dialect as one of the finest in the country. Far Welter’d is a happy band of people who meet regularly to celebrate the rich diversity of our local tongue in verse, narrative and song. It’s all good fun, so please join us- you’ll be hevver so welcum!

21 October 2006

Farming Today & Tomorrow
A programme of talks and events focusing on the challenges of farming in the 21st century, including Richard Benson, author of The Farm' and CraigTaylor, author of 'Return to Akenfield'. Funded by Culture East Midlands.

Mark Hewitt brings 'Farming Stories' inspired by local people to the theatre.

22 October 2006

Margaret Dickinson
... 2.30pm - 3.30pm FREE

This year's Festival Patron and renowned local novelist Margaret Dickinson will be talking about and signing copies of her work.

Cabrielle Drake
... 7.30pm
Tickets: £16.00 (Theatre Patrons & Associates - £14.50)

Well known TV actress (Crossroads, Inspector Lynley.The Brothers) and West End performer, Gabrielle Drake, portrays the Victorian novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell, in an exceptional dramatisation of "Dear Scheherazade", in her own words.

For a full programme of events, contact 01 507 329 437.

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