Literary & Philosophical Society, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

Thursday, 22 September, 1.30 – 8.30 pm

You are invited – come for all of it, or drop in as you choose
RSVP to brian@biscuitpublishing.com
Or by post to: Biscuit Publishing Ltd, PO Box 123, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2YW.

Programme

1.30 – 3.30pm: Meet the Winners
of the 2011 Biscuit International Short Fiction and Poetry Prizes.

3.30 – 4.30pm: An Audience with Tom Kelly
Dramatist, lyricist, poet: “My Life and Rhymes”.
Tom takes you on a whistle-stop trip through his eclectic writing career.
4.30 – 7.00pm: Open Mic Café
A bounteous buffet of food and entertainment. A literary and gastronomic pot pourri of prose and poems, anchovies and anecdotes, extract of stories and chocolate-dipped strawberries. It’s all yours.
During this session we’ll hear from Colin Mulhern, author of Clash, a debut novel for young adults. Colin will tell you of the traumas and battles along the rocky road to getting published… and what happens when you get there.
Val McLane, professional actor and writer. Val’s book Xhosa Women’s Voices tells of Africa’s women and apartheid.
Other authors to be confirmed
In the midst of all this
you can take a trip through the Lit & Phil; enjoy a blue-guided tour of this amazing building. Lots of the late great writers came to the Lit & Phil – Oscar Wilde, to mention just one.

7.00pm: Sky Light launch
short stories by Peter Bromley

7.30pm: Under The Street Lamp launch
poems by Asit Maitra

8.00pm: Question Time
Panel members’ names to be confirmed.