Plays, workshops and author Q&As will bring literature out of the library at Northamptonshire festival

A village near Northampton is holding a literary festival with plays, talks and workshops to show how libraries are still at the heart of communities.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st May 2018, 17:24 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 08:39 BST

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The Friends of Earls Barton Library are holding a literary festival on the weekend of June 9.The Friends of Earls Barton Library are holding a literary festival on the weekend of June 9.
The Friends of Earls Barton Library are holding a literary festival on the weekend of June 9.

The Friends of Earls Barton Library have announced the two-day festival on the weekend of June 9 to celebrate literary and writing talents in Northamptonshire.

The Friends hope to take literature "out of the library and into the village" in the face of countywide cuts to library services.

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Poetry-reading sessions, workshops by university professors and a talk about Northampton Town captain and war Hero Walter Tull will feature across the weekend.

Earls Barton Library.Earls Barton Library.
Earls Barton Library.

There will also be a talk about fake news surrounding Jack The Ripper, a lesson on how to write a murder-mystery play and a Q&A with authors Louise Jensen and Darren O'Sullivan.

Live performances will end each evening. Mark Carey's one-man show "Into the Breach" will round off Saturday night while Robin Hillman and Rachel Connors will perform a new play about television screen-writing in the late 1950s.

Tickets are on sale from the Friends of Earls Barton Library Facebook page. Children under eight-years-old can attend free but must be accompanied by a paying adult. Individual events cost £3.

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