Re-imagining the famous last words of Marilyn Monroe and Ruth Ellis
Marilyn Monroe. Ruth Ellis. Infamous women. Famous last words reimagined. What secrets did Marilyn whisper to Joe DiMaggio? How did Ruth Ellis justify her crime to the lover she shot, David Blakely?
Piecing together the latest theories, award-winning writer, Joan Ellis enables two so-called dumb blondes to find their voice during her stunning solo performance.
Joan is the author of four acclaimed books including psychological thrillers, Guilt and The Killing of Mummy’s Boy – shortlisted for the...
Jen McDerra, CEO of the Charles Causley Trust, introduces the Writers-in-Residence based at Causley’s former home, Cyprus Well. She will discuss with them how the poet inspires them and the development of their writing.
Part of the Plymouth Festival of Words. Find out more at www.plymouth.ac.uk/campaign/plymouth-festival-of-words
Ticket information: £3/£1.50. Discounts available to Plymouth University students through SPiA.
Author of 13 highly acclaimed novels, Michèle Roberts is best known for The Looking Glass and Daughters of the House, which won the WH Smith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Ignorance, her most recent novel, was longlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction and her memoir, Paper Houses, was BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book of the Week’. She has also published poetry and short stories, most recently collected in Mud-Stories of Sex and Love.
Michèle will introduce her latest novel, A Walworth Beauty – published by...
As a curtain raiser for Plymouth History Month, BBC’s Sam Willis and Plymouth University’s James Daybell present Histories of the Unexpected Live, the chart-topping, history podcast that features on Dan Snow’s History Hit Network, Histories of the Unexpected Live.
There is a new buzz about history – the new rock and roll! Surely, there is nothing unexpected about the past? About history?
Adopting a new approach to exploring our past, and moving away from the traditional linear plotting of battles, monarchs and political...
A short story writer and novelist living in Tehran, Fereshteh is widely recognised for her enigmatic and mysterious psychological fantasies, including her first short story collection, Everybody’s Sara (2004). She has won several literary awards for both her short stories and novels which include The Fairy of Forgetfulness (2007), Cheese Forest (2008) and Domestic Monsters (2016).
Fereshteh will be reading from her work and discussing its influences in the context of contemporary Iranian literature. Co-presented by...
Whether you are preparing to send your first collection to an agent or submitting to one of the many short story awards, you will find this event an invaluable hour of practical advice from Conville & Walsh literary agent Carrie Kania and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award creator, Cathy Galvin.
Cathy is the founder-director of the leading short story powerhouse, The Word Factory, and Carrie represents fiction and non-fiction writers, including Simon Van Booy, Paul McVeigh, Allen Frances and Giovanni Frazzetto.
WonderZoo featuring next Plymouth Mayflower Young City Laureate Launching the Plymouth Festival of Words
Featuring: Thom Boulton, Plymouth Poet Laureate Simon Travers Nick Ingram, Writer and Compere Laura Quigley Jackie Juno Robert Garnham
To kick-off the Plymouth Festival of Words, WonderZoo present an evening of spoken word and a fusion of poetry, acapella, and contemporary and interactive poetry with Plymouth Poet Laureate, Thom Boulton and Simon Travers. The evening will include writers Laura Quigley and Jacki Juno as well as spoken word performer, Robert Garnham – all...
