The Official Twitter account for volunteers at the Derby Book Festival, June 2019! Information, questions, anecdotes and advice!
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Talking LESS, @CommClothing, and most likely a bit of @sewingbee in Derby tomorrow at the @DerbyBookFest
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Thank you @PippaCurnick @DerbyBookFest @DBFVols for a fun & informative event today..that monster is wonderfully terrifying 🖤
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📚🌞The Summer @DerbyBookFest begins today!
📍 Derby locations
📆 30 May - 5 June
From captivating author talks to engaging workshops and family-friendly events, there's something for every book lover. Discover more about the festival ⬇
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#DerbyUK
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@DerbyBookFest is looking to recruit new trustees and a treasurer to help write the next chapter of the organisation.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/3KnSnjB
@DerbyUni @derbycollege @derbytheatre
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📚✨Dive into the world of literature at the Summer @DerbyBookFestival🌞
📆 30 May
Visit @_Derbion for a captivating live book reading, where stories come to life and imagination knows no bounds. Book your FREE tickets here ⬇
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#DerbyUK #DerbyBookFestival
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I’ll also be chatting to the brilliant @jessicammoor & @tomlamont about their books @DerbyBookFest on the 2nd June. It’d be lovely to see you there! Tix here: derbybookfestival.co.uk/even…
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We’re delighted @hancrosbie will be joining us at @derbymuseums @MuseumofMaking on Friday 31 May. Hannah will be talking about her new book, Corker: A Deeply Unserious Wine Book, and she'll share her expertise in helping you select the right wine for the right occasion #DBFSummer
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Help us to create a new generation of readers! Details of where, when and how to donate are live on our website now. derbybookfestival.co.uk/news…
#BringingBooksToLife
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Debut historical fiction novelist, @SarahCMarsh, joins us at @derbyquad to share the brilliant A Sign of Her Own - a vivid novel exploring the role of Deaf woman, Ellen Lark, in the invention of the telephone. Sarah will be in conversation with fellow debut author @Elizaroconnor
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📚 Get ready for a literary extravaganza! Join the Summer @DerbyBookFest for a celebration of words, stories, and imagination 🌞
📆30 May - 5 June
From author talks to workshops, there's something for every book lover ⬇
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#DerbyUK #SummerBookFestival
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Our annual Meet the Author, on Wednesday 5th June @derbytheatre, kindly sponsored by the @cosyfund this year with the fabulous @sophyhenn (for Year 2/3/4) and @whatsfsaid (for Year 5/6/7). Book your live stream place here forms.gle/ztTvAWsbkeby5dLt7
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It’s a really lovely programme of events. Do have a look.
If you haven’t booked your tickets to see @mrjamesob (kindly sponsored by @Geldards) at @derbyquad as part of #DBFSummer24, we’re sorry to say tickets have now sold out, but luckily, there are lots of other great events taking place at QUAD 🧵
Big noisy shout out! @Br1dgetCollins will be @DerbyBookFest Sunday 2 June. Come along and listen to #thesilencefactory
In May & June Booktime, we interview @Br1dgetCollins about her new book The Silence Factory. A deeply atmospheric novel set in the 19th century, it is a story about love, desire, perception and corruption. #booksaremybag #choosebookshops nitter.gq/Booktimemag/status/178…
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I’m on a little tour with the paperback edition of my Sunday Times best selling memoir, Everything Is Everything.’ It has two new chapters on the Israel/Hamas War, and the response of my Caribbean relatives to the book- Lordy! Join me. Tickets on sale now x @HodderBooks
Starts this month!
Tickets now on sale! 🎟️ We’re delighted our Summer Festival tickets are on general sale. We’ve got a great range of events for the whole family to enjoy from 30 May – 5 June taking place at venues across #Derby – we hope to see you there! #DBFSummer24
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Bridget will return to @DerbyBookFest for the first time since release of #TheBinding! You can pick up a ticket here: derbybookfestival.co.uk/even…
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Can’t wait! What motivates Putin?? We all want to know. James, a former BBC Moscow Correspondent has some answers.I’ll be talking about my memoir Everything is Everything. It’s gonna be a corking evening! @HodderBooks @jmacrodgers
Festival announcement! 📢
We’re delighted @CliveMyrieBBC and @jmacrodgers will be in conversation for a special one-off event at @derbytheatre on July 29th! Tickets on sale from 10am this morning for our Festival Friends, with our general sale starting at 10am next Monday
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Lots more talks to come on my new book JACK AND EVE: TWO WOMEN IN LOVE AND AT WAR. I'm in #London 15/5 & 16/5; at @hayfestival 29/5; @DerbyBookFest 2/6; London 4/6; @CrossingtheTees Festival 9/6; London 12/6; @ChalkeFestival 24/6. All details here wendymoore.org/events/