Hull in Literature at Humbermouth Festival
17-May-2011Humber Mouth Literature Festival
What? The Humber Mouth celebrates literature, language and text-based arts, combining author events with special commissions and community projects. The festival builds on a year-round programme of literature development activities called Reading River.
The 2011 festival will take place between 25 June and 10 July. The programme includes authors and speakers such as George Monbiot, Adam Mars-Jones, Jenni Murray, Jon Ronson, John Hegley, Mike Jay, Simon Garfield and many others.
Singer-songwriter Emmy the Great and Faber poet Jack Underwood, a celebration of Hull in literature throughout history, an exploration of what your choice of font says about you, a new show from performance poet Mab Jones (VIDEO BELOW), lost lectures from Victorian times, a new film of Larkin’s ‘Bridge for the Living’ featuring Barry Rutter, workshops, talks, exhibitions, children’s events.
Established in 1993, the Humber Mouth is the city’s biggest festival and is managed by Hull City Arts.
Where? Venues in and around Kingston-upon-Hull , Yorkshire, Humber, England, AA Route Planner | multimap
When? Saturday 25 June and Sunday 10 July 2011
How much? CHECK OFFICIAL SITE
Who? George Monbiot, Adam Mars-Jones, Jenni Murray, Jon Ronson, John Hegley, Mike Jay, Simon Garfield and many others.
Programme: Download PDF Brochure
Festival Website: Humber Mouth 11
Blog? http://www.humbermouth.blogspot.com/
Facebook? Yes
Twitter? Yes
Previous festivals: In the past the festival has welcomed feminist icon Germaine Greer, the controversial MP George Galloway, Orange Prize winner Lionel Shriver, best selling novelists Jonathan Coe and Louis de Bernieres, radical journalist John Pilger and psychotherapist Susie Orbach. Poets participating in the events have included—Ian Duhig, Carol Rumens and David Wheatley. Additional events and workshops are part of the program that includes young people, and “Special Commissions” and installations and art projects which have text and language as their focus.
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