The programme of events for this years Birmingham Book Festival has been announced Taking place from 5 – 21 October, the festival welcomes writers of all kinds, from journalists to novelists, and hosts a variety of events including workshops, lectures and the Fringe Festival. A few highlights include: Novelists Jonathan Coe and David Nicholls, who … [Read more…]
Just as the dark nights start creeping in, Birmingham Library Theatre will be hosting a ‘Crime Night In’, with writers Mark Billingham, Andrew Taylor and Martin Waites on 29 September. Mark is well known for his Tom Thorne series and his new book From the Dead is no less gripping and fast paced as his … [Read more…]
DJ and Wordsmith Charlie Jordan, fresh from her West Bromwich Albion poetry residency, with team mates Byron Vincent, Matt Windle & Dan Cullen – refereed by Jo Bell. Live Entertainment kicks off 7.30pm. West Brom Words is some poetry and spoken word goodness at the Library Theatre on 25 March. Says here tickets are free … [Read more…]
Bollywood Steps An outdoor dance spectacular that’s part of Birmingham Town Hall‘s 175th birthday celebrations. They’re hoping for up to have had up to 12,000 people take part. It’s being performed on Friday 9 October at 8pm and Saturday 10 October at 3pm and 8pm – and you can learn the steps half an hour … [Read more…]
The website for the Film Forum West Midlands, which I mentioned just the other day, has been spruced up and is looking very nice indeed. The domain name is now filmforumwm.co.uk and if you subscribed to the earlier version of the blog you’ll need to update to this new one. With all that said, they … [Read more…]
The Birmingham International Film Society launches today with a season of films at the Birmingham Library Theatre in conjunction with Cuba Solidarity. The films to be shown are: 12 Chairs (8 May, 8pm) Beloved (20 May, 6pm and 8.15pm) Death Of A Bureaucrat (5 June, 7.30pm with a talk) The Adventures Of Juan Quin Quin … [Read more…]