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SUMMARY:Writing the Quantocks
DESCRIPTION:\nAn inspirational evening of Quantock words and music, with film and image.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe pioneering Bristol poet Ralph Hoyte talks about his innovative Quantock Poetry Trail. Then he performs extracts from his Tropikos Quadrology, commissioned by the Arnolfini Gallery. Set in the 16th century – England’s bold ‘age of discovery’ – Tropikos follows a series of overlapping first-hand narratives, interweaving sound and poetry in a reimagining of some of the first British encounters with the peoples of Africa.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFire River poet Graeme Ryan performs extracts from his powerful poem ‘The Dreaming of Hinkley Point’, with a compelling film show of abstract and landscape paintings of the Somerset coast by Minehead artist Georgina King. Coleridge gets a job at Hinkley Point. Graeme and Georgina’s beautifully illustrated book of the project will be on sale.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatchet poet Anne Lovejoy reads poems composed on her walks in the Quantocks with her beloved dog Coco. Anne is an unforgettable and enthusiastic performer, and she’ll be accompanied by slides of the Quantock photographs that inspired her poems. Her book ‘Opening the Memory Box’ will be on sale.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaunton poet Viv Grant reads her captivating tree ogham haiku and wordplay poems. Inspired by her meditative walks through the combes and ancient tracks of the Quantocks, she reconnects with the healing energies of the trees and the natural environment. She’ll be showing her tree staves, carved from trees (including oak, ash, rowan) that the Celts revered for their spiritual properties.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJustin Shepherd, Wiveliscombe classical guitarist and past Chair of the Friends of Coleridge, will provide musical interludes, including a piece from Bach and the beautiful ‘Farewell to Stromness’ by Peter Maxwell Davies.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere will be an interval at each event for refreshment\n\n\n\nTo book your tickets, please click the button and let us know who will be attending and how many tickets you would like.\n\n\n\n\n\n   Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNon-members of the library Trust £10, members £7.50 per event, payable at the door.\n\n\n\n\n
URL:https://www.thomaspoolelibrary.org.uk/events/writing-the-quantocks/
CATEGORIES:Arts,Talk
LOCATION:Castle, Street, Nether Stowey, TL5 1LN
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