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Wirral BookFest
Wirral Libraries would like to thank everyone involved in making Wirral's first literary festival such a big success. The week-long festival hosted 30 events across the borough between the 7th and 12th of April 2008.
More than 1400 people attended BookFest events and the festival has been widely praised for its variety, quality and accessibility.
The festival was organised by Wirral Libraries and partly funded by Arts Council England.
BookFest 2008 E vents
- Soap Story: A Writing For TV Workshop, St James Library
- Meet the Authors - Jojo Moyes, Mike Gayle & Jenny Colgan, Bromborough
- Capital of Culture - Photographs by Karen Langley, Rock Ferry Library Until 30th April
- Words from Wordsmiths by members of Riverside Writers. West Kirby Library
- Have You Heard A Good Book Lately? demo of latest in talking books “Playaways West Kirby Library
- Greg Dawson Local historiam provides entertaining stories from years gone by! Prenton Library
- National Year of Reading 2008 - Launched by Berlie Doherty and Frank Cottrell Boyce at Seacombe Library
- The Best Words John Siddique and Wirral’s Junior Poet Laureate West Kirby Library
- Who Killed George Hargrave? A Victorian Murder Mystery Evening Wallasey Central Library
- Books On Film—The Painted Veil Birkenhead Film Society Birkenhead Town Hall
- Greasby Poets Evening: Celebrating Greasby In Poetry Greasby Library
- Wallasey Of Yesteryear Seacombe Library
- “There Are Places I’ll Remember”- The Beatles Venues Wallasey Village Library
- Gavin Hunter Talk – The Three Lords Leverhulme Bebington Central Library
- Get Into Reading Moreton Library
- Graphic Novels Workshop Ridgeway Library
- Speed Dating with a Book! Pensby Library
- Hilary Green – We’ll Meet Again Birkenhead Central Library
- Graphic Novels Workshop Wallasey Central Library
- Poems and Pictures by Wirral Ode Show & Wallasey Amateur Photographic Society Wallasey Central Library
- Bloody Dracula – An Evening With The Count Heswall Library
- Books On Film—Gabrielle Birkenhead Film Society Birkenhead Town Hall
- A Celebration Of Polish Culture with Yellow House Community Project. Rock Ferry Library
- Anne Baker - A Labour of Love Upton Library
- Muslim Community Event Birkenhead Central Library
- Wirral’s ‘Dead Good’ Poets - Clare Kirwan & Adam Khan plus open floor Hoylake Library.
- Fun Day Featuring Brian Jacques And Shoo Rayner Bebington Central Library
- Chris Tutton - Poetry and Art Workshop Williamson Art Gallery
- Songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein - Rock Ferry Amateur Operatic Society Rock Ferry Library