Posts by Mike Fraser
Tom Murray, on his Creative Writing Workshop for the Berwick Literary Festival
Anna Edgar writes: “Inspiring” is a word I have often heard used to describe Tom’s workshops. And having attended some myself, I certainly agree. He describes himself as a facilitator,…
Read MoreWilliam Dalrymple – The Anarchy
William is speaking at our festival on 17th October at 3 PM Anna Edgar writes: We are indeed fortunate to have William Dalrymple as one the speakers at this year’s…
Read MoreVows of Silence: How to Read an R. S. Thomas Poem
George Cochrane on R. S. Thomas. Rt. Rev. Dr Barry Morgan appears at our festival on 16th October at 10 AM to discuss R. S. Thomas. Flicking through my shelf of…
Read MoreGORDON BROWN: Seven Ways to Change the World – How to Fix the Most Pressing Problems We Face
We are delighted that former Prime minister Gordon Brown will appear at our festival via Zoom at 2 PM on 16th October to discuss his latest book. This is a…
Read MoreAll in it Together – England in the early 21st Century
Alwyn Turner will be discussing his book All in it Together at 4 PM on 15 October at our 2021 Festival! This is a free Zoom event! Mike Fraser provides…
Read MoreThe Final Day: Bread-making, beating the IRA, Geordies buying a slave’s freedom and revisiting the 60s!
Timing is everything! There was a period early in lockdown when it seemed everybody was baking sourdough. Nobody knew that there was going to be a pandemic, however if some…
Read MoreADVENTURES IN LETTERS – THE EPISTOLARY POEM
Tim Binder writes about Anne Ryland’s poetry workshop Twelve of us “gathered” on Zoom for Anne Ryland’s delightful workshop on writing an Epistolary poem – or writing a letter in…
Read MoreOn the third day of our festival: China the restless superpower, a world-class Berwick novelist, digging for victory, saving the planet and why Boris Johnson is unique.
Can this really only be the third day of our festival? We seem to have managed to pack such an extraordinarily diverse range of stimulating and entertaining material into such…
Read MoreA not so grumpy bookseller, a Wild Swimmer, a Royal Crisis, incredible Poetry and revolution in Russia – the second day of our virtual festival.
In his entertaining best-selling books Shaun Bythell portrays himself as the grumpiest bookseller in Britain, providing service with a scowl, but he seemed perfectly amiable at 10 AM this morning in…
Read MoreWriting about the Past! A Creative Workshop with Bea Davenport
Anna Edgar writes about Bea’s workshop. On Thursday afternoon Barbara Henderson – using her author’s name, Bea Davenport – presented an online creative writing workshop, “Writing about the Past”. In…
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