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  • Rachel McLean in Conversation

    Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

    Rachel McLean is an award-winning crime author who writes UK- based police procedurals. She is best known for the DI Zoe Finch series set in her home city of Birmingham, […]

    £6

  • Thomas Hardy and His Correspondents

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    Professor Angelique Richardson and Dr Cath Sawyer discuss their work with the University of Exeter’s Hardy's Correspondents project. This presentation will introduce the University of Exeter’s Hardy's Correspondents project, a […]

    £10

  • Literary Lunch with Christopher Nicholson at Crown Inn, Marnhull

    Crown Inn, Marnhull Marnhull

    Christopher Nicholson is the author of several highly-praised works of fiction, including ‘The Elephant Keeper’, which was short-listed for the Costa Novel Prize, and ‘Winter’, a study of Thomas Hardy […]

    £25

  • William Barnes, Robert Young, and the Spirit of Stur

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    “William Barnes, Robert Young and the Spirit of Stur” David Fox shares insights into the past of the town and Vale life as depicted in the poetry and writings of […]

    £8

  • All you need is words- a poetry workshop

    Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

    The workshop is aimed at anyone interested in poetry; a love of poetry is essential. I will focus on alliteration and assonance as a means of making our poems vibrant […]

    £8

  • Adorned by Nature talk by Wolfgang Grulke

    Oborne Village Hall Oborne, Nr Sherborne

    At the evenings gets colder, Oborne Village Hall has invited author Wolfgang Grulke to warm us up with tales of the tropical South Pacific. Wolfgang is well known for his […]

    £10

  • A talk by Richard Spencer Foreign correspondent for The Times

    Digby Hall Hound Street, Sherborne

    A talk by Richard Spencer Foreign correspondent for The Times From Arab Spring to Ukraine Winter Wednesday 12th April 2023 Digby Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne 7:00 for 7:30pm Tickets - […]

    £12.50

  • Ruprt Brooke’s Poetry at Shillingstone Station

    Shillingstone Station St Patricks Industrial Estate, Station Rd, Shillingstone,, Blandford Forum

    Local poet David Caddy will lead a short walk along the North Dorset Trailway and will read poems by Rupert Brooke in the railway carriage at Shillingstone Station. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rupert-brookes-poetry-at-shillingstone-station-tickets-571742726887

    £10

  • The Tennis Champion who Escaped the Nazis

    1855 Building Old Market Cross, Sturminster Newton

    Writer Felice Hardy tells the remarkable story of her grandmother, who escaped the Nazis in WW2 Vienna and played tennis at Wimbledon.

    £8

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