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Music Making Workshop

Dorset Carers Hub 48 South Street, Dorchester

Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. This workshop introduces you to different instruments and by collaborating with the other class members, you will be making music and rhythm together. This is led by David Squirrell, a fine Dorset based […]

Free

Heidi Perks at Sturminster Newton Literary Festival

Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

Heidi Perks is a Bournemouth-based bestselling author of four novels and will be talking about her latest impossible-to-put-down thriller, The Whispers. Heidi’s debut novel, Now You See Her, was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick which twice reached the Sunday Times bestseller list and has also been optioned for TV from the production company […]

£6

Afternoon Tea with Sally Page at The Stur of the Moment

The Stur of the Moment Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

A literary afternoon tea. Bestselling author Sally Page will be in discussion with Matt Billingsley at The Stur of the Moment. Afternoon tea is included. Gillingham author Sally Page's debut novel, The Keeper of Stories, has been described as the most charming and uplifting novel you will read this year. In her debut novel, The […]

£18

Intro to Linoprinting Workshop

Gillingham Library Chantry Fields, Gillingham

Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session on learning lino printmaking. All materials to be provided and you can take you prints home. Artist Tara Harland Vinney will show you how to cut into lino, print and enjoy […]

Free

Intro to Linoprinting Workshop

Gillingham Library Chantry Fields, Gillingham

Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session on learning lino printmaking. All materials to be provided and you can take you prints home. Artist Tara Harland Vinney will show you how to cut into lino, print and enjoy […]

Free

Bound for Newfoundland

Zoom

Jim Case from Newfoundland, Canada will be joining Sturminster Newton Literary Festival for this special talk via Zoom on 8 June 2022. The Sturminster Newton Museum and Mill Society have just received a £14,000 grant to research the town's connections with Swanskin and Newfoundland. Jim Case is from Newfoundland, Canada and discusses his connections with […]

Literary Lunch with Minette Walters at Crown Inn, Marnhull

Crown Inn, Marnhull Marnhull

At a literary lunch, special guest Minette Walters will talk about The Swift and the Harrier, her historical novel on the horrors of the Civil War in Dorset, and will be in conversation with Donald Nordberg. The Swift and the Harrier is a sweeping tale of adventure and loss, sacrifice and love, with a unique […]

£25

In Conversation with Karen Dickson

Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

Karen Dickson discusses her bestselling books and historical romance writing. Karen Dickson lives in Dorset and used to work at her local branch of WHSmith, where she was fondly known as The Book Lady. Karen is the author of three novels and the third, A Songbird in Wartime, was shortlisted for an award by the […]

£6

Movement and Dance Workshop

Beacon Room St Mary's Church, Ferndown

Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session to help you to enjoy movement and dance, led by dance workshop leader Anna Golding who specialises in working with people who are new to dance and movement, as well as […]

Free

Singing Workshop

Beacon Room St Mary's Church, Ferndown

Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and have a sing- a long, taught by singing teacher Sammy Hurden.

Free

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Halstock Village Hall Halstock

As in the Bard’s day, Festival Players tour as an all-male troupe of skilled professional actors. Supported by their patron, Dame Judi Dench, the company has a growing international reputation for presenting the very best in open-air Shakespeare and are committed to providing accessible and enjoyable performances for all. This summer, Festival Players invites you […]

£8 – £18

Natasha Solomons in Conversation

The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

Best-selling novelist and screenwriter Natasha Solomons will be discussing her dazzling new novel, I, Mona Lisa, with Sherborne novelist Lulu Taylor. This is a great opportunity to hear Natasha reveal how she came to write this wonderful book and the research she carried out to bring the Mona Lisa to life. “You’ve seen my smile, […]

£8