People & Places: Review of The Geography of Me
Review of Yorkshire Festival of Story event The Geography of Me by Rose Condo on 14th August 2020. Reviewed by Gill O’Donnell for The Craven Herald and Pioneer. In a year when the majority of the population have been unable to travel any further than the end of their garden or the local park, it […]
Yorkshire’s Legendary Writer
An Interview with Joanne Harris MBE One of the delights of this year’s Yorkshire Festival of Story is world renowned, Yorkshire author Joanne Harris (best known for the award-winning novel Chocolat) who is not only a speaker at this year’s Yorkshire Festival of Story, but Festival guest director, too. Joanne’s books are now published in […]
A summer holiday at home
Lockdown has prevented many of us from going on holiday this summer, but it hasn’t stopped artist Rose Condo from travelling in her imagination. She has used her love of maps and travelling to create her spoken word show, ‘The Geography of Me’. So if you’ve missed going abroad this year, Rose’s show could be […]
Environmental connections – Q & A with Sarah Smout
As society starts to take climate change more and more seriously, spoken word artist and musican Sarah Smouts work is more urgent than ever. Sarah performed at The Joinery in late August. Sarah is a young, local artist from Craven. She performs around the world but rarely on home turf. We caught up with her […]