Festival of Words Photos

All the photos from our reading slot at Nottingham Festival of Words (18/10/2014).

Festival of Words: Photos

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Liza Krejci reads her short story, ‘The Last of the Great Mountain Giants’

Last Saturday, readers that included Restless Minds contributors, read at Nottingham Festival of Words. It was a chronological reading, with stories and poems, that started in pre-history and finished at an undetermined point in the future to give this sense of movement through time. It was an exciting and unique opportunity for our readers and we sold our remaining copies of Restless Minds.

Here are some photos to commemorate the day, courtesy of Kristina Adams:

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Liza Krejci

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Rory Waterman, Drew Cross, Sarah Jackson, Kristian Elliott, and Andrew Taylor

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Sarah Jackson reads her poems, ‘Doubles’, ‘Host’, ‘Cinder’, and ‘Kola Superdeep’

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Kristian Elliott reading from his novel, ‘The Enigma of Thornwood’

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Lecturer Andrew Taylor reads his poems ‘Push Bar to Open’ and ‘Set Sail’

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The audience (Photo courtesy of Andrew Taylor)

Check out Nottingham Festival of Words, Facebook and Twitter pages for all the photos and reviews of last weeks events!

Reader Bios:

After many years abroad, Zeynab Allak returned to the UK four years ago and began writing. She is now completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. Her thesis explores how the voice might be described as a traveller and ways in which both travelling and writing are uncanny.

Becky Cullen graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 2013 and has now started an AHRC-funded PhD exploring poetry, time and temporality. Recent poems have been published in The North, The Interpreter’s House and PN Review.

Jo Dixon is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing. In October she began a practice-led PhD in poetry funded by the AHRC. Recently her poems have appeared in New Walk, The Interpreter’s House and Furies: A Poetry Anthology of Women Warriors, published by For Books’ Sake.

Restless Minds Bios:

Drew Cross, Kristian Elliott, Sarah Jackson, Liza KrejciSiân Liddle, Andrew TaylorRory Waterman.