Previous years:
A Fascinating evening of local history and reminiscences on film, CD and in person presented by rural media charity Trilith and Mere Museum's Oral History Project
A very popular and humorous talk by Nick Thomas, a long-standing scriptwriter for Radio 2's award-winning News Huddlines and Radio 4's Week Ending.
Nick Thomas presents a talk with readings on the life of Patrick Cambell, the 'Call My Bluff' star and witty writer
Grand Concert of Words and Music Featuring local artists and Mere Amateur Dramatic Society Juniors
Showcasing the poems short-listed in this year's competition and you vote for
your favourite.
Geoffrey Pogson sings his settings of two previous award winners
Children's workshop with Moira Clark
Writers' Workshop with Moira Clark
With Mick Leigh on tour from Australia
Adapted and presented by Raymond Sargent
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Dawn Gorman is a poet, short story writer and journalist. Her first poetry collection 'Looking for Gods', was published to great acclaim in 1998, and a further collection is imminent. She has won numerous competitions and awards, including the Wiltshire Libraries poetry competition in 1998. Her work has been widely published in poetry journals and anthologies, and broadcast on radio. Dawn has made several appearances at the Bath Literature Festival and is a member of the Dandelion Poets, a professional poetry performance group who have performed at many literature festivals in the south-west. She also runs Words and Ears, a popular poems and pints event held quarterly at the Dandy Lion pub, Bradford-on-Avon.