OTS 2010
Off the Shelf festival of Writing and Reading

Welcome to Off the Shelf 2010

Sheffield's Annual Celebration of Writing and Reading

9 October - 30 October 2010

All events


Title

Thu 26/08/2010 clock
What’s Tha Up To? with Martyn Johnson 11am
Wed 15/09/2010 clock
Storying Live! 1pm-5pm
Mon 04/10/2010 clock
Have a Go at Haiku Competition
Work by Young Writers Exhibition 4-30 October
Exploring Slavery Exhibition 4 - 30 October
Wed 06/10/2010 clock
The Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition
Fri 08/10/2010 clock
iceandfire Theatre Company present On a Clear Day You Can See Dover 7.45pm
Sat 09/10/2010 clock
Home, Sweet Home 10.30am-12.30pm
Workshop for Creating Community History 12noon-3pm
History Quest Workshop with Andy Messer 2pm
Val McDermid 2pm
The Woman Who Saved the Children 3pm
The Word Tent 9.30am-5.30pm
‘Scars’ Exhibition 9 - 30 October Mon-Fri 8.45am-5.30pm
Sun 10/10/2010 clock
Picnic of Words: Mothers & Daughters 12noon-4pm
Into Africa with Tim Butcher 3pm
Stop, Listen and Leap with Nina Boyd, River Wolton and the Top Shelalas 7.30pm
Now Then and Word Life Presents: Off The Shelf Opening Party 7pm
Mon 11/10/2010 clock
What’s Tha Up To? with Martyn Johnson 11am
Women’s Voices Book Launch 1pm
Scars - Exhibition Opening 5pm – 7pm
‘Scars’ - Exhibition Opening 5pm-7pm
Meet the Author Stephen Booth 6pm
Alex’s Adventure’s in Numberland with Alex Bellos 6pm
Young Mandela with David James Smith 7pm
The Mirror of Gesture: Sanskrit Reading and Indian Dance Workshop 7pm
Tue 12/10/2010 clock
Secrets-On-The-Sea Exhibition 12 - 23 October
Qwidget - Want to get your fiction published? 3-5pm
The Poet Factor 7.30pm
Take Three Poets 7.30pm-9.30pm
David Peace 7pm
Wed 13/10/2010 clock
Write Down Your Street (Initial Workshop) 1-3pm
The Sheffield Blitz with Suzanne Bingham 10.30am
Sources for Family History with Michael Spick 10am
Death, Diseases and Concepts of Hygiene in Victorian Sheffield with Suzanne Bingham 2pm
Writing Poetry Workshop with Mandy Coe 5.30-7.30pm
Jenny Eclair 7pm
Simon Armitage, Ann Sansom and Peter Sansom 7pm
Thu 14/10/2010 clock
Write Down Your Street (Initial Workshop) 7-9pm
Why We Love Crime with James McCreet 7.30pm
An Evening with Tony Benn 7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
William Nicholson and Elizabeth Noble 7pm
Fri 15/10/2010 clock
Some Sheffield Characters with Marion Haywood 10.30am
What the Ladybird Heard with Lydia Monks 5pm
Village Teacher with Jack Sheffield 6pm
Donavan Christopher – Rappaman 7pm
Sat 16/10/2010 clock
Qwidget - What’s right for Writers? 1-3pm
Book Binding Workshop with Heather Dewick 10am-4pm
Sheffield Readers' Day 2010 10am-4pm- registration from 9.30am
Gardening in Yorkshire with Joe Maiden 2pm
Open Your Eyes 2pm-4pm
Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) 3pm
Jon McGregor 3pm
Sun 17/10/2010 clock
War Horse - The Concert 3pm
A Personal Geography of Injustice with Daniel Dorling and Carl Lee 7pm
Mon 18/10/2010 clock
The Sheffield Flood with Suzanne Bingham 2pm
Neil’s War with Neil Murphy 2pm
Feminism 40 Years On 7.15pm-9:15pm
Sheffield Literary Salon 7.30-11.45pm
Conor Cunningham 7.30pm
Fatima Bhutto - Songs of Blood and Sword 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Reading Other People’s Mail - A Talk on Letter Writing by Frances Wilson 7pm
Tue 19/10/2010 clock
Artrovert - An Exhibition of Artists’ Books
All about Qwidget 10am-12noon
Meet the Author Michele Lockwood-Edwards 6pm
Walter Tull, 1888 - 1918: Officer, Footballer with Phil Vasili 7.30pm
The Circus of Poets - Re-United! 7.30pm
When Black is Red - Jackie Kay and Seni Seneviratne 7pm
Abbeydale Writers Launch 8pm
Wed 20/10/2010 clock
It was On The Front Page with Michael Spick 10.30am
Meet the Author Michele Lockwood-Edwards 2pm
Hidden Histories 7.30pm
Signposts and Word Life present; Verbalized - UK Tour of South African and British Poets 7pm
Audrey Niffenegger 7pm
Young Writers Open Mic, Competition Winners and Anthology Launch Night 7pm
Thu 21/10/2010 clock
The Big Book Quiz 2pm
Sheffield Stories 7.30pm
Pascale Petit - Poems After Frida Kahlo 7pm
Eating for Britain - A Themed Dinner with Simon Majumdar 7pm (doors 6.30pm)
Fri 22/10/2010 clock
The Making of Black Diamonds with Martyn Johnson 11am
Storytelling with Shonaleigh 2pm
Stories of the Rutland Arms 7.30pm-9.30pm
Thinking of You: Letters and Biography - A Talk by Hermione Lee 7pm
New Writing of Broomspring Writers Group 7pm-8.30pm
Linda Lee Welch with Animat and Neelam Madden present The Woods 8pm
Holm - The Word Train 8pm-10pm
Sat 23/10/2010 clock
Poetry Business Writing Day Workshop 10.15-4pm
Jonathan Coe and Joe Moran 1pm
Stories of Everyday Life – Writing Micro-Fiction Workshop with Matt Black 2pm-4pm
The Colour Papers 7.30pm
Seventies Night 8pm-1pm
Sun 24/10/2010 clock
The Word Birds - Poetry Showcase 2pm
Masterclass with John McAuliffe 3.45pm-6pm
Yvonne Green, John McAuliffe, Allison McVety 7.30pm
Peter Machan on Sheffield in Verse and Song 7pm-9pm
Mon 25/10/2010 clock
Meet the Author Stephen Booth 10am
Greetings in Different Languages 2pm-5pm
Least but Not Least: The Index 6pm-7.30pm
Politics, Greed and Inequality - Why We Need a Fair Society - A talk with Will Hutton 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
An Evening with Owen Sheers 7.30pm-9.30pm
In the Footsteps of Miss Florence Nightingale with Hugh Small and Professor Bruce Collins 7pm
Caryl Phillips 7pm
Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell 8pm (doors 7.30pm)
Tue 26/10/2010 clock
Comic Works (A two day workshop) 10am-3.30pm
Manga Drawing Workshop with Emma Vieceli 2.30pm
Victorian Living Conditions in Sheffield with Andy Messer 2pm
Meet the Author Sarah Freeman 2pm
Tuesday Evening with the Tuesday Poets 6.30pm-10.30pm
Inside the Industry with Emma Vieceli 6pm
Anthologies, anthologies 7.30pm-9.30pm
Fire Balloons: The Letters of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell - A Talk by Paul Muldoon 7pm
Wed 27/10/2010 clock
The Football Reading Game with Tom Palmer 1.30pm
All about Qwidget 2-4pm
A Masala-Mix of Stories and Poems with Debjani Chatterjee 2pm
The Football Reading Game with Tom Palmer 4pm
Doctor Who with Daniel Blythe 6pm
A Poetry Reading by Paul Muldoon 7pm
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination with Alexandra Harris 7pm
Thu 28/10/2010 clock
Some Sheffield Characters with Marion Haywood 10.30am
Victorian Crime and Punishment with Andy Messer 2pm
Decorating Paper the Traditional Way 2pm
Alastair Campbell 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Matt Brooker 7pm
Malorie Blackman 7pm
Fri 29/10/2010 clock
Scabbajack with Peter J Murray 11am
Scabbajack with Peter J Murray 2pm
Lesley Glaister and Michelle Paver 7.30pm
Ann Atkinson, Paul Mills, Jane Routh 7.30pm
Sat 30/10/2010 clock
The Sign with Olli Show 1.30pm
Romeo and Juliet - eBook Launch 10.30am
Chinese Legends and Tales 11am-1pm
Bookswap 11am-4pm
Cornucopia Live! 11am-4pm
The Sign with Olli Show 2.30pm
Sun 31/10/2010 clock
The Fugitives 7.30pm
Mon 01/11/2010 clock
Written Large with Marina Lewycka 1.30pm
Tue 16/11/2010 clock
Whizz along with Winnie and Korky Paul Schools Event 11am
Whizz along with Winnie and Korky Paul Schools Event 1pm
Tue 23/11/2010 clock
The A-Z of Rony- 26 years of BBC broadcasting without a mistake! 7pm
 

Welcome to Off the Shelf - Sheffield's annual celebration of writing and reading.  This year's Festival will once again offer an exciting programme of events including readings, workshops, walks, talks, exhibitions and competitions, poetry, a series of events for children and young people and more.

Programming is underway and already includes events with Adisa, Tony Benn, Margaret Drabble, Sarah Dunant, Peter Hook, Stuart Maconie, Michael Mansfield, Hilary Mantel, Jacob Polley, Arthur Smith.

Watch out for the full programme information which will be posted by 4 September.  For regular updates or to give us ideas or feedback please join the e-list from the link below.

All tickets for events go on sale on 6th September.

A downloadable PDF version of the Off the Shelf 2010 programme will be available from 6th September

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Off the Shelf is organised by the Culture Department of Sheffield City Council.

 

Rhyme and Reason

Rhyme and Reason - Specialists in children's books will provide bookstalls at all events during the Festival.

If you are unable to attend an event in person, Rhyme and Reason can organise for signed copies to be reserved. Please e-mail or tel. 0114 266 1950 for information.

e-mail enquiries@rhyme-reason.co.uk

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