Dorset Museum
Celia Brayfield – Becoming a Writer
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomBecoming a Writer A masterclass for those who are taking their first steps in writing fiction. If you want to start writing, this session will help you to explore your talent and strengthen your skills. With the help of a few short exercises you will learn how to develop a fresh, individual voice, create vivid characters, ... Celia Brayfield – Becoming a Writer
Julian Unthank – How To Be A Screen Writer
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomThe dumbest guy in the Room: How a dyslexic who never read a book until he was twenty-one made a career as a screenwriter. Using examples from his television, feature and short film work, Julian will examine the few highs and many humorous lows of his career as a professional screenwriter. Julian Unthank is the ... Julian Unthank – How To Be A Screen Writer
Cathy Rentzenbrink – Write It All Down
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomWhy do we want to write and what stops us?How does the urge to express ourselves fight with the worry that no-one will care or that we will get in trouble?How do we identify and overcome everything that gets in our way so we can start making work? Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you ... Cathy Rentzenbrink – Write It All Down
Angus Waycott – How to Self Publish Your Book
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomThe Winterborne Journey Angus Waycott is an author and narrator whose work has appeared in the UK, USA and elsewhere. During 15 years in Japan he wrote books about daily life and travel to remote areas, and was the voice of TV news, documentaries and characters in anime and video game productions. He has also ... Angus Waycott – How to Self Publish Your Book
Poetry Slam with Angie Porter
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomAn open mic event for local writers and poets. Join us to hear up to twenty poets and writers read and perform their work. To sign up to participate at this event please contact us directly via [email protected] or just come along listen and enjoy a glass of wine. Angie Porter is a local poet, ... Poetry Slam with Angie Porter
Anna Kent – Frontline Midwife
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomAnna Kent has delivered babies in war zones, caring for the most vulnerable women in the most vulnerable places in the world. At twenty-six years old, not yet a fully-trained midwife, she delivered a baby in a tropical storm by the light of a headtorch; the following year, she would be responsible for the female ... Anna Kent – Frontline Midwife
Joanna Quinn – The Whalebone Theatre
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomA ravishing coming-of-age story set in the shadow of an oncoming war, The Whalebone Theatre fizzes with invention and compassion as an 'unmarriageable' girl elects to defy convention and find her own path through life. “Maudie, why are all the best characters men?”Maudie closes the book with a clllump. “We haven’t read all the books yet, Miss ... Joanna Quinn – The Whalebone Theatre
Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC – Unlawful Killings
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomDetailing six high profile murder and manslaughter cases over which they have presided, an Old Bailey judge reveals the inner workings of a crown court and how we should all be invested in the judicial process that transforms so many ordinary lives. Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims ... Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC – Unlawful Killings
Peter Hart – Footsloggers
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomThe Ben Shephard Memorial Lecture An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939 The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to ... Peter Hart – Footsloggers
Damien Lewis – SAS Great Escapes II
Dorset Museum High West Street, Dorchester, United KingdomMillion-copy bestselling author Damien Lewis has established himself as one of the most popular WWII historians, and this book builds on the success of SAS Great Escapes which has sold ... Damien Lewis – SAS Great Escapes II