GREAT READING ADVENTURE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

5 January to 25 March 2006

DETAILS AS AT 5 JANUARY 2006

Date / Location / Info / Contact
8 January / Curzon Cinema, Clevedon / Screening of Around the World in Eighty Days starring David Niven. Fogg and Passpartout will arrive in vintage car around 1.30pm for 2pm screening. The audience is invited to arrive in Victorian costume to add to the occasion. / David Moger at Nailsea Library, tel 01275 854583, email
20 January / Yate Library / Around the World in 80 Questions. Family quiz night. Starts 7.30pm. / Yate Library 01454 865661
28 January / Bradley Stoke Library / Same, Same But Different Theatre Company present: The Epic Story of Rama and Sita. Starts 11.00am. / Bradley Stoke Library 01454 865723
16 February / Sherborne Library in the afternoon and at Dorchester Library early evening. / Award winning Children’s author Jamila Gavin will talk about her childhood travels and their impact on her writing. Indian snacks will be served at Dorchester (supported by Rajpoot) and henna hand painting may be arranged. / Sharon Kirkpatrick
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23 February- 18 March / Bristol Old Vic Studio / New stage version of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Daysadapted by Toby Hulse. Aimed at audiences 7+. The production promises to be an action-packed adventure full of ingenious twists and turns! / Telephone booking: 0117 987 7877. Full information including on-line booking is available on the Bristol Old Vic website
9 March / Dorchester / Helium filled balloons with World Book Day postcards attached will carry messages of children’s book recommendations from Dorchester / Sharon Kirkpatrick
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11 March / Digby Hall, Sherborne / “Creating a Traveller’s Tale” A day long workshop with award –winning Dorset author Rory Maclean (Stalin’ Nose, Under the Dragon, Magic Bus) which addresses the creative and practical challenges facing both aspiring and established travel writers today. / Sharon Kirkpatrick
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11 March / Weymouth Library 10-12
Christchurch Library 2-4 / Travel around the County with the Sisters Grim: storytelling event with the Grimaldi Sisters for the under 5’s / Sharon Kirkpatrick
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13 March / Highcliffe Library10-12
Wimborne Library 2-4 / Travel around the County with the Sisters Grim: storytelling event with the Grimaldi Sisters for the under 5’s / Sharon Kirkpatrick
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14 March / Gillingham Library 11-1
Bridport Library 3-5 / Travel around the County with the Sisters Grim: storytelling event with the Grimaldi Sisters for the under 5’s / Sharon Kirkpatrick
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