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Rucksack of Rhymes & Summer Lakebed activities

The Old Courthouse Main Street, Shap, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Indoor session at The Old Courthouse, Shap (please use Playgroup rear entrance) Open to pre-school and KS1 children with parents/carers (older siblings welcome) Free session Click here for more

‘A Miscellany of Words – sung and spoken’

Library Room - The Old Courthouse Main Street, Shap, United Kingdom

Music from singer, songwriter Penny Grennan Poetry from members of the Wordsworth Trust Writing Group at The Old Courthouse Admission £5 - payable on the door - book here  Doors open 6:45pm. Teas/Coffees available during the interval or BYOB

£5

The Writing Life of Dorothy Wordsworth ; letters, travel writing, journals and poetry

Library Room - The Old Courthouse Main Street, Shap, United Kingdom

Susan Allen presents The Writing Life of Dorothy Wordsworth ; letters, travel writing, journals and poetry Susan will have books and facsimile letters available to view. Shap Local History Society  Open meeting at The Old Courthouse. Admission:  SLHS members £1.50    Visitors  £3.50   All welcome – we hope some of you will be able to come along and support this evening.  

White Ghosts: an evening of poetry with Katie Hale

Library Room - The Old Courthouse Main Street, Shap, United Kingdom

In this event, Katie will talk about the research process, and read poems from her new book White Ghosts, which explores this difficult family history. The reading will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.