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The Reader Organisation presents
‘Words and Images’ Readers Day
in partnership with The Brindley
Sat 13 June | 9.30pm - 4pm | £20, £15 OAP & Student, £12 Unemployed & LeisureCard | Lunch Included.THE READER ORGANISATION is a charity dedicated to bringing about a
ReadingRevolution
- we are making it possible for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilitiesto enjoy and engage with books on a deep and personal level. Discover your own wayof bringing books to life by visiting our website www.thereader.org.uk where you cansign up to our newsletter and find information about our highly acclaimed
Get into Reading project 
,
Read to Lead training 
, our quarterly magazine
The Reader 
and ourunique programme of reading events.09.30 - 10.00:
Doors open, guests arrive, register - tea and coffee
10.00 - 10.45:
Introduction and panel discussion:
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We all know that first question which comes out of everyone’s lips after going to seean adaptation of a much loved classic in the cinema. Hosted by Jane Davis, Director of TheReader Organisation, guest writers
Clare Allan
and artist
Viv Levy
come together to reflectupon the relationship between words and images, each considering that age-old question ofhow visual art relates and compares to the written word.Sharing their own experiences of films and books, our speakers will recommend filmsthat have been inspired by books and books that have been inspired by films.
 
10.45 - 11.00:
Tea and coffee break 
11.00 - 12.30:
Morning workshops
(choose
one
of the options below):
AM1AM2AM3AM4
Strangepoems forStrange Times
Is it Possible toWrite a Poem AboutAnything?This is a chanceto read a rangeof contemporarypoems with localpoet
Rebecca Goss
,addressing the weirdand the wonderful.In a relaxedatmosphere comeand discuss poemsyou may not haveseen before anddiscover images ofstartling originality.
WritingPhotographs:
Close up, wideangled or slightlyblurred: a poetryworkshopwith
AngelaMacMillan
,where readerswill consider avariety of poemswritten in responseto looking atphotographs;including work byThomas Hardy,Les Murray,Sharon Olds andDouglas Dunn
What happenswhen wordsand picturesget together?
A workshop withwriter
ClareAllan
and artist
Viv Levy
, whoare currentlycollaborating on anovel told by a dog.The sessionoffers a chance toexplore the waysin which text andimage can impacton each other andincludes a first everreading from thework-in-progress.
Pictures inYour Head
A workshop withThe ReaderOrganisation’sDirector
JaneDavis
in which wewill talk about whathappens whenwe read a story.Nothing to read inadvance - Jane willbring a surpriseshort story on theday!12.30 - 1.30:
Lunch
with screen showing of locally produced film in the Studio asfollows:1.00pm: ‘Screen Play’
A Further Stages Film Project
Studio | Free EventFollowing a ten week series of workshops co-ordinated by Arts Development on theart and craft of screen acting which was held at The Brindley at the end of 2008. Agroup of 9 people completed the making of short films written by local writers. All theparticipants of the project are from Halton and most of them are newcomers to eitheracting or scriptwriting.The group is facilitated by professional actors
Louise Nulty
and
Jacqueline Pilton
who also directs pieces alongside Runcorn film-maker
Hayley Evans
. The film scriptsinclude a satirical family situation, the story of a mysterious woman in a mental healthhospital and a 21st century ‘Likely Lads’ tale. Funded and supported by ArtsDevelopment.[24]brindley
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1.30 - 2.00:
Join us in The Reading Cure panel - books on prescription!
2.00 - 2.15
Tea & Coffe Break 
2.15 - 3.45:
Afternoon workshops
(choose
one
of the options below):
PM1PM2PM3PM4
Making a Poem
Join local poet
Rebecca Goss
ina series of wordgames that willlead to you writingyour own poem.The exerciseswill explorespontaneousreactions to avariety of wordsand images,providing thatcreative kick start.No previouswriting experiencenecessary
Wilde, Wordsand Images
Using extractsfrom
The Picture of Dorian Gray 
asits starting point,
Casi Dylan
leadsa workshop thatwill explore thepower of Wildeanimagery, anddiscuss if and howthe author’s literaryaestheticismrelates to ideas ofbeauty, morality,and the tensionbetween the visibleand the hiddenself.
The Languageof Painting
A friendlyexploration with
Mark Till
into therelated realmsof painting andliterature – picturesthat paint athousand words,such as Géricault’s‘Raft of theMedusa’ and VanGogh’s ‘Wheatfieldwith Crows’; andwords that paint athousand pictures,such as Virginia’sWoolf’s
To the Lighthouse 
andSaul Bellow’s
Herzog 
– seekingto answer thequestion, “Which ismightier: the penor the brush?”
Beauty is Truth,Truth Beauty
This workshopwill look at writingthe visual in thecompany of thegreat RomanticJohn Keats andothers. Come anddelight in poeticbeauty with
EllaJolly
in a relaxedand friendlyatmosphere
Is there something troubling you? A friend in a difficult situation? You don’t have tospeak personally, or even factually – feel free to make a problem up - and you don’t have tospeak up, as problems can be written down and posted to the panel in advance if you’d prefer.Books can sometimes help, so give us a try…Problem: “I just feel really lost in life lately - lacking in any direction. I don’t know whatI want out of life and don’t really know who I am. I need a book that will really open my eyesand make me see how I might begin to feel a bit better about myself really”Book recommendation: “Try reading
Daniel Deronda 
by George Eliot - a book that will certainlyfulfil your yearning for direction and take you on a journey of another person’s self-discoveryto boot!”Panel members will aim to answer your problems by recommending novels andpoems which might help.
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