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<title>Read Regional RSS feed</title><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html</link><description>Latest Read Regional news</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2009</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-07-28T17:28:45+01:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:32:12 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title>Live from Hexham</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-07-28T17:28:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Read Regional team flanking poet Linda France at Hexham Farmers' Market this Saturday]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Live from Tynemouth</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-06-24T10:51:11+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Read Regional stall at Longsands Beach, Tynemouth (next to Crusoes Caf&eacute;) at about 10.30am on 24 June.   Come down and say hello if you're in the area!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Monument moments</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-06-07T11:34:25+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Photos by Simon Veit-Wilson | <a href="http://www.veit-wilson.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.veit-wilson.co.uk</a> ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Monument Metro takeover</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-28T12:09:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Commuters passing through Newcastle&rsquo;s Monument Metro station on Friday 4 June will be encouraged to take five minutes out from their busy day by relaxing with a good book as the ticket hall is transformed into a beach reading haven.   Between 7.30am and 11am, the station will be adorned with deckchairs, banners and well-stocked bookshelves to launch this year&rsquo;s Read Regional campaign, which is intended to get people reading books by regional authors.   Free copies of the books being promoted by the campaign will be handed out to commuters and some of the writers will also be on hand to join in the fun.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>News update</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-26T12:07:37+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Graham Pears' event in Hartlepool Central Library last Thursday (20 May) went very well, with over 40 people turning out to hear him read from *The Myth of Justice*, featuring Newcastle detective Jet (aka Francis Whittle).


The next library event in this year's Read Regional calendar is on Monday 7 June, when Janette Jenkins will be reading from her novel, *The Angel of Brooklyn*, a captivating trans-Atlantic love story set in the run-up to the First World War.   You can get full details of the event, which is at Newcastle's West End library, on our Events page.


We're also planning the press launch for Read Regional, which will take place on Friday 4 June during the morning rush hour at Newcastle's Monument Metro station.   We'll be there giving out copies of the Read Regional *Journal* supplement with exclusive interviews with all the authors (as well as free books to a lucky few), and several of the writers will be dropping by too. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>First steps 2010</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-12T12:04:34+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Read Regional is gathering pace with our preview launch at Hexham Book Festival on 29 April and our first author event taking place in Thornaby Central Library on Wednesday 5 May.


...It was great to see all the writers together, bar Kachi Ozumba who, poor soul, had had a crisis with a tooth and had to dash off for an emergency appointment. ...  I can&rsquo;t think of many better ways to spend an afternoon than listening to poetry and this was no exception; as I listened I felt elated that we had chosen such talented writers to be part of the campaign. 

...On Wednesday I travelled to Thornaby Library to hear Bob Beagrie read as part of the joint Read Regional and Apples and Snakes event.   The event was to celebrate the residencies that Apples and Snakes have pioneered under the title of &lsquo;My Place or Yours&rsquo;, but Claire Morgan, co-ordinator of Apples and Snakes, is a supporter of Read Regional and wanted us to partner the event, so Bob was joined by two performance poets, Mike Edwards and Emma McGordon. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Read Regional 2010</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-02T11:38:13+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This year we have expanded Read Regional to include poetry as well as fiction, to give the campaign a fresh new feel that includes a style for every taste.


...Bob Beagrie&rsquo;s *The Seer Sung Husband* is an epic narrative poem that looks at the pilgrimage of Grace through the personal story of Mother Shipton, the North East&rsquo;s famous soothsayer, whose story is narrated by her husband, Tobias. 

...In Carolyn Jess-Cooke&rsquo;s first collection, *Inroads*, we discover an eclectic mix of poems, ranging in subjects from the exhaustion of a young mother to characters in ancient myths being forced to confront Facebook. 

...*Angel of Brooklyn* by Janette Jenkins is set during World War I and features an exotic stranger coming to a small rural community in Lancashire. 

...*The Shadow of a Smile* by Kachi Ozumba follows the story of a young student who through no fault of his own is falsely imprisoned in the horror of a Nigerian prison. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Read our supplement today</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-07T09:07:29+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Buy *The Journal* newspaper today and you can read our special Read Regional supplement which will be given away free in the paper.   The supplement will be distributed to 30,000 people via the newspaper and 10,000 copies will also be delivered to libraries and other cultural venues over the next few weeks.   Inside you can read interviews with each of the eight authors and hear from some of the North East&rsquo;s keen readers on where and what they read. 


[www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/read-regional](http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/read-regional)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Read Regional 2010 preview</title><dc:creator>john@newwritingnorth.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-03-29T21:29:24+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.readregional.com/index.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[***Queen&rsquo;s Hall, Hexham: Thursday 29 April, 4.30pm***<br>


Join New Writing North at Hexham Book Festival for a preview of the 2010 Read Regional campaign.   Find out which eight books by local authors we&rsquo;ll be promoting this summer and meet the participating writers.   With readings from four wonderful North East poets: Linda France, Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Cynthia Fuller and Bob Beagrie.   Admission free.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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