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REVIEW: Creating Coraline with Mark Shapiro @ Seven Stories

Posted on 26 November 2014 by Laura Brewis

Newcastle Upon Tyne 18th November 2014 More information on Seven Stories events at their website REVIEW BY: MAXINE DAVIES Mark Shapiro is Head of Entertainment and Brand Marketing at Oregon-based LAIKA, the studio responsible for this year’s stop-motion hit, The … Continue reading →

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PREVIEW: Books on Tyne Festival

Posted on 22 November 2014 by Laura Brewis

24th November-30th November 2014 More information on the Books on Tyne website Preview by: Angus Kirk After last year’s festival proved a success, the Books on Tyne Literary Festival will return this year with a bigger and better programme of … Continue reading →

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PREVIEW: Creating Coraline with Mark Shapiro @ Seven Stories

Posted on 12 November 2014 by Laura Brewis

Newcastle 18th November 2014, 6pm-7pm More information on the Seven Stories website PREVIEW: MAXINE DAVIES Fans of animation should head down to Seven Stories on Tuesday 18th November 2014 to join In Conversation  with Mark Shapiro, Head of Entertainment and … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Kate Tempest @ Durham Book Festival

Posted on 27 October 2014 by Laura Brewis

Gala Theatre, Durham October 17th 2014 Review by: Jen Szandrowska There’s something to be said for artists who are born to perform and from the moment Kate Tempest steps on stage, it is perfectly clear that she is not one of these … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: James Dawson: This Event Is Gay

Posted on 25 October 2014 by Laura Brewis

Seven Stories, Newcastle 14th October, 6-8pm More information on the event from the Seven Stories website Review by: Sophie Baines This Event Is Gay was a small ‘promotional’ event for James Dawson’s non-fiction book This Book Is Gay, set in … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Laura Bates, ‘Everyday Sexism’ @ Durham Book Festival

Posted on 25 October 2014 by Laura Brewis

Durham Town Hall 11th October 2014 Review by: Emily Park As Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism talk came to an end, an elderly audience member asked whether it had saddened me. Despite the stranger’s certainty that “it should have done,” the … Continue reading →

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PREVIEW: Kate Tempest: Hold Your Own @ Durham Book Festival

Posted on 14 October 2014 by Laura Brewis

Gala Theatre, Durham 17th November 2014 More Information on Kate Tempest at Durham Book Festival Preview by: Bethany Calverley Kate Tempest is the shooting star of the spoken word  world. She’s turning heads by merging traditional poetic forms with the … Continue reading →

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Tea and Cake Planet

Posted on 7 July 2014 by Laura Brewis

The Boiler Shop, Newcastle 28-29 June 2014 http://www.theboilershopsteamer.com/ EVENT REVIEW: MARIA TANG Arriving on Saturday morning, I reach the Boiler Shop to be immediately greeted by two men in crocheted beard-eyebrow-hat combos with a trumpet and tuba, who present me … Continue reading →

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