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Off the Shelf
Festival of Words Sheffield
12 October - 2 November 2013
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
Support and resources for people who write
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Introduction
Welcome to Off the Shelf Festival of Words, now in its 22nd year and one of the
highlights of the city’s events calendar. If you love words and are looking for a diverse
and exciting programme of events, including some of the best known names in
literature and media, look no further.
We are delighted that we have our first female guest curator this year - writer Jackie Kay.
Jackie’s poem, commissioned last year for the Kick it Out anti-racism campaign, can now be
seen permanently at Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane ground.
We are very grateful to Platinum Sponsor Civica and Arts Council England and to all our
supporters and sponsors for their fantastic support. We would also like to thank our
audiences - over 25,000 people attended the festival last year and we hope to welcome even
more of you this year. Enjoy….
Cllr Isobel Bowler
Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport and Leisure
Off the Shelf is organised by Sheffield City
Council’s Major Events Service.
For further information about Off the Shelf
please contact:
Off the Shelf Festival of Words, Sheffield City
Council, Room 311, Town Hall, Pinstone Street,
Sheffield S1 2HH
Telephone: 0114 273 4716/273 4400
e-mail: offtheshelf@sheffield.gov.uk
Website: www.offtheshelf.org.uk
Off the Shelf Festival of Words
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There will be live Twitter feeds from selected
events.
Large Print and CD copies of the Festival
brochure are available from the Central Library,
Community Libraries, and on request by
telephoning 0114 273 4400.
The Ulverscroft Foundation has
generously supported the large
print version of the brochure.
Braille: Please contact the Festival office on
0114 273 4400 if a Braille copy of the
brochure is required
Head of City Centre Management & Major Events
Service: Richard Eyre
Festival Managers: Maria de Souza, Su Walker,
Lesley Webster
Service Support Officer: Michelle Taylor-Steer
Festival Assistant: Erika Larsson-Fowler
Paul Billington
Director Culture and Environment
Library Events: Events in Libraries have been
organised by Sheffield Libraries Archives and
Information - Alex Holyoake, Joanne Parkes,
Dan Marshall, Wendy Hudson, Sandra Goacher
Brochure Cover Image: © Matt Sewell
Brochure Design: Sheffield City Council,
Communications Services
Festival Bookseller: Rhyme and Reason
Festival Website: Marketing Sheffield
We would like to thank The Arena Ticket Shop
for providing a one stop box office outlet and
for their generous support of the festival.
Thank you to our sponsors, partners,
supporters, volunteers, publishers and others
who have help in the planning and support of
the festival.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the
programme details are correct. However,
Sheffield City Council cannot accept
responsibility for any inaccuracies, omissions
and consequences arising there from.
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Events
Workshops
Events for Children and Young People
Events for Schools
Exhibitions
Competitions
Booking Information
Diary of Events
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How to Book Your Tickets
Tickets for all events - including those at Showroom Cinema and University of Sheffield
Student’s Union, unless otherwise stated, can be purchased through our one stop box
office at The Arena Ticket Shop as well as from Sheffield Theatres Box Office and City
Hall Box Office. Tickets can be purchased on line, by telephone or in person.
Showroom Cinema and University of Sheffield Students’ Union Box Office can only sell
tickets for events taking place at their own venues. Tickets for events organised by
community and partner organisations are available as specified with individual event
information in the brochure.
Please see page 46 for full information on how to book tickets.
Please telephone 0114 273 4400 with any queries.
Lynda La Plante
Mon 9 Sept
7pm Q
Lynda La Plante
Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, S1
Tickets £8.50/£7 (cons)
Lynda La Plante has created some of the best
known crime dramas on television, including
Widows, Trial and Retribution, Above Suspicion and
Prime Suspect. She has won many awards for her
work including the Dennis Potter Writers Award
presented by BAFTA, was inducted into the Crime
Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009 and was
awarded an honorary fellowship into the Forensic
Science Society in 2013. Lynda has written
numerous crime books, all international
bestsellers, the latest of which is Wrongful Death.
Join her as she discusses her incredible body of
work.
In collaboration with Showroom Cinema
Sponsored by The Star
– Gold Sponsor
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Sat 21 Sept
Sun 22 Sept
3pm
2pm
James Morton – Brilliant Bread
Food Festival Marquee, Fargate, S1
Admission free. No need to book
(places subject to availability)
James Morton’s Fairisle jumpers and eccentric
showstoppers won viewers’ hearts in the 2012
season of Great British Bake Off. But this creative
Scottish medical student’s real passion is breadmaking.
He is fascinated by the science of it, the taste of it,
the making of it. And in his book Brilliant Bread he
communicates that passion to everyone. Come and
watch him bake and share tips on how you can get
the best from your baking.
Fri 27 Sept
8pm Q
The Words & Things Radio Show
Jurys Inn, Eyre Street, S1
Admission free. Suitable for 16 years and over
Words & Things is a voluntary group with a
passion for presenting creative media from the
local community. Words from this event will be
podcast from 2 November. at
www.wordsandthings.co.uk
A community event
Rhyme and Reason
In collaboration with The Food Festival and
Sheffield Hallam University
Fri 27 Sept
6.15pm Q
Ziggyology with Simon Goddard
Electric Works, Sheffield Digital Campus,
Sheaf Street, S1
Tickets £6.50/£5 (cons) http://ziggyology.eventbrite.co.uk
He remains the greatest invention in the history of
pop music. Ziggy Stardust, the glam rock alien
messiah, transformed David Bowie into an
international superstar, one who would change the
face of music forever.
Ziggyology is the first book dedicated to Bowie’s
best-loved and most influential creation.
A work of supreme pop archaeology by music
journalist Simon Goddard and aligning with
Bowie’s headline-making comeback of 2013 and a
major retrospective exhibition at the V&A. Part
evolutionary detective story, part glam rock gospel,
Ziggyology - the book that fell to Earth - comes as
the ultimate, star-spangled salute to his, and his
creator’s, enduring brilliance.
In collaboration with Sensoria
Bookseller to the Festival
Rhyme & Reason, Sheffield’s independent
book shop at Hunter’s Bar, is again
providing book stalls at most Off the Shelf
Festival events. Book stalls will normally
open half an hour before the start of
events as well as afterwards.
Authors will be available to sign copies of
their books at the end of their events. A book
signed by the author makes a special gift, so
please take the opportunity to do some
Christmas shopping.
Special offers will be available on many
titles. Book stalls can accept payment in
cash or by cheque. Books by festival authors
will also be on display at Rhyme & Reason
from September.
Rhyme & Reason, 681 Ecclesall Road,
Sheffield S11 8TG Tel 0114 266 1950
email: enquiries@rhyme-reason.co.uk
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10am – 3pm Q
Q Sat 5 Oct
Off the Shelf on the Road at Rotherham
Off the Shelf Book of the Festival
The Universe vs Alex Woods by
Gavin Extence
The Universe vs Alex Woods is one of the most talked
about, best-selling debuts this year.
Teenager Alex Woods knows his life is not
conventional. He knows growing up with a
clairvoyant single mother won’t endear him to the
local bullies.
He knows that improbable events can happen – he
is the second person ever to be injured by a direct
hit from a meteorite. What he doesn’t know yet is
that when he meets reclusive widower. Mr
Peterson, he’ll make an unlikely friend. Someone
who tells him you have to make the best possible
choices in life. So when Alex is stopped at Dover
customs with an urn full of ashes on the passenger
seat he’s fairly sure he’s done the right thing.
You can meet Gavin Extence at readers’ group
style events on the dates below. Places for events
must be booked at the numbers below
Mon 7 Oct
Highfield Library, London Road, S2
Tel. 0114 203 7204
6 – 7pm
Mon 14 Oct
Greenhill Library, Hemper Lane, S8
Tel. 0114 203 7700
10 – 11am
Mon 14 Oct
3 – 4pm
Interactive conversation with the author via
Qwidjit –
www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/readingroom/chat
Mon 14 Oct
6 – 7pm
Upperthorpe Library, 18 Upperthorpe, S6
Tel. 0114 270 2048
Wed 30 Oct
7.30pm
The Fusion, University of Sheffield Students’
Union, Western Bank, S10
Tickets £6/£4 (cons)/£3 (University Students)
This large scale meet the author event will give
you the chance to hear Gavin talk about the book
and ask him questions. Plus free wine and
refreshments including space themed nibbles!
In collaboration with University of Sheffield and
Sheffield Hallam University.
Thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for supplying
books for readers groups.
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Rotherham Library, Heritage and Arts Space at
the Riverside, Main Street, Rotherham, S60
Admission free, booking advisable ring
01709 823606
Children under 11 years and under must be
accompanied by an adult.
10am – 3pm Book Swap – Bring a book, in good
condition to swap.
10.30 – 11.30am Trunks Find out what’s in the box
with storyteller Gary Bridgens and his family show
on the Big Book Stage, Children’s Library.
Suitable for all ages.
11.30am – 12.30pm Danuta Reah Meet the crime
author as she discusses her work in this
reading group session. Adult library.
12.45pm – 2.45pm Graham Cowley Enjoy a medley
of well-loved tunes in the Café@Riverside.
2pm – 3pm Simon Heywood and Tim Ralphs
Favourite folk tales from the Big Book Stage,
Children’s Library. Suitable for 8 years plus.
If you are out and about in Rotherham town
centre in the morning look out for storytellers
Tim and Simon who will be telling tales in the
town. In the afternoon listen out for D J Foxtrot –
the original scratch mixer and finest exponent of
Edwardian Thrash mixed on gramophone…
In collaboration with Rotherham Borough
Council’s Cultural Services Department
Sat 5 Oct
7.30pm Q
The North with Paul Morley
The Foundry, University of Sheffield Students’
The North gets to the heart of what life is like
above the M25. Written in Paul Morley’s inimitable
style, it’s an extraordinary mixture of memoir and
history - funny, poetic and insightful - mapping the
entire history of Northern England through its
people and the places they call home. From the
landscapes of the Ice Age to the construction of
Blackpool Tower, from Larkin’s reflections to
Formby’s guitar, The North shows that differences
go deeper than just an accent.Paul Morley grew up
in Stockport and has worked as a music journalist,
pop svengali and broadcaster. His books include
Joy Division: Piece by Piece.
“A personal odyssey going north by north west and a tour
de force” Simon Armitage.
In collaboration with University of Sheffield
Students’ Union
Mon 7 Oct
8pm Q
Being Human
Crucible Studio Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, S1
Tickets £10/£9 (cons)
Embarking on its second national tour, Midland
Creative Projects in association with the Belgrade
Theatre and Bloodaxe Books present the
acclaimed poetry in performance production
Being Human. Being Human is a dramatic
performance of 35 extraordinary poems from
around the world,presented by three performers.
Charting the drama of our lives, these are
thoughtful and passionate poems that will touch
the heart, stir the mind and fire the spirit; poems
about love and loss, fear and longing, hurt and
wonder. Poems about being human. Alongside live
performances, Being Human combines music,
projections and striking imagery to create a
charming and evocative production.
In collaboration with Sheffield Theatres
Weds 9 Oct
7pm Q
Whitakers Almanack Literature Quiz
Fri 11 Oct
7.30pm Q
River Cottage Fruit Every Day! With
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1
Tickets £8/£6.50 (cons)
Fruit is pretty much the perfect food: bountiful,
colourful and it helps to fight infection too. So
why are we a nation that thinks it’s a bit racy to
slice a banana onto our cornflakes in the
morning? Hugh will discuss how fruit can be so
much more exciting than this and why we don’t
eat nearly enough of the stuff. He will share
delicious recipes to make fruit tasty and fun. From
lamb and fig kebabs to gorgeous cakes and pies,
you won’t look at fruit in the same way again. River
Cottage Fruit Every Day! will be a Channel 4 series
this October. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a
writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His TV series
have earned him a huge popular following, while
his books have collected multiple awards including
the André Simon Food Book of the Year and the
Observer Food Monthly Best
Cookbook.
Sponsored by Sheffield Hallam
Hallam University - Gold Sponsor
Coffee Revolution, University of Sheffield
Students’ Union, Western Bank, S10
Admission Free. To book Tel. 0114 273 4400
Maximum of 6 people on each team or come on
your own and we’ll find you a team.
For more than 140 years, Whitaker’s Almanack has
been the definitive source of facts, trivia
andephemera.
So who better than its compilers to test your
literary knowledge in a Literature Quiz? Winners
receive the title of Festival Quiz Champions and
fabulous book prizes supplied by Bloomsbury.
Quizmaster is Barry Nicholls, writer,
actor, director and tutor of Abbeydale
Writers.
Sponsored by Coffee Revolution
With the kind support of Bloomsbury
Distant Lands: The Steel Trail
Working with five local poets, as part of the celebrations for the centenary of stainless steel, Off the
Shelf has commissioned five new pieces of writing themed around a distant land renowned for its
relationship with Sheffield steel and the city’s industrial heritage.
These commissioned pieces have then been translated into the native language of the distant lands
in question using researchers from The University of Sheffield. These pieces will then be filmed
alongside a video montage of Sheffield and its history. These final pieces with their accompanying
translations convey a sense of changing time and place, but also a shared history and commonality
through the experience of living in cities with strong relationships to manufacturing and industry.
View the project from 12 October at http://opusindependents.com/wordlife/
In partnership with Opus Independents
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Pam Ayres
Fri 11 Oct
10.30am
Sat 12 Oct
11am – 3pm Q
Meet the Author Michael Fowler
Word Life Open Mic
Frecheville Library, Smalldale Road, S12
Admission free. To book Tel 0114 203 7817
Ex-policeman Michael Fowler talks about his
thrilling D.S. Hunter Kerr crime novels, detailing
some of the true life events that inspired him.
Winter Garden, Surrey Street, S1
Expect a featured performer or two as well as the
chance to share your words in this unique space.
Sat 12 Oct
10.30am Q
Books I Treasure: 1935-65
Jackson Room, Central Library, Surrey Street, S1
Admission £2 on the door (interviewees free)
Books I Treasure was an exploration of treasured
reading in Sheffield. See the film of the event,
meet the contributors and share memories of
these treasured books.
A community event
Sat 12 Oct
Q
The Rhyme of King Harold
Winter Garden, Surrey Street & Tudor Square, S1
Admission free. Suitable for all ages
Watch out for actors reading excerpts from
Sheffield novelist Ian Macgill’s book describing
the Norman Conquest 1066. Catch them at other
appearances throughout the festival too.
A community event
The Sheffield based literature project Word Life
also invite you to take part in collectively written
stories and poems, which will then be read out by
host Joe Kriss, with all work to be featured online
by Off the Shelf at
http://opusindependents.com/wordlife/
To sign up for an open mic slot please e-mail
wordlifeuk@gmail.com
Organised by Word Life
Sat 12 Oct
11am – 3pm Q
Book Swap
The return of our ever popular Book Swap. Drop
in with books you’d like to swap – they must be in
good condition – and choose from the varied
selection on offer for adults and children, fiction
and non-fiction.
Books are swapped one for one. Recycle and
replenish reading material!
With the kind support of Oxfam
Black History Month – October 2013
A programme of activities to celebrate Black History Month will be organised by SADACCA and
Black Palm. For full details please contact SADACCA on 0114 275 3479 or Clinton McKoy on
0781 8066197.
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11am Q
Sat 12 Oct
Elizabeth’s Bedfellows with
Anna Whitelock
Tickets £7.50/£5.50 (cons)
Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558 and a
queen regnant’s court was formed, at the heart of
which lay Elizabeth’s bedchamber, guarded by the
favoured women who helped her dress, washed
her clothing and shared her bed. Witnesses to the
face and body beneath the make-up and to
flirtations and rumoured illicit dalliances,
Elizabeth’s bedfellows loyally guarded her honour.
This riveting, revealing history of the politics of
intimacy offers an extraordinary insight into the
daily life of the Elizabethan court. Elizabeth’s
Bedfellows has been optioned by BBC Drama for a
six-part primetime BBC 1 drama series.
Anna Whitelock lectures in Early Modern History
at University of London. Her bestselling debut,
Mary Tudor, was published to critical acclaim.
Sat 12 Oct
from 11.30am
Sat 12 Oct
1.30pm Q
Pam Ayres – You Made Me Late Again!
The Memorial Hall, Sheffield City Hall, S1
Pam Ayres makes a welcome return to Sheffield
with You Made Me Late Again! - the eagerly awaited
new collection from one of Britain’s favourite
poets.
From wishing your husband was more dashing to
becoming a gran for the first time, from exploding
wardrobes to the dog being afraid of the toaster,
Pam’s poems are a beautifully crafted treat.
As well as brand new poems, the book also
features favourites from Pam’s hugely popular,
poignant and funny stage shows. A feel good
afternoon guaranteed to make you smile!
With the kind support of Sheffield City Hall
Sponsored by Specsavers
Pinstone Street and
Hillsborough Branches –
Silver Sponsor
Sat 12 Oct
The Ice Book
Writing Groups Fair
Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, S1
Performance every half hour from 11.30am
Tickets £8/£6(cons)/£4 for 10 –18 years
Suitable for adults and children 10 years and over
who must be accompanied by an adult
This miniature theatre show is a fantasy world
made of paper and light. Performers and creators
Davy and Kristin McGuire were winners of the
2013 Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
Organised by Bank Street Arts
Central United Reformed Church,
60 Norfolk Street, S1
1.30pm Q
Suitable for adults and young people 13 years
and over
Discover the range of writing groups in South
Yorkshire. Exchange ideas and listen to some
performances including poetry prize winners.
A community event
100 Words for 100 Years
To celebrate 100 years of Stainless Steel, Galvanize and Off the Shelf ran a creative micro writing
competition using exactly 100 words and including the word ‘stainless’ or ‘steel’. The winning
entry can be seen at www.offtheshelf.org.uk
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Sat 12 Oct
2pm Sat 12 Oct
7pm Q
Creating a Picture Book with
Lynne Chapman
Fighting on the Home Front with
Kate Adie
Lynne Chapman describes how a picture book
develops from characters and story ideas, through
writing, illustration, design and production.
Pennine Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University,
Owen Building, Howard Street, S1
The First World War changed attitudes to women
immeasurably. Women were found on the front
line of war, they performed surgery, policed, drove
trams and proved beyond doubt their bravery and
fortitude. They showed that not only could they do
the work, but they should be doing the work.
Kate Adie tells the story of the First World War
through the eyes of women and unearths in the
telling, fascinating detail of just how hard was the
up-hill struggle for admission into the world of
men. Kate Adie OBE became the BBC`s chief news
correspondent in 1989 and has reported from war
zones around the world. She has won many awards
including three Royal Television Society awards
and the Bafta Richard Dimbleby Award. She
presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC
Radio 4 and is the author of four bestselling books.
In collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University
Sat 12 Oct
2pm
Murder on the Manor
St Aidan’s Church, 2 Manor Lane, S2
Tickets £3.50, on the door
Suitable for 16 years and over
Crime writer Danuta Reah talks about her dark
and scary Sheffield-based crime series and her
other captivating stories.
A community event
Sat 12 Oct
4pm
Writing Yorkshire Launch
4pm – 6pm tea, tours, tasters/6pm–8pm
refreshments, panel event, networking
Bank Street Arts, 36 – 40 Bank Street, S1
Admission free
Join writers and associates from Signposts Writing
Project as they re-launch as Writing Yorkshire. Find
out about the Writers Resource, tour the new
Writer’s Studio and relax in the cafe with free tea
and cake.
Later enjoy a glass of something and an open
discussion with local writers on how to make a
living as a writer. Steven May from Arts Council
England advises on how to write a successful Grant
for the Arts bid. To register interest in a free
coaching taster session or manuscript feedback
e-mail info@signpostssouthyorks.org
Organised by Writing Yorkshire
Sat 12 Oct
6pm Q
Sheffield Canal Past and Present with
Mike Spick
60 Norfolk Street, S1. Tickets £5/£4 (cons)
From Halfpenny Bridge to the Canal Basin via
T’Ackydoc, Mike Spick gives an illustrated talk on
the history of the Sheffield Canal, once an artery
of commerce for the city. Find out how many tons
of cargo came via the canal and the connection
between the canal and jelly babies!
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7.30pm Q
YeahYeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop
with Bob Stanley
Sat 12 Oct
Yeah Yeah Yeah tells the chronological story of the
modern pop era, from its beginnings in the fifties
with the dawn of the charts, vinyl and the music
press, to pop’s digital switchover in the year 2000.
It covers the birth of rock, soul, punk, disco, hip
hop, indie, house and techno. It includes the rise
and fall of the home stereo and Top Of The Pops.
There have been many books on pop but none
have attempted to bring the whole story to life,
from Billy Fury to Donna Summer. Yeah Yeah Yeah
is essential reading for all music lovers. Bob Stanley
is a writer, musician, DJ, and film producer. Since
founding influential pop group Saint Etienne, he
has enjoyed a parallel career as a music journalist,
contributing to publications such as The Times,
Smash Hits, NME and The Face. A former artist-inresidence at the Southbank Centre, his films have
been shown at the ICA and he has curated several
seasons for the Barbican.
Guests include Candida Doyle (Pulp) and
Dave Simpson, music reviewer (The Guardian) for
an evening of nostalgia, trivia, clips and tunes.
Students’ Union
2pm Q
Sun 13 Oct
Ideas Alive at 5.45
Breakfast with Lucian: A Portrait of the
Artist with Geordie Greig
All talks 5.45 – 6.45pm, Showroom Café,
Paternoster Row, S1 Admission free. Places
subject to availability.
Arundel Room, Millennium Gallery,
Arundel Gate, S1. Tickets £6/£5 (cons)
For ten years Geordie Greig was among a small
group of friends who regularly met Lucian Freud
for breakfast. Over tea and the morning papers,
Freud would recount stories of his past and discuss
art. It was, in effect, Freud’s private salon. In this
kaleidoscopic memoir, Greig remembers Freud’s
stories of escaping from Nazi Germany; falling
out with his brother Clement, painting
David Hockney; escaping the Krays; and why
Velázquez was the greatest painter. It is revelatory
about his art, his lovers, his children, his enemies.
Based on hours of conversations with the artist
and his circle Breakfast with Lucian, is an intimate
portrait of the artist - a fascinating account of one
of the greatest British painters of this century and
the last. Geordie Greig is a writer, journalist and
editor of The Mail on Sunday. His books include
The King Maker: The Man Who Saved George VI.
These talks by academics from the University of
Sheffield will introduce you to new ideas and
cutting edge research.
In collaboration with Museums Sheffield
Sun 13 Oct
2.30pm Q
Qaisra Shahraz
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Mon 14 Oct – Performing Englishness
Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps Department of Music.
Identity and politics in a contemporary folk
resurgence.
Tues 15 Oct – From Human Rights to Sentient
Rights Dr Alasdair Cochrane Department of
Politics. Why sentience is the basis for moral value,
political justice and basic rights.
Wed 16 Oct – Sectarianism and Football Rivalry in
Scotland Professor John Flint Department of Town
and Regional Planning. Exploring recent
controversies about tackling religious bigotry in
Scottish football.
Thurs 17 Oct – Mind Hacks
Dr Tom Stafford Department of Psychology. Do it
yourself experiments in cognitive neuroscience.
Tues 22 Oct – Britain, France and the Gothic
Dr Angela Wright Department of English. Gothic
in the popular imagination of the late eighteenth
and early nineteenth century.
A multi-layered story of love and loss and mixed
race marriage, Qaisra Shraz’s new novel, Revolt is
set in England and the fictional village of Gulistan
in Pakistan. Underpinning the action is the
pervading need to resolve the conflict between
Pakistani Muslim values and those of the modern
West.
Wed 23 Oct – Helga’s Diary
Professor Neil Bermel Department of Russian and
Slavonic Studies. Holocaust journal of 11 year old
Helga Weiss who was deported to Terezin in 1941.
Qaisra’s stunning debut novel, The Holy Woman, an
extraordinary story of family, politics and sacrifice
in rural Pakistan, was an acclaimed best seller.
Meet this popular author and hear her read from
and talk about her work.
In collaboration with Longley College
Mon 28 Oct – The End of the 'War on Drugs’?
Dr Matthew Bacon School of Law. A study of drug
law enforcement on the frontline.
Thurs 24 Oct – Freedom of Expression and the Media
Professor Jackie Harrison Centre for Freedom
of the Media, Department of Journalism Studies.
Balancing freedom and standards in news media.
Wed 30 Oct – Loverley The Life and Times of “My Fair
Lady” Dr Dominic McHugh Department of Music.
A new look at the beloved Broadway musical.
Mon 14 Oct
11am
From Back to Backs to Penthouses
Stocksbridge Library, Manchester Road, S36
Admission free.
To book Tel 0114 273 4205
Local historian Suzanne Bingham takes us
through the history of how we used to live.
Explore life in the humblest dwelling, the grandest
house and everything in-between.
Thurs 31 Oct – Images of Aging
Dr Lorna Warren Department of Sociological
Studies How do older women negotiate and
challenge images of aging?
Sponsored by University
of Sheffield Public
Engagement with Research
Team – Silver Sponsor
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Mon 14 Oct
7.30pm
Sheffield’s Got Fiction Talent
Tickets £2 on the door info@wordpurple@yahoo.co.uk
Meet some of Sheffield’s published and award
winning fiction writers. Read an extract from your
own novel and compete to be Off the Shelf’s
unpublished novelist of the year.
A community event
Mon 14 Oct
8.30pm Q
French Book Group
Mon 14 Oct
6.30pm Q
Meet the Author Jack Sheffield
Carpenter Room, Central Library,
Surrey Street, S1. Admission free
To book Tel 0114 273 4727
Jack Sheffield talks about his series of novels based
around his life as a village Head Teacher in North
Yorkshire, including his latest book School’s Out.
Amusing and nostalgic, Jack takes you back to a
different way of life.
Mon 14 Oct
7pm Q
Roddy Doyle
Twenty five years after the publication of
bestselling book, The Commitments, Jimmy Rabbitte
returns in a wonderful new novel by Booker Prize
winner Roddy Doyle. In The Guts, the man who
invented the Commitments back in the eighties is
now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids... and
bowel cancer. This warm, funny novel is about
friendship and family, about facing death and
opting for life.
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin and is the author
of nine acclaimed novels including the Barrytown
Trilogy, Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents,
and most recently, Two Pints, a collection of
dialogues. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
The Commitments opens as a West End show at the
Palace Theatre on 8 October.
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Café Rouge, Saint Paul’s Place, S1
Admission free (refreshments available to buy)
Suitable for French speakers info@k.zbinden@shef.ac.uk
Chat about your favourite francophone work in
French and meet the members of Sheffield’s first
and only French book group.
A community event
Tues 15 Oct
6.30pm Q
100 Years of Stainless Steel
Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, S3
(subject to availability)
Join Star journalist Nancy Fielder and guests at a
talk about the creation of the special centenary
book to mark 100 Years since the discovery of
stainless steel in Sheffield. The book covers the
journey from Harry Brearley’s childhood to his
breakthrough discovery and the huge impact it
still has today.
Organised by Marketing Sheffield
Tues 15 Oct
6.30pm
Tues 15 Oct
7pm Q
An Evening with Dave Berry
T S Eliot Prize Tour
Walkley Library, South Road, S6
Dave Berry is one of Sheffield’s musical icons. He
will tell stories about his life from his childhood in
Sheffield to his chart success and fame.
Arundel Room, Millennium Gallery,
As part of a national tour to celebrate the
twentieth anniversary of the T S Eliot Prize for
Poetry, three of the world-class poets
Sean O’Brien, Paul Farley and Esther Morgan who
have been shortlisted in recent years will be
reading their work, alongside acclaimed wellknown local poet Helen Mort with her debut
collection Division Street. The T S Eliot Prize is one
of the world’s top poetry awards and was set up by
the Poetry Book Society in 1993 in memory of its
founding poet.
In association with the Poetry Book Society
Tues 15 Oct
7pm
Walter Mosley
and film screening Devil in a Blue Dress
Tickets £7.50/£5.50 (cons) Film £7.90/£5.70
(cons) Talk and Film £13/£9 (cons)
We are delighted to welcome one of America’s best
known crime authors to the festival. He will be
talking about his new book Little Green, Mosley’s
finest work since Devil in a Blue Dress. A world-class
author reunited with his most beloved protagonist,
Easy Rawlins, L.A.’s finest Private Investigator.
Walter Mosley is the author of 37 critically
acclaimed books including Devil in a Blue Dress,
which was made into the 1995 film of the same
name, starring Denzel Washington and Don
Cheadle. He is the winner of numerous awards,
including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN
America’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
His books have been translated into 23 languages
and have sold more than 3.5 million copies. After
the talk why not enjoy the screening of film classic
Devil in a Blue Dress?
In collaboration with
Showroom Cinema
Sponsored by Hospitality
Sheffield - Silver Sponsor
Tues 15 Oct
7pm Q
Jung Chang
Empress Dowager Cixi is the most important
woman in Chinese history, ruling for 47 years and
transforming it from a medieval state into a
modern society. A concubine, she produced an
heir and made herself sole regent for her son.In
this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang shows
that under Cixi’s rule China acquired the
attributes of a modern state, developed foreign
trade and diplomacy, revolutionised education and
abolished foot-binding and gruesome medieval
punishments. Jung Chang overturns the
conventional view of Cixi as a conservative, cruel
despot. Based on research in newly opened
Chinese and Western archives, this gripping
biography will revolutionise historical thinking
about a crucial period in China’s history.
Jung Chang is the author of Wild Swans, which has
been translated into 30 languages and sold 10
million copies, and, with Jon Halliday,
Mao: The Unknown Story.
100 Years of Stainless Steel Exhibitions
Kelham Island Museum’s centenary
exhibition, Rustless: The Harry Brearley Story
can be seen until 17 November. David Mellor:
Steel and Light is on show at Sheffield Hallam
University’s Institute of Arts Gallery from 27
September to 3 November 2013.
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Kate Adie
Tues 15 Oct
7pm Q
Tues 15 Oct
7.30pm Q
Mark Billingham and Martyn Waites
Human Writes
Ecclesall Library, Ecclesall Road South, S11
Bestselling crime writing duo Mark Billingham
and Martyn Waites (who writes as Tania Carver)
talk about their work, including the latest
Tom Thorne thriller, The Dying Hours, and the
latest in Tania Carver’s Brennan & Esposito series,
The Doll’s House.
Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James Street, S1
Admission free, donations welcome
Suitable for adults and children aged 12
years and over
Sheffield’s Amnesty International Group
celebrates its 50th birthday in 2013.
Tues 15 Oct
7.30pm Q
What Should We Tell Our Daughters?
with Melissa Benn
The Auditorium, University of Sheffield Students’
We have reached a tricky crossroads in modern
women’s lives and our collective daughters are
bearing the brunt of some intolerable pressures.
Feminism has made great strides but key issues –
equality of pay, casual sexism, representation at a
senior level – remain to be tackled. This is a
manifesto for modern womanhood and for every
mother who has ever had to comfort a daughter
who doesn’t feel ‘pretty’, for every young woman
who wonders why she is not taken seriously in the
workplace and for anyone interested in the world
we are making for the next generation.
Melissa Benn is a writer, journalist and campaigner
and has worked at the National Council for Civil
Liberties. Her journalism has appeared in
publications including Cosmopolitan and New
Statesman and she has written five books.
In collaboration with the University of Sheffield
Students’ Union
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Staff and students from the MA in Creative
Writing at Sheffield Hallam University contribute
their talents in a commemoration of Sheffield’s
long involvement with the struggle for human
rights around the world.
A community event
Tues 15 Oct
7.30pm Q
Look Stranger! Utter:Jazz with special
guest Roger Lloyd Pack
Firth Hall, Firth Court, University of Sheffield,
Western Bank, S10
Tickets £8.50, £6 (cons) available from
www.aboywasborn.co.uk/Arena Ticket Shop
Tel 0114 256 5567
The lyrical power of WH Auden’s words and the
beautiful melodies of Benjamin Britten provide
inspiration for vibrant re-workings of their 1930s
songs by this innovative jazz quintet.
The event includes readings from Auden’s
collection Look, Stranger by actor
Roger Lloyd Pack.
Organised by the Department of Music, University
of Sheffield
Weds 16 Oct
7.30pm Q
1913: The World Before the Great War
with Charles Emmerson
honoured Folk Musician of the Year at the
Folkelarm Awards in 2009 and tours
internationally. Raymond Sereba is an actor and
musician and was a principal dancer for the Ballet
National Cote d’Ivoire.
Most retrospective accounts of the world in 1913
reduce it to either frivolous features – last bright
summers in aristocratic residences – or to its most
destructive - rumbling social unrest in Russia. The
true nature of the times, optimistic, modern and
internationalist, as much as pessimistic, archaic
and nationalist – is lost. 1913 proposes a more
expansive portrait. Emmerson takes readers on a
trip around the world – from London to Berlin,
Detroit to Bombay, Winnipeg to Durban– to reveal
a seminal year in history. 1913 is a luminous,
majestic book, rich in detail and research.
Plus take part in a fun singing session on West
African Song Traditions ahead of the performance
from 5.45 – 6.30pm. Open to singers of all
ages/abilities (you don’t need to read music). Free
to anyone with a ticket for the show but places
must be booked – Tel 0114 273 4400.
An Adverse Camber production in association with
Jan Blake’s Akua Storytelling Project
With the kind support of Sheffield Hallam
University Students’ Union.
Charles Emmerson read Modern History at
Oxford University and then took up an Entente
Cordiale scholarship in Paris. The author of The
Future History of the Arctic, he is a Senior Research
Fellow at Chatham House.
Students’ Union
Jane Rogers, Marina Lewycka, Susan Elliot
Wright and James Wheatley
Weds 16 Oct
7.30pm Q
The Old Woman, The Buffalo and the
Lion of Manding
The Hubs, Sheffield Hallam University Students’
Union, Paternoster Row, S1
Tickets £8/£6 (cons) Singing workshop free for
ticket holders
Suitable for adults and young people 16 years and
over
The Birth of Sundiata Keita, visionary leader of
the great Malian Empire in West Africa, is one of
the most exciting tales in the world. Featuring
hunters and kings, prophecy and insult this
inspiring tale is the story of the origin of a nation.
In an epic performance acclaimed storyteller Jan
Blake is accompanied by the virtuoso, award
winning Sereba brothers from Cote d’Ivoire whose music includes the extraordinary Dodo
mouth bow. Originally commissioned by Festival at
the Edge and since performed at The Barbican
this dynamic and interactive piece of theatre,
music and spoken word is storytelling of the
highest calibre.
Weds 16 Oct
8pm Q
Sheffield Hallam University Creative
Writing Celebration with
Admission free Book at
http://www.shu.ac.uk/events/corporateevents/forthcoming.html
Sheffield Hallam University’s Creative Writing MA
course has an outstanding reputation in its field
and has produced some of the most exciting
contemporary writers.
This event will feature four of them, all graduates
from the course. Jane Rogers is Professor of
Writing on the MA course at Sheffield Hallam
University. She has published 8 novels including
Mr Wroe’s Virgins and short stories the latest of
which is Hitting Trees with Sticks. Awards include
the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Marina
Lewycka’s first novel, A Short History of Tractors in
Ukrainian, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize,
longlisted for the Man Booker, won the Bollinger
Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the
Waverton Good Read Award. Other novels include
Various Pets Alive and Dead.
Susan Elliot Wright pursued her childhood dream
of writing and is an Associate Lecturer at Sheffield
Hallam University. Her debut novel is The Things
We Never Said.
James Wheatley’s debut Magnificent Joe, is set in a
former pit village in the North of England and has
been described as a present day Of Mice and Men.
Jan Blake is a leading storyteller who specialises in
stories from Africa, the Caribbean, and Arabia.
Kouame Sereba grew up in the Cote d’Ivoire, was
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Thurs 17 Oct
1pm Q
Thurs 17 Oct
7pm Q
Story writing with the ‘Story Balloons’
Cities are Good for You with Leo Hollis
Norfolk Lodge, Park Grange Road, S2
Admission free. No need to book.
Listen to stories from the creative writing group
for people with learning disabilities and share your
stories with us.
A community event
Cities Are Good for You introduces dreamers,
planners, revolutionaries, scientists, architects and
slum dwellers. It is shaped by the idea that cities
are the greatest social experiment in human
history, built for people, by the people. Radical
and impassioned, this book is a rallying cry for
21st century living.
Thurs 17 Oct
6.30pm Q
Meet the Author Kate Figes
High Storrs School, High Storrs Road, S11
Tickets £4/£1(cons) from the school office
Tel 0114 267 0000 or online from
http://www.wegottickets.com/highstorrspta
Many parents find looking after teenagers difficult
to say the least.
In this event organised by High Storrs PTA, a
panel of teenage students, the audience and
author Kate Figes discuss communication issues
between teenagers and their parents and how we
can make family life happier.
Kate Figes is the author of The Terrible Teens and
two novels including What About Me: the Diaries
and Emails of a Menopausal Mother and her Teenage
Daughter
A community event
Thurs 17 Oct
6.30pm Q
Blades, Fables & Folklore – A History of
Sheffield United with John Garrett
Crystal Peaks Library, 1-3 Peaks Square, S20
In an event full of legends and anecdotes, football
historian John Garrett talks about the history of
Sheffield United, from ‘Fatty’ Foulkes to Neil
Warnock.
A community event
Thurs 17 Oct
7pm Q
Hats off to the Matchwomen
Coffee Revolution, University of Sheffield
Students’ Union, Western Bank, S10
Admission free, donations welcome
Louise Raw reveals how the modern movement for
workers’ rights began with the Matchwomen in
1888 leading the way.
A community event
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Blending anecdote, fact and first hand encounters
– from exploring the slums of Mumbai to visiting
roof top farms in Brooklyn - Leo Hollis reveals we
have misunderstood how cities work for too long.
He upends long held assumptions to give us the
reasons why living in a city can make us fitter,
richer, smarter, greener, more creative and,
perhaps, even happier.
Leo Hollis is the author of two books on the
history of London including The Stones of London:
A History Through Twelve Buildings. He writes
regularly for the New Statesman, the TLS and the
Daily Telegraph.
Thurs 17 Oct
7.30pm Q
Poetry Business Prize Winners Reading
with guest Simon Armitage
The Poetry Business Competition is a major event
in the literary calendar and has launched the
careers of many of our best contemporary poets.
Winners of the 2012 competition, David Attwooll
from Oxford, Emma Danes from Ely, David Grubb
from Berkshire and Kim Lasky from Sussex, will be
reading from their winning poems alongside
competition judge Simon Armitage.
Simon Armitage has published ten volumes of
poetry including Kid and Seeing Stars. He has
received numerous awards for his poetry including
one of the first Forward Prizes and a CBE for
services to poetry. He is Professor of Poetry at the
University of Sheffield.
He will reading from his forthcoming collection
Paper Aeroplane – New Selected Poems 1989 - 2014.
In association with The Poetry Business
Students’ Union
Thurs 17 Oct
7.30pm Q
Paul Murdin – Are We Being Watched?
The Auditorium, University of Sheffield Students
Paul Murdin, a distinguished astronomer with an
international reputation, gives a fascinating
illustrated talk to explore the possibility of
extraterrestial life in the universe.
He investigates how life might have developed on
other planets, what forms it could take and how
we might communicate with aliens. He describes
the habitats that exist on alien worlds and
examines the photographs that show conditions
on Mars and elsewhere in the Solar System. A
must see event for anybody who has wondered if
there’s anyone waiting for us to discover them.
Paul Murdin discovered the first black hole in our
Galaxy in 1971. He has been President of the
European Astronomical Society, Director of
Science in the British National Space Centre and
Treasurer of the Royal Astronomical Society.
He has published around 150 scientific papers,
edited the specialist multi-volume Encyclopedia of
Astronomy and Astrophysics, and is the author of
numerous books including Secrets of the Universe.
Students’ Union
Thurs 17 Oct
7.30pm Q
Conversation Pieces
Abbeydale Writers’ Anthology Launch
with Jonathan Lee
Harland Café, 72 John Street, S2
Tickets £3 on the door (Anthology Free)
Abbeydale Writers launch their latest Anthology
with guest author Jonathan Lee, who will read
from his award nominated novel The Radio.
A community event
Fri 18 Oct
Woodhouse Library, Tannery Street, S13
An illustrated history of the Fulwood Cottage
Homes and the children from around Sheffield
who lived there.
Fri 18 Oct
7.15pm
Stilling the Restless Mind – the Path of
Yoga. A talk by Firooza Ali
Sheffield Yoga Centre, 270 Burgoyne Road, S6
Tickets £5/4 (cons) from website
Yoga teacher, Firooza Ali, will explain, in her
accessible style, how yogic postures and breathing
directly improve our mental, physical and
emotional state of health. This event celebrates
the republishing of seminal book Light on Yoga.
A community event
Fri 18 Oct
Tickets £16.50/£11 (cons) To book Tel 0114 249 6000
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
We Talk Of Pride and Prejudice
Organised by Music in the Round
10.30am
The Fulwood Cottage Homes with
Marjorie Dunn
Ensemble 360 and Marina Lewycka
Crucible Studio, 55 Norfolk Street, S1
Ensemble 360 play a sequence of pieces that touch
on the family background and musical
experiences of favourite novelist Marina Lewycka.
These include pieces by Bach, Chopin and
Prokofiev. Ensemble members will discuss with
Marina her Ukrainian heritage and exchange
thoughts on the nature of performing and
listening to chamber music.
8pm Q
Thurs 17 Oct
7.30pm Q
renaissance one presents
Union, Western Bank, S10. Tickets £5/£4 (cons)
Join us for a unique spoken word show in which a
talented group of local writers aged 15 to 21 years
share a stage with leading poets Jean ‘Binta’
Breeze MBE, Mark Gwynne Jones and Sureshot
and all offer their own personal take on the theme
of Pride and Prejudice. This show offers playful,
witty, soulful and provocative responses to the
Jane Austen novel and the book’s central themes
in its bicentenary year. It is part of a new
intergenerational project for local elders groups
and young writers to engage them in literature
and sharing stories. It is developed by renaissance
one in partnership with Writing Yorkshire, more
information www.renaissanceone.co.uk
Students’ Union
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Sat 19 Oct
10.30am
A History of Manor Lodge with
Grace Tebbutt
Sat 19 Oct
Q
Jackie Kay ‘Outside’ -
Manor Library, Ridgeway Road, S12
Discover the fascinating history of Sheffield Manor
Lodge Through the ages.
Learn about the people who lived there; from the
most powerful in Tudor England to the 18th
century potter.
A community event
We are delighted that Jackie Kay is our first woman
guest curator and the theme she has chosen is
‘outside’. Jackie’s guests explore this theme
through writing, photography and film. All events
(unless otherwise stated) take place at Showroom
Cinema, Paternoster Row, S1.
Special ticket price £5 which includes entry to all
events listed below except Jackie’s reading at the
Crucible – see details below.
Ingrid Pollard 2 – 3pm
Sat 19 Oct
11am Q
A History of Theatre in Sheffield
With Chris Reece and Roy Rodgers
Tickets £16.50/15.50 (cons) paid on day
Places must be booked - e-mail
royrogsheffield@aol.com or Tel 07931 225447
An illustrated and entertaining foray into
Sheffield’s theatrical heritage from Georgian times
to the modern day including a ‘theatre walk’
exploring the sites of Sheffield’s theatres.
A community event
Sat 19 Oct
12.30pm Q
Picnic of Words
Norfolk Heritage Park, Guildford Avenue, S2
Bengali Women’s Support Group invite you and
your picnic basket of songs to celebrate our
diverse cultural heritage and join a singing
workshop.
A community event
Sat 19 Oct
1.30pm Q
Headlong into Pennilessness with
Michael Glover
Firth Park Library, 443 Firth Park Road, S5
Michael Glover grew up in Fir Vale and tells stories
from his childhood in the 1950s, from living in a
house with no heating to being a teenager in the
sixties and seeing The Beatles at Sheffield City
Hall.
Ingrid Pollard is an artist and photographer whose
series Pastoral Interlude, portraits of black people
in the English countryside, was exhibited at the
V&A. Ingrid will be showing some of her
astonishing portraits and talking about them with
Jackie Kay. Ingrid Pollard is a member of
Autograph, the Association of Black
Photographers.
Bernardine Evaristo and Zaffar Kunial 3 – 4pm
Bernardine Evaristo is the author of three novels
which fuse fiction with poetry - Lara, The Emperor’s
Babe and Soul Tourists and Blonde Roots, her first
prose novel. Her new book Mr Loverman is a tragicomic tale of homosexual love, a ground-breaking
exploration of Britain’s older Caribbean
community, set in contemporary London with the
unique exuberance of Evaristo’s voice.
Zaffar Kunial lives in Yorksire. His poem Hill Speak
won third prize in the National Poetry
Competition 2011 and he read as Jackie Kay’s
‘Poetry Double’ at the Bridlington Poetry Festival
earlier this year.
Crossing Borders – 4.15 – 5.45pm
Jackie Kay recently read poems to the Scottish
Parliament about refugee women – an issue close
to her heart. At this event refugee women, three
from Scotland, three from Sheffield, will be
speaking out. From Sheffield they are
Violet Dickenson, Christine Chirambo, Nacera
Harkati reading from the book Different Cultures,
One World; Women’s Voices from South Yorkshire
produced by the DEWA Project (Development and
Empowerment for Women’s Advancement). From
Scotland there will be three women supported by
Scottish Refugee Council and other organisations
working with refugee women across Glasgow.
Matthew Kay 6pm – 6.30pm
Matthew Kay is a documentary filmmaker. His first
hour-length documentary is Over The Wall and he
was selected for ‘Doc Future’ with Sheffield
International Documentary Festival and is part of
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Sureshot
Jackie Kay
BFI’s Doc Next Lab. Matthew made Whitehall
Cleaners, a film about the London living wage
campaign and the lives of the people who struggle
to achieve it. He will be showing his film Hair and
Now which won second prize for the Guardian
Young film maker's competition.
Sat 19 Oct
8pm Q
Jackie Kay
Crucible Studio Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, S1
Jackie Kay grew up in Glasgow. She has written all
her life. Several of her adult poetry collections
have won or been shortlisted for awards across the
board. Her first novel Trumpet won the Author’s
Club First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction
Prize.
Red Dust Road won the Scottish Book of the Year
award and was picked as a World Book Night title.
Jackie will be reading from her new short story
collection Reality, Reality. The women in these
stories are mesmerizing, whether in love or in
solitude. Full of compassion, generosity, sorrow
and joy, these unforgettable stories explore the
power of the imagination to make things real, and
celebrate those who dare to dream. This is a
collection from a storyteller in a class of her own.
This event in collaboration with Sheffield Theatres
Lucy Worsley
7.30pm Q
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
Sat 19 Oct
The Octagon, University of Sheffield Students
The dark story of our fascination with murder, to
accompany a BBC series, with renowned historian
Lucy Worsley. Murder is a very British obsession - a
subject that we have maintained a long fascination
with – the more gruesome the details, the better.
In A Very British Murder, Lucy Worsley explores this
phenomenon in forensic detail, examining not
only the crimes themselves but also how murder
became a form of middle class entertainment
through novels, plays, paintings, and the press. At
a point during the birth of modern Britain,
murder entered our national psyche and it’s been
a part of us ever since. This is a riveting
investigation into the British soul by one of our
finest historians. Dr Lucy Worsley is a historian and
Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces,
looking after the Tower of London and Hampton
Court Palace among others. She has presented
numerous television series, including If Walls Could
Talk for BBC1 and has written many books
including Great Houses.
Students’ Union
Here’s My Pitch
In 2012, Off the Shelf, working with Sheffield United Football Club, commissioned writer Jackie Kay
to write a poem for the anti-racism Kick it Out campaign. The poem celebrating footballer Arthur
Wharton, the first black professional football player, can now be seen at Sheffield United’s Bramall
Lane stadium as a permanent art work. The work is part of the Text and the City public art project.
Artwork by Richard Johnson: Kidology www.sufc.co.uk www.kickitout.org
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Sun 20 Oct
11am and 2pm Q
A Sting in the Tale with Dave Goulson
Weston Park Museum, Western Bank, S10
Respected conservationist and founder of the
Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Dave Goulson’s
book, A Sting in the Tale, combines a passion for
nature with a deep insight into the crucial
importance of the bumblebee. He details the
minutiae of their life, sharing fascinating research
into the effects intensive farming has had on our
bee population and alerts us to the potential
dangers if we are to continue down this path.
Dave Goulson is Professor of Biological Sciences at
the University of Sussex. He has published over
190 scientific articles on bees, butterflies and
other insects. His ground breaking conservation
work with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust won
the Heritage Lottery Award for best
Environmental Project. He was made ‘Social
Innovator of the Year’ by the Biology and
Biotechnology Research Council in 2010.
Sun 20 Oct
1pm Q
An Inspector Calls
Kelham Island Industrial Museum, Alma Street, S3
Tickets £8/£6 (including admission to Kelham
Island Museum)
On Monday 13 March 1864, Robert Rawlinson
Home Office Inspector checked into the Royal
Victoria Hotel and met Thomas Jessop, Mayor of
Sheffield. Over the next two hours they learnt of
the appalling nature of the damage caused by the
Great Inundation resulting from the collapse of
the Dale Dyke Dam. Relive this dark period in
Sheffield’s history and hear tales of the bereaved
whose world changed forever at this event near
the site of the great Sheffield Flood, where visible
echoes can be seen to this day. A promenade back
in time with local historian Ron Clayton.
Sun 20 Oct
1pm Q
The Simpsons and their Mathematical
Secrets with Simon Singh
The Simpsons is probably the most successful show
in television history. It also contains enough
sophisticated mathematics to form a university
course. All twenty-five series are peppered with
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references to theorems, conjectures and
equations. Bestselling author Simon Singh
investigates the maths that infiltrates The
Simpsons and makes sense of the complex
mathematical jokes that litter the show. He meets
the writing team – comedy geniuses who also
happen to hold an array of diplomas in supergeeky subjects like biochemistry and throws light
on the history of maths and the problems that still
haunt today’s generation of number theorists.
D’oh!
Simon Singh has a PhD in particle physics from
the University of Cambridge. A former BBC
producer and BAFTA Award-winning documentary
director, he is the author of the bestselling
Fermat’s Last Theorem, Big Bang and The Code Book
which was the basis for the BBC series The Science
of Secrecy.
Students’ Union
Sun 20 Oct
2pm Q
Two Catalan Poets
Arc Publications, Six Catalan Poets, is the ninth
volume in a series of bilingual anthologies
bringing contemporary poetry from around
Europe to English-language readers. This is a
chance to hear two Catalans (one from Mallorca),
who, although they were born at the tail-end of
the Franco dictatorship, grew up under a
democratic regime. Their work is modern: politics
and history cohabit with love and popular image,
The readings in Catalan will be translated into
English so you can enjoy the words in two
languages.
Josep Lluís Aguilo is a curious mix of poet and
entrepreneur, a director of marketing and
advertising who published his first book of poems
aged 19. He has won City of Alcover Poetry and
the National Critics Award for the best book of
poems written in Catalan.
Manuel Forcano is a doctor in Semitic Philology
and has worked as a lecturer in Hebrew and
Aramaic at the University of Barcelona. He has
published anthologies of his own poems and works
as a researcher and playwright at the Jordi Savall
Early Music International Centre Foundation.
In association with Arc Publications
1pm Q
Mon 21 Oct
Sheffield Steel Memories with
Ray Hearne
Ned Boulting - On the Road Bike
Admission Free – no need to book
In the Steel City most folk have some relationship
with steel-making. What do you remember about
steel communities? Have you got an object in your
possession that tells a steel story? Or a memory
you’d be prepared to share?
Have you written a poem or song? Fetch it along
and tell us what steel has meant to you. In return
Ray Hearne will sing a few of his. And he will tell
you the story behind his wonderful new poem Sing
Song for Stainless Steel, the words of which have been
cut onto new benches along the Moor as part of
Off the Shelf’s Text and the City Public Art project.
Mon 21 Oct
6pm
Remembering Sheffield’s Club Fiesta
Ecclesfield Library, High Street, S35
Neil Anderson takes us on a trip to a time when
the glitz of Las Vegas was a regular fixture in the
middle of Sheffield thanks to Club Fiesta.
Mon 21 Oct
7pm Q
Mon 21 Oct
6.30pm Q
Where is Pemberley?
Surrey Street, S1
Christopher Sandrawich explores the continued
fascination with Mr Darcy’s home, Pemberley, and
attempts to settle the question of just which
building Pemberley is based on.
Mon 21 Oct
6.30pm
Meet the Author Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch talks about Broken Homes, the
latest of his crossover crime/fantasy novels to
feature DC Peter Grant; upstanding officer of the
MET and apprentice Wizard.
Ned Boulting has noticed something. It’s to do
with bikes. They’re everywhere. And so are their
riders. Some of these riders seem to be sporting
sideburns and a few of them are winning things.
Big things. Now Ned wants to know how on earth
it came to this? In On the Road Bike, he asks how
Britain became so obsessed with cycling. It’s a
journey that takes him from the Velodrome at
Herne Hill to the Tour of Britain at Stoke-onTrent via Bradley Wiggins, Ken Livingstone, both
Tommy Godwins and many more.
Ned Boulting started his broadcasting career at Sky
on the legendary show Soccer Saturday. In 2006 he
was given the Royal Television Society’s Sports
Reporter of the Year Award. He presents the Tour
of Britain for ITV, as well as the inaugural Tour
Series, and contributes live reports to coverage of
the Tour de France. His first book was the muchloved How I Won the Yellow Jumper.
After the talk why not drop into the Showroom
café to meet Sheffield photographer Andrew
Smith and view his incredible cycling images used
in his book Velo.
Mon 21 Oct
7.30pm Q
The Ministry of Thin with Emma Woolf
We’re obsessed with weight… Too many of us are
locked in a war with our bodies. The Ministry of
Thin takes an unflinching look at how the modern
obsession with weight loss, youth, beauty and
perfection got out of control. Emma Woolf
explores how we might all be able to stop hating
and start liking our bodies again. And she asks: if
losing weight is the answer, what is the question?
Emma Woolf is the great-niece of Virginia Woolf.
She is a columnist for The Times and also writes
for The Independent and Psychologies amongst
others. She was a co-presenter on Channel 4’s
Supersize vs Superskinny. Her first book, An Apple a
Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia
was shortlisted for the Beat Award for Recovery
Inspiration. She was also nominated for Mind’s
Journalist of the Year.
Students’ Union
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Tues 22 Oct
2pm
Albert Hattersley with Michael Fowler
Chapeltown Library, Nether Ley Avenue, S35 26
Michael Fowler talks about his book Safecracker,
the true story of one of Britain’s most notorious
Petermen in the 1950s. A must for fans of true
crime.
Tues 22 Oct
2pm
The Great Sheffield Flood
Stannington Library, Uppergate Road, S6
Malcolm Nunn guides you on an illustrated talk
through the Great Sheffield Flood to mark the
150th anniversary of this legendary event.
Tues 22 Oct
7pm Q
A River in Time with Christine Gregory
Woodseats Library, Chesterfield Road, S8
Acclaimed writer and wildlife photographer
Christine Gregory returns with her latest book,
exploring the natural history of Bradford Dale
near Youlgreave. A talk combining expert research
and stunning photography.
Tues 22 Oct
7pm
Chile 40 Years On: A seminar with
Carmen Rodríguez
Portobello Centre, University of Sheffield,
Pitt Street, S1
Admission free. To book e-mail
admin@chilescda.org
Carmen Rodríguez is a Chilean novelist, acclaimed
poet and short story writer. She will talk about her
novel Retribution and discuss her views on writing
and society.
A community event
Tues 22 Oct
Demo
6pm
Dinner 7pm
Q
Vietnamese Themed Dinner and Food
Demo with Van Tran and Anh Vu
The Sheffield College, Castle Centre,
Granville Road, S2
Tickets £25 includes food demo, three course
meal and coffee (drinks not included)
Street-food sensations Van Tran and Anh Vu began
their award-winning enterprise Banhmi11 in East
London’s Broadway Market with their first market
stall in 2009. Born in Vietnam they are immersed
in the country’s rich culinary traditions and have
appeared on Jamie Oliver’s Great Britain and
Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking.
Inspired by the bustling markets of Vietnam, they
will show how to make a delicious Vietnamese dish
and there will then be a specially themed
Vietnamese meal created by Sheffield College
students using Van and Anh’s delicious recipes.
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Tues 22 Oct
7pm Q
Tues 22 Oct
7.30pm
MOD with Richard Weight
Choro
Tickets £7.50/£5.50 (cons) Film £7.90/£5.70
(cons)/£4.50 students Talk & Film £13/£9 (cons)
Richard Weight tells the story of Britain’s biggest
and most influential youth cult – Mod. He charts
the origins of Mod in the Soho jazz scene of the
1950s and its heyday in Swinging London in the
mid-60s – to a new soundtrack courtesy of the
Small Faces, the Who and the Kinks. He takes us
to the Mod–Rocker riots at Margate and Brighton,
and the cult’s revival in the late 70s – played out
against its own soundtrack of Quadrophenia and
the Jam. This is the story of Britain’s biggest,
brassiest youth movement and its legacy. music,
film, fashion, art, architecture, design … cycling
Richard Weight is the author of Patriots: National
Identity in Britain 1940 – 2000 and co-authored
Modern British History: The Essential A-Z Guide. He
is a Professor at the University of Boston and a
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and makes
documentaries for radio and television on many
aspects of British life. Following the talk there will
be a screening of seminal Mod film Quadrophenia.
Bank Street Arts, 32– 40 Bank Street, S1
Admission Free. No need to book
Join classical guitarists Jonathon Priestley and
Derek Taylor and Sheffield’s The Word Train
Poets to celebrate a collaboration inspired by
Brazilian ‘Choro’ street bands.
A community event
Tues 22 Oct
7.30pm Q
Defending Politics with
Professor Matthew Flinders
A fresh, provocative and above all optimistic view
of the achievements and future potential of
democracy at a time when voter apathy has
reached a new high and global pessimism about
politics is increasing. Defending Politics is a
passionate defence of our politics and democracy
and updates the arguments made by
Bernard Crick in his classic defence of politics
fifty years ago.
Matthew Flinders is Professor of Parliamentary
Government & Governance at the University of
Sheffield. He is widely published, he co-edited The
Oxford Handbook of British Politics and is the author
of Delegated Governance and the British State which
won the W.J.M. Mackenzie prize for the best
political science book in 2009.
Students’ Union
In association with the University of Sheffield
Public Engagement with Research Team
Tues 22 Oct
7.30pm Q
Sheffield Stories
The Hubs, Sheffield Hallam University
Students’ Union, Paternoster Row, S1
Do you love Sheffield and have a story to tell
about you and the city? Join us for a night of story
sharing. To book a reading slot contact John
Turner at j.turner@shu.ac.uk.
A community event
Tues 22 Oct
2pm Q
Interfaith in Fiction – Further Dialogue
St. Andrews United Reformed Church Hall,
Upper Hanover Street, S3
Admission free. Donations Welcome
To book Tel 0114 255 4962 or
email Judith.adam51@bitinternet.com
A discussion of fiction reflecting diverse faiths and
world views - Humanist, Pagan, Muslim and
Christian. Discussion encouraged and
refreshments served.
A community event
Weds 23 Oct
5pm Q
The Art of Kunqu (Kun Opera)
Hicks Building, University of Sheffield,
Hounsfield Road, S3
Admission free
Suitable for adults and children aged 12 years
and over
Have a go at learning basic vocal techniques and
performing phrases from Chinese Opera with
experienced practitioner Kathy Hal.
A community event
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Weds 23 Oct
6.30pm
Meet the Author Conn Iggulden
Carpenter Room, Central Library, Surrey Street, S1
Conn Iggulden is the best selling author of the
Emperor series, Conqueror series and The
Dangerous Book for Boys.
He talks about Stormbird, the first in an epic new
series set during the Wars of the Roses.
Weds 23 Oct
6.30pm
Stargazing for Families
Totley Library, 205 Baslow Road, S17
Suitable for all ages. Children must be
accompanied by an adult
If you and your family have ever looked up at the
night sky in awe and felt slightly lost, let the
Sheffield Astronomical Society guide you with a
taster session on stargazing.
Weds 23 Oct
7.30pm Q
Battle Castles – 500 Years of Knights
and Siege Warfare with Dan Snow
Dan Snow‘s new book Battle Castles – 500 Years of
Knights and Siege Warfare was a BBC TV series. In
this fascinating illustrated talk he charts the
history of castle warfare through the stories of six
great castles including Dover Castle and the
astonishing Crac des Chevaliers in the Holy Land.
Each represents the best of its type and period and
has been tested in battle. Dan investigates the
building of these epic structures and the bloody
weapons used to defeat them and gets to the very
heart of the bloodshed and battles of the greatest
fortresses of the Middle Ages.
Dan will also share with you a little bit about what
he’s been up to in the last 12 months including
Syria, the D-Day beaches and the Congo.
Dan Snow is a historian, author and television
presenter. His TV series include the award winning
Battlefield Britain and 20th Century Battles.
Sponsored by the University of Sheffield Students’
Union - Gold Sponsor
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7.30pm Q
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen’s England
with Roy and Lesley Adkins
Weds 23 Oct
60 Norfolk Street, S1
An exploration of how our ancestors lived two
centuries ago and a social history of late Georgian
and Regency England using unpublished letters
and diaries.
This is a vivid portrait of the lives of the vast
majority of people who did not live in grand
houses, using stories from the actual men, women
and children who lived through that time.
The book sets the world of Jane Austen into the
context of the lives of ordinary people and
everyday events - forced marriages and smock
weddings, the sale of wives, boys and girls toiling
as chimney sweeps and down mines, the fear of
ghosts and witches and attacks by highwaymen.
Roy and Lesley Adkins are historians and
archaeologists. Their books include Jack Tar,
Trafalgar and The Keys of Egypt.
Thurs 24 Oct
2pm Q
Lend me your Ear
Crystal Peaks Library, 1–3 Peaks Square, S20
Admission Free. No need to book
An afternoon of poetry, prose and song with a
guest compere.
A community event
Van Tran and Anh Vu
Thurs 24 Oct
6.30pm Q
7pm Q
Thurs 24 Oct
Molly Murphy: Sheffield Suffragette
and Socialist
The BBC – Lessons from History
with Jean Seaton
Cafe Harland, 72 John Street, S2
Tickets £3/£1 on the door
Ralph Darlington talks about Sheffield radical
Molly Murphy and assesses her distinctive
contribution to the feminist and socialist tradition
and its relevance today.
A community event
Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James Street S1
Tickets £5
The BBC celebrates 91 years of broadcasting this
year - a period that has seen tremendous changes
in broadcasting itself and in public attitudes.
Recent times have been especially challenging.
Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History, University
of Westminster and author of Breaking the Waves:
Volume V1 of the Official History of the BBC 1974
– 87 asks the question ‘what lessons from history
does the new Director-General need to take
seriously? ’The event will be chaired by Ian Soutar
Arts Editor of the Sheffield Telegraph.
Thurs 24 Oct
7pm Q
Everest -The First Ascent with
Harriet Tuckey
This is the intriguing story of the scientific
breakthroughs which made it humanly possible to
climb Everest and the forgotten member of the
team who made them. Griffith Pugh – Olympic
skier, doctor and physiologist – revolutionised
British high-altitude mountaineering,
transforming attitudes to oxygen, clothes,
equipment, food and acclimatisation. Out of tune
with the gentlemanly amateurism of the time;
Pugh was side-lined in the Everest story of 1953.
Now his daughter Harriet Tuckey unveils an
insightful biography showing Pugh to be a
troubled, abrasive, yet brilliant innovator who
paved the way for exploration around the world.
Eight years in the writing, closely researched, and
told with unflinching honesty, Everest - The First
Ascent is the compelling portrait of an unlikely
hero.
Jean Seaton has written many books about the
media’s coverage of wars and about politics and
policy making. She is Director of the Orwell Prize.
In collaboration with Voice of the Listener &
Viewer
Thurs 24 Oct
7.30pm Q
The Saga Louts present
A Streetcar Named Retired
The Hubs, Sheffield Hallam University
Students’Union, Pasternoster Row, S1
Tickets £3.50 from Sheffield Hallam University
Helpdesk, Floor 11, Owen Building or on the door
Laugh along with magnificent old codger duo,
John Turner and David Harmer - The Saga Louts as they poke fun at every aspect of contemporary
life. Also featuring Ray Globe.
A community event
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Fri 25 Oct
7pm
Bubbling Up with Broomspring
Hear fresh new writing from the Broomspring
Writers Group including poetry, novel extracts and
short stories set in lively international settings.
A community event
Fri 25 Oct
1.30pm Q
Yorkshire Writers 1900-1950
Owen Building, Sheffield Hallam University,
Howard Street, S1
An afternoon exploring Yorkshire writers
published in the early 20th century. Speakers are:
Professor Marion Shaw, University of
Loughborough and author of The Clear Stream:
The Life of Winifred Holtby on Winifred Holtby;
Professor Chris Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam
University, on Phyllis Bentley; and David Copeland
on Willie Riley.
Plus a chance to visit Sheffield Hallam University’s
special collection of popular fiction 1900 –1950.
Organised by Sheffield Hallam University
Fri 25 Oct
8pm Q
Bag Lady by Marcia Layne
Meet Eve, in a huge overcoat, epitomising the
homeless ‘bag lady’. The items in the trolley are
symbolical, representing her troubled life story some inspiring wrath, some pain and some
instilling moments of pride.
As she peels back the layers we realise that not
only is it okay to be angry, but sometimes it is
essential for our survival. Marcia Layne’s brand
new monologue Bag Lady produced by Hidden
Gems Theatre Company both challenges and
celebrates the notion of the ‘strong black woman’
Sheffield’s Marcia Layne is an award winning
writer whose writing credits include Sister Esteem
(Paines Plough), Lost and Found (Yorkshire
Women’s Theatre) and The Yellow Doctress
(West Yorkshire Playhouse). She also wrote The
Barber and the Ark for BBC Radio 4.
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Sat 26 Oct
2pm Q
Sheffield in Tudor and Stuart Times
with David Templeman
60 Norfolk Street, S1. Tickets £5/£4 (cons)
This illustrated talk looks at 16th and 17th century
Sheffield and three of the city’s most important
historic sites: Sheffield Castle, which was once
the fourth biggest castle in England, Sheffield
Park and Manor Lodge, the royal prison of
Mary, Queen of Scots. The talk looks at other
surviving buildings from the time, explores the life
of ordinary people in the small market town of
Sheffield and how the town developed its core
industry – cutlery.
Sat 26 Oct
7pm
22 Pages
Tickets £7/5 from Bank Street Arts or
info@bankstreetarts.com
As Off The Shelf turns 22, The Bare Project
combines immersive performance, music and new
writing to celebrate the birthdays of literary figures
born in October.
A community event
Sat 26 Oct
7pm Q
Reading Rasa in Indian Philosophy with
Mr. Jay Lakhani and
Dr. Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy
Hindu Samaj Sheffield and District,
21 Buckenham Street, S4. Tickets £3 on the door
An exciting and stimulating evening when Vedic
Rasa texts will be translated into Bharathanatyam
(dance) demonstrations.
A community event
Sun 27 Oct
12.30pm Q
Sun 27 Oct
2pm and 4pm
Spotting and Jotting Garden Birds
with Matt Sewell
Loose Theatre present
The Sheffield Ghost Walk
Suitable for adults and children aged 8 years and
over. Children must be accompanied by an adult
Matt Sewell, author of the bestselling Our Garden
Birds has illustrated for The Guardian, Big Issue,
and the V&A amongst others; painted and
exhibited in London, New York, Tokyo and Paris
as well as being an avid ornithologist. He is also
the creator of the exquisite Off the Shelf brochure
cover! His new book is Our Songbirds offering
enchanting watercolours and quirky descriptions
of songbirds – one for every week of the year. At
this session Matt will share his incredible
knowledge of birds and demonstrate his
outstanding artistic skills. He will draw and identify
birds before your very eyes and then you will have
the chance to draw your own garden bird. Paper
and pencils provided but please bring a clip board
or book to lean on.
Students’ Union
Cholera Monument, Norfolk Road, S2
over. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
No dogs except for guide dogs.
In 1832, the Sheffield cholera epidemic claimed
339 victims who are buried in a mass grave marked
by the Cholera Monument. It was believed at the
time that cholera was a disease of “the poor, the
idle and the drunk”. Then the Master Cutler died
– his is the only marked grave. This performance
recreates some of the dramatic events of the
summer of 1832 as cholera swept through Park
Hill – home to both rich and poor.
Sun 27 Oct
2pm Q
Dear Winifred: Christopher WoodLetters to Winifred and Ben Nicholson
1926–1930 with Anne Goodchild
Arundel Room, Millennium Galleries,
Arundel Gate, S1
Friend of Diaghilev, Cocteau and Picasso,
Christopher Wood was a darling of the English
modernist movement. He was a friend of Ben
Nicholson and with him ‘discovered’ the primitive
painter Alfred Wallis. His suicide at the age of 29
robbed the art world of a rising star. Wood’s
extensive correspondence with Winifred
Nicholson forms one of the most important
elements in an understanding of the man and his
art and presents an extraordinary self portrait.
The scope, honesty and freshness of Wood’s
writing clearly reflects the inestimable importance
of both Winifred and Ben Nicholson to his life
and art in the late 1920s. Writer Anne Goodchild
is an expert in collection and exhibition curating.
She was curator of the Graves Art Gallery Sheffield
until 1997 and Senior Curator of Visual Art for
Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust.
Sun 27 Oct
4pm
Poetry and Spiritual Life
Sheffield Buddhist Centre, Howard Road, S6
Award winning poet, Maitreyabandhu, will discuss
the role of Buddhism in his writing and read from
his latest collection, The Crumb Road.
A community event
Sun 27 Oct
7.30pm Q
The Adventures of Andy Kershaw
The full-throttle life story of maverick broadcaster,
pioneering DJ and unstoppable foreign
correspondent, Andy Kershaw. Over a 25 year
career, he has been Billy Bragg’s driver, presented
Whistle Test and Live Aid, worked for the
Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen, shared an
office with John Peel and amassed a record
collection weighing over seven tons. He has visited
97 countries and as a rock & roll war
correspondent reported from perilous places
including North Korea and Haiti. He was one of
few journalists to be an eyewitness to the Rwanda
genocide and has won more Sony Radio awards
than any other broadcaster. He went through a
turbulent time in his personal life but, ever the
survivor, has come roaring back, written his
astonishing life story and returned to the airwaves.
This roller coaster illustrated show propels you
through his life with a sense of aliveness, outrage,
wit and honesty.
In collaboration with the University of Sheffield
Students’ Union
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Bag Lady
Sun 27 Oct
7.30pm
‘Street Haunting’ - Narrative Poetry
with Matthew Clegg, Rob Hindle and
Fay Musselwhite
The Fat Cat, 23 Alma Street, S3
Tickets £3 on the door
Listen to a selection of narrative poems, with the
accent on voice and movement, accompanied by
short films by Brian Lewis.
A community event
2pm Q
Mon 28 Oct
Poetry/Prose Slam
Quaker Meeting House, St James Street, S1
Tickets £3 on the door (includes refreshments)
A slam competition, where the audience chooses
the winner. If you are interested in competing
please contact Sheffield Writers Club by the 14
Sept either with SAE to Sheffield Writers’ Club,
c/o 66b Norton Lees Lane, Sheffield S8 9BE or
e-mail john.nettleship@btopenworld.com
A community event
Mon 28 Oct
6.30pm Q
Meet the Author Stephen Booth
Admission free. Places must be booked
Tel 0114 273 4727
Stephen Booth, whose hugely popular crime
novels featuring Cooper and Fry are set in the
Peak District, talks about his latest novel in the
series, Already Dead.
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Mon 28 Oct
7pm Q
The Devonshires with Roy Hattersley
The story of the Cavendish family and the first
eight “Dukes of Devonshire” is the story of
England. From 1381 when Sir John Cavendish,
Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during
the Peasants’ Revolt to 1906 when the Duke of
Devonshire’s resignation brought down the Tory
government, the family’s fortunes, misfortunes and
its huge personalities have mirrored the life of the
nation. For this brilliantly researched history,
Roy Hattersley was given unique access to the
archives based at Chatsworth and the resulting
book is delicious, popular history at its very best.
Roy Hattersley was born in Sheffield. In a long
career as a Labour politician he served as Deputy
Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 – 1992. He is
a journalist and author whose books include
The Great Outsider: David Lloyd George and best
seller The Edwardians
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Mon 28 Oct
7pm Q
Admen and Eve: The Bible in
Contemporary Advertising with
Dr Katie Edwards
Fifty Years of Doctor Who with
Daniel Blythe
This remarkable book, the first of its kind, is an
analysis of a phenomenon - the use of the Bible
and the figure of Eve in advertising. Katie Edwards
explores how the use of Eve by brands such as
Christian Dior, DKNY, Ford Streetka and Agent
Provocateur shows how she has become the
ultimate postfeminist icon of female sexual and
consumer power. Eve in advertising is a revealing
example of how the Bible functions today.
Dr Katie Edwards is a lecturer in the Bible and
Contemporary Culture and Society in the
Department of Biblical Studies at the University of
Sheffield. She researches the impact and influence
of the Bible on the modern world and in popular
culture and her next book is The Messiah Wears
Prada.
Mon 28 Oct
7pm Q
Tues 29 Oct
7pm Q
No Fixed Abode A Journey Through
Homelessness from Cornwall to London
With Charlie Carroll
Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, S1
Inspired by George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris
and London and finding himself jobless, with no
money but with all the time in the world,
Charlie Carroll takes on the daunting task of
tramping from Cornwall to London, pushing his
body and his resolve to the limit.
On a journey that takes him from the picturesque
Cornish coast to sleeping on the Strand in
London, Charlie’s encounters are sometimes
enlightening, sometimes disturbing, but always
memorable. A striking mix of travel and currentaffairs writing, No Fixed Abode sheds light on a side
of the UK few ever see from within.
Charlie will talk about his book followed by a
discussion about some of the issues raised
including homelessness. Charlie Carroll is a writer,
musician, teacher and traveller and his first book,
On the Edge, combined travel writing with the
exploration of social issues.
In collaboration with the Big Issue in the North
over. Children under 11 years must be
Daniel Blythe takes you on an illustrated voyage
through Time and Space exploring the TV show,
books, all 11 Doctors (and more?), Cyberman
upgrades, the Daleks, the mysterious ComputoMice and much more. Find out how Doctor Who
coped with its limited budget in the 1960s,
accusations of horror in the 1970s, war with the
BBC in the 1980s, obscurity in the 1990s and the
triumph of the 2000s. Whether you’re a fan of
Matt Smith, Tom Baker or the legendary original,
William Hartnell, you’ll find something to
entertain and inform you as the 50th anniversary
of Doctor Who is celebrated in 2013. We could tell
you more, but - “spoilers!”
Sheffield novelist Daniel Blythe grew up being a
Doctor Who fan in the 1980s, has had 15 books
published, including the Doctor Who novels The
Dimension Riders, Infinite Requiem and Autonomy
and is the creator of Shadow Runners.
Enter Civica’s Doctor Who writing competition to
win an iPad Mini. More details on page 45
In collaboration with
Showroom Cinema
Sponsored by Civica –
Platinum Sponsor
Tues 29 Oct
7.30pm Q
River Wolton and Sally Goldsmith
Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, S1
The launch of River Wolton’s new collection
Indoor Skydiving, a book of that resounds with
humour, vitality and fierce compassion. “She writes
about the big subjects - life, love, death - in a
gloriously easy and accessible style” (Tribune).
River Wolton has lived in Sheffield and the Hope
Valley for twenty-five years and was Derbyshire
Poet Laureate 2007-9. Award winning songwriter
and broadcaster Sally Goldsmith launched her first
full poetry collection Are We There Yet? this year.
With jiving aunts, mardy stone masons, clacking
jackdaws, Sally’s poems are full of music, sensuality
and playful language. “Here is the aching fragility
of things and words we still hold dear ….”
(Conor O’Callaghan).
In collaboration with the Poetry Business
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Tues 29 Oct
7.30pm Q
The Chimp Paradox with Dr Steve Peters
Dr Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist working
in elite and Olympic sport, business, education and
health. His specialist interest is in the working of
the human mind and how it can reach optimum
performance applied to all walks of life. He is
consultant to the British Cycling Team, Liverpool
Football club and UK athletics and has current and
past involvements in many other Olympic and nonOlympic Sports, including UK Taekwondo, UK
Canoeing, Snooker and England Rugby.
Dr Steve Peters is author of the best-selling mind
management book The Chimp Paradox and
creator of the Chimp Model, a psychological
technique that has helped all manner of
sportsmen and women including Bradley Wiggins,
Victoria Pendleton and Ronnie O’Sullivan. For
anyone guilty of sabotaging their own happiness,
Dr Peter’s wise words and insights are gold dust.
A rare chance to hear one of the most influential
and respected psychologists around and discover
his life changing mind programme for yourself.
‘The mind programme that helped me win my Olympic
Golds’ Sir Chris Hoy.
Student’s Union
7.30pm Q
Trick or Treat – Halloween Poetry Slam
Tues 29 Oct
Tickets £2 Sheffield Hallam University Helpdesk,
Floor 11, Owen Building or on the door
Read your original spoken word piece on the
subject of Halloween and maybe win the Slam
Champion’s Trophy. Book a performance slot with
John Turner at j.turner@shu.ac.uk.
A community event
Wed 30 Oct
6.30pm Q
Critters
The Hubs, Sheffield Hallam University’s Students
Union, Pasternoster Row, S1
Linda Lee Welch and The Only Michael perform
Critters, a poem sequence exploring the physical
and emotional landscape of Texas in words and
music.
A community event
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Weds 30 Oct
7pm Q
A History of Sheffield Cathedral with
Grace Tebbutt
Greenhill Library, Hemper Lane, S8
A history of Sheffield Cathedral from the 12th
century to the present day.
Discover how the Cathedral developed over time
and its uses through the centuries.
Weds 30 Oct
7pm Q
Tolerating Intolerance: A Discussion
Channing Hall, 45 Surrey Street, S1
Outwardly, we live in a society that appears more
open-minded and tolerant than at any time in our
history. But, how far does this tolerance really
extend? Do we now ‘tolerate’ everything but the
‘intolerant’ beliefs of others? This panel and
audience discussion explores interpretations of
tolerance in history in order to open up what
tolerance means today.
Speakers are: Frank Füredi, Professor of Sociology
at the University of Kent, commentator and author
of On Tolerance: In Defence of Moral Independence.
Angie Hobbs, Professor for the Public
Understanding of Philosophy at the University of
Sheffield and contributor to BBC Radio 4s In our
Time and the Today programme.
Anthony Milton, Professor of History at the
University of Sheffield, author of Protestant Thought
1600 –1640 and founding editor of Politics, Culture
and Society in Early Modern Britain.
In collaboration with Sheffield Salon
Weds 30 Oct
7.15pm Q
Write Away!
Harland Café, 72 John Street, S2
WEA writers from Liz Cashdan’s three different
groups launch new anthologies. You might be
inspired to join a WEA class and write yourself!
A community event
Weds 30 Oct
7.30pm Q
Snapshots in Time with Mike Spick
This fascinating illustrated talk looks at some
wonderful maps of Sheffield and explores how the
city has been mapped over the centuries. From the
sumptuously coloured county maps of the 18th
century to the Ordnance Survey maps showing the
enormous changes that Sheffield underwent
during the industrial revolution and the growth of
the city throughout the 19th century, to the
present day.
7.30pm Q
Project Sunshine: How Science Can Use
the Sun to Fuel and Feed the World with
Professor Tony Ryan and Steve McKevitt
Weds 30 Oct
It’s an astonishing fact that capturing all the
energy in just one hour’s worth of sunlight would
enable us to meet the planet’s food and energy
needs for an entire year.
Project Sunshine tells how scientists are working to
reconnect us to the ‘solar economy’, harnessing
the power of the sun and ending dependence on
‘fossilised sunshine’ in the form of coal, oil and
gas.
Tony Ryan and Steve McKevitt take us through
history to see how our world became the place it is
today, before moving on to the cutting-edge
science and technology that will enable us to live
happily in a sustainable future.
Professor Tony Ryan OBE is the Pro-Vice
Chancellor for Science at the University of
Sheffield where he leads Project Sunshine.
Steve McKevitt is an expert in consumerism and
communications, an author and government
adviser on business innovation.
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Thurs 31 Oct
7pm Q
The Divorce of Henry VIII – The Untold
Story with Dr Catherine Fletcher
In 1527, Henry VIII, desperate to marry Anne
Boleyn and ensure the Tudor line, asks Pope
Clement VII to grant him a divorce. Enter
Gregorio Casali, an Italian diplomat hired to
represent Henry’s interests in the Vatican.
Through 6 years of persuasion, threats and bribery,
Casali lives by his wits dealing with the Tudor break
up. Set against the backdrop of war-torn
Renaissance Italy, The Divorce of Henry VIII
combines a gripping family saga with a highly
charged political battle between the Tudors and
the Vatican to reveal the extraordinary true story
behind history’s most infamous divorce.
Dr Catherine Fletcher has a PhD in History and
has held research fellowships at the British School
in Rome and the European Institute in Florence.
She is now a lecturer in Public History at the
University of Sheffield.
“An eye-opening book, an intricate and fascinating story”
Hilary Mantel.
Thurs 31 Oct
7.30pm Q
Ghost Stories from Victorian Sheffield
with Dr David Clarke
Upper Chapel, 45 Surrey Street, S1
Spring-heeled Jack, the Gabriel Hounds and the
ghostly white lady in Campo Lane which was
blamed for a woman’s death from fright…
These and other spectres that terrorised
Sheffielders during the reign of Queen Victoria
will be discussed in this illustrated Hallowe’en
presentation by Sheffield Hallam University
journalism lecturer and historian Dr David Clarke,
to launch Scared to Death, a new book on 19th
century ghost stories. With storyteller Simon
Heywood and book illustrator and author Ann
Beedham.
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Thurs 31 Oct
7.30pm Q
Four Fields with Tim Dee
The Auditorium, University of Sheffield Student’s
In his first book since the extraordinary The
Running Sky, acclaimed nature writer Tim Dee tells
the story of four green fields spread around the
world: their grasses, their hedges, their birds, their
skies, and their natural and human histories. Four
real fields – walkable, mappable, mowable and
knowable - but also secretive, mysterious, wild and
changing.
Dee’s four fields, which he has known for more
than twenty years, are the fen field at the bottom
of his Cambridgeshire garden, a field in southern
Zambia, a prairie field in Little Bighorn, Montana,
USA, and a grass meadow in the exclusion zone at
Chernobyl, Ukraine.
Meditating on these four fields, Dee makes us look
anew at where we live, how we interact with nature
and what our priorities should be to preserve the
precious but sometime unrecognised treasures on
our doorsteps.
Four Fields is a profound, lyrical book by one of
Britain’s very best nature writers.
Tim Dee has worked as a BBC radio producer for
more than twenty years. His first book, The
Running Sky: A Birdwatching Life received glowing
reviews when it was published in 2009.
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Sat 2 Nov
11am Q
The King’s Grave: The Search for
Richard III with Philippa Langley and
Michael Jones
On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at
Bosworth Field and his body hurriedly buried in
the church of the Greyfriars.
Fifty years later the grave was lost and Richard’s
reputation destroyed by Tudor propaganda. Now,
in an incredible find, Richard III’s remains have
been discovered beneath a car park in Leicester.
Philippa Langley, whose years of research and
belief that she would find Richard in this exact
spot inspired the project, reveals the inside story
of the search for the king’s grave and historian
Michael Jones tells of Richard’s 15th century life
and death.
The result is a compelling portrayal of one of our
greatest archaeological discoveries and a complete
re-evaluation of our most controversial monarch.
Philippa Langley inaugurated the quest for King
Richard III’s lost grave and is secretary of the
Scottish branch of the Richard III Society.
Michael Jones was awarded a history PhD by
Bristol University, is a fellow of the Royal Historical
Society, a member of the British Commission for
Military History, a writer and presenter.
Sat 2 Nov
2pm Q
The 10-Step Stress Solution with
Neil Shah
2pm Q
10 Years with Off the Shelf
The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, S1
Tickets £8/£6.50 (cons) includes refreshment
Is your 24/7 life stressing you out? In this talk
Neil Shah, author of the bestselling book 10 -Step
Stress Solution, will give you some practical tools to
learn to switch off your “always on” life and regain
a little piece of space and peace. Find out how to
manage your time at work and at home, regain
your work-life balance, lift your mood, improve
your concentration and motivation, get a good
night’s sleep and stop worrying. Neil Shah is a
world class expert in stress management and
director of the Stress Management Society.
Sat 2 Nov
Sat 2 Nov
4pm Q
NLP A Practical Guide with Neil Shah
The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, S1
Tickets £8/£6 (cons) includes refreshment
Have you ever done something so elegantly and
effectively that it took your breath away?
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) shows you
how to understand and model your own successes,
so that you can have more of those breath-taking
moments. NLP has been described as a popular
psychological approach to enable people to have
fuller and richer lives. It’s a way of a way of
bringing out the best in yourself and others.
Neil Shah - author of the bestselling book
Introduction to NLP: A Practical Guide – will be
sharing with you his 5 secrets to success and
happiness gained through mastering the art and
science of NLP, the same techniques he has used
to climb Mount Everest and run the London
Marathon 4 times.
5 Mappin Street, S1
Admission free
Mappin Writers celebrate their 10th anniversary
with an afternoon revisiting their writing past and
present.
A community event
Sat 2 Nov
2pm Q
Sheffield Salesman to the World with
Mike Spick
Weston Park Museum, Weston Park, S10
Shumac Skivers, Bushman’s Friends, Liquorice
Allsorts and Champagne Nippers are just some of
the less obvious products that Sheffield has given
the world.
This illustrated presentation explores how
Sheffield sold both its products and itself around
the globe. Made in Sheffield implies a quality and
attention to detail in manufacture and the talk
shows how the city has built that reputation over
the last 700 years.
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Sat 2 Nov
2 – 4pm Q
Dyslexic and Loving Words – Short Film
Screening and Discussion
Showroom 5, Showroom Cinema,
Paternoster Row, S1. Admission free
No need to book (places subject to availability)
Following the success of the Dyslexia Debate at last
year’s festival, Off the Shelf has teamed up with
Sheffield artist and writer Vicky Morris to make a
short film asking – “What if you’re dyslexic but you
love to write or use words?” Through interviews
with practicing writers, the film highlight how it’s
possible to overcome dyslexic issues or work around
the challenges they present if you have a passion
for words. Following the screening, there will be a
break with time to ask questions, followed by a
panel discussion led by local dyslexic storyteller,
Shonaleigh Cumbers and including Mel Hunt, a
specialist teacher at Dyslexia Action Sheffield.
Watch the film online from 3 November
www.youtube.com/dyslexiaaction
Funded by Sheffield Town Trust
Sat 2 Nov
7pm – 1am
Off The Shelf Closing Party
Shakespeares, Gibraltar Street, S3 8UB
Admission free. Donations welcome
Local art, music and literature collective Opus
Independents will once again be hosting the Off
the Shelf closing party. Expect cutting edge
featured poets, a poetry slam and live music to end
the festival on a high. Our featured poet for the
evening will be Hollie McNish whose poem
Mathematics recently passed the million and a half
views mark on YouTube. See you at Sheffield’s
home of the bard – Shakespeares!
Hosted by Word Life and Opus Independents.
Sun 3 Nov
2pm
Michelangelo : His Epic Life
with Martin Gayford
Cadman Room, Millennium Gallery,
There was an epic sweep to Michelangelo’s life. At
31 he was considered the finest artist in Italy,
perhaps the world. Long before he died at almost
90 he was widely believed to be the greatest
sculptor or painter who had ever lived (and, by his
enemies, an arrogant, uncouth, swindling miser).
Few of his works, including the huge frescoes of the
Sistine Chapel Ceiling and the marble giant David,
were small or easy to accomplish. In Michelangelo
Martin Gayford describes what it felt like to be
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Michelangelo Buonarroti and how he transformed
forever our notion of what an artist could be.
Martin Gayford has been art critic of the Spectator
and the Sunday Telegraph. He is Chief European
art critic for Bloomberg. His publications include:
The Yellow House: Van Gogh and Man with a Blue
Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud.
Sun 3 Nov
8pm
Lets Get Lyrical
Queens Social Club, 4 Queens Road, S2
Admission free, On the door
(subject to availability)
Off the Shelf has partnered with Sensoria on a
Songwriting Competition for Sheffield based
musicians and composers. The winner of the
competition and the runner up will play live
tonight. Also performing is stand up poet,
comedian and secret lemonade drinker Stan Skinny
who has been described as “Sheffield’s tallest and
funniest poet”. His poems are about the things that
concern us all - sleep addiction, the environment,
spots, chocolate revels and love.
Mon 4 - Sun 10 Nov
10am – 4pm Q
Our Voice Installation The Youth Word Up
The Cube, Winter Gardens, Surrey Street, S1
Admission free
The Youth Word Up is back! Created and launched
by performance poet and author Benjamin
Zephaniah for Off the Shelf 2012, the project
continues to give young people a chance to have
their creative voices heard.
In collaboration with Sheffield Community Youth
Teams and Sheffield Youth Justice Services, artist
and writer Vicky Morris has worked with a group of
local young people aged 13 to 19 years on voice,
poetry and creative writing. The resulting Our
Voice installation showcases a selection of the work
produced as an audio visual exhibition in the
Winter Gardens.
The young people will also perform their words live
on stage at The Hubs on Thursday 7 November at
7.30 pm alongside performance poet Hollie
McNish – see page 41
This project has been made possible with the
support of Arts Council England, Sheffield City
Council: Children Young People and Families,
Sheffield Community Youth Teams,
Sheffield Youth Justice Service, Writing Yorkshire
and Lovebytes.
11am Q
Wed 6 Nov
Thurs 14 Nov
9pm Q
Talking books with Gordon Griffin
Doomed: Chuck Palahniuk
Central Lending Library, Surrey Street S1
Admission free. Places must be booked
Tel 0114 273 4727
For anyone who loves listening to talking books,
then the name Gordon Griffin will be a familiar
one, not only as a regular reader of talking books
but as a reader par excellence. Come and meet
the man behind the voice. This event is
particularly for people with a visual impairment,
but all are welcome.
Madison Spencer, the liveliest and snarkiest dead
girl in the universe, continues the afterlife
adventure begun in Chuck Palahniuk’s bestseller
Damned. Just as that novel brought us a brilliant
Hell that only Palahniuk could imagine, Doomed is
a dark and twisted, funny, apocalyptic vision from
this provocative storyteller.
Thurs 7 Nov
7.30pm Q
The Youth Word Up
The Hubs, Sheffield Hallam University Student’s
Admission Free. Places must be booked
Tel 0114 273 4400
For adults and young people 13 years and over
A Spoken Word Performance by Young People
and Hollie McNish.
See page 41 for details.
Damned chronicled Madison’s journey across the
unspeakable landscape of the afterlife to confront
the Devil himself.
But her story isn’t over yet. In a series of electronic
dispatches from the Great Beyond, Doomed
describes the ultimate showdown between Good
and Evil. Once again, our unconventional but
plucky heroine must face her fears and gather her
wits for the battle of a lifetime. Dante Alighieri,
watch your back; Chuck Palahniuk is gaining on
you.
American author Chuck Palahniuk’s twelve
bestselling novels –Damned, Tell-All, Pygmy, Snuff,
Rant, Haunted, Diary, Lullaby, Choke, Invisible
Monsters, Survivor, and Fight Club – have sold more
than five million copies in the United States.
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Fri 22 Nov
7.30pm Q
Mon 25 Nov
7pm Q
Writing on the Wall: Social Media – The
First 2,000 Years with Tom Standage
A History of the Blackpool Illuminations
with Professor Vanessa Toulmin
Union, Western Park, S10
A look at the history of social networking from
Cicero and Luther, to Facebook and Twitter. Today
we are endlessly connected, constantly tweeting,
texting, e-mailing.
Sparkling with over one million lights and six
miles long, Blackpool Illuminations are world
famous attracting over four million visitors each
year. In 2012 the Blackpool Illuminations – the
greatest free show on earth – celebrated 100 years.
This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not.
Throughout history information has been spread
through social networks with far-reaching social
and political effects.
To celebrate this milestone Professor Vanessa
Toulmin spent five years tracing the history of the
lights and unearthing hundreds of amazing
pictures and stories to create her book which is full
of colourful original artwork telling the story of
Blackpool’s glittering seaside promenade. She will
share some of that history with you in this
illustrated talk.
Writing on the Wall traces the rise, fall and rebirth
of social media over the past 2,000 years revealing
that social networks do not merely connect us
today – they also link us to the past.
Tom Standage is digital editor at the Economist
and editor-in-chief of its website, Economist.com.
He is the author of six history books, including the
New York Times bestseller A History of the World in
Six Glasses.
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Professor Vanessa Toulmin is Director of the
National Fairground Archive at the University of
Sheffield, a leading authority on Victorian
entertainment and Chair in Early Film and
Popular Entertainment.
She is Head of Engagement and curator and
producer of Festival of the Mind and the Ideas
Bazaar. Her books include ‘Electric Edwardians: The
Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon and Pleasurelands.
In association with University of Sheffield Public
Engagement with Research Team
Workshops
Sat 12 Oct
10am
Open Your Memory Box – Using
Memories in your Writing
10am
Walkley Remembered Poetry Workshop
Led by Fay Musselwhite: Walkley History Project
The Appleyard Room, Walkley Community Centre,
7a Fir Street, Walkley, S6
Admission free. Places must be booked at
www.walkleyhistory.wordpress.com
How to find poetry in the history that surrounds
us. Browse the findings and photographs from
Walkley History Project’s slum clearance research.
Bring your own local materials for a workshop of
inventive exercises and first drafts and contribute
your poetry to the project. Suitable for all levels of
writing experience.
Bring paper, pens and lunch (café orders can be
taken on the day).
A community event
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Sat 12 Oct
7.30pm Q
Parzival and the Grail. An introduction
Admission £10 (includes lunch)
Tickets available from
anne.grange77@googlemail.com or
Tel 07815 966 784
Bring a small item which evokes strong memories
and explore them in a variety of writing styles.
A community event
Sat 12 Oct
Fri 18 Oct
10.15am Q
Poetry Business Writing Day
Premier Inn, Angel Street, S3
Tickets £25/£20 (cons) To book
e-mail office@poetrybusiness.co.uk
Exhilarating writing exercises in the morning
working from classic and contemporary poems.
Please bring a poem and ten copies for the
afternoon workshop.
Freeman College, 88 Arundel Street, S1
Tickets £5/3 (cons) To book Tel 07974 906 421
Wolfram von Eschenbach wrote Parzival in the
13th Century, a story still relevant to modern life.
Join a workshop to explore this saga which lies at
the heart of European myth.
A community event
2 pm Q
Sat 19 Oct
Colour Coded Writing Workshop with
Sue Shaw
How does colour influence our emotions, creativity
and writing? Can a change of colour alter the
narrative thread of a short story or redirect a
poem? Taking the Colour Coded exhibition at
Weston Park exhibition as its starting point, this
workshop will explore and interweave images,
words and objects in a variety of creative exercises.
Sat 19 Oct
4.30pm
Film 8pm
Workshop
Adaptation
Screenwriting Workshop
Workshop £10 (includes refreshments)
Film £5/4 (cons) To book visit
www.magiclanternfilclub.wordpress.com
Book for both sessions and enjoy a free buffet
Screenplay writer John Hunter will explain tricks
of the screenwriting trade for aspiring writers.
Followed by screening of Adaptation by Spike
Jonzes - an epic, funny drama about screenwriting.
A community event
‘Ann and Peter Sansom are incomparably
experienced and inspirational tutors with a
brilliant repertoire of exercises’ - The Poetry Trust.
Organised by The Poetry Business
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Altered Book Workshop
Colour Coded
Sat 26 Oct
10am
Altered Book Workshop with
Katherine Johnson
2pm Q
Writing Good Dialogue
Creative Lounge, Workstation,
Paternoster Row, S1
All levels of experience welcome.
Belfast-based writer, producer and director Andrea
McCartney will help participants improve their
dialogue-writing skills. She will show you what to
think about when starting to write, how to improve
dialogue you have already written and techniques
for adapting your ideas for fiction, film, television
and radio.
Andrea has written, produced and directed
documentaries and other factual programmes for
BBCNI, Channel Four Learning and BBC2 as well
as publishing books and articles. She is a creative
writing tutor for the Open College of the Arts
(OCA).
In association with Open College of the Arts
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10.30am
Water, Water, Everywhere
All materials provided. Suitable for 16 years
and over
Tickets: £25 from Bank Street Arts or
e-mail info@bankstreetarts.com
Turn unread pages into sculpture by using a
scalpel to create an altered book that, until
opened, looks like a normal, untouched book. You
will need to be confident with using a scalpel and
you can take your work of art home with you.
Sat 26 Oct
Sun 27 Oct
4 Samson Street, S2
Debjani Chatterjee will lead a short poetry writing
workshop and you are invited to bring a brief
poem or song in any language (with English
translation) on the National Poetry Day subject of
water.
A community event
Weds 30 Oct
5.30pm Q
New Creative Writing in English with
Dr. Gang Sui
Hicks Building, University of Sheffield,
Hounsfield Road, S3
Admission free
A talk and workshop exploring how Chinese
students develop their creative writing in English
and how you can create fresh, verbal poetic images
for yourself.
A community event
Events for Children and Young People
Civica are Platinum Sponsor of Off the Shelf supporting events
for children, young people and families
Fri 18 Oct
4.30pm
Fri 25 Oct
4.30pm
The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and Other
Tales by Edward Lear
Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre present
Peter and the Wolf
The Montgomery, Surrey Street, S1
Tickets £6 from www.TheMontgomery.org.uk
Tel 0114 272 0455
Suitable for 6 years and over. Children must be
Get whisked away into the whimsical, wacky world
of Edward Lear’s nonsense poetry and songs in
this performance and workshop adventure.
A community event
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Tickets £7 from www.TheMontgomery.org.uk
Follow Peter’s adventures with Duck, Cat, Little
Bird and WOLF! in an exciting, large scale,
puppet show with life-sized, animal puppets and
actors.
A community event
11am Q
Sat 19 Oct
10.30am Q
Sat 26 Oct
Co-write your PX story with Ania Bas
Stories from Across the World
The Learning Zone/Parson Cross Library,
320 Wordsworth Avenue, Parson Cross, S5
Admission free. No need to book - just drop in
Join artist and writer Ania Bas and share your
experiences of living in Parsons Cross.
A community event
Surrey Street, S1
Hear stories on a universal theme from across the
world told in both their original languages and in
English.
A community event
Sat 19 Oct
2pm
Yorkshire Young Writers present
Tantalising Ta1sters!
Tickets £1 on the door. Suitable for 13 – 25 years
Join a festival day by young writers for young
writers featuring workshops, food, open mic and a
headlining poet at 7pm.
A community event
Weds 23 Oct
3.30pm Q
Meet the Author Bali Rai
Ecclesall Library, 120 Ecclesall Road South, S11
Suitable for 12 – 18 years
Acclaimed author Bali Rai talks about his books,
writing techniques and everything in-between
including multi-culturalism, politics and maybe a
bit of football too!
27 Oct
11am – 4pm Q
Every Picture Tells A Story - how to
create a graphic novel
Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, S3
Normal museum admission applies: Adults £5/£4
(cons)/Children Free Admission
To book Tel 0114 272 2106 or
e-mail ask@simt.co.uk
Suitable for children aged 9 years and over
A hands-on family workshop with graphic novelist
Andy Messer and illustrator Bob Moulder
Celebrating 100 years of stainless steel. With the
help of Harry Brearley, the Sheffield lad who
discovered stainless steel, youngers will change
words into pictures inspired by Kelham’s
exhibition Rustless: The Harry Brearley Story.
Organised by Kelham Island Museum
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28 Oct – 1 Nov
10am – 4pm each day
Sheffield Children’s University Live!
Children under 11 years must be accompanied
by an adult. For information:
www.sheffield.gov.uk/cu or Tel 0114 203 9134
Join the team from the Children’s University
for family fun activities: Activities will earn
children CU credits, awards and badges with a
Passport to Learning! Don’t forget to bring
yours! Passports are available priced £2 from
all Sheffield libraries.
Mon 28 and Tues 29 Oct
Professor Fluffy – Science is Fun
Discover the exciting world of science and
experiments.
Wed 30 Oct
The Power of Play with Imagination Gaming
Enjoy exciting and unusual board games from
all over the world.
Thurs 31 Oct
Spooky Halloween Crafts
Learn about spook Halloween animals and
make your own to take home.
Fri 1 Nov
Celebrations of the World – Arts and Crafts
Discover how people all over the world
celebrate and try your hand at a craft activity.
Organised by Sheffield Children’s University
Tues 29 Oct
7pm
Fifty Years of Doctor Who with
Daniel Blythe
over See page 29 for details.
Weds 30 Oct
1.30 and 3pm Q
My Granny is a Pirate!
Tickets £4 accompanying adults free
Suitable for 3 – 6 years. Children must be
“My granny was a pirate! She sailed the seven seas.
She captured many pirate ships - but was always
home for tea”.
Join Granny and her dog Jolly Roger in this
swashbuckling musical adventure with skeletons,
buried treasure and all sorts of pirate fun. Adapted
from Val McDermid’s charming picture book and
featuring well-loved performers from Sage
Gateshead’s Early Years team, this rip roaring show
recounts Granny’s secret life as a fierce pirate
adventuring on the seven seas. Jolly fun!
Produced by New Writing North for Durham
Book Festival
In association with The Sage Gateshead
Fri 1 Nov
10.30am
Hell and High Water – Record your
Memories of Gleadless Valley
Newfield Green Library, Gleadless Road, S2
Admission Free Suitable for all ages
Come and celebrate our wonderful community at
our horror themed party. Produce a collection of
local spooky stories and happenings in print.
A community event
12pm
No Sense Nonsense Workshop
Admission free, donations welcome. Tickets from
www.TheMontgomery.org.uk
Draw your own nonsense world and create poetry,
songs and stories inspired by Edward Lear.
A community event
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Tues 29 Oct
Sat 2 Nov
10am
Adventures in China - Creating Your
Own Stories
Bartolome House, School of Law, University of
Sheffield, Winter Street, S3. Admission free
Suitable for 5 years and over. Children under 11
must be accompanied by an adult
Hear adventurous stories written by pupils of
Sheffield Star Mandarin School and have a go at
creating your own story inspired by China.
A community event
Bali Rai
My Granny is a Pirate
Sat 2 Nov
2pm
Publish your own “Zine”Workshop
Admission free. To book e-mail
edgeoftheuniverseprintingpress@gmail.com
See your words in print when you write and
publish your own mini-magazine. Bring your ideas
or just enthusiasm!
A community event
Thurs 7 Nov
7.30pm Q
The Youth Word Up
A Spoken Word Performance by Young People
and Hollie McNish
The Hubs, Sheffield Hallam University Student’s
Admission Free. Places must be booked
Tel 0114 273 4400
Suitable for adults and young people aged 13
years and over. Parental guidance applies
As part of his guest curation for Off the Shelf in
2012, Benjamin Zephaniah created The Youth
Word Up – a project designed to give young
people who have something to say their chance to
speak out.
The performers tonight are aged 13 –19 years and
they come from all over Sheffield. They will
perform pieces they have created themselves,
telling it how it is, sharing their experiences, their
fears, their hopes, their vision, their words.
Sharing the stage with them tonight is 2009 UK
Slam Champion and rising poetry star
Hollie McNish. Hollie is a published poet and has
released two poetry albums. She has appeared at
the Glastonbury festival, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Bar,
London’s Southbank Centre and has had poems
commissioned by Tate Modern and Channel 4.
“I can’t take my ears off her” Benjamin Zephaniah
This project has been made possible with the
support of Sheffield City Council: Children Young
People and Families, Sheffield Community Youth
Teams, Sheffield Youth Justice Service, Writing
Yorkshire, Lovebytes and Arts Council England
Sat 7 Dec 1.30pm & 3pm Family Concerts
Mon 9 Dec
11am & 1pm School Concerts
Stan and Mabel
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Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives
The Octagon, University of Sheffield Student’s
Tickets: Family Concerts: £10 Adults/£6 (cons)
School Concerts: £3 children/Teachers free
To Book Tel 0114 249 6000
Paul Rissmann, Music in the Round’s award
winning Children’s Composer in Residence, has
created yet another irresistible piece of music
based on the book written and illustrated by
Jason Chapman.
Following the huge success of Sir Scallywag and
the Golden Underpants, this new piece will
engage and inspire audiences. With companion
pieces by Rossini and Mozart this hour long
concert is a perfect introduction to classical music
and features lots of audience participation and
illustrated projections.
Organised by Music in the Round in association
with Off the Shelf
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Events for Schools
Off the Shelf is sponsored by Civica, Platinum Sponsor.
Civica are pleased to support free events for schools.
These events are for school groups only. Admission
is free, but places must be booked. Please see
individual events for details.
Events in community libraries have been organised
by Libraries, Archives and Information Services.
Weds 16 Oct
1pm Q
Maggot Moon with Sally Gardner
Tickets £3 Accompanying Teachers free
Maggot Moon is the winner of the prestigious
Carnegie Medal 2013 and winner of the Costa
Children’s Book Award 2012 “Dazzling, chilling,
breathtaking. A perfect book” Meg Rosoff.
Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime
determined to beat its enemies in the race to the
moon, Maggot Moon is the stunning new novel
from award-winning author Sally Gardner.
When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken
away, Standish Treadwell realises that it is up to
him, his grandfather and a small band of rebels to
confront and defeat the ever-present oppressive
forces of the Motherland. Sally has dedicated the
book “For you the dreamers, overlooked at school,
never won prizes, you who will own tomorrow.”
Sally Gardner was branded ‘unteachable’ and sent
to various schools, before being eventually
diagnosed at the age of twelve as being severely
dyslexic.
Sally is now an avid spokesperson for dyslexia - she
sees it a gift, not a disability. Sally’s acclaimed
books include Smarties Prize winner The Countess’s
Calamity and I, Coriander which won the Nestle
Children’s Book Prize Gold Award.
Fri 18 Oct
9.30am
Caryl Hart
Jordanthorpe Library, 15 Jordanthorpe Centre, S8
Tel 0114 203 7701
Suitable for 7–10 years
A workshop with award winning writer and
illustrator Caryl Hart.
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Fri 18 Oct
11.30am
Caryl Hart
Newfield Green Library, Gleadless Road, S2
To book Tel 0114 239 7468
As above
Fri 18 Oct
Caryl Hart
Gleadless Library, White Lane, S12
To book Tel. 0114 239 4630
As above
1.30pm
Fri 18 Oct
10.30am Q
Weds 23 Oct
9.45am
Getting Started in Screenwriting
Bali Rai
Admission free. Places must be booked –
Tel 0114 273 4400
Parson Cross Library, 320 Wordsworth Avenue, S5
To book Tel 0114 203 9533
Acclaimed author Bali Rai talks about his books,
his inspirations and his life as an author.
What are the elements which make up a great
script? What makes one film a blockbuster and
another sink without trace?
This session will provide an introduction to the
wonderful world of screenwriting and offer advice
and guidance on how to turn your ideas into film
scripts.
Using lots of examples from recent films,
Jon Bridle will explain how thinking visually is the
key to writing great screenplays!
Jon teaches at Sheffield Hallam University and is
an expert in screen writing for TV and film and
writing comedy.
Why not enter the Civica Screenwriting
Competition for the chance to win an iPad mini.
See page 45
Department of Humanites.
Weds 23 Oct
Bali Rai
Firth Park Library, 443 Firth Park Library, S5
To book Tel 0114 203 7433
As above
Weds 23 Oct
9.30am
Meet the Author Tom Palmer
Hillsborough Library, Middlewood Road, S6
To book Tel 0114 203 9529
The author of Foul Play and Striking Out engages
and enthrals with a lively mixture of questions,
creativity and penalty shoot outs!
Weds 23 Oct
11am
Upperthorpe Library, Zest, 18 Upperthorpe, S6
To book Tel 0114 270 2048
As above
Weds 23 Oct
Broomhill Library, Taptonville Road, S10
To book Tel 0114 273 4276
As above
1pm
1.30pm
Bali Rai
Ecclesall Library, Ecclesall Road South, S11
To book Tel 0114 203 7222
As above
Weds 23 Oct
Weds 23 Oct
11.30am
9.30am
Lynne Chapman
Park Library, Duke Street, S2
To book Tel 0114 275 7497
A workshop with acclaimed writer and illustrator
Lynne Chapman
Weds 23 Oct
11.30am
Lynne Chapman
Darnall Library, Britannia Road, S9
To book Tel 0114 203 7429
As above
Weds 23 Oct
1.30pm
Lynne Chapman
Tinsley Library, Bawtry Road, S9
To book Tel 0114 203 7432
As above
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Exhibitions
5 Oct – 30 Nov
Mon 28 Oct – Sat 2 Nov
The 4th Sheffield International Artists’
Book Prize Exhibition
Mother Tongue Other Tongue
Tues – Sat, 10am – 5pm
Preview Evening - Sat 5 Oct from 5pm - all
welcome
The Sheffield International Artists’ Book Prize has
grown to be the largest prize and exhibition of
Artists’ Books in the world. This is a unique show
of over 200 original artist made books with entries
from every continent. Visitors to the exhibition act
as judges of the Main Prize, voting for their
favourites from the spectacular array of works on
how. Organised by Bank Street Arts
October and November
Artists’ Book Showcases
Various Locations
Alongside this year’s 4th Sheffield International
Artist’s Book Prize at Bank Street Arts there will be
showcases of artists’ books in a range of public
spaces around the city. Sheffield Central Library
will host 2 installations throughout October: prize
winning book artist, Katherine Johnson, will create
a site specific book and paper installation in the
first floor display case and there will be an
exhibition of photographs of artists’ books in the
oyer. Artists Books will also be on show at
Chapeltown, Ecclesfield and Walkley libraries
throughout October and November. There will
also be a display of sculptural books in Window 7,
Cambridge Street, S1 as part of Sheffield Showcase
from 1 October – 10 November. Books will also be
displayed in the following hotels across the city:
Holiday Inn Royal Victoria, Hilton Sheffield,
Kenwood Hall, DoubleTree by Hilton, Jurys Inn.
Normal Library Opening Hours
Admission Free. Suitable for all ages
A display of some of the poems written by children
for the ‘Mother Tongue Other Tongue’ Laureate
Education Project poetry competition celebrating
the many languages spoken and learned in our
region.
A community event
4 Oct – 14 Dec
Art Sheffield 2013
Multiple venues across Sheffield
Art Sheffield is delighted to announce the fifth
edition of the Art Sheffield festival, which will
return to the city this autumn.
Art Sheffield is a citywide contemporary art event
showcasing artwork by locally, nationally and
internationally based artists.
The festival will take the form of a multi-venue
exhibition and programme of events, screenings
and talks, spread across the city’s gallery spaces:
Bloc, the Graves Gallery, S1. Artspace, Site Gallery,
Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield Institute of Arts and
in the public realm.
http://artsheffield.org/assets/
Mon 4 - Sun 10 Nov
3pm
Our Voice Installation The Youth Word Up
Winter Gardens – see page 34 for details
Competitions
The North Writing Competition
We’ve teamed up with another great Yorkshire
literature festival, Wakefield Lit Fest, and created a
competition which has the theme ‘The North’.
Please tell us what ‘The North’ means to you.
Your entry can be a micro fiction, poetry or prose
but must be no longer than 125 words. Our judge
is writer and journalist Paul Morley who will be
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appearing at both festivals to talk about his book
The North. The winning entry will be published on
the Off the Shelf and Wakefield Lit Fest websites
as well as netting the winner a cup inscribed
Champion of The North, a book token, signed
books and other goodies. For details visit
www.offtheshelf.org.uk or www. Closing date for
Sheffield entries Monday 30 September 2013 at
12noon.
Competitions
Write a Doctor Who episode to win an
iPad mini
Lights, camera, action! Civica is inviting
Sheffield school students aged 7–16 to enter a
screen writing competition to win an iPad
mini!
Prizes will be awarded to two age categories:
7–12 and 13 –16 years. To tie in with the 50th
anniversary of Doctor Who, we want you to
imagine what exciting adventures the Doctor
may get up to next and present your ideas as a
script, a recorded performance or a comic
strip.
You have a 250 word limit or a time limit of
250 seconds, if you’re recording something.
We have started it off for you, so visit
www.civica365edu.co.uk to read our starting
paragraph, then use your own imagination to
write the scene that follows.
You can write a script, record a podcast, film
your scene acted out or write a comic script.
Whatever you choose to do, upload it to
www.civica365edu.co.uk or e-mail it to
ots@civica365edu.co.uk or
offtheshelf@sheffield.gov.uk. The deadline is
noon on Friday 1 November 2013. You can
only enter once and winners will be notified by
e-mail.
Terms and Conditions
• The vote will be final and no
correspondence will be entered into.
• Lost, delayed or illegible entries will not be
accepted.
• There is a prize of an iPad mini for the
overall winner in each age category.
• Prizes are not transferable and no cash
alternative is available.
• Prizes must be claimed within 30 days of
notification.
• Children entering as individuals rather than
through school must have parental
permission to take part in the competition.
• Participation in the competition signifies
acceptance of these rules.
Turn to page 29 to read about the Fifty Years
of Doctor Who with Daniel Blythe event and
come along to a screen writing workshop, for
more details see page 43.
Poetry Business Writing Competition
Songwriting Competition
The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet
Competition
Deadline: last post on 29 November 2013, online
by midnight 2 December 2013
Entry fee: £25
Judge: Carol Ann Duffy
Full details:
http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/competition
The annual, international Book & Pamphlet
Competition invites entrants to submit a collection
of 20 – 24 pages of poems for the chance to win a
cash prize and publication by Smith|Doorstop
Books.
Sensoria is delighted to partner with Off the Shelf
and announce a Songwriting Competition for
Sheffield based musicians and composers.
Four first stage winners are selected and given the
opportunity to submit a full-length manuscript to
the second round of the competition, in which
one of them can win book publication. The three
first- stage winners receive pamphlet publication.
All four winners will receive an equal share of
£2,000 and publication in The North magazine,
and have a launch reading hosted by the Poetry
Business.
The competition will culminate in a free gig at
Queens Social Club on Sunday 3 November at
8pm.
We are asking local bands to submit newly written
tracks (one per artist) to our SoundCloud
Dropbox;
http://soundcloud.com/sensoriapro/dropbox
Deadline for submissions is 6 September 2013.
The winner will be decided by a panel including
Mick Somerset Ward, Nat Johnson and a member
of the Crookes and will be announced at Sensoria
Pro Industry Day on Friday 27 September.
There is a prize package worth over £500 that
includes 2 days in a professional recording studio
in addition to the showcase opportunity at Queens
Social Club.
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Booking Information
Tickets for all events - including those at
Showroom Cinema and University of Sheffield
Student’s Union, unless otherwise stated, can be
purchased through our one stop box office at
The Arena Ticket Shop as well as from Sheffield
Theatres Box Office and City Hall Box Office.
Tickets can be purchased on line, by telephone
or in person.
Showroom Cinema and University of Sheffield
Students’ Union Box Office can only sell tickets
for events taking place at their own venues.
Tickets for events organised by community and
partner organisations are available as specified
with individual event information in the
brochure.
A booking fee applies for transactions made on
line, by telephone or by credit card.
A booking fee also applies for tickets purchased
in person using cash at a box office other than
the City Hall Box Office unless the tickets are
for an event taking place in the same venue as
the box office outlet. For instance, tickets
purchased for an event, in person using cash,
happening at the Crucible Theatre at Sheffield
Theatres box office will not incur a booking
charge but tickets purchased for an event in
person using cash happening at the Octagon at
Sheffield Theatres box office will.
No booking fee will be charged for purchases
made in person using cash at the City Hall box
office whichever venue the event is taking
place at.
To book events in libraries please see Tel
numbers with event details or
e-mail libraries@sheffield.gov.uk
Please look at individual websites or call each
individual venue to check opening times and
actual booking fee charges.
Arena Ticket Shop
Sheffield Arena, Broughton Lane,
Sheffield, S9 2DF
Tel. 0114 256 5567 or
www.arenaticketshop.co.uk/offtheshelf
Sheffield City Hall
Barkers Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA
Tel. 0114 278 9789 or
www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk
Sheffield Theatres
Tudor Square, Sheffield S1 1DA
Tel. 0114 249 6000 or
University of Sheffield Student’s
Union
Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TG
www.sheffieldunion.com No telephone booking
The Showroom Cinema
Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX
Tickets can be bought from box office outlets
up to 1pm on the day of each event. After this
time they will be on sale on the door 30 minutes
before the event start time subject to availability.
Tel. 0114 275 7727 or
www.showroomworkstation.org.uk
For events on Saturdays and Sundays weekends
tickets go off sale at 1pm on Friday.
We endeavour to use only venues with full
disabled access – these are indicated with a
wheelchair symbol with event information in the
brochure.
Wheelchair spaces must be reserved with the
box office at the time of booking.
Community and Library events may not always
have full disabled access. Please check with
individual venues and organisations.
Doors open 30 minutes before the start of the
event.
No tickets exchanged or refunded.
Tickets go on sale Saturday 31 August 2013.
Arena website may state shows are sold out
when they are taken off sale but tickets may still
be available on the door at the event from 30
minutes before the start of the event. Please
check the Off the Shelf website or call 0114 273
4400 to check if an event has sold out and late
availability. Tickets on sale from the Showroom
Cinema or University of Sheffield Students’ Union
for events in their own venues remain on sale
up to the start time of the event, subject to
availability.
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Disabled Access
Some key festival dates at a glance
Event
Date
Event
Date
Lynda La Plante
Mon 9 Sept
Jackie Kay
Sat 19 Oct
Simon Goddard
Fri 27 Sept
Simon Singh
Sun 20 Oct
Paul Morley
Sat 5 Oct
Ned Boulting
Mon 21 Oct
Being Human Poetry Show
Mon 7 Oct
Emma Woolf
Mon 21 Oct
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Fri 11 Oct
Richard Weight
Tues 22 Oct
Pam Ayres
Sat 12 Oct
Matthew Flinders
Tues 22 Oct
Anna Whitelock
Sat 12 Oct
Dan Snow
Weds 23 Oct
Kate Adie
Sat 12 Oct
Harriet Tuckey
Thurs 24 Oct
Bob Stanley
Sat 12 Oct
Bag Lady Theatre Show
Fri 25 Oct
Geordie Greig
Sun 13 Oct
Matt Sewell
Sun 27 Oct
Roddy Doyle
Mon 14 Oct
Anne Goodchild
Sun 27 Oct
TS Eliot Poetry Prize Tour
Tues 15 Oct
Andy Kershaw
Sun 27 Oct
Jung Chang
Tues 15 Oct
Roy Hattersley
Mon 28 Oct
Walter Mosley
Tues 15 Oct
Katie Edwards
Mon 28 Oct
Melissa Benn
Tues 15 Oct
50 Years of Doctor Who
Tues 29 Oct
Sally Gardner
Weds 16 Oct
Steve Peters
Tues 29 Oct
Adverse Camber Storytelling
Weds 16 Oct
Tony Ryan & Steve McKevitt
Weds 30 Oct
Charles Emmerson
Weds 16 Oct
Catherine Fletcher
Thurs 31 Oct
Jane Rogers/Marina Lewycka Weds 16 Oct
Phillipa Langley
Sat 2 Nov
Leo Hollis
Thurs 17 Oct
Martin Gayford
Sun 3 Nov
Paul Murdin
Thurs 17 Oct
The Youth Word Up
Thurs 7 Nov
Simon Armitage
Thurs 17 Oct
Chuck Palahniuk
Thurs 14 Nov
We Talk of Pride & Prejudice Fri 18 Oct
Tom Standage
Fri 22 Nov
Lucy Worsley
Vanessa Toulmin
Mon 25 Nov
Sat 19 Oct
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