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Chrissie Gittins - Dates
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2010
January 1stAppointed Writer-in-Residence with the borough of Lewisham, based in the attic at the newly refurbished Forest Hill Library.
January 12th
Republished Now You See Me, Now You ... is selected by the Poetry Book Society as one of the two top choices for the Children’s Poetry Bookshelf, Spring Term 2010.
January 20th
Able Writers' Day at Monks Orchard Primary School, Shirley, Croydon
January 27th
Able Writers' Day at Brentwood School, Essex.
February 9th
Able Writers' Day in St Adrian's R.C.P. School, St Albans.
February 11th
Poetry reading with Lance Lee and Roy Batt at Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG, 8-10pm. 020-8348-8716. £5/£3. Nearest tube: Archway.
February 24th and March 3rd
Visits to Royston Primary School, Penge, London SE20
March 1st
Visit to Darrick Wood Senior School, Orpington, Kent
March 4th
Book signing at Royston Primary School, Penge, SE20, World Book Day Book Fair, 3.30-4pm.
March 11th
Readings at Batheaston Primary School for Bath Literature Festival.
March 13th
Keats House - children's event - reading and workshop, 10.30am. Keats Grove, Hampstead, London NW3 2RR Tel: 020-7332-3868
April 6th
Publication of new children's poetry collection 'The Humpback's Wail' illustrated by Paul Bommer.
April 24th
Launch of 'The Humpback's Wail' at the gorgeous Grade II listed Georgian Manor House Library which stands in an award winning park.(The Baring Room, Manor House Library, 34 Old Road, Lee, London SE13 5SY - Hither Green overland British Rail) 2 - 4pm. Performance, signing and refreshments. Free event but please book places beforehand - ask for Manor House Library when you dial 0208-852-0357.
May 14th
Kingston Readers' Festival: Poetry reading with Todd Swift, 1pm, Kingston Museum, Fairfield Road, Kingston-upon-Thames KT1 2PS. £8 (£5 under 18s)
am Readings at Canbury School, Kingston Hill
June 3rd
Children's poetry performance at the Hay Festival, reading from new collection 'The Humpback's Wail'. Details tbc
June 9th
Reading for Loose Muse at Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX, 8pm, £5/£4. Nearest tube: Covent Garden.
June 30th
Poetry reading at Oxford University for the Creative Writing Summer School at Rewley House, Wellington Square, 6-7pm.
September 1st-30th
Residency with Shetland Arts on the Shetland Islands.
2009
January 28thRide the Word reading from Family Connections at Borders, 203-207 Oxford St, London W1D 2LE 7.00 - 9.15 pm with Jay Merill, Chris McCabe, Vincent De Souza, Kathryn Simmonds, plus featured small press - tall-lighthouse. Free.
February 11th, 12th, 13th
Poetry commission and workshops for the Can I Have A Word? literacy project at the Barbican Centre, working with 16 year 5 classes from local schools on Chinese animated film Feeling of Water and Mountain by Te Wei of the Shanghai Animation Studio.
February 16th - 21st
Arvon residential course at Totleigh Barton, Devon, with Sixth Form, Hayes School. Co-tutor Malachy Doyle, guest Andy Brown.
February 24th
Poem 'Sky High' on Poetry Pie, episode 7, Cbeebies, 4.55pm. Also on their website.
March 2nd
Reading at the launch of Magma 43, Troubadour Coffee House, 263-267 Old Brompton Road, London SW5. Guest readers Glyn Maxwell and John Stammers. Nearest tube Earl's Court. £6 (£5 concessions).
March 3rd
Visit to West Lodge First School, Pinner, Middlesex.
March 6th
Visit to Thomas’s Prep School, Fulham, London SW6.
March 10th
Visit to St Michael’s East Wickham C of E School, Welling, Kent.
March 11th
Poem 'Sky High' on Poetry Pie, episode 18, Cbeebies, 4.55pm. Also on their website.
March 13th
Visit to Our Lady of the Visitation Primary School, Greenford, Middlesex.
March 16th
Attending the unveiling of a plaque for Robert Browning at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, Jerningham Road, New Cross Gate, London SE14 5NY. 1.30pm. Free public event.
March 19th
Attending CBeebies Poetry Pie screening and celebration at the Pudsey Room, BBC Television Centre, Shepherd's Bush.
March 24th
Able Writers (National Education Trust) visit to Manor Farm School, Hazelmere, Buckinghamshire.
April 15th
Publication date of second adult poetry collection I’ll Dress One Night As You, Salt Publishing.
April 29th
Launch of I'll Dress One Night As You at 7pm, The Rose, 35 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7LT. 020-7735-3723.
Music by the Tinpots www.tinpots.com
Nearest tube: Vauxhall. From Vauxhall tube take the Albert Embankment exit, walk passed MI5 (the cream and green building) and you'll see The Rose on the right. Upstairs room, bar, all welcome.
May 5th
Attending the reopening of the Grade II listed Manor House Library, Old Road, Lee SE13, after extensive refurbishment.
May 6th
Short story Just One of the Girls read on BBC R4 by Phyllida Nash at 3.30pm. One of three stories about '21st Century Family Life'.
May 9th
Local launch, reading and signing of I'll Dress One Night As You, 2.30pm, Manor House Library (newly refurbished and re-opened!), Old Road, Lee, London SE13 5SY. 020-8314-9614. Free.
May 14th
Meeting with Adopt an Author (Basildon) team at the British Library.
May 30th
Signing of 'I'll Dress One Night As You' and all other books, 11.30-12.30am at the lovely Kirkdale Bookshop, 272 Kirkdale, Sydenham, London SE26 4RS.
June 1st and 2nd
Book week visit to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Kingston upon Thames.
June 24th
Reading from 'I'll Dress One Night As You' at the Yumchaa Cafe, 45 Berwick Street, Soho, London W1 for the Ride the Word series; with Vincent de Souza, Sue Hubbard, Richard Bardsley and Jay Merrill. Free event, nearest tubes Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road. 7-9pm.
July 4th
Reading with Ronnie McGrath and John Hegley for the Sydenham Arts Festival. Sydenham Girls School, 8-10pm, £9 & £7 concessions.
July 23rd
Inaugural poetry reading at the newly refurbished Clitheroe Castle Moor Lane, Clitheroe BB7 1BA. No charge, but as it's being held in the cafe attendees are kindly being asked if they'd like to eat/drink something in the cafe beforehand. The cafe opens at 6pm, the evening begins with a local poet at 7.30pm, then I'll give two twenty minute readings, with an interval. More details about the Castle Museum and the cafe at www.lancashire.gov.uk/clitheroecastlemuseum
September 26th
Poetry reading (for adults) for Southwark Libraries poetry festival Rhyme and Reason 6 - 7.30pm. Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8NB. Tel: 020-7525-2000
October 5th
Visit to Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, Middlesex.
November 8th
National Poetry Day! Chrissie will be reading and talking about a new poem 'The Return of the Wildman of Orford' on BBC Radio Suffolk at around 2.15pm. The East Anglian Daily Times will also feature details of the poem and the broadcast.
November 12th
Able Writers' Day at St Thomas's Primary School, Sevenoaks, Kent
November 19th
World Toilet Day and launch of Bards in the Bog pamphlet of poems (Shetland Library www.shetland-library.gov.uk) selected by Jen Hadfield; includes When I travelled from the Country to the City by Chrissie Gittins. All proceeds to www.worldtoiletday.com
November 26th
Able Writers' Day at Sacred Heart School, Battersea
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