Spiegeltent Fringe Events

Fabulous events for all in our magical tent on the Abbey Grounds

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Workshop - Linda France

WRITING INTO THE LIGHT A 2-hour online Poetry Workshop with Linda France for Candlemas/Imbolc
Workshop - Bea Davenport

Writing for Children: a 2-hr online workshop
Workshops for 2021

Join us for a new series of online workshops
Hexham Book Festival 2021 - 30th April to 10th May

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Workshop - Linda France

WRITING INTO THE LIGHT A 2-hour online Poetry Workshop with Linda France for Candlemas/Imbolc
Workshop - Bea Davenport

Writing for Children: a 2-hr online workshop
Workshop - Olivia Chapman

A 2-hour online workshop to learn the tricks of how to hone your story for a synopsis: what to keep, what to lose, what to emphasise.
Writing Commissions 2020

We are delighted to share new pieces of new writing from Northumberland based authors, specially commissioned for 2020.
Story Space

Fabulous authors reading super stories from brilliant books, plus some other people you may recognise!
2020 Festival Programme
Festival Cancelled
Tom Gauld - The Department of Mind-Blowing Theories

Join the man behind The Guardian’s laugh-out-loud, hyper-minimalist comic strips.
Samir Puri - The Great Imperial Hangover

A striking new framework for understanding our world's complex rivalries and politics.
Prashant Kidambi - Cricket County

Indian nationhood took shape on the cricket pitch long before India gained political independence.

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Mike Cawthorne - Walking Through Shadows

A tale of extremes in North West Scotland.
Festival Cancellation
Victoria Hislop Those Who Are Loved

A novel which sheds light on the complexity, and trauma, of Greece’s past.
Dan Jackson - The Northumbrians

Jackson reveals a part of England whose future may be uncertain, but whose people remain as durable and remarkable as ever.
New Voices Proof Party

Hear three authors of novels publishing this summer and receive proof copies of the books.
Young Writers' Summer Poetry Course

Read work produced by young people during the Poetry Writing Course here.
Lennie Goodings - A Bite of the Apple

Lennie Goodings is Chair of the UK British publishing house Virago Press.
Comedy Words Gala

Queen’s Hall presents Funny Words Comedy Gala in the Spiegeltent. A line up of six fabulous comedians.
Mike Berners-Lee There is No Planet B

Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, plastics There is No Planet B.
Jenny Eclair, Inheritance

Meet star baker, broadcaster, comedian, actor and best-selling author, Jenny Eclair