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Durham Crime: Jo Murray and Rebecca Philipson - Durham Book Festival
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Festival
Durham
The North East crime scene has two exciting new voices. Hear from Jo Murray, author of Dissection of a Murder, and Rebecca Philipson, author of How to Get Away with Murder, about how County Durham inspired their debut crime thrillers full of sick…
Dates
- From:
- 10 Oct 2026Open 10:30 - 11:30
Faber Academy Workshop: Life Writing with Amy Key - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Join Faber Academy and writer Amy Key for a day-long workshop of reading, writing and sharing your work with like-minded people.
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 11:00 - 16:00
Food, Connection and Identity with Kit Fan and Anna Hedworth - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Writer Kit Fan and chef Anna Hedworth explore how food and the act of cooking forges connections and strengthens the ties of identity, family and heritage.
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 12:30 - 13:30
Susanna Clarke: The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Internationally bestselling author Susanna Clarke introduces her brand-new novella, The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City, in an exclusive event in the city where the story takes place.
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 17:00 - 18:00
Spooky Spectacular Investigation - Vane Tempest Hall
Type
Type:
Halloween
Gilesgate,
Something is waiting inside the old walls of Vane Tempest Hall... Originally opened as the Gilesgate Militia Barracks, the building later became a smallpox hospital, with the main halls used as sick rooms and the former stables becoming a room for…
Dates
- From:
- 10 Oct 2026to11 Oct 2026Open 21:00 - 03:00
James Marriott: Forged in the North - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Books are dying. Across the world, the number of people reading is in free fall. The golden chain of knowledge linking reader to reader through the centuries is breaking for the first time since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire ushered in…
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 13:00 - 14:00
Gaming and Storytelling with Lucy Rose and Sarah Maria Griffin - Durham Book Festival
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Type:
Festival
Durham
Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb, and Sarah Maria Griffin, author of Strange is the Light, will discuss how they use video games as tools to inspire their writing. They’ll explore how video games can take us on a journey to epic fantasy realms or…
Dates
- From:
- 10 Oct 2026Open 17:30 - 18:30
St Catherine's Child in Concert at The Bowes Museum
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Concert
Barnard Castle
The Bowes Museum is delighted to welcome back emerging artist Ilana Zsigmond, AKA St Catherine's Child, for her second live performance in the beautiful setting of the Jubilee Room. Don't miss this chance to experience an evocative evening of…
Venue
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 18:30 -
The Rebels of Raby Talk with Castle Curator - Raby Castle, Park and Gardens
Type
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Talks
Staindrop
Raby's history is far from peaceful, and in this new talk, Raby's Curator will explore how the castle's residents were drawn into some of the most turbulent political moments in English history.
Venue
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 14:30 - 15:30
Lucy Foley: The Big Read - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
We are delighted to announce that the Sunday Times number one bestselling novel The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley is our 2026 Big Read. We will distribute 3,000 free copies of The Hunting Party to libraries, businesses and hospitals, and to students…
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 15:00 - 16:00
Forged in the North with Neil Tennant - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Forged in the North with Neil Tennant will see the Pet Shop Boys icon talk to Fiona Hill about how growing up in Newcastle shaped his music.
Dates
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- 10 Oct 2026Open 19:00 - 18:00
Holly Sterling: Karate Kids Storytime - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Join Maya and her friends as they learn to spin, kick and block their way through their karate class, learning new moves and mastering their minds and bodies, with a little help from each other along the way in this fun and exciting story time as…
Dates
- From:
- 10 Oct 2026Open 10:00 - 10:45
Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Following his travels across England knocking on strangers’ doors as the world’s first Door-to-Door Poet in 2019, bestselling performance poet Rowan McCabe returns to the stage with Hard Knocks. This comedy and spoken word show about community and…
Dates
- From:
- 10 Oct 2026Open 19:30 - 20:30
Bread Alone Anthology - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
In the acclaimed new anthology, Bread Alone, 33 writers respond to the question ‘What happens when we run out of working-class writers?’.
Dates
- From:
- 10 Oct 2026Open 17:30 - 18:30
Clare McGlynn and Natasha Walter in Conversation - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
At a time when women’s rights are being rolled back, Clare McGlynn and Natasha Walter join us to discuss how we can turn the tide on the violent sexual content that is reshaping modern society and build supportive and hopeful communities for women.
Dates
- From:
- 11 Oct 2026Open 15:00 - 16:00
Regency Romance with Sophie Irwin and the History Gossip - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Before Bridgerton, there was Georgette Heyer, the original Queen of Regency Romance. Now, for the first time since her death in 1974, best-selling author Sophie Irwin writes a continuation of Heyer’s beloved books, fusing her brilliantly witty and…
Dates
- From:
- 11 Oct 2026Open 13:00 - 14:00
Dan Jackson: Howay the Lads! - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Delve into the fascinating history of Newcastle United with Dan Jackson in Howay the Lads!: a richly detailed celebration of North East England through the eyes of the club’s loyal supporters and players.
Dates
- From:
- 11 Oct 2026Open 11:00 - 12:00
Voices from the River Gaunless with Jake Morris-Campbell - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
In a new commission, writer Jake Morris-Campbell explores how a beguiling watercourse near Bishop Auckland – the River Gaunless, a tributary of the River Wear, known in Old Norse as ‘useless,’ – is being saved and enhanced for the community today.…
Dates
- From:
- 11 Oct 2026Open 16:00 - 17:00
The Working Class Library on Tony Harrison with Special Guest Christopher Eccleston - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Award-winning actor Christopher Eccleston joins hosts of the Working Class Library podcast, Richard Benson, editor of The Bee, and Claire Malcolm, CEO of New Writing North, to discuss the legacy of the renowned poet Tony Harrison, in a special live…
Dates
- From:
- 11 Oct 2026Open 17:00 - 18:00
Folklore Across Forms - Durham Book Festival
Type
Type:
Festival
Durham
Morvern Graham, Amy Jeffs and Aimée MacDonald explore how modern interpretations of folklore can bring new life to ancient stories through prose and visual art. Visual artist Morvern Graham shares her new take on our country’s traditional folktales…
Dates
- From:
- 11 Oct 2026Open 17:30 - 18:30
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