Thatcham author s haunting tale for National Storytelling Week
The Czech folklore that inspired Jana Karst
Trish Lee
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Many years ago Thatcham author Jana Karst visited a place called Devet Krizu - Nine Crosses in Czech - where standing before the crosses, she was inspired to discover more. On her journey back to England she wrote a synopsis of the story on a notepad. From there, in her spare time, she pieced the whole tale together and last year her ghost story-cum-detective novel was published. Here, for National Storytelling Week, January 30 to February 6, she recounts the tragic tale on which it was based.
Drax Group CEO Will Gardiner, reading from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Drax’s storytime project. EMPLOYEES at Drax Power Station have been putting their energy into supporting each other s families during lockdown. About 40 people working for Drax Group have each read and recorded a few chapters of popular children s books for a storytime audio library project. The audio library has been launched during National Storytelling Week, with the stories posted on the Drax Group employee intranet service for people to download and listen to at home. If popular, further stories will be recorded with titles chosen via an online ballot.
Books on a bookshelf at Hay Castle at Hay Festival in Powys, Wales (Ryan Phillips/PA)
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Look at history of Belfast blues music among events planned at Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library in Belfast 28 January, 2021 01:00
Authors Noel McLaughlin and Joanna Braniff, who wrote How Belfast Got The Blues: A Cultural History of Popular Music in the 1960s, are involved in the online event
A LOOK at the history of Belfast blues music and how it was central to politics in Northern Ireland is among the topics for discussion at an event run by the Linen Hall Library.
Authors Noel McLaughlin and Joanna Braniff, a former Irish News features editor, are involved in the online event next month, when they will explore the key issues emerging from their new book, How Belfast Got The Blues: A Cultural History of Popular Music in the 1960s.