Kevan launching The Way of Awen, Bath 2010

Anthony, Mary & Richard launch their books at Mr Bs, Bath 2008

 

Kevan launching his first novel, The Long Woman, Bath 2004
Chrissy signs copies of her first book, Cardiff 2008

The launch of The Winged Unicorn

 

 

EVENTS 2010

 

 

 

Friday 30 July - Away with Awen

Combining simple meditation with participatory creative writing, and performances of poetry and story from Kevan and Jay. Please bring a pen and a journal/some paper. Resurgence Readers' Summer Camp, Green & Away

 

 

Tuesdays 3, 10, 17, and 24 August

Children’s Activity Day – Berkeley Castle. Children’s activities all day with storytelling for all the family from Fire Springs. Contact: 01453 810332; www.berkeley-castle.com

 

7 August -Way of Awen talk

Kevan Manwaring talks about his latest book

Mystic & Earth Spirit Fayre, Chapel Arts Centre, Bath

3.45pm-5.00pm  FFI here

 

11 August - A Twist in the Tale (Bath Folk Festival event)

 From folk song it’s a short hop into bed with a folk tale and you're never quite sure what you might find there.  Bath’s legendary wordsmiths Fire Springs are back, ensemble, with a feast of stories and songs of the outré and yarns with a twist. Back to a place where Conal Crovi tells tales within tales within tales … and Teig O’Kane has a problem with a talkative corpse … and then there's the one about this fine woman who has a good need to be a man. Add a powerful voice and brilliant guitarist singing a story or two in song and it all adds up to a evening of guaranteed twists, turns, tunes and tales. Fire Springs are: Richard Selby, Kirsty Hartsiotis, Kevan Manwaring, David Metcalfe, and Anthony Nanson.
 
7.30pm - 9.30pm, Gallery Room, St James Wine Vaults, Bath, £5 (concessions £3) Tickets: 01225 463362
 info@inu-music.com, boxoffice@bathfestivals.org.uk

 

15 August - Bath Folk Festival storytelling workshop

with Kevan Manwaring

 

16 August - Bath Storytelling Circle, the Raven, Queen St, Bath, 8pm

 

23 August - The Way of Awen, Positive Living Group Bath talk by Kevan Manwaring

 

29 August-11 September

Creative writing workshops with Awen author Kevan Manwaring, Skyros Writers Lab, Greece

Week 1 Poetry: The Grit in the Oyster

Week 2 Life Fiction: Turning the Personal into the Publishable

 

16-19 September - Tales to Sustain

‘Silence, Stillness, Community, Sitting with Uncertainty’. We’re facing changing and challenging times. The world is becoming a new and unfamiliar place. As storytellers and environmental artists what can we do? Can we find ways of using our skills and stories to make a positive contribution to the changes ahead? This is the fifth annual gathering of people working with these issues: a chance to be sustained, recharged, inspired, and to share good practice. There will be facilitated sessions as well as time to just be. Venue: Rookery Farm, in North Somerset, a beautiful tranquil six-acre paradise with gardens, lakes, and secret nooks and crannies. Accommodation: camping with compost loos and running water, plus a few indoor spaces (first come first served). Locally sourced organic food. Beautiful workshop and contemplative spaces: yurts, tipis, and the land. £175. Early booking is essential, since places are limited to 30. Contact: Jane Flood 07825 296554, wordsandwebs@talk21.com

 

 

31 October - Samhain Celebration concert with Phoenix, Chalice Well, Glastonbury

 

14 November - Poetry reading by Kevan Manwaring, Poets in Avalon, Abbey House, Glastonbury

 

20 November: Talk on The Way of Awen at Druid Conference, Bilberry Centre, Rednal,

 

November 28th - Garden of Awen special

launch showcase of Awen anthology - a night of a thousand bards extravaganza on William Blake's birthday, Chapel Arts Centre, details tbc

 

 

 Watch this space...