Literature Plymouth

Lots of ideas are coming in for the development of creative writing in Plymouth. It is often more helpful to look further afield than Plymouth for inspiration. We will not be involved in the proposed bid for Plymouth to become a capital of culture as there is no benefit for us in supporting this venture.

Plymouth Proprietary Library Short Story Competition 2012

To mark National Short Story Week, Plymouth Proprietary Library held a short story competition. The results are as follows: First Place: Andrew Campbell-Kearsey Story title: Spies Like Us. Home Town: Brighton. Second Place: Norman Kitching Story title: Through a glass darkly. Home Town: Gosport. Third Place: Jennifer Blake Story title: Goodbye, my love. Home Town: Saltash. Congratulations to them and many thanks indeed to all those who took the time to enter. Grateful thanks also to the judges: Lori Butterworth and Clair Wyman, who deliberated carefully over all the entries.

Lectures at Plymouth Proprietary Library

Thursday 7 June 2012 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime Lecture Tom Arnold The Medical Society's Historic Collection in Plymouth Thursday 5 July 2012 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime Lecture Barbara Eaton 'Yes Papa! Mrs Chapone and the Bluestocking Circle' Thursday 16 August 2012 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime Lecture Bob Mann Devon's Pioneer Feminist - the life and works of M.P Willcocks Thursday 6 Sept 2012 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime Lecture Michael Bridgwater Artists and Community Engagement in Efford's Regeneration Thursday 13 September 2012 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime Lecture Peter Greenhalgh The First Angry Young Men? German writers of the 1760's and 1770's. Storm and Stress with Goethe and Schiller, the godfathers of Romantic Literature.

Short Story Competition Plymouth

Plymouth Proprietary Library are running their own short story competition. All entries must use the word 'citadel' at least once and the story must contain no more than 1500 words. Any theme or genre is acceptable and there is an entry fee of £3.00 per story. The first prize is £50.00. Second prize is £20.00 and third prize is £10.00. All entries can be typed or presented in legible handwriting and the author's name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript. A covering sheet with name, address and telephone number must accompany each short story and be posted to: Plymouth Proprietary Library Short Story Competition Alton Terrace 111 North Hill Plymouth PL4 8JY The closing date is Friday 14 September 2012 and the results will be announced in November 2012, to mark the occasion of National Short Story Week. For further details, please e-mail: plymouthproprietarywriters@gmail.com

BBC Scriptwriter Paul Dodgson Returns to Plymouth Proprietary Library for a Radio Writing Course

The BBC Scriptwriter, Paul Dodgson will be returning to Plymouth Proprietary Library on Tuesday 14 August 2012 to run a creative writing workshop for radio comedy plays. If you are interested in participating, please contact either the library on 01752 660515 or e-mail plymouthproprietarywriters@gmail.com to reserve a place. Please note there is a charge for attending this course.

Plymouth Proprietary Library Annual Lecture - with Professor Norbert Schurer

The Plymouth Proprietary Library Annual Lecture will take place on Thursday 3 May 2012 @ 7pm in the Peninsula Arts Devonport Lecture Theatre in the Portland Square Building. Our speaker and theme will be:

Professor Norbert Schurer from California State University

Jane Austen's Bookshop: Networks of Print Culture in Winchester.

Entry is free to Members of PPL on production of their Membership Cards.

Lecture Programme - Plymouth Proprietary Library Spring Season 2012

Saturday 18 February 2012 11:00 - 12:00 Morning Lecture
Professor Paul Hardwick ('Oz' Hardwick)
New Words from Old Books - a Poetry Seminar.

Thursday 12 April 2012 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime Lecture
Dr Simon Curtis
Emily Dickinson: an American Poet

Thursday 10 May 2012 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime Lecture
Dr Tom Greeves
Dartmoor Photography in the 1860's - 1870s

Oz Hardwick - New Words from Old Books - a literary talk

Plymouth Proprietary Library is delighted to welcome back Professor Paul Hardwick - popularly known as Oz Hardwick - on Saturday 18 February 2012 to give a literary talk on the subject of New Words from Old Books. Further details will be promulgated in the library and a press release will be issued in due course.