Exhibition
Drinking tea to escape the noise of the world
13 Nov 2015
Art Space Portsmouth (Gasp)
Southsea, United Kingdom
11.30-16.00
Free
By Celia's Arbour: A Tale of Portsmouth Town is the title of a long forgotten novel, first published in 1878, by Walter Besant who was born in Portsmouth and founded the Society of Authors.
By Celia's Arbour: A Tale of Portsmouth Town is the title of a long forgotten novel, first published in 1878, by Walter Besant who was born in Portsmouth and founded the Society of Authors. The novel is set in the city’s port, and revolves around a retired sea captain, who lives by the mill-dam, taking in two orphaned boys, one a local 'mudlark', and the other '...an exile, a Pole, the son of a Polish rebel’.
Dr. Alison Habens will lead a creative writing workshop that explores the novel’s themes and location. The workshop will take place in Milldam Building, where the novel is set, and will end with a guided walk around the university campus to the sites mentioned in the story, with extracts read at each location.
The creative writing workshop will be followed by a panel discussion to explore the book's cultural and historical contexts and literary merits.
Panel members will include Dr. Charlotte Boyce, Dr. Páraic Finnerty, Dr. Mark Frost, Dr. Christopher Pittard and Dr. Patricia Pulham from the Centre for Studies in Literature.
Exhibition
Drinking tea to escape the noise of the world
13 Nov 2015
Art Space Portsmouth (Gasp)
Southsea, United Kingdom
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