York Writers

12 Poets - Christopher M. Geeson , Harry Bayman, Carole Bromley, Helen Cadbury, Catherine Crocker, Tony Dew, Jacqueline Everett, Will Kemp, Gill Martin, Sara Murphy, Gordon Murray, Vesuvia - will be reading funny, sad and thoughtful poems at York City Screen cinema in the Basement bar at 7.30PM on Thursday 12th March 2009, in association with York Literature Festival. Tickets cost £3 and proceeds will be donated to York Against Cancer.

More information is available from City Screen - 871 704 2054 -  www.picturehouses.co.uk 

Write Angles is a residential writing course run by The Lakes School of Writing. The course runs from Monday 17th November 2008 at 1.45pm to Wednesday 19th at midday and costs £225, which covers your tuition and board and lodging at a farmhouse. The course is open to all styles of writers and covers a wide range of areas, including getting your work published, writing for young children and tips on what sells and what doesn’t.
For more information take a look at www.lakesschool.com

or if the website is still down contact:

Mark Finnie
t: 01908 364 213

or

Alison Hull
t: 07977 670 868

It’s a bit last minute if you didn’t already know about it, but worth a try nevertheless. You have a week from today to get entries in to the Aesthetica Magazine Annual Competition:

1. The competition will accept entries of creative writing (poetry & fiction) as well as artwork and photography.

2. Each section will have one winner that will receive a prize of £500 and a subscription to Aesthetica Magazine

3. The new Aesthetica Annual will be a book that will present winning entries and runners-up in the genres of artwork, poetry and fiction. It will be distributed through Borders stores nationwide.

4. Entry allows the submission of either five images of artwork, three short stories (up to 2000 words each), or five poems (up to 40 lines each).

5. The entry fee for the Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition is £10.

6. Deadline for entries is 31 August 2008.

For further information please go to http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

Aesthetica Magazine will still continue to be published bi-monthly covering visual arts, literature, film, music and theatre all in one issue.  We will still continue to distribute through WH Smith and Borders. However our literature section is evolving and we will be working with major publishers to bring you exclusive excerpts from newly published novels.

Only a decade ago, the cost of cameras and of film made amateur movie making too expensive for most aspiring film makers. Now technology has made it possible to create movies on a zero budget using a digital video camera and editing software downloaded free from the web. The only extras are enthusiasm and a basic knowledge of film production technique.

Budding movie makers will need to supply the first themselves, CITYsj Productions, the commercial film production wing of York St John University, will provide the second. Over the summer a series of weekend courses will teach movie makers how to get started on screenwriting and filming.

The tutors will be James Richards and Alasdair Beckett-King, both of whom have won awards for their films. The courses are open to everyone, of any age and background. No previous experience is needed. Training will be done using equipment that anyone can operate and afford.

The York based course will be held at Miller’s Yard off Gillygate and will happen on the weekend of 2-3 August 2008. The morning sessions will run from 10.00am–1.00pm, the afternoon sessions from 2.00pm–5.00pm. The cost of a two-day course will be £50.

The courses will cover planning and scripting, filming and lighting and editing and post production. CITYsj Productions can’t promise to turn you into Martin Scorsese or Shane Meadows over a weekend, but we can demystify the film making process and give you the confidence to plan and make their own movies. There will also information available on next steps and where to find out more.

York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, York. YO31 7EX.
Tel: 01904 624624 Fax: 01904 612512