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Local Author Talks in Libraries

Meet Cathy Grindrod - former Derbyshire Poet Laureate

Tuesday 30 September

5.50 Venue: Ashbourne Library, DE6 1 DA

Derby Book Festival has teamed up with the Society of Authors, Derby Libraries and Derbyshire Library Service to organise a series of talks by local authors in libraries across the city and county. 

Cathy Grindrod: Cathy is a former Derbyshire Poet Laureate, publishing six collections of poetry, and writes memoirs and plays. She wrote the libretto for the oratorio, More Glass Than Wall, in collaboration with composer James Redwood, which was shortlisted for a BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Year Award.

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