We're proud to present a range of events designed specifially for local schoolchildren. We hope that by working closely with Ardnamurchan Library staff and teachers at the peninsula's six schools we have provided an engaging and inspiring mix.
Rosemary Gillespie is a music and drama specialist who has been teaching in the area for many years now. Her experience ranges from one to one tuition to whole school and community productions and we're delighted that she will be providing drama workshops on the day.
The youngest of four children, Patsy Dyer's love of storytelling comes from her mothers’ fascination with nature and tales told by Patsy’s Irish father. Walks in
the Worcestershire countryside and regular visits to Donegal as a child glittered as her mother recalled fairies and secret mossy dells; all special ingredients for Patsy who is a professional horticultural writer and has also had several magical ‘Tales for Telling’ published.
Barry Hutch
ison wrote his first novel at the age of 12, he says "it was eighteen pages long and terrible. Since then I like to think I have improved."At 17 he wrote a screenplay set in Scotland, "The Curse of the Bog Women", and was stunned to have it optioned by a US company that same year. Two years later, his second screenplay, "Making a Killing", was optioned by a UK company. Both organizations later declared bankruptcy. As far as he's aware, Barry was directly responsible for neither.
Since then he has written six books for Egmont, and sold a six-part horror series – Invisible Fiends– to HarperCollins. Barry says, "I am very keen to encourage children – particularly reluctant boys – to read a wide range of fiction. This is why I became involved in founding the Trapped By Monsters website – a site designed to share great stories, and get children involved in reading and writing.
An evening of FOOD and FILM with producer Chris Young.
This year the film club asked Chris (producer of ‘Seachd’, ‘The Inbetweeners’, ‘Festival’ and more) to pick one of his favourite films to introduce to the festival crowd. He has chosen Bahman Ghobadi’s
‘A Time for Drunken Horses’ (2000, PG, 75mins).
Set in a small village on the Iran-Iraq border, he story follows a group of orphaned children on their journey to raise enough money for an operation for their disabled brother.
“This is a very remarkable film: a blazingly passionate, spiritual bulletin from a contemporary front-line of almost unimaginable hardship” (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian Film Critic).
The Food (included in your ticket price) will be a small taste of the middle east- all put together using local Scottish produce.
Árainn Shuaineirt (Sunart Centre) will be open from 7 p.m. so that everyone can get stuck into the food and have a drink at the bar.
The event starts at 8 p.m; tickets are £5 on the door and £4 in advance - available at local outlets and www.thebooth.co.uk
See www.youngfilms.com to find out more about Chris Young and www.mijfilms.com to see a trailer and find out more about director Bahman Ghobadi.
Event kindly sponsored by
