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A little bit of Free Thinking:
BBC Radio 3’s The Verb, Live from Durham Book Festival

Ian McMillan
  1. Friday 22 October 2010
  2. 9pm
  3. Gala Theatre and Cinema, 1 Millennium Place, Durham, DH1 1WA Durham

Tickets free

Radio 3’s The Verb comes to the Durham Book Festival bursting with new writing, poetry and performance, and hosted by poet Ian McMillan.

This cabaret of the spoken word features novelist and poet Jackie Kay, who’ll present a brand new piece of writing; and Peter Blegvad with a brand new Eartoon – a cartoon for the ear – and many other guests.

Tickets: Free but ticketed (standby tickets may be available on the day)
Gala Theatre box office: 0191 332 4041 or online at www.galadurham.co.uk

This event will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3’s The Verb, from 9.15pm

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