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6th - 16th November FREE - Various Venues throughout the Festival Wednesday 12th November

The Wild Rumpus Schools Event/Hull Libraries

Graham and Dianna Denton work with school pupils in workshops based on Maurice Sendak's classic book Where The Wild Things Are. During a reading and mask-making session, participants will re-enact the story, make masks and instruments and explore their creativity.

Pooh Bear Reading Workshop Northern Library, Beverley Road, Hull 1.15pm - 2.45pm Free Tel. 01482 224333 enquiries and booking

A workshop for parents, carers and any other member of the public who might be interested in helping local children enjoy books and develop confidence with reading. The emphasis will be on making reading fun and will explore ways in which we can help children to develop the skills and strategies to 'de-code' text and to read for understanding and enjoyment. Sessions are practical and fun and guarantee participants the enthusiasm to inspire reluctant readers. Pooh Bear Reading Assistance Society is a pioneering organisation with over 27 years experience of providing reading support for local children. Pooh Bear has linked with Humber Mouth 2003 to offer this series of free workshops (see also November 13th and 14th).

The Vanishing Point Take 5 Cafe, Central Library, Albion Street, Hull - 8pm - 9pm Free Tel. 01482 223344

Hull poet Tony Petch launches his collection The Vanishing Point (Ragged Raven Press). A member of the Mutiny Poets and writer of experimental and lively verse, Petch celebrates the publication of his first book.

ime present:'imetexture' Red Gallery, Osborne Street, Hull - 8 pm - 11pm Free Tel. 01482 616961

An evening of spoken word / text manipulation combined with intuitive, improvised and composed music, performed by leading local artists, writers and musicians. The aim of this event is to explore ways in which the 'ime' artists view the spoken or written word (either in its original form or as a sound source ). The performance will include specially written pieces, extracts from French poetic texts, text-extraction ( from Larkin) and music created from spoken word recordings. Including the first UK performance/exhibition of extracts from Brzeska's piece Blue Book, Sun Wed. Performers include Brzeska, Jez Riley, Aurelie Klein, Chris Gladwin, Pete McPartlan, Espen Jensen and Philip Barnes.

Richard Wiseman and the Theatre of Science Hull Truck Theatre, Spring Street, Hull - 8pm £6/£4 Box office 01482 323638

Richard Wiseman presents a highly interactive event which looks at luck, comedy, psychology and probability. A regular presenter on Tomorrow's World, and Radio 4, the scientist most quoted in the British media debunks and explains some of science's most perplexing themes with great wit and energy. A former award winning professional magician and currently Professor of the Public Understanding of Science, he has devised a number of science shows. Séance, performed at the Science Museum and Edinburgh.

With Simon Singh (Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book) he devised Theatre of Science, performing at festivals and the Soho Theatre in London.

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6th - 16th November FREE - Various Venues throughout the Festival Thursday 13th November

Re-Incarbonated EICH Gallery, University of Lincoln, George Street, Hull - 9am - 5pm Free Tel. 01482 223344

Anthony Housman presents a day-long exploration focussing on the modern day office environment, bureaucracy and print processes. During this work-in-progress, visitors are invited to watch Anthony create a 'laboratory' space to experiment with the re-introduction of carbon paper to produce print-orientated works on paper, ending with completed works on display.

Pooh Bear Reading Workshop Central Library, Albion Street, Hull 10am - 11.30am Kingswood Library, Wawne Road, Bransholme - 1pm - 2.30pm Free Tel. 01482 224333 enquiries and booking

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World Without Metaphor Hull Screen, Albion Street, Hull - 7.30pm £2 Tel. 01482 327600

A look at language and animation from arts group Site Specified in Newcastle. Featuring a 3D computer animator who is kidnapped by children's TV character Mr Ben, it is a humorous look at poetic language and meaning.

Counter-Act Dorchester Hotel, Beverley Road, Hull - 7.30pm - 10pm £2.25 Tel. 01482 446516

An evening of eight short comedies and dramas presented and written by Hull Blokes, a group of 10 writers formed in 2002 with the help of local writer Gill Adams. The dramas address a number of controversial issues: asylum, drugs, under-age drinking, the fate of Hull City and even a short piece about Radiohead. Funny, thought provoking, energetic and entirely new, The Blokes promise to stimulate and entertain in equal measure. Hull Blokes comprise ordinary Hull men from all walks of life and have previously written for BBC Radio and the BBC's Northern Exposure Summer Shorts programme at West Yorkshire Playhouse.

On Extended Wings: Fort Paull's Birds of Prey Thursday Night Live, Take 5, Central Library, Albion Street, Hull - 7.30pm £2 Tel. 01482 223344

Poetry and images from Fort Paull's newly opened falconry centre, featuring work by poets Caitriona O'Reilly and David Wheatley and Photographer Amy Jo Lawrence. Handler Karl Leadley will also be on hand to answer questions and display some of the centre's birds. This is a collaborative project involving a combination of word and image. A series of poems about the birds at the centre, paired with a series of photographic studies. Both will be on display at Take 5 throughout the festival. Caitriona O'Reilly has published one collection of poetry, The Nowhere Birds (Bloodaxe) for which she was awarded the Rooney prize for Irish Literature. Her commissioned poem The Sea Cabinet, about the Hull whaling industry was recently broadcast on BBC Radio 4. David Wheatley is the author of two collections of poetry, Thirst and Misery Hill (Gallery Press) and lectures at Hull University. Amy Jo Lawrence is part of the falconry team at the award winning Fort Paull centre and is also a professional photographer. Karl Leadley has many years' experience of breeding and displaying birds and leads the falconry adventures programme at the fort.

Bob Dylan and the poetry of the Blues Hull Truck Theatre, Spring Street, Hull - 8pm £8/£6 Box Office 01482 323638

World authority on Bob Dylan and author of the definitive study Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan, Michael Gray presents an audio-illustrated talk offering a fresh account of music history and Bob Dylan's part in it, including rare live video footage. Lively, witty and acute, Michael Gray traces the great bluesmen of the 20th century, their influence on Dylan, and sets Dylan's songs against their cultural and historical context.

A distinguished critic, writer and broadcaster, Michael Gray has an international track record in both music history and travel writing. He studied at York University in the 1960's under the controversial and brilliant critic F.R. Leavis, where he interviewed among others, the eminent British historian, A.J.P. Taylor and the legendary American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. He is currently working on his next book, part travelogue and part investigative biography of the American pre-war blues giant Blind Willie McTell.

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6th - 16th November FREE - Various Venues throughout the Festival Friday 14th November

Sherry Ashworth Schools Event/Hull Libraries

Working with young people from Hull schools, teen author Sherry Ashworth explores important issues such as bullying, friendship, eating disorders and self-image. Gritty, realistic and relevant.

Pooh Bear Reading Workshop Thorpes Resource Centre, Homethorpe, Orchard Park Estate (free crèche) - 9.30am - 11.30am Free Tel. 01482 224333 enquiries and booking

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Time Regained (18) Hull Screen, Albion Street, Hull - 7.30pm £3.50/£2.50 Tel. 01482 327600

Dir: Raul Ruiz 1999 2hrs 28mins (subtitles) Chillean director Raul Ruiz' masterful adaptation of Proust's Remembrance of Time Past starring John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez and Emanuelle Beart. A meditation on memory and loss, the film is a sumptuous evocation of the early twentieth century.

Lumsden on Larkin Take 5, Central Library, Albion Street, Hull - 7.30pm £3/£2 Tel. 01482 223344

Roddy Lumsden, one of the country's leading younger poets, reads from recent work and talks about the enduring influence of Philip Larkin on contemporary poets and lyricists. A former Writer-in-Residence for the music industry, Lumsden talks about the work of Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and Radiohead among others.

An Evening with ..Clare Summerskill Hull Truck Theatre, Spring Street, Hull - 7.30 - 8.30pm £6/£4 Box Office 01482 323638

A one night stand you'll never regret with the woman who has been described as 'a lesbian Victoria Wood' (Woman's Hour BBC Radio 4). A magical mixture of monologues, music and stand-up with a cheeky smattering of audience participation thrown in for good measure! Clare Summerskill is a lesbian comedienne who performs an original cocktail of stand-up humour and comedy songs to gay audiences up and down the country. She brings 'dyke' humour to the forefront of alternative comedy. Clare also writes and produces her own stage shows which have toured nationally. As a writer she has worked extensively for the BBC and for theatre. She has published short stories with DIVA books including Single Again and Maggie Maybe. She has also produced three albums. Currently wowing audiences with her electrifying and hilarious show, she has been called 'unorthodox and uninhibited' (The Independent) and 'engaging and charming' (Time Out).

Shopping and F**king Hull Truck Theatre, Spring Street, Hull - 9.30pm £6/£4 Box Office 01482 323638

Presented by Hull's Northern Theatre Co., Shopping and Fucking is the sensational and shocking play by Mark Ravenhill - a witty look at a corrosive, disposable world whose values have been determined by a disinherited generation. 'A darkly humorous play for today's twenty-somethings .. a real coup de theatre' Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard. Shopping and Fucking is .. falling in love with your best friend - if you can get the right mix of E's and whiz, with passion buried beneath layers of bubble wrap and cellophane. A world where microwaves are the only source of heat and where shopping is sexy and F**king is a job. And if you killed someone, what would it feel like? Or maybe there are no feelings left? ADULTS ONLY. THIS PLAY CONTAINS SCENES WHICH SOME MAY FIND SHOCKING.

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