Archive for the Biography Category

August 10th, 2009

Jane Austen Festival in Bath, 18th – 27th September ‘09

The Jane Austen Festival will be making its annual return to the city of Bath this September, attracting people from around the world to celebrate the popular author’s writing, life in Bath and all things Regency. With all kinds of events taking place the highlights for the 2009 festival include a Guinness World Record attempt and a real-life Regency marriage!

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March 23rd, 2009

North Pole 40th Anniversary Celebrations, April – May 2009

On 6 April 1969, four men — Sir Wally Herbert, Dr Fitzroy ‘Fritz’ Koerner, Allan Gill and Dr Ken Hedges — and some forty dogs reached the North Pole whilst on an expedition that would be hailed as the ‘last great journey on Earth’, the first crossing of the Arctic Ocean along its longest axis, and the [...]

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December 27th, 2008

Baltimore Celebrates Poe’s Bicentennial Birthday With ‘Nevermore 2009′

2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the world’s greatest writers. To honour his strong links with the city, Baltimore is planning a series of birthday celebrations throughout the year, ‘Nevermore 2009 in Baltimore’ in which visitors can participate and commemorate the life and words of this beloved author. [...]

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December 23rd, 2008

Bath Literature Festival, from 28th February to 8th March 2009

The full programme for the 2009 Bath Literature Festival, which will take place in the beautiful Georgian City from 28 February to 8 March, has now been revealed. Artistic Director, Sarah LeFanu, has based her programme on a number of strands running though the festival rather than a single theme.

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August 16th, 2008

27th International Film Festival on Art and Artists’ Biography

Running from August 29th to September 7th 2008 in the Veneto town of Asolo near Treviso, the International AsoloArtFilmFestival showcases films on art in its multifold forms of expression.

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