BooQfest 2012

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Date:

Sep 16 2012 - 12:00 - 16:30

Sunday September 16th, 2012.

BooQfest 2012 was Northampton's first Gay & Lesbian Literary Festival.

The Festival celebrated gay and lesbian authors (local and national) and their writing. This year's booQfest was also reaching out to a wider audience so that other local writers could use it as a platform to publicise their work even if they did not directly identify with the LGBT community. For a whole weekend, The Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton Library, Abington Park and 78 Derngate hosted events.

Events at 78 Derngate:

Sunday September 16th, 12.00.

Steve Emmett

What happened to horror? Author, book reviewer, creative writing tutor and member of the Society of Authors, Steve Emmett, delved deep inside the hallowed halls of horror. After a reading from his latest book - the excellent 'Diavolino' - participants learned more about this author and found out what a nice guy like him was doing with a book like this.

Sunday, September 16th, 14.00.

Adrian Magson

Crime writer (and author of 'Write On! - The Writer's Help Book') Adrian Magson came to town to talk about his latest novels in the Harry Tate and Lucas Rocco series, respectively 'Retribution' (hot off the press!) and 'Death on the Pont Noir'.

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Latest news

Awards 2013

Post date: 09/06/2013 - 20:48

78 Derngate has received a commendation in this year's East Midlands Heritage Awards at a ceremony at Nottingham Trent University.

Our award was in the category entitled Resilience and Innovation and reflects the Trust's innovative planning for the next five year's leading to our centenery.

Members of the public can also vote for their favourite museum as part of the Northamptonshire Museums & Historic Houses Heritage Awards recognising excellence in museums and historic houses.

New Kitchen Furniture

Post date: 25/05/2013 - 20:35

The kitchen at 78 Derngate is looking very smart indeed. The Trustees and Friends of 78 Derngate have recently commissioned craftsmen from Roger Coe Joiners in Northampton to make replicas of the dresser and side table.