Runaway Writers’ Workshop: Writing Articles with Simon Whaley Discover how to write articles for magazines with tutor Simon Whaley(www.simonwhaley.co.uk). Hosted by Runaway Writers, this practical workshop will encourage participants to analyse different magazines and their readers, before looking at generating ideas for articles and how to recycle them for different markets. Time will also be [...]

Local Tales Provide Theme for Web Storytelling Festival 2009 Local legends, tales and history will be the main theme behind this year’s annual Web Storytelling Festival, which will take place between Saturday, May 9th and Saturday, May 23rd, at venues throughout the borough. From Saturday 9th May, the Community Arts Team at East Staffordshire Borough [...]

Young children and their families in East Staffordshire are invited to enjoy the wonders of storytelling with a series of special performances across the borough next week. The Arts East Staffs’ Community Team are introducing ‘More Story Please’ – a specially designed performance for two to four- year-olds and their families -  to East Staffordshire [...]

Image via Wikipedia* What’s On in Burton This Weekend * This evening there’s the usual choice of live music with Gringo appearing at The Northern Renegades and The Savannah Jazz Band performing at Burton Jazz Club. Also this evening (or late afternoon really) there is a parade of Chinese Lanterns outside Burton Library. Tonight, tomorrow [...]

Image via WikipediaLibrary Lantern Parade for Half Term Fun Members of the Burton Chinese Community Association will be showing children how to make beautiful lanterns from everyday objects at a special half term event next week. On Thursday, October 30th, Burton Library will be hosting the free Chinese Lantern Making workshops starting at 3.00pm, 4.00pm [...]