“Heartwood”: a tree’s heartwood is its innermost core. I wrote this poem (song, charm-against-harm) for any tree anywhere that faces unjust felling - and especially for the street trees of Sheffield. The art is by Nick Hayes. It is free to use, print, speak, sing... Please share.

Book your seat on the sofa next Friday at 9pm! Corin Mellor helps present the launch episode of new BBC 2 series ‘Made in Great Britain’. Starting with #Sheffield, this new series tells the story of how #craft and #manufacturing skills have shaped the UK. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b…

To anyone who thinks that refugees should "go back to where they came from" - please watch this.

First festival meeting of 2019, looking ahead to our next Dovedale Arts Festival 12-14 June 2020; good to catch up with our Chair JennieBall and artistic directors Ariane Bankes & markchichesterclark and hear the first exciting glimmerings of ideas for speakers, music & more

The artistic programme for our 12-14 June 2020 festival at The Izaak Walton Hotel is coming together beautifully; read about some of our confirmed literary & musical stars here dovedalearts.co.uk/2020.html Booking from early in new year, but hotel rooms available now izaakwaltonhotel.com

We so look forward to sharing our 2020 festival programme with you before the end of the month. Extraordinary music, art & authors will entertain & delight you in the beautiful surroundings of The Izaak Walton Hotel in Dovedale, 12-14 June. Rooms going fast! izaakwaltonhotel.com

2020 FESTIVAL BOOKING NOW OPEN! Delighted to share the programme for our 8th & final Dovedale Festival, with a wonderful roster of speakers, artists & musicians to entertain you at The Izaak Walton Hotel from 12-14 June. Details & tickets here: dovedalearts.co.uk/Programme.html @litfests Visit Peak District & Derbyshire

Our 2020 Festival opens on Friday 12 June with the exquisite Fleur Barron in recital with distinguished pianist Roger Vignoles & you can also enjoy the artworks & ceramics from Carolyn Bates, Julia Brownsword, Kate Scott, Jane Rye and Bridget Whitehouse. dovedalearts.co.uk/Programme.html

On Saturday 13th June we begin with furniture designer & maker Luke Hughes with Aidan Walker; Henrietta Heald Henrietta Heald talking about her 'Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines' & then William Feaver with Charles Saumarez Smith on Lucian Freud dovedalearts.co.uk/Programme.html

Saturday 13th June continues with Frances Welch on the ill-fated Romanovs and the Imperial Tea Party; Craig Brown on his new book, 1-2-3-4: The Beatles in Time, and after dinner the day ends with the hilarious Kit Hesketh-Harvey & James McConnel in cabaret dovedalearts.co.uk/Programme.html

The final day of our final festival, Sunday 14 June, begins with Philip Marsden talking about his new book, The Summer Isles: A Voyage of the Imagination; Virginia Nicholson on Women in the 1960s, & Thomas Grant on Court Number One at the Old Bailey dovedalearts.co.uk/Programme.html

Our final festival will end on the afternoon of Sunday 14 June with a cream tea in the company of Dame Harriet Walter and Guy Paul, bringing Brian Doyle’s revelatory short stories to life, with musical interludes performed by James McConnel. dovedalearts.co.uk/Programme.html

Book now!

A reminder that our 2020 festival booking is well under way and many events are filling up. Don't miss the chance to enjoy our unique mix of art, words, music and landscape in the last ever Dovedale Arts Festival. We hope you can join us at The Izaak Walton Hotel in June Visit Peak District & Derbyshire @litfests

With sadness, we've cancelled our 8th & final Festival. We've written to all the lovely people who had booked & had some beautiful responses, sharing appreciation of the previous festivals & paying tribute to our founders Ariane Bankes & markchichesterclark dovedalearts.co.uk/Kind_Reactions…

The 20th Aldeburgh Literary Festival starts 10th September at Jubilee Hall. Aldeburgh Bookshop still have tickets for a few events, so do contact them to find out what is still on offer. Also, you can watch all the events (except for one) online and the bookshop can tell you how.📚

Poor Constance! The doll star of Ben Manley and Emma Chichester Clark's hilarious new picture book keeps finding herself in disastrous situations - is she doomed to a life of never-ending peril? Find out by winning a copy of this delightful picture book: booktrust.org.uk/books-and-read…

Welcome to my stop on the #PollyPecorino Blog Tour! Perfectly paced and packed with beautiful illustrations, Emma Chichester Clark has created a heart warming hug of a book brimming with passion and peril. wp.me/p87bl3-1ma @emmachichesterc Walker Books

Peters' Book of the Week is... Bears Don't Cry by @emmachichesterc, a picture book proving that even big bears cry🐻💧 ⁠ Here's a snippet of what our librarians thought: "The illustrations are delightful and keep the reader engrossed. Lovely!!"⁠ 👉️ shorturl.at/dSX03