Symposium, Beyond the Book Thursday 15 May, 10am-5.30pm This day-long event investigates what happens when artists consider the matter of books and asks if there is a UK book art movement. It is held in association with the exhibition at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen 'Beyond the Book (5 April-June) and is supported by Exeter University's Arts & Culture dept.
Located at: Queens Building, Queen’s Drive, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QH, UK
Chair: Dr. Nicola Thomas (University of Exeter) Confirmed keynote Su Blackwell.
Working in a local authority cemeteries department inspired Devon author Kate Vane’s new novel, Not the End.
Kate said, “The job made me think about our attitudes to death, particularly when someone died without friends and family and the local authority had to take charge of the funeral arrangements. Often they weren’t poor, or a loner, as people think. They had just outlived everyone who was close to them.”
Not the End is set in a fictitious Devon seaside town during a heatwave. It begins with the death of octogenarian sea swimmer Maud Smith, recently arrived from...
Devon writer Kate Vane's crime novel Recognition has been published on Amazon Kindle.
Kate, who works in Exeter, has previously written TV drama and short fiction. This is her first novel.
Recognition features a trauma counsellor, Nat Keane, who is asked to work with the family of a murder victim. However, she has history with them – she was a police officer on the original investigation who became over-involved with the family.
Nat soon learns that the guilt of the convicted man is being called into question. As she is drawn into the family’s secrets, she is...
Exeter Bach Society present Johann Sebastian Bach: Obedient Servant or Enlightened Master?
A talk by Margaret Steinitz, Artistic Director of the London Bach Society
The performance-driven revival of Bach's large corpus of vocal and instrumental music over the last century has opened our eyes and ears as performers and listeners; but how can our knowledge, appreciation and understanding of it be used to open the door to Bach for future generations? Margaret Steinitz will examine Bach's own working environment and contrast it...
