Open tech nights take place on the 1st Monday of the month. They are a volunteer and community led monthly evening meet up offering a chance to chat, share knowledge and access technology.
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The next OBX Connects topic for September will be announced shortly! Check back soon for updates... |
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Wondering if it's a good day to take a dip in the sea? Is it time to stink or swim?! Join OBX for a day-long collaborative community workshop to make sculptures that move according to the sea pollution levels. These playful automata models will use sea quality data to help you know if it's swimming […]
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It's Back to School for all you young at heart over 60's! Dig up that old school tie, pop your blazer on and dance like you're at the school disco! Danceaway is an event for those aged 60+. It is fully accessible with a licenced bar on site with tea/coffee and food available. £5 entry […] |
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This dynamic three-hour workshop led by James Young will explore the craft and wonder of short story writing. Through lively discussion, writing exercises designed to challenge and inspire, and the close reading of exciting, innovative example stories, the workshop will examine how elements such as voice, openings and endings, ellipticism and ambiguity can create a […]
Over recent years, the Book Fair has firmly established itself as one of the most popular elements of the Hastings Book Festival, bringing together writers, readers, thinkers, doers and artists in a gloriously eclectic marketplace on the ground floor of the Observer Building. With scores of stalls, displays, activities and an eye watering selection of […]
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This interactive workshop will explore a range of ideas about the therapeutic benefits of writing. Whether you journal, write creatively, enjoy blogging or are more interested in non-fiction, the aim is to discover how you can get more out of your writing and how your writing can get more out of you. The workshop will […] |
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Music stirs up memories. Music plays with our moods. What are the songs you hold close? How does music play a role in your own creative work? Join award-winning local writer, Patrice Lawrence, for a writing workshop drawing on the comfort and joy of music. Patrice Lawrence is an award-winning writer of stories for children and young people. Orangeboy, her debut book for young […]
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History and Politics in Theatre. Does historical drama have a duty to be factually accurate? The art form comes with an ocean of challenges, so how do storytellers navigate these stormy waters? In this much anticipated playwriting workshop, you will learn how to create drama that is both historically authentic and- hopefully- commercially appealing. Juliet Gilkes Romero […] |
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Poet Town Anthology Launch Hastings Book Festival is delighted to launch Poet Town: The Poetry of Hastings & Thereabouts – it promises to be a magical evening |
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Helen Lederer is a writer, comedian and actress of enormous range, probably best known for playing ‘Catriona’ in Absolutely Fabulous, and with a resume that takes in television (‘Bottom’, ‘Hollyoaks’ and ‘Miss Marple’) radio ( Life with Lederer, the News Quiz and Just a Minute) and text. Her novel Losing It was nominated for the […] |
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This Saturday lunchtime session sees film director turned author Wayne Holloway in conversation with Jez Smith, owner of the legendary and much missed Queens Deli, on life, the road to writing and Wayne's new book, Commedia Mortale, which ranges across philosophy, food, history, love, loss and landscape to conjure up a unique portrait of a […]
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We live in an age of unprecedented exposure. Reality TV cameras follow strangers into their bedrooms and breakups. Royals and celebrities bare their souls on podcasts, and teenagers document every detail of their lives on TikTok. Today, privacy is not just rare, it is often seen as suspicious. But how did we get here? And […]
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Lesley Kara is a Sunday Times Top 10 author of psychological thrillers whose first book, THE RUMOUR, was the highest selling print crime fiction debut of 2019, has sold in over 18 countries and is soon to be a major TV series on Channel 5. Her subsequent books are WHO DID YOU TELL, THE DARE, […] |
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Sam Davey is the founder of the Hastings Literature Festival, the precursor to our current Book Festival, and the author of an acclaimed new novel, The Chosen Queen, which shows the story of Camelot begins not with the sword in the stone, but rather with a twisted chain of murder, magic and deceit in a powerful […]
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Hastings Book Festival is delighted to welcome Michael Ohajura, the Project Director of the John Blanke Project, a contemporary archive celebrating John Blanke, the black trumpeter to the court of Henry VII and Henry VIII now in the National Portrait Gallery and the first known person of African descent in British history for whom we […]
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Adam Macqueen and William Shaw are journalists who have taken up writing crime fiction, producing popular and successful novels that have developed large and loyal audiences. St Leonards resident Adam’s latest novel in his Tommy Wildblood series, The Inalienable Right, was released earlier this year, and Brighton based William Shaw’s latest novel The Red Shore […] |
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Are you a local entrepreneur or tech professional? Do you work in UX design, creative technology, or digital marketing? Do you want to connect with likeminded people working in Hastings and St Leonards? Come to Hastings Tech Forum! Start your day with a coffee and the chance to meet other local people working in digital […]
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