Isobel Thrilling was born in Suffolk, and brought
up in a mining village in the north-east of England; she read English
at Hull University and spent many years as Head of Service for
Teaching English as a Second Language in a London borough. She first
started writing after eye-operations that saved her sight. She is
married, with a son, a daughter and two grandchildren. She has been
widely published in magazines and newspapers, and her work has been
included in many anthologies from publishers such as O.U.P, Longman,
Hodder Headline and Macmillan. Her poems have been broadcast on BBC
Television, ITV; and BBC Radio 3 and 4.
Pauline
Yarwood is a poet and ceramic artist living in Cumbria. Her
poems have appeared in The North, The Interpreter’s House and Fire
Crane( a number of poetry magazines). In 2013 she was mentored by
Judy Brown at the Wordsworth Trust, and collaborated with artist Kate
Bentley to write a short series of poems for her exhibition Skyline.
She
was co-director of this year’s inaugural Kendal Poetry Festival.
She is a member of Kendal
Brewery Poets. Born in Cumbria, Pauline grew up in Manchester but
returned to the Lyth Valley in 1987 where she writes, makes pots and
tends a very boggy garden next to the River Gilpin.
In the Read Two spot will be local readers John Rose, Olwyn Bolger, Kathy Swinscoe and Barbara Bowman.
Tickets are available (£6, or £5.50 for members) from The Folly, Cave and Cragg and The Courtyard Dairy in Settle. More information from info@settlesessions.co.uk
Our National Poetry Day
celebrations will be on Thursday 6th October at 7.30pm at Victoria Hall in Settle
and will feature poets Michael McCarthy and John Killick along with the winners of our national poetry prize, the North Craven School prize and the funniest poem in Craven!
Tickets
£6.50 (members £5.50), 2 adults accompanied by children £8.50. More details from info@settlesessions.co.uk
