At The Acorn Theatre, Penzance. A film by the award winning Cornish film-maker Timothy Neat addressing worldwide cultural and political issues in a time of crisis, through drawings, painting and other images. Scripted by Tim Neat and the late John Berger and commissioned for venues in London, France, Italy and Scotland, the film's Penzance screening […]
Lizzie Neville of Pz Conservation: Talk - Conservation Collaborations: How conservators support librarians, archivists and owners with collection care issues Ranging from intricate book conservation through to controlling mould outbreaks and moving whole archives, conservators contribute to protecting our tangible history. Local book conservator, Lizzie Neville ACR will explain what conservators can do and what […]
Cornwall Archives Network meeting
Writer in Residence: Steph Haxton Historian, author and illustrator. Steph's particular interests lie with 16th & 17th century social history. Cornwall during the Civil War is an ongoing research area. Author of the Pendennis Trilogy: Exposed to All Villainies, A Cord of Three Strands & To Untie a Sealed Knot. Steph will be working in the library […]
We are now taking bookings for the Bicentenary Celebration Lunch at the Union Hotel on Sun 13th May. This will be a wonderful opportunity to gather faces from the past and present of the Morrab's story, and we are delighted to welcome A.N. Wilson as our special guest. The celebration will be held in the historic Trafalgar […]
The Morrab Library is the venue for this workshop which will use history as inspiration for creative writing. Author and historian Steph Haxton will share ideas for getting the past onto the page. Using the atmospheric surroundings, artefacts & imagination our Writer in Residence 2018 will help you find your' Muse' to pen the past, his- […]
A very special book launch with poetry by our very own Nicholas Round - Occassion for All & The Histories
Coffee with ICE and a talk on The Newlyn Datum
Free for members & £4 for non-members
Free for members & £4 for non-members
By arrangement with the British Academy
Mary-Ann Constantine is Reader in Welsh and English literature at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth. She has published books on Breton folklore, ballads and songs, Romantic-era forgery, and Welsh responses to the French Revolution. Éva Guillorel is Associate Professor at the University of Caen and a Research Associate […]
Andrew is a writer and lecturer who lives in Penzance. He has published extensively on different aspects of Cornish literature and has been specialising on the influence of the background in Sir Arthur Quiller Couch's writings based in Cornwall. He is currently developing a website with literary analysis of each of Q's novels and short […]