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What's On April to October 2014 Dove Cottage & the Wordsworth Museum Exhibition Events Discover Contemporary Poetry Discover the Collections Family Activities

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People often comment on the breadth and quality of our Many of the eventsevents programme, and we think that this year we’ve got in this programmeeven more! are free (a suggested donation of £2 wouldAs the front cover suggests, this year’s programme has a be appreciated) andJapanese theme. Our major summer exhibition Wordsworth nearly all take place inand Bashō: Walking Poets is the starting point for much of the Jerwood Centre,the programme – look out for our special family activities, the state-of-the-artscreenings of Japanese films, and other events with a focus library and researchon Japanese culture. A date for your diaries is the weekend centre at Doveof 20 September, when we will be hosting a special ecology Cottage.event, Seeing into the Life of Things: Contemporary NatureWriting and Romanticism. More details will be available We advise that younearer the time. book ahead for all events, even if theyOur collection is always at the heart of all that we do, and are free of charge.this year we welcome you to take part in a series of practicalworkshops in which you can learn the skills of the artists Please note that aand craftspeople of the past. We are also pleased to present minimum numberanother programme of Saturday afternoon Bindman Talks. of participants isThe programme was established to celebrate our acquisition required for someof Sir Geoffrey Bindman’s major collection of printed events.books of the Romantic period in 2005, and it is now in itsninth year. This year’s Talks cover a wide range of subjects, The Wordsworth Trustincluding important new publications. reserves the right to cancel events at shortThe Wordsworth Trust is also proud to be a centre for notice, and to changecontemporary poetry in Cumbria. Central to our many admission chargescontemporary poetry activities in 2014 are our fortnightly advertised in thispoetry readings. Once again, the programme includes a programme.number of international poets alongside some of Britain’sfinest voices and exciting newcomers. Information and bookings: telephoneOther exciting features of the programme include ‘wild 015394 35544.walks’ for active families, free introductions to Wordsworth’spoetry (part of Adult Learner’s Week in June), and threeevenings of poetry and beer in Dove Cottage (part ofMuseums at Night in May).We look forward to seeing you at Dove Cottagethis summer.

Wordsworth and Bashō: Walking PoetsThe Matsuo Basho is as famous Matsuo Basho, William Wordsworth,WordsworthMuseum in Japan as Wordsworth or and Wordsworth’s sister Dorothy.24 May –  Shakespeare is in Britain. Each found creative inspiration2 November2014 Although he lived over a in nature, and for each, the act of century before Wordsworth, walking itself was a creative process.  the two poets had much Seeing their words, whether in small in common.  They both notebooks or on scrolls, tells us pioneered the use of much about how they perceived and everyday language in wrote about the world around them. poetry; they both used the natural world to express The exhibition also features new their ideas; and they both works by contemporary artists composed their poetry as working in a wide range of media, they walked. responding to these writers’ work and manuscripts and showing them Our exhibition is based on in a new light. manuscripts written by

A Weekend of Japanese CultureAcross the site, free A whole weekend of Japanese culture for all the family toSaturday 30 August celebrate our exhibition, Wordsworth and Bashō: Walking& Sunday 31 August, Poets. Learn some of the language, try your hand at writing10.00am–4.00pm haiku, and get creative with origami, calligraphy and more. Booking for this event is essential.Japanese Thursday 12 June Thursday 14 AugustFilms Rashomon (1950), Ponyo (2008), 88 minutes 101 minutesFour nights of filmscreenings to celebrate Shot in black and white, Animated fantasyJapanese cinema this multi-award-winning adventure film from StudioIn conjunction with film tells the story of Ghibli, about a 5-year-oldThorney How a heinous crime and boy and his friendship withIndependent Hostel, its aftermath from five a goldfish princess whoGrasmere different perspectives. longs to become human. A brilliant exploration of£9.50, including truth and human weakness. Thursday 18 Septembera BBQ supper Norwegian Wood (2010), Thursday 17 July 133 minutesFood served Pom Poko (1994),from 7.00pm. 119 minutes Based on HarukiScreenings start Murakami’s novel of theat 8.00pm An animated fantasy same name, this film film that, consistent with focuses on Toru Watanabe, Japanese folklore, focuses a quiet and serious young on a community of highly man in 1960s Tokyo whose sociable and magical personal life is in tumult. shape-shifting raccoons. Recalling his life of young Desperate to prevent tragedy and love, he their forest home from becomes torn between being destroyed by urban the two women in his life, development, they form a and between his past and resistance with disastrous future. consequences.

The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere In association with Poet Laureate Carol Ann DuffyA three-day showcase of women’s poetry in Grasmere,with readings, talks, workshops and conversations. Featuring: Carol Ann Duffy, Sujata Bhatt, Menna Elfyn, Marianne Burton, Rita Ann Higgins, Patience Agbabi, Emily Berry, Gillian Allnutt, Sinéad Morrissey, Carolyn Jess-Cooke and Rebecca Goss. Please visit our website or request a leaflet for further information.

Poetry Reading: Fleur Adcock will make Neil Curry’s poems speak a welcome return to the in a variety of voices from aFleur Adcock Lake District to kick off range of times and places,& Neil Curry our 2014 poetry readings. but always with elegance Her poems are wry, ironic and a sense of literary andThe Daffodil Hotel, and witty, and her readings historical tradition. ThisGrasmere, are memorable occasions. reading marks the launch of Her new collection Glass Some Letters Never Sent:£7.00 in advance, Wings continues to explore a series of verse letters,£9.00 on the door childhood and family both serious and whimsical, history, as well as delving addressed to people whoTuesday 6 May, more deeply into our have been important to7.30pm relationships with nature him from Angela Carter to and place. the Venerable Bede. He has also recently published a collection of translations by the poet and short story writer Jules Supervielle.An introduction What is Brazilian literature today?to Brazilian The scene ranges from small pressespoetry and magazines to novels spanning the worlds of São Paulo’s rich kidsFeaturing Anjélica and dispossessed Guarani Indians.Freitas and Hilary Poet Angélica Freitas and acclaimedKaplan, and chaired translator Hilary Kaplan will take usby Sasha Dugdale on a journey of discovery. This event launches Twisted Angels, the springThe Jerwood Centre, 2014 issue of the Modern Poetry in Translation magazine, which is devoted£3.00 in advance, to the best of contemporary Brazilian£5.00 on the door poetry.Tuesday 20 May, This event is followed by a poetry6.00pm reading by Angélica Freitas and Scottish poet Thomas A. Clark.Presented in association withModern Poetry in Translation Anjélica Freitas appears in association with Modern Poetry in Translation

Poetry Reading: Thomas A. Clark’s poems often appear as installations or interventions in galleries, publicAnjélica spaces and the landscape. They are small actsFreitas (with of attention paid to the natural world, thattranslations by together build into a work of visionary power.Hilary Kaplan) & His new collection Yellow and Blue invites us toThomas A. Clark share a book-length journey that will realign our perceptions of nature.The Jerwood Centre,£7.00 in advance, Anjélica Freitas is a Brazilian experimental poet£9.00 on the door whose work incorporates high and pop-culture. She has published two collections of poetry: Um úteroTuesday 20 May, é do tamanho de um punho, a selection of which7.30pm will appear in MPT in English translation; and Rilke Shaker, which is also available in English translation. She has also written a graphic novel. Hilary Kaplan is an expert on contemporary Brazilian literature, and has translated Anjélica and other poets.The Poetry Business Now in its 28th year, the Poetry BusinessBook & Pamphlet Competition has uncovered some of theCompetition most exciting talents in poetry, including2013 – 14 Mimi Khalvati, Michael Laskey, Daljit Nagra, Catherine Smith and Kim Moore.Pamphlet Launch with This event will feature readings from thisAnn & Peter Sansom year’s as-yet-unknown winners, who will be launching their winning pamphlets.The Jerwood Centre,free but booking is advisableSaturday 31 May,2.30pm

Poetry Reading: David Constantine shares the deeply humane vision of the European poets he translates, such as Goethe andDavid Holderlin. His new collection Elder will be published on hisConstantine & 70th birthday, and many of his new poems spring fromJen Hadfield particular localities, whether they are places in which he has spent time or locations with literary and mythologicalThe Daffodil Hotel, associations. His poems come across as quite melancholicGrasmere, but they also celebrate love, beauty and the human aspiration to live well in the time allowed.£7.00 in advance,£9.00 on the door Jen Hadfield’s second collection Nigh-no-Place won the 2008 T.S. Eliot Prize. Her poetry and visual art isTuesday 3 June, 7.30pm persistently influenced by the landscape and language of Shetland, where she lives. Through praise poems, charms and fables, her third collection Byssus explores the idea of home, and what it takes to find and forge one.Poetry Reading: Stewart Conn is one of Scotland’s leading poets, and will join us to mark theStewart Conn publication of The Touch of Time. With& Lee Harwood impeccable formal control, his poems explore everyday events and how they areThe Daffodil Hotel, transformed by time.Grasmere, Lee Harwood’s reading ties in with the£7.00 in advance, publication of a new collection, The Orchid£9.00 on the door Boat. His poetry bridges the mainstream and the avant-garde, and he is admiredTuesday 17 June, by both camps. He uses experimental7.30pm techniques to make his poetry direct and fresh, exploring the lives of familyTwo distinguished poets, members, the loss of loved ones and thewhose works span over spirit of the local.five decades, will read inGrasmere for the first time.

Poetry Reading: Simon Armitage’s annual Grasmere reading is one of the highlights of the Wordsworth Trust’s calendar.Simon One of our most popular poets, his readings areArmitage unforgettable for the way in which he transforms ordinary experience through everyday language.St Oswald’s Church, This year marks the 25th anniversary of his firstGrasmere, collection Zoom, and Faber is marking the occasion by publishing Paper Aeroplane: Poems 1989 – 2014, a£7.00 in advance, new selection of his work.£9.00 on the door Simon Armitage’s Grasmere readings always sell outTuesday 1 July, so please book early.7.30pmPoetry Reading: A first visit to Grasmere for Robert Hass, former Poet Laureate of the United States and winner of both theRobert Hass Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a varied& Philip Gross poet whose work encompasses elegies, notebook-like musings, lyrics, and long narratives, but all his work isThe Daffodil Hotel, rooted in the landscape of his native Northern California.Grasmere, His recent English publications include his new and selected poems The Apple Trees at Olema, and The£7.00 in advance, Essential Haiku, which presents his versions of poems by£9.00 on the door Bashō, Buson and Issa.Tuesday 15 July, Philip Gross’s poetry ranges from surreal fables and7.30pm philosophical meditations to autobiography and elegy, but all his work is beautifully and gracefully crafted.Robert Hass appears His recent work, in his latest collections Deep Field andin association with Later, explores the decline of his refugee father in oldthe Ledbury Poetry age, focusing on his increasing loss of language and hisFestival slippage back into his past. Philip Gross won the 2009 T.S. Eliot Prize for The Water Table.

Poetry Reading: August Kleinzahler is one of the world’s most inventive poets. He was born in Jersey City and now lives inAugust California, but New York continues to inform his work.Kleinzahler His poetry is a rich, eclectic modernist mix of high& Tom Pickard culture and street culture, and he is a mesmerizing reader, effortlessly slipping between different registers.The Daffodil Hotel, He is returning to the Wordsworth Trust to mark theGrasmere, publication of a new collection, The Hotel Oneira.£7.00 in advance,£9.00 on the door Tom Pickard has been a significant figure in poetryTuesday 29 July, for nearly fifty years, founding the acclaimed series7.30pm of readings at Morden Tower in Newcastle, directing poetry films for television, and working with a number of musicians, including Alan Hull of Lindisfarne. He returns to the Wordsworth Trust to mark the publication of Hoyoot: Collected Poems and Songs. His work is both part of the modernist tradition and rooted in his urban Tyneside background.Poetry Reading: A welcome return by two former poets in residence. Paul Farley returns to Grasmere to mark the publicationPaul Farley of his new book, Selected Poems. He combines a wry& Owen humour with a strong sense of rhyming form. His poemsSheers often take their starting point from memory, particularly memories of growing up in his native Liverpool, but theyThe Daffodil Hotel, expand to consider the big themes, such as history andGrasmere, our place in it.£7.00 in advance,£9.00 on the door Owen Sheers is a poet, novelist, playwright, non-fictionTuesday 12 August, writer and documentary presenter. Much of his recent7.30pm work has focused on war and its effects. He will read from Pink Mist, a verse drama commissioned by Radio 4. Drawing on interviews with soldiers and their families, it tells the story of three young soldiers who are deployed to Afghanistan.



Poetry Reading: Born in Jamaica but now living in Glasgow where he teaches, Kei Miller is rapidly developing a reputation asKei Miller one of the best readers of poetry around. His poems are& Liz Berry beautifully musical and possess an incantatory power. He returns to the Wordsworth Trust to read from hisThe Daffodil Hotel, new collection The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way toGrasmere, Zion, which draws on his experience of living in different£7.00 in advance, nations, and explores what happens when one system of£9.00 on the door knowledge encounters another.Tuesday 26 August,7.30pm Liz Berry has rapidly developed a reputation as one of our best young poet-performers. She grew up in the Black Country and the spoken language, as well as the experience of living there, has informed much of her work. Her pamphlet The Patron Saint of Schoolgirls was published by Tall-lighthouse. Her first reading in Grasmere marks the publication of her debut full-length collection by Chatto.Poetry Reading: Join us for a rare opportunity to hear David Scott, and to mark the publication of Beyond The Drift: New andDavid Scott Selected Poems. David was a parish priest in Cumbria& Alison for eleven years, and now lives in Kendal. His poemsBrackenbury belong to an English tradition that is rooted both in locality and in reticence. They work the ordinary detailsThe Daffodil Hotel, of his days into moments of extraordinary significance.Grasmere, Alison Brackenbury’s quietly formal poems draw on a£7.00 in advance, lifetime’s experience of living in rural England and the£9.00 on the door threats to its survival, from the disappearing lapwings of her childhood to the recent floods in Gloucestershire.Tuesday 9 September, Her latest collection Then looks at the beauty and7.30pm harshness of the natural world, in poems that remind us of our fragility and responsibility.Images (left–right): Fleur Adcock (© Caroline Forbes), Simon Armitage (credit Paul WolfgangWebster), Stewart Conn (© Colin Hattersley), Liz Berry, Tom Pickard, Imtiaz Dharker (by SimonPowell), Anjélica Freitas, Robert Hass (Margaretta K Mitchell), David Constantine (by NormanMcBeath), Thomas Clark (© Robin Gillanders), Alison Brakenbury, Ian Duhig, August Kleinzahler(© Laura Wilson), Kei Miller, Philip Gross (by Zélie Gross), Kit Wright (© Caroline Forbes), JeanSprackland, David Scott, Katrina Porteous in 2013 (Hayley Madden for the Poetry Society)

Poetry Reading: Jean Sprackland returns to Grasmere to read from her fourth collection, Sleeping Keys. Her new poemsJean Sprackland explore transitions, the move from loss and separation& Katrina to new beginnings. With clear-sighted objectivityPorteous and remarkable imagery, she turns her gaze towards physical objects to reveal unexpected meanings inThe Daffodil Hotel, them.Grasmere, Katrina Porteous launches her new collection Two£7.00 in advance, Countries. Her poems focus on place, and on the£9.00 on the door relationship between landscape and community. Much of her work was written for radio; it containsTuesday 23 September, many voices, draws on Border ballad, storytelling7.30pm and song, and is often rooted in direct oral testimony from, among others, hill-farmers and Northumbrian fisherman.Poetry Reading: 2014 poetry readings draw to a close with two wonderfully engaging performers.Kit Wright &Imtiaz Dharker Kit Wright will read in Grasmere for the first time, to mark the publication of his new collection Ode toThe Daffodil Hotel, Didcot Power Station. He is a poet for all ages, hisGrasmere, poems ranging from heart-felt lyricism to blistering satire, quite literally from the sublime to the ridiculous.£7.00 in advance, He is both a seriously funny poet and a poignant£9.00 on the door chronicler of our times.Tuesday 7 October, Imtiaz Dharker was born in Pakistan, and now lives7.30pm between India, London and Wales. Much of her work has been set in India; however, her new book Over the Moon is largely set in London, where she has built a new life with – and since his death – her husband Simon Powell. The book includes elegies, but these are joyful celebrations of the time they spent together. Her work also features on the GCSE syllabus.

Hosted by Literature Thursday 15 May The Jerwood Centre,Officer Andrew Anjélica Freitas freeForster in a relaxed, and Thomas A. Clarkinformal atmosphere, Selected Thursdays,these events provide Thursday 12 June 2.30pm – 4.00pmopportunities to read Stewart Connand talk about thelatest work of some Thursday 24 Julyof the poets who are August Kleinzahlerparticipating in ourpoetry readings this Thursday 21 Augustyear. Kei MillerFree but booking Thursday 18 Septemberessential: a minimum Jean Spracklandnumber of participantsis required.

The Short This workshop will explore various forms of the short lyric,Lyric including haiku and deep-image poetry, both metricalWith Mimi and in free verse. Techniques particular to writing in shortKhalvati forms will be introduced, and there will be an emphasis on working with speed, excitement and a readiness to beThe Jerwood Centre, surprised.£40.00Saturday 24 May, Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran. She has had seven10.30am–4.30pm collections of poetry published by Carcanet Press, most recently Child: New and Selected Poems 1991 – 2011; a new collection, The Weather Wheel, is due out in October. She founded the Poetry School, and was its Coordinator from 1997 to 2004. She is still one of its core tutors; she also works extensively as a freelance tutor all over the world. A minimum number of participants is required.De-searching Research suggests investigating along clear, pre-decidedthe Poem lines. ‘De-search’ – Ian Duhig’s term – proceeds more likeWith Ian Duhig poems themselves, by almost accidental and surprising discovery, lateral thinking, serendipity.The Jerwood Centre,£40.00 Are you getting the best out of your work? This day-longSaturday 23 August, workshop will use quick one-to-one sessions and group10.30am–4.30pm exercises to give experienced writers new angles on their materials and procedures. Tutor Ian Duhig will be in touch with members in advance so that participants get the maximum benefit from the day itself. Ian Duhig has written six books of poetry, most recently Pandorama (Picador 2010). He has won the Forward Best Poem Prize and the National Poetry Competition (twice), and he has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize three times. He has held several university fellowships in the UK and abroad, and is a regular tutor on Arvon courses. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and is currently de-searching a project based around Tristram Shandy and Shandy Hall. A minimum number of participants is required.

A Centenary CelebrationJoin us to mark the Norman Nicholson:centenary of a great The Whispering Poettwentieth-century A talk by Kathleen JonesCumbrian poet, whoturned the provincial The Jerwood Centre, freeinto something to be Saturday 14 June, 2.30pm – 3.30pmcelebrated. An exploration of the life of Norman Nicholson, by Kathleen Jones, author of his first major biography. Norman Nicholson’s Nature A talk by Ian Brodie The Jerwood Centre, free Saturday 14 June, 4.00pm – 5.00pm Norman Nicholson is the best-known Cumbrian poet of the twentieth century. He believed that nature was not just about geology and wildlife, but also people, industry, agriculture and the reclamation of post-industrial landscapes. Ian Brodie, former Director of the Friends of the Lake District, and author of the forthcoming book Norman Nicholson’s Nature, will argue that Nicholson should be regarded as a nature poet in the tradition of Wordsworth and the Romantics.

Seeing into the We are excited to present a weekend programme ofLife of Things: events linked to our exhibition Wordsworth and Bashō: Walking Poets. The weekend will explore contemporaryContemporary nature writing and its relationship to RomanticismNature Writing through readings, walks, poetry workshops, discussionsand Romanticism and talks.The Jerwood Centre, The programme will be released at a later date. Pleaseprices to be announced contact us for further information.Saturday 20 September& Sunday 21 September Poetry Reading Poetry Reading & Conversation: & Conversation: Jen Hadfield Kei Miller Whitehaven Library, Cleator Moor Library, £1.00 £1.00 Wednesday 4 June, Wednesday 27 August, 11.00am 11.00am Contact Whitehaven Contact Cleator Moor Library to book: Library to book: 01946 01946 506400 85503

Portrait of William Wordsworth The Life of Williamby Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1815 Wordsworth A Bindman Talk by Professor John Worthen The Jerwood Centre, free Saturday 5 April, 4.30pm – 5.30pm A new biography of Wordsworth is always a major event. This talk marks the launch of Professor John Worthen’s new biography, described by Wordsworth scholar Seamus Perry as “an original and richly informed life of the great poet … a vivid and persuasive account of a remarkable personality”. John is known for his lively and engaging talks, and he will highlight the new discoveries that he has made.Wordsworth’sWinter GardenA Bindman Talk byTony ReavellThe Jerwood Centre, freeSaturday 26 April, 4.30pm – 5.30pmWordsworth had a great interest in and lovefor gardens. During the winter of 1806 – 7,he designed and oversaw the creation of anunusual ‘winter garden’ for his friends andpatrons Sir George and Lady Beaumont.Wordsworth enthusiast and amateurgardener Tony Reavell will explore thecreation and appearance of this remarkablegarden, built in an old quarry in Coleorton,Leicestershire.

Joseph Severn, portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley composing 'Prometheus Unbound' in the Bathsof Caracalla, 1845. On long term load from Lord Abinger. The Last Secret of the Shelleys A Bindman talk by Dr Lynn Shepherd The Jerwood Centre, free Saturday 10 May, 4.30pm – 5.30pm Lynn Shepherd, best-selling author and Trustee of the Wordsworth Trust, will talk about the strange and unexplained events in the lives of the Shelleys. This is the subject of Lynn’s most recent book, A Treacherous Likeness, which is BBC History magazine’s historical novel of the year and acclaimed as “an absolute must” by the Daily Mail.

Museums at NightInn for a NightDove Cottage, £4.00 per personThursday 15 May, Friday 16 May& Saturday 17 May,7.30pm – 9.00pmWhere once the DOVE and OLIVE-BOUGHOffered a greeting of good aleTo all who entered Grasmere Vale;And called on him who must departTo leave it with a jovial heardWilliam Wordsworth, ‘The Waggoner’Dove Cottage was once the Dove and Olive-Bough Inn.For three nights we’ll be reliving the old days: come alongto sample beer from local micro-breweries while enjoyingpoetry and prose by William and Dorothy Wordsworth,and their contemporaries.Numbers are limited to ten per night so please book early.

Watercolours: Learn Introduction tofrom the Masters Calligraphy: Italic ScriptA workshop with A workshop with Dr Manny LingVivienne Philpot The Jerwood Centre, £25.00The Jerwood Centre, £60.00 (all materials included)Sunday 1 June, 9.30am – 4.00pm Saturday 7 June, 10.00am – 4.00pmA repeat of the very successful Join world-renowned calligrapher Dr Mannyworkshop held in November 2013. Ling for this introduction to the basics of writing in the italic script. Learn to use theThis workshop is a rare opportunity broad edged pen, and study and practiceto get up close and personal with the proportion and shapes of each letter.paintings and prints of the Lake All necessary materials will be provided, butDistrict from the eighteenth and early please feel free to bring your own tools ifnineteenth centuries, in the company you have them.of an engaging and knowledgeabletutor. It will include time for you to No previous experience is necessary, andmake your own copy from works by people of all levels are welcome.great artists such as J.M.W. Turnerand Joseph Wright of Derby. There Manny Ling is a Senior Lecturer in Designis no better way of learning their and the Director of the Internationaltechniques than by copying in the Research Centre for Calligraphy at thecompany of Vivienne Philpot. University of Sunderland. He is a very experienced teacher of western calligraphy;Prior experience is not necessary – his work is exhibited around the world andjust come with a willingness to have a features in numerous publications.go. All materials will be supplied, butyou are welcome to bring your own. This event requires a minimum of five people.This event requires a minimumof five people.

Getting to Monday 16 JuneKnow a Poem ‘Composed uponThe Jerwood Centre, free Westminster Bridge’16 – 20 June, 11.00am – 12.00pm With Esther Rutter, Education DevelopmentWere you put off Wordsworth’s Managerpoetry at school? Are youcompletely new to the subject Tuesday 17 Junebut not sure where to start? Thenjoin us for one or more of these ‘Resolution andinformal introductions to some of Independence’Wordsworth’s best-loved poems.No prior knowledge is required – With Susan Allen, Outreach Officerjust come along and try somethingthat you’ve never done before! Wednesday 18 June ‘Home at Grasmere’: Wordsworth’s poem about his joys and hopes upon arriving at Dove Cottage With Jeff Cowton, Curator Thursday 19 June ‘Michael’: many people’s favourite Wordsworth poem, about the life of the old Grasmere shepherd With Andrew Forster, Literature Officer Friday 20 June ‘Tintern Abbey’ With Catherine Kay, Education Officer

Walk around Town End Start at Dove Cottage, free Wednesday 18 June, 12.00pm – 1.00pm A short walk exploring the hamlet of Town End in Wordsworth’s time and a visit to Dove Cottage garden, led by Sally Hall, Senior Guide.The Art of Print-Making This day celebrates the WordsworthA day of talks and Trust’s exciting acquisition of theworkshops largest collection of manuscripts relating to the influential wood-with Christopher Bacon engraver Thomas Bewick. Bewickand Ian Rogerson was a contemporary of Wordsworth, and shared his eye for detail andThe Jerwood Centre, £10.00 his interest in nature and the livesSaturday 21 June, 11.00am – 5.00pm of ordinary people. You will learnThomas Bewick’s genius raised the different print techniques and howcraft of wood engraving to a level of to identify them, witness the makingaccomplishment beyond anything that had of prints on a 150-year-old printingbeen achieved earlier press, and learn about Bewick’s influence in the nineteenth century.Chris Bacon at work Christopher Bacon, Master Printer, is a former lecturer in the history of printmaking techniques. He has worked with artists, museums and galleries, and as an advisor to the National Trust at Cherryburn, Bewick’s birthplace. Professor Ian Rogerson is former Librarian at Manchester Metropolitan University and has written extensively on the history of the book. This event requires a minimum of 5 people.

Make Your Own George Barret Snr, View of Ullswater –‘Cottonian’ Bound Sun Rising over Misty LandscapeNotebook ‘Ullswater,A two-day workshop with the HappiestHelen Golding-Miller Combination of Beauty and Grandeur’The Jerwood Centre, £80.00Saturday 5 July & Sunday 6 July, A Bindman Talk by10.00am – 4.00pm Michael BroughtonMake a notebook bound like those in The Jerwood Centre, freethe library of the Lake Poet Robert Saturday 12 July, 4.30pm – 6.00pmSouthey. The books in Southey’sfamous ‘Cottonian Library’ were Michael Broughton, Chairman of thebound by his daughters using pieces W.W. Spooner Charitable Trust, willof cotton fabric, often dress material. share his encyclopaedic knowledgeThe result was a library of varied and of English watercolours in this talkbeautiful books. Helen Golding-Miller, on Wordsworth’s Guide to the Lakes.a bookbinder and conservator, will take Michael’s focus will be Wordsworth’syou through each stage of the process description of Ullswater, and his talkand you will leave with a book of high will be illustrated by drawings from thequality material suitable for sketching Wordsworth Trust’s collection.and journal writing. Such books makeunique gifts!All materials are provided, though youare invited to bring your own choice ofcotton for the book cover.This event requires a minimum of5 people. Cottonian bindings from Robert Southey's library

The Annual John Thelwall sitting on the neck of Leviathan,Thelwall Lecture: in James Gilray’s 'New Morality', 1798.John Thelwalland SlaveryA talk by Michael ScrivenerThe Jerwood Centre, freeSaturday 2 August, 4.30pm – 5.30pmThe influence of the radical JohnThelwall on Wordsworth and Coleridgeis becoming increasingly recognised. Inthis talk, Professor Michael Scrivenerwill discuss how Thelwall’s own ideaswere shaped by slavery and the abolitionmovement. Michael is a professor atWayne State University in Detroit,and the author of Radical Shelley andSeditious Allegories: John Thelwall andJacobin Writing. Memorial Organ Recital To mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War St. Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, free Sunday 3 August, 3.00pm A time to reflect. The organ in St Oswald’s Church was given in memory of Nellie Taylor, the only woman to be named on the Grasmere War Memorial. This recital is inspired by the original programme for the organ’s dedication.Nellie Taylor

World War I in The Lives of WomenGrasmere An afternoon withAn evening with the Grasmere Katie Waldegrave andLocal History Group Rebecca TurnerThe Jerwood Centre, free The Jerwood Centre, freeMonday 4 August, 7.30pm – 8.30pm Saturday 16 August, 2.00pm – 5.00pmThis informal gathering of words and “Women feel just as men feel; theymusic will reflect on the momentous need exercise for their faculties, and aevents of a hundred years ago, and field for their efforts as much as theirconsider how they affected this small brothers do and it is narrow-minded inCumbrian community. It will also look their more privileged fellow creaturesforward to the community-curated to say that they ought to confineexhibition on the same subject, to be themselves to making puddings andshown in the Wordsworth Museum knitting stockings, to playing the pianofrom November 2014. and embroidering bags”. These attitudes were amongst the real issues faced by the women in the Wordsworth household and their circle of friends. Join us for a fascinating look at their letters, which provide a vivid insight into their lives, relationships and personalities – and if you feel inspired, you could try writing a letter yourself with a quill pen. Katie Waldegrave is author of The Poets’ Daughters: Dora Wordsworth and Sara Coleridge, the never-before- told story of how two young women, born into greatness, shaped their own legacies. Rebecca Turner is Assistant Curator at the Wordsworth Trust.young men of Grasmere outside theMoss Grove Hotel, prior to going towar

‘Delightful day it is for ‘The loveliestall who dwell / In this spot that mansecluded glen’ hath ever found’The September Fair Wordsworth WalksAcross the site, free Meet at Stock Lane carSaturday 6 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm park, Grasmere £10.00 (adults); £5.00‘I believe there were many cakes…’. So said (under-16s and students)Dorothy Wordsworth of the 1800 Grasmere Tuesday 9 September,September Fair. Following on from last 10.00am & 2.00pmyear’s very popular event, this year’s fairwill be a showcase for dishes and produce This event will combine acreated by groups across Cumbria, inspired three-mile walk throughby Dorothy Wordsworth’s own recipes and ‘Wordsworth Country’ (thejournals. Like last year, there will also be vales of Grasmere andopportunities to buy local crafts, enjoy a Rydal) with an introductionwide range of performances, and to meet to the poet’s life and site-some characters from Wordsworth’s time! specific readings of his poetry. The walk will take about three hours, and it will be led by either Professor Simon Bainbridge or Professor Sally Bushell, both of whom are internationally renowned Wordsworth experts based at Lancaster University. This is a low-level walk, but please come equipped with appropriate footwear (ideally walking boots), waterproofs and refreshments.

Heritage Open Days One of Thomas Bewick's celebratedTreasures of the 'talespieces', from a 'History of BritishWordsworth Trust Birds'A talk by members of Positive Words:the Wordsworth Trust’s Writing for Wellbeingcuratorial team The Jerwood Centre, freeThe Jerwood Centre, free Saturday 11 October, 3.00pm – 5.00pmFriday 12 September& Saturday 13 September, Explore the power of the written2.00pm – 3.00pm word to transcend the barriers that disability can impose. This eventThe Jerwood Centre houses the will focus on the theme of ‘journeys’Wordsworth Trust’s collection of over and will celebrate writing by groups65,000 manuscripts, books and works from across Cumbria who have beenof art. The collection includes William working with our outreach team.Wordsworth’s working notebooks, DorothyWordsworth’s famous Grasmere journal,letters to and from the family and theircircle, rare first and early editions, earlypaintings of the Lake District, and much,much more. This is an opportunity todiscover more about this collection, andto see treasures that are not normally onpublic display.

From ‘The Ruined Wild Walks onCottage’ to Wednesdays‘The Excursion’ 9, 16, 23 April | 28 May | 23, 30 July |A Bindman Talk by 6, 13, 20, 27 August | 3 September |Professor Sally Bushell 2.00 – 3.00pm, weather permittingThe Jerwood Centre, free Free, but booking essentialSaturday 18 October, 3.00pm – 4.00pm Explore the area around Dove Cottage2014 marks the bicentenary of with our education team as we learnWordsworth’s epic 9,000-line poem, about the wild landscape of the Lake‘The Excursion’, which John Keats District and get creative in response!described as one of the three things Ideal for active families.“to rejoice at in this age”. ProfessorSally Bushell, editor of the Cornell Please dress for walking and wearWordsworth edition of ‘The Excursion’, sturdy shoes.will use original manuscripts to explainthe poem’s origins, context andreception. She will also highlight thestory of Margaret that is told within thepoem – a tale of loss set against thebackdrop of war in the 1790s.

Detective TrailHalf-term: every day,Saturday 24 May – Sunday 1 JuneFree with admission: pleaseask at the Shop Can you work out our Wordsworthriddles to win a special prize this half-term? Use your detective skills tosolve the puzzles as you explore DoveCottage and the Wordsworth Museum.Japanese Art DayThursday 29 May,2.00–4.00pmFree, but booking essentialLearn all about Japanese arts andcrafts and make something orientalto take home in this two-hoursession for under-12s. Summer Treasure Trail Saturday 19 July – Sunday 7 September Free with admission: please ask at the Shop Use your detective skills to follow the treasure trail as your explore Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum and win a summery surprise!

The Wordsworth TrustDove Cottage, GrasmereCumbria, LA22 9SHT: 015394 35544E: [email protected] Cottage and theWordsworth MuseumOpen daily 9.30am – 5.00pm(Close 4.30pm November to February)Closed 6 January  – 2 February 2014Parking is available for the duration of yourvisit. There is a small charge for parking.AccessThere is partial access to Dove Cottagefor disabled visitors. The Museum is fullyaccessible. Large print guides and audioguides are available in the Museum.Please contact us for full details.DirectionsFind us on the A591, just south of theGrasmere roundabout.CARLISLE A69 A595 M6 A66 PENRITHKESWICK A66A591 M6 GRASMEREWINDERMERE M6 KENDAL A5095Follow us on Twitter @WordsworthTrustLike us on Facebook