Golgonooza
The Golgonooza Festival 18-20th September 2014 Line Up
A short film for the Big Blake Project - by Philip Davidson
A short film by Philip Davidson about William Blake and his cottage.read more »
Abbie Palache
Abbie Palache will be running workshops and performing at our William Blake Festival. “A storyteller with edge - who can take you into the darkness and back again with a sure footedness that is the mark of someone who really knows her craft.” Ashley Ramsden, Founder of the International School of Storytelling"What is now proved was once only imagined." Unlocking the Creative Imagination... read more »
Attila the Stockbroker
Attila the Stockbroker,is a punk poet, and a folk punk musician and songwriter. He performs solo and as the leader of the band Barnstormer. He describes himself as a "sharp tongued, high energy social surrealist poet and songwriter." He has performed over 3,000 concerts, published seven books of poems, and released 30+ recordings (CDs, LPs and singles). read more »
Beryl Kingston
Beryl Kingston, life-long fan of Blake, will be performing at the festival. Beryl has written about Blake's time in Felpham and his trial in Gates of Paradise. She was the Main Judge for our William Blake Poetyr Prize last year.read more »
Dr Simon Mouatt
Dr Simon Mouatt. Simon's research interests lie in the areas of international financial markets, monetary theory, global political economy and Marxian economics. His recent publications. He will be giving short talk at the Blake Festival festival. “Can Sequential and Non-Dualistic Interpretation of Marx’s Monetary Thought be Synthesised with the Endogenous Money Paradigm?" (2011) Critique: International Journal of Socialist Economics Corporate and Social Transformation of Money... read more »
Jo Johnson
Jo Johnson will be interviewed at the festival and available to answer questions. Jo is a consultant neuropsychologist. She worked in the NHS for 20 years but is now a consultant for several national charities. Her special interests include brain injury and multiple sclerosis.She lives in West Sussex with her husband and four children. She won a plain English award in 2010 for... read more »
KM Lockwood
KM Lockwood. We are delighted that children's writer KM Lockwood will be running a word-art workshop. She was born in Yorkshire but now lives by the coast in Sussex. Her writing shows her deep fascination with British folklore and the sea.The workshop is called Productions in time.‘Eternity is in love with the Productions of Time’ William Blake. 4 Writers, 4 Artists, 4 Both... read more »
The Wine Presses of Love
The Wine Presses of Love A conversation between Michael Phillips and Tim Heath (8 pm Tuesday 16 September ... glass of wine ... etc) William Blake was married for 45 years to Catherine, yet there was a relationship in his life that was arguably more important, one that pre-dated his wedding, accompanied him to his death, and gave quotidian expression to his genius – a Printing Press. The... read more »