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durhambookfest

  1. Oooh we've just confirmed a VERY special event for #DBF12 w @beathhigh! Programme released Aug, sign up to newsletter bit.ly/bgLfyQ!
  2. @Beathhigh @pixandpen How best can we reach you? Invite to your publicist? Liv
  3. We're working on it... Details released August! RT @pixandpen: @durhambookfest have you got @Beathhigh this year? #DBF12
  4. Just been to Top Secret rehearsals for what will be the #DBF12 showcase event. I wish I could tell you more but I'd have to kill you all...
  5. We hope you've got tickets to hear Pat Barker at Durham Light Infantry Museum on 10 May: dur.ac.uk/cmh/
  6. Small request: if you're sending your book for @ReadRegional submission, please send us all the info we need! Details: bit.ly/HrEPNg
  7. Are you recently published and live in the NE or Yorkshire? Apply to be a @ReadRegional author: readregional.com
  8. Brilliant line up for #HBF12! 23 April - 3 May: RT @hexhambookfest: Yipee! our new Festival Programme is now live on bit.ly/d3lnqF
  9. #DBF11 podcasts up now, including @jonronson: bit.ly/AvwYLg
  10. #DBF11 podcasts up now inc Richard Dawkins, Jon Ronson, Marcus Brigstocke, Lucy Worsley & Criminal Women w @Mslexia: bit.ly/AvwYLg
  11. Delighted to hear of poetry reading with Kathleen Jamie on 27 Feb at Durham's University College: bit.ly/A7bryx
  12. Did you volunteer for Durham Book Festival in October? We'd like to know your thoughts. Survey: bit.ly/zBEcLD and win £50 of books!
  13. Janette Jenkins book launch 6pm today @wstonesdurham, wine and nibbles and an excellent book LITTLE BONES, free and all are welcome!
  14. We're launching Little Bones by Janette Jenkins, Thurs, 6pm, @Waterstones Durham. Free, all welcome, wine & nibbles: bit.ly/AmfzLk
  15. Book PRs: could you make sure you have us and @hexhambookfest on your mailing lists? Do send season catalogues too please. Thanks.
  16. BRASS Festival 2012 call for pitches from artists of all genres: bit.ly/sUVacH
  17. @BookApothecary will be doing workshops in Newcastle on 13 & 14 November - get making books! www.bookapothecary.co.uk.
  18. If you helped out with @durhambookfest and want more, Lumiere is looking for volunteers: bit.ly/tx0jNI
  19. What did you think of this year's @DurhamBookFest? We'd love to know what you liked, disliked, and how to improve: svy.mk/trLHOR
  20. Glad to help! @Ingramsounds: We had a great week @durhambookfest, we feel so cultured we might start reading novels instead of user manuals.