Hi! My name is Theodore, and I am thrilled to be Hartlepool’s reader in residence for the Crossing The Tees book festival! I am a poet, facilitator, multimedia artist, and most importantly, an avid reader. My work predominantly explores histories (both real and imagined) and disability, and I have previously been published in The Gentian,… Continue reading Meet our Reader-in-Residence for Hartlepool Libraries – Theodore Forcer
I’m Kat Lynas, an illustrator who loves exploring stories, drawing and the ways words and images can work together. I’m fascinated by how reading doesn’t just happen in books, but in lots of different forms, from comics and zines to local history collections and everyday things we might overlook. I’m also a lead artist on… Continue reading Meet our Reader-in-Residence for Redcar & Cleveland Libraries – Kat Lynas
Crossing the Tees Book Festival would like to commission FIVE Readers in Residence to engage adults across the Tees Valley with the National Year of Reading. The National Year of Reading is an initiative that aims to change the nation’s reading culture. Our festival will support the campaign’s goals to bring reading to where culture… Continue reading Reader in Residence opportunities
Crossing the Tees Book Festival invites writers from the Tees Valley region to apply to appear on a Meet the Local Author panel event. The event will take place on an evening during the festival period of 12 to 27 June 2026. The panel event will allow writers the opportunity to introduce themselves and their… Continue reading 2026 Local Author Opportunity
Crossing the Tees Book Festival invites artists and creatives from the Tees Valley region to submit proposals for a book-related activity for an adult audience to take place during the festival period of 12 to 27 June 2026. We are looking for proposals from emerging artists and creatives as well as proposals that represent the… Continue reading Microcommission opportunity 2026
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