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VAL WOOD PRESENTS “MY LIFE IN A BOOK”

EAST RIDING THEATRE, 10 Lord Roberts Road, Beverley, HU17 9BE

27 Jan 2022

7.30pm

£7

Family Friendly

Val Wood, formerly published as Valerie Wood is the award winning author of romantic historical novels.

Val Wood was born in Castleford but now lives in Beverley. She has written 27 novels, all set in and around Hull and the East Riding. Her first novel, The Hungry Tide, published in 1993 won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Romantic Fiction.

In 2012 The Val Wood Trail was launched to promote tourism and library services in Hull and the East Riding. The Val Wood Prize followed in 2013 and the international creative writing competition has continued to run annually alongside Hull Central Library. Val’s catalogue of books were named amongst the top loaned titles in UK libraries on BBC Radio 4s Open Book show and Val and her work were also the subject of a feature on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row in 2015 and the BBC documentary Books That Made Britain in 2016. In 2017 Val was awarded an honorary doctorate from The University of Hull.

When she is not writing, Val supports a number of charities including Sight Support (Hull & East Yorkshire) where she holds the position of Vice President. She is also patron of Home Start and Butterflies Memory Loss Support Group and was a volunteer at the Talking Magazine for the Blind for 28 years. Val’s new novel, Children of Fortune is available now.

She will be talking about her new novel, Children of Fortune during her performance and will take a Question and Answer session. She will also be signing copies of her books.

Venue Details

EAST RIDING THEATRE,
10 Lord Roberts Road,
Beverley,
HU17 9BE

01482 874050

boxoffice@eastridingtheatre.co.uk

http://www.eastridingtheatre.co.uk

The ERT Team: We have a committed Board, comprising of professional theatre-makers and business experts. Patrons: Dame Judi Dench and Sir Mark Rylance Ambassadors: John Godber & Richard Bean Associated Artists: Mark Addy, Berwick Kaler, William Houston, Anna Maxwell-Martin, David Bradley Directors of the Board: Adrian Rawlins – Artistic Director Vincent Regan – Creative Director Chris Wade – Music and Comedy Programming Anne Cooper – Planning and Funding Sue Kirkman – Manager John Merrylees – Technical Production Tom Wilders – Finance

Facilities

Accessible Toilets

Baby Changing

Level Access

Wheelchair Access

Opening Times

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10am-4pm
Wednesday
10am-4pm
Thursday
10am-4pm
Friday
10am-4pm
Saturday
10am-4pm
Sunday
Closed