Sillitoe Day
11am – 5pm
£15 (includes limited edition book) £10 for students or concessions
The Space
The Alan Sillitoe Committee present their second Sillitoe Day at Nottingham Contemporary. They will be launching a Mobile Phone App (commissioned by the BBC and Arts Council England) creating a literary trail through Sillitoe’s Nottingham, and a re-press of Alan’s book The Open Door. There will also be talks from Nottingham writers, Billy Ivory, Michael Eaton, Al Needham, Neil Fulwood and others, a film short 'Mimic' (a Sillitoe short story) and a preview of Frank Abbott's remix of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
Book online, at Reception or call us on 0115 948 9750.
Sillitoe Night
8pm – 12pm
Cafe.Bar.Contemporary
Join us in the cafe for spoken word with attitude from Andrew ‘MulletProofPoet’ Graves, John Marriott, Sarah Shrugs, beatboxer Motormouf, and music from Sleaford Mods and local legends Gaffa.
Entrance is free but £3 donation on the door to the Alan Sillitoe Memorial Fund is encouraged.