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Poet Lucy Burnett and dramatist Daniel Bye will read from and discuss new work.

Please join us in the beautiful surroundings of Lancaster Castle to hear two recently appointed members of staff read from and discuss their creative work.

Lucy Burnett is the published writer of four books, two poetry collections with Carcanet Press (Leaf Graffiti and Tripping Over Clouds), another with Guillemot Press (one step sideways and 13 down) and a hybrid novel with Knives Forks and Spoons (Through the Weather Glass). In 2016 she toured a performance adaptation and interactive installation of Through the Weather Glass around the UK. More recently she has been working on a project called Scree: A Digital Guidebook to Reimagining the Lake District Fells (www.scree.uk) with financial support from the Arts Council and the National Park Authority, and the National Trust hosted a project art exhibition during the entirety of the 2022 season in Wordsworth House Cockermouth. Lucy works as a lecturer at Lancaster University, having previously taught at the Universities of Salford, Strathclyde, Leeds Beckett and Cumbria. She also has significant arts experience outside the academy, including tutoring for Arvon and the Wordsworth Trust, and working as Director of Stanza International Poetry Festival.

Daniel Bye is a writer, performer and director of plays. His award-winning, internationally-touring work includes The Price of Everything, Going Viral and These Hills Are Ours. Currently, he’s working towards Imaginary Friends, which will premiere in March this year.

For young audiences he has written adaptations of Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast (both for The Dukes) and original work including Error 404 (Polka Theatre) and Terri and the Time Machine (One Tenth Human). He’s working on So Unfair, also for One Tenth Human, and a new version of Robin Hood for The Egg in Bath.

All of his work for theatre is a way of gathering people to share and explore the challenges of living together in this world.

He runs in the mountains for fun, a pursuit which has led to short documentary films including The Wild Tour and As If Our Lives Depended on it.