18th October 6.30pm - 8.30pm (doors 6pm)

‘Land Lines’, five fictional short stories with rural settings by contemporary writers. Established literary names Deborah Moggach, Tim Pears, Helen Dunmore and Adam Thorpe are joined by Northumberland based writer Jo Scott. Each of these powerful narratives have lots to say in entertaining and relevant ways about life in today’s countryside.

The Border Readers

The Border Readers is an association of regionally based professional actors who present themed audio narratives in libraries, art centres, galleries, hostelries, village halls and pubs across the borderlands. The readers toured Haunted, classic and contemporary ghost story readings, around Halloween in 2018, 2019 and 2022 and recorded more classic ghost stories for listening on You Tube during the Covid crisis. They returned to live touring in Spring 2022 with Many Deadly Returns, fictional crime stories celebrating 21 years of Murder Squad. The tour of Murder They Write – crime stories by Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards & Cath Staincliffe – played in 14 venues through October and November 2023.

More on writers, stories and readers at www.theborderreaders.co.uk