Welcoming Derek Beaulieu and Kristen Ingram arriving from Canada, David Osbaldeston and Katie Craven joined us for one of Sue's celebrated dinner parties:
The Menu
Spicy roasted red pepper and lime soup (accompanied with an Alsace Reisling)
Sue’s Crispy Prawn Toast with a dipping sauce
Pan-fried Sea Trout fillet with ribbons of courgette with chilli and ginger with a lemon and herb dressing (accompanied with a Spanish Albarino)
Home made clotted cream strawberry ice-cream, meringue, strawberries and strawberry sauce
(On Wednesday, Derek will be reading at Bury Art Gallery at 1pm and at the Other Room at 7pm)
Text Festival, books and stuff
As already featured in the anniversary post on 19 March, the field of action of first festival was contextualised with the ‘Text’ (ISBN 0 9...
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