Stories to make you laugh or cry: an evening of charity storytelling

Stories to make you laugh or cry: an evening of charity storytelling

29 Feb 2012

This event took place at the Tabernacle in London on 29th February 2012. Video and audio will be up on this page soon.

Event info:

Intelligence² staged this event in aid of First Story, a charity founded by William Fiennes and Katie Waldegrave which sends authors into state schools in deprived areas to encourage creative writing amongst the young. Poets, novelists and an actor took to the stage, each with 15 minutes to make us laugh or cry or both.

Speakers

William Fiennes

Bestselling author of The Snow Geese and The Music Room
Salena Godden

Poet, short-story writer, raconteur and a regular poet on Radio 4's 'Saturday Live'
Mark Haddon

Novelist, artist and poet best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Lemn Sissay

Award-winning poet, writer and Associate Artist at Southbank Centre
Sam West

Actor and theatre director who starred in the award-winning play ENRON