Date: Thursday July 07 (by invitation)

Venue: The Williamson Art Gallery, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside

Readings by Emma Claire Sweeney and friends:

Edward Hogan, Desmond Elliot Prize-winning author of Blackmoor & The Hunger Trace

Emily Midorikawa, co-founder of SomethingRhymed.com & co-author of A Secret Sisterhood: the hidden friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot and Virginia Woolf

Wendy Vaizey, Kingston University Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing

Music: The Beathovens perform live

Refreshments: Wine and afternoon tea, catered and served by Wirral Evolutions – an organisation that offers work training to people with disabilities and mental health issues