Dress for Kathleen - Heather Richardson

How do you tell the story of family that you’ve never met?

Heather Richardson invites you to join her for a moving afternoon of memoir and making, as she tells the story of her aunt, Kathleen, whose life was cut tragically short at just 14.

Heather will share how she created this biography, which captures rural Northern Ireland in the 20^th Century and in the early days of WW2. She’ll reveal how she completed her research, combining family stories with history.

On display will be the original story of Kathleen, which was sewn into a hand-embroidered Irish linen dress. Author Heather Richardson will take you on a creative journey; from stitching textile art to pulling the threads of memoir and family together.

Don’t miss this afternoon of creativity.

Norwich Book Festival: 24-27 October 2024

A brand-new festival celebrating stories comes to Norwich, 24-27 October. Norwich Book Festival is designed for readers, with a programme of events for everybody to enjoy. Taking place in England’s first UNESCO City of Literature, Norwich Book Festival includes events from across genres, including crime, popular-science and politics, as well as two days of free activities at The Forum in Norwich.

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Norwich Book Festival is presented by The Forum, alongside key partners National Centre for Writing, Norfolk County Council – Library and Information Service, and University of East Anglia, booksellers, and other local organisations.

About Heather Richardson

Heather Richardson grew up in Belfast. She escaped to England at 18, but after a decade was lured back home. After a non-literary career that began with bus driving in Leicester and ended as Sales and Marketing Director of a pharmaceutical distributor, she finally discovered academia and, prior to her recent retirement, was Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Open University. She has published two historical novels, Magdeburg (2010) and Doubting Thomas (2017), and her short fiction and poetry has been published in journals in the UK, Ireland and Australia.