Feminist views
Trisha Lewis will be performing Hyenas in Petticoat, looking at the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft and Virginia Woolf, at Ringwood Library on March 9, 7.30pm (tickets £3, details on 01425 474255). Devised by herself, Ms Lewis explores links between the feminist writers and asks whether their visions have been realised.
Entries due
Get those fingers tapping on the keyboard… the closing date for Bournemouth Borough Council’s national short story competition, launched last December, is March 31. It costs a fiver to enter and the first prize is £100. Check out bournemouth.go|v.uk/residents/arts/
Cache for sale A cache of letters penned by George Orwell will go under the hammer for the first time at London auctioneers Bonhams printed books and manuscripts sale on March 24.
Fudge speaks
Poole’s author Pamela Fudge, whose books include A Blessing in Disguise, will be the guest speaker at the Friends for Upton Library on March 26.
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