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  • Date and time: Saturday 1 June 2019, 11am to 4pm
  • Location: Parliament Street (Map)
  • Audience: Open to the public
  • Admission: Free admission

Event details

The best stories you find are the ones that find you.

Having toured literary festivals across the UK, the Found Fiction writing desk comes to York Festival of Ideas. Visit the desk and add to a short story one line at a time. 

#foundfiction is based on the idea that literature is about a reader taking the outstretched hand of a writer they’ll probably never meet, making a powerful bond through a story they didn’t know they were looking for.

Why not come along to the writing desk and see if you can help co-write a masterpiece?

 

Where to find the Found Fiction Writing Desk:

Discovery Zone Marquee, Parliament St               Friday 31 May. 11am to 4pm

Discovery Zone Marquee, Parliament St               Saturday 1 June. 11am to 4pm

Ron Cooke Hub, University of York                       Friday 7 June, 11am to 9pm

Ron Cooke Hub, University of York                       Saturday 8 June, 11am to 9pm

Ron Cooke Hub, University of York                       Sunday 9 June, 10am to 5.30pm

Clifton Explore Library, Rawcliffe Lane, Clifton     Monday 10 June, 2.30pm to 5.30pm

Clifton Explore Library, Rawcliffe Lane, Clifton     Tuesday 11 June, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5.30pm

Clifton Explore Library, Rawcliffe Lane, Clifton     Wednesday 12 June, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5.30pm

Clifton Explore Library, Rawcliffe Lane, Clifton     Thursday 13 June, 2.30pm to 7pm

Clifton Explore Library, Rawcliffe Lane, Clifton     Friday 14 June, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5.30pm

Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens                    Saturday 15 June, 11am to 5pm

Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens                    Sunday 16 June, 11am to 2pm

 

Hear the final story at our Festival Finale, A Healthy Dose of Cynicism?, on Sunday 16 June at 7pm. The reading will be recorded and available via social media.                 

You may also enjoy Found Fiction Story Hunt on Saturday 15 June.

 

#foundfiction

#foundfiction is a guerrilla publishing community connecting readers and writers across the world. Learn more at foundfiction.org

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  • Wheelchair accessible