it’s only been 5 months….YARN’s going to Branchage!
it’s only been 5 months…it’s only been 5 months….if we say it often enough it makes it feel ok! But really it isn’t and we know that! Apologies to one and all…but believe me, we are back and ready to make some noise. You may have heard some rumblings, some of which may not be [...]
It’s a Wrap!
That’s right, it’s taken me three weeks since YARNfest wrapped to finally sit and write the wrap up blog and despite it being top of the list of things to do since the 24th of Feb the only reason it’s happening today is that I’m stuck under a quilt recovering from a cold – damn, [...]
Four Stories High
(SOLD OUT) We’ve taken Homer’s Odyssey and divided it into twelve equal measures, split across the four pillars of modern storytelling – film, theatre, literature and music. Novelists, thespians, auteurs and musicians across the city have been developing their own unique ‘odyssey twelfth’, but what will happen when we try and put it all back [...]
Movies in Minutes
in association with Little White Lies (SOLD OUT) Do you have movies you wish you’d seen but are now too embarrassed to admit? Do you wonder what the story actually is in Fellini’s 8 1/2, or if there even is one in 2012? Join us for a hilarious evening where comedians, cinema buffs and storyteller [...]
Paper Cinema presents The Lost World
(SOLD OUT) The cereal-box maestros return with another piece of magical ‘live animation’. Using a basic camcorder and a pile of cut-out illustrations they whisk the viewer across the world – in this case to Venezuela – for a retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle’s tale of intrepid explorers and blood-thirsty dinosaurs. With Live music by [...]
YARNfest Feb’10
The debut YARN will run 20 – 24 Feb 2010 across The Book Club and The Queen of Hoxton in east London. Sponsored by bookhugger.co.uk, YARN is working in partnership with Shooting People, Faber and Faber, Little White Lies, Opium Magazine and The London Short Film Festival.
Introducing Four Stories High
OK, so it would appear I’m a bad blogger. A whopping 20 days have gone past since the last blog and I do feel ashamed…However, I promise that it’s been time well spent. We’ve been applying some serious elbow grease to get YARN’s showcase event, Four Stories High, underway. So what is it? Well, we’re [...]
Welcome to YARN!
Welcome to YARN’s first blog in its debut year 2010. We have dates in place and some fantastic venue partnerships arranged, and we’re already building towards a terrific line up for our launch festival at the end of February – entering 2010 with an escalating sense of nervous excitement! So, what is YARN? We’re a [...]
