The Primadonna Festival, founded a year ago to give "prominence to work by women", is calling off its inaugural July event at Laffitts Hall due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is however asking its supporters to save the date for next year when it will run from Friday 30th July to Sunday 1st... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 08:00:00 UTC ]
The Primadonna Festival will return in 2020 as a Community Interest Company (CIC), with a £20,000 crowdfunder launching, and writer Catherine Riley taking on the role of full-time general manager. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-20 04:55:31 UTC ]
This isn’t the most cheerful December I can remember, so I’ve been searching for positives and found myself reflecting on a most wonderful festival I went to last summer. The Primadonna Festival of great writing, ideas and creativity, co-founded by 18 amazing women, had its début in August in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 20:09:52 UTC ]
Kit de Waal introduces the newly launched Primadonna Festival, a celebration of brilliant writing by brilliant women and diverse voices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
New literary event the Primadonna festival will give "prominence to work by women”, with support from author Kit de Waal and Curtis Brown agent Cathryn Summerhayes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sandi Toksvig and Helen Lederer lead the drive to tackle gender inequality in the artsFrom this month’s Women of the World gathering on London’s South Bank to many smaller bespoke festivals and competitions, the demand for public events and festivals centred on the female experience is growing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]