Spoken Word

Award-winning writer, artist and Huddersfield postman Kevin Boniface takes to the road to produce his very own Recorded Delivery. The project involves a series of audio and visual monologues about the people and places he encounters on his rounds. Kevin provides a unique snapshot of contemporary Yorkshire.

The ‘The Most Difficult Thing Ever‘ exhibition showcases Kevin Boniface‘s award-winning blog, which covers a wide range of subjects including topiary armchairs, consolidating your Argos bags, suggestive trees, shouting Raymond, killing a pigeon at the traffic lights, farting loudly by the turnips, wheeling a broken swivel chair out to your bins, bobbing over when she gets back and BMW slippers among many, many others.

Follow the QR codes around Holmfirth to uncover Kevin’s audio diaries as part of Recorded Delivery.

Please note that Up Country is closed on Sunday 19 June.

Why not catch Ed Cotterill’s short film on the ‘Recorded Delivery’ project, plus a few readings from Kevin himself? Click here for further information

Join us Upstairs at Up Country to find out more about one of Holmfirth‘s more unusual former residents: Fenella the tiger. There will be opportunities to see original film footage of Fenella at play. You’ll hear stories from Rosamund Hiles, daughter of Kassie Overend, whose family owned Fenella.

You’ll take part in a short guided walk around key landmarks in Fenella’s life. Afterwards, we’ll return to Helen J Bray’s Studio for soft drinks, and have time to view previously unseen photographs of Fenella.

The event is limited to 25. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult, and dogs are not allowed. Please note that the walk will include a steep ascent (and descent) of Goose Green – a cobbled back street of Holmfirth.

At the outbreak of World War 2, the Overends brought Fenella back with them to live in Holmfirth. After a spell in quarantine, the Sumatran tiger lived with the circus family, who took her on long walks around Holmfirth. Fenella is today remembered by pupils who attended “Nabb” School (Holmfirth Junior and Infant) as a friendly tiger, and have lasting memories of incidents involving Fenella.

As Fenella, “Feney” for short, grew older she was then taken on a brief tour and featured in theatres across Britain. In 1950, she sadly died, but the memories she left behind with the local people of Holmfirth are still remembered to this day.
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The word carnival hints at celebration, feasting, masquerade and side show, with perhaps a sprinkling of mystique and mistaken identity on the side. Come and join members of Holmfirth Writers’ Group, and explore what the notion of carnival means to you!

This guided Carnival Of Words workshop is for both new and established writers, upstairs at Up Country. You can either share what you write or keep it to yourself! Suitable for age 16 and upwards.

Holmfirth Writers’ Group is a collection of writers who meet weekly in Holmfirth Library to write and encourage. The group runs from 6pm until 7.30pm every Monday night.
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Join us Upstairs at Up Country to find out more about one of Holmfirth‘s more unusual former residents: Fenella the tiger. There will be opportunities to see original film footage of Fenella at play. You’ll hear stories from Rosamund Hiles, daughter of Kassie Overend, whose family owned Fenella.

You’ll take part in a short guided walk around key landmarks in Fenella’s life. Afterwards, we’ll return to Helen J Bray’s Studio for soft drinks, and have time to view previously unseen photographs of Fenella.

The event is limited to 25. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult, and dogs are not allowed. Please note that the walk will include a steep ascent (and descent) of Goose Green – a cobbled back street of Holmfirth.

At the outbreak of World War 2, the Overends brought Fenella back with them to live in Holmfirth. After a spell in quarantine, the Sumatran tiger lived with the circus family, who took her on long walks around Holmfirth. Fenella is today remembered by pupils who attended “Nabb” School (Holmfirth Junior and Infant) as a friendly tiger, and have lasting memories of incidents involving Fenella.

As Fenella, “Feney” for short, grew older she was then taken on a brief tour and featured in theatres across Britain. In 1950, she sadly died, but the memories she left behind with the local people of Holmfirth are still remembered to this day.
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