What people say about our talks...
Marcella , thank you so much for organising and hosting such interesting evening . In the turbulent world we find ourselves in , it is refreshing to hear well researched academic content and so lucky to have this in North Yorkshire . An impressive trio. Thank you.
(Danielle A. 2025)
A most interesting set of talks last night, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Charles remarked at breakfast today how nice it was being made to think! So all in all a success. (Sophie F. 2025)
A ‘GLOBAL-TEES’ EVENT
BOOK LAUNCH
It comes from the river
Rachel Bower
Chapelgarth Tuesday, 10th June 2025 6.00pm - 7.00 pm
'A gritty and captivating tale of resilience, violence and the power of female solidarity' HARPER'S BAZAAR
'This unflinching debut builds relentlessly to a heart-stoppingly dramatic climax' DAILY MAIL
'Haunting, lyrical and thoroughly gripping' CLARE FISHER
'Thrilling, poetic, dark and alive – a shimmering gemstone of a debut' ALICE ASH
The three women flinch: feel something pass outside. A reek of singed fur, scorching damp. Flaming eyes. A creature. It knows these women. They feel its wanting.
From the river it comes.
To the river it always returns.
Alex is trying to hold her growing family together with a husband who is becoming more and more difficult to keep happy. Lauren hopes that the new man in her life might present a fresh start for her and her two boys. And Nancy's son has moved her into a care home where she feels entirely out of place, longing for her lost dog while dreaming of her own escape.
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN STEM
12 October 2023
Ada Lovelace Week
Writing Retreats at Chapelgarth partnered with award-winning high-tech robotics factory Labman Automation to organise an Ada Lovelace Independent Event - A SCIENCE CABARET - in the Northeast of England. In order to celebrate the achievements of Women in STEM we invited five inspiring female speakers who introduced a 200-strong audience to their research interests, career and successes.
Join us for an informal evening of readings and Q&A.
Wednesday, 23rd Nov. 2022. Chapelgarth, TS97ET 6.00 pm -7.00 pm - Q & A incl.
To book email: info@chapelgarth.com
On mountains and motherhood: an evening with author
Helen Mort
A ‘GLOBAL-TEES’ EVENT
A Line Above the Sky melds memoir and nature writing to ask why humans are drawn to danger, and how we can find freedom in pushing our limits. It is a visceral love letter to losing oneself in physicality, whether climbing a mountain or bringing a child into the world, and a celebration of womanhood in all its forms. Helen has always been drawn to the thrill and risk of climbing: the tension between human and rockface, and the climber's powerful connection to the elemental world. But when she becomes a mother for the first time, she finds herself re-examining her relationship with both the natural world and herself, as well as the way the world views women who aren't afraid to take risks. Helen's background is in poetry and fiction. This book, her first full-length work of non-fiction, took shape on two Chapelgarth writing retreats!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Helen Mort is a poet and novelist. Her collections Division Street, No Map Could Show Them and The Illustrated Woman are published by Chatto & Windus. She’s a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and teaches at Manchester Metropolitan University.
2021 - Autumn
- online event - free
Mini- launch of Kate Carruthers Thomas'
GRAPHIC NOVELLA. A conversation with the two of our regular writing retreaters, the Author and PhD Sociology student (York University),
Alice Wilson.
2021 - Spring - online event - free
2020 - Due to the pandemic, the only event hosted was in March
- March programme below:
2019 - The Inaugural GlobalTees Talk took place in September.
Programme below:
