Campo Santo

Warstone Lane Cemetry Vyse Street, Birmingham,

Discover more about death in the Jewellery Quarter with two special tours, a picnic and a ‘Death over Drinks’ discussion! Campo Santo starts with an interactive audio tour of Warstone Lane Cemetery led by ITZATNA Arts, which compares and contrasts Victorian and 20th century customs around death, burials and memorials, and looks at ideas shared […]

£30

Meet the Author – Hollie Starling

The Heath Bookshop (Kings Court (opposite Asda), R/O94 High Street, Kings Heath,, Birmingham

Author of  The Bleeding Tree, Hollie Starling will be sharing an excerpt from her book and will join in a discussion The Heath Bookshop owners Claire Dawes and Catherine Gale. About The Bleeding Tree: As summer falls into autumn, Hollie Starling is hit by the heart-stopping news that her father has died by suicide. At […]

Free

Meet the Author – Helen Calcutt

The Heath Bookshop (Kings Court (opposite Asda), R/O94 High Street, Kings Heath,, Birmingham

In September 2017, Helen Calcutt’s brother Matthew took his own life. He was 40 years old. ‘… the phone rang / and when I answered it / you’d killed / yourself, and that was the start / of you being dead.’ This is the starting point of an astonishing new pamphlet of poems by Helen […]

Free

Death Cafe with The Heath Bookshop

The Heath Bookshop (Kings Court (opposite Asda), R/O94 High Street, Kings Heath,, Birmingham

Death Cafes are an informal space for people to come together to chat about life and death. There is no agenda and no agreed discussion topics - it's whatever people in the room feel comfortable discussing. Facilitated by BrumYODO and held at The Heath Bookshop, this 90-minute event includes drinks and cake. Death Cafe is […]

Free

Tell it to the bees at London Road Cemetery

London Road Cemetery London Road, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Join Pyn Stockman and Kate Luxmoore for this performance storytelling and live music show in the atmospheric setting of the Anglican Chapel, London Rd Cemetery.