12th March "An audience with Chris Speck"

Chris is a successful local author who has published a fantastic range of books covering nautical tales, historical thrillers and murders, all set in and around Hull and Yorkshire.

9th April "Inn & Out at the top - tales of life at the highest pub in Britain"

Neil Hanson is a hugely engaging storyteller and award-winning speaker, and his talk "Inn & Out at the Top" is a laugh-a-minute tour of the quirks and foibles, highs and lows of his time running Britain's highest inn back in the 1970s and 1980s.

14th May "The Swinging Sixties" - Sex, drugs and rock and roll.

The decade that changed the world with local author Marion Gamble. Marion is a popular local speaker and author who keeps herself busy combining storytelling with fund raising for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

11th June "The works and life of Thomas Hardy"

Emeritus Professor of English Literature, Jane Thomas will share some of the passion, knowledge and enthusiasm she has for the famous author we know and love and who played a major role in her successful research and teaching career at the University of Hull.

9th July "When the railway reached Beverley"

This talk from Colin Bradshaw describes how Beverley changed after 1845 when the first steam trains operated from Hull, via Beverley to Bridlington. Coaching inns declined, new buildings emerged, people travelled much further and more easily. It is not a technical talk about railways.

13th August "Lynda Harrison - an exposition of an interesting, entertaining and inspiring life"

Lynda Harrison was born and brought up in Hull. She began performing in the mid-sixties, at just 16 years old. A founder member of one of the first British all-female groups and one of five teenage girls who found themselves reluctantly centre stage in the lion's den, a male dominated industry. This part of her life was an oddly serendipitous occurrence for Lynda, significantly because her short life, prior to this, had been adverse in many of its aspects. Historically this chapter of her life is what began forming the basic recipe for the development of her love of writing, appreciation of poetry and passion for storytelling.

10th September "Cottingham u3a - AGM

No Speaker.

8th October "What inspires Art?" (and just about everything else)

Retired research physicist Dr Kevin Byron will demonstrate some commonly occurring patterns of creative ideas that appear across a broad spectrum of activity including art, science, engineering and advertising. This talk will appeal to anyone with an enquiring mind.

12th November - "Women of Words - A celebration of the spoken word"

Some of the core members of the Women of Words Collective will share pieces of their prose, poetry, plays, novels, musings and generally inspiring writing. Prepare to be moved, inspired to laugh, cry and to experience some magical moments with this talented group of women.

Women of Words meets on the first Wednesday afternoon of every month at Hull Central Library. The session features a special guest writer along with performances by the core members for attendees to share their own writing in a safe, supportive and comfortable space.

10th December - "Christmas Social"

No Speaker