From 19th- 21st March 2015, NCLA hosted the very first Newcastle Poetry Festival, an event that acted as the culmination of the 18 month project that was the archiving of the Bloodaxe Books material.
I worked the festival over Friday 20th and Saturday 21st. My role involved me helping Melanie Birch, the Marketing, Events and Postgraduate Administrator for the school of English, and who was instrumental in the organisation and running of the event. Within my role I acted as a port of call for visitors to the event, being on hand to give out any pre booked tickets to visitors as well being present at a stall for the event that displayed the Bloodaxe Archive book, as well as a variety of postcards relating to the archive. These items were for sale at the event, with my role involving enticing people to buy these products and handling monetary transactions. Below are examples of the products that I was responsible for selling.
My role within festival allowed me to build on my communication skills, as I had to continually engage with different visitors to the festival. It was also intriguing to see how such a large scale event was organised, with many student helpers being on hand throughout the festival, and the Northern Stage theatre acting as a highly suitable venue for the event. It was also interesting to talk with Mariana, who was holding a stall for Blackwells booksellers next to my stall and seeing the relationship that NCLA has with companies like Blackwells and how it is useful for both NCLA as a brand, and for companies like Blackwells in regards to selling merchandise.
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