Julie Hesmondhalgh launches reading scheme in Accrington

Summarised from Lancashire Telegraph's report · Updated 15 Oct, 20:14 · Archive

Traitors star Julie Hesmondhalgh returned to her home town Accrington to premiere a film promoting the National Year of Reading and relaunch Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Traitors and Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh returned to Accrington for the premiere of a film shot in her home town. The film will be used across the country to promote the National Year of Reading. At a special event at Haworth Art Gallery, Hesmondhalgh announced that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library was being relaunched in Hyndburn.

The short film features Hesmondhalgh reading a poem she wrote and performed at a National Year of Reading event in Salford. She approached Murray Dawson of Amazing Accrington about making a film of the poem. They filmed it on a single day using Dawson's mobile phone, visiting different locations around the town. The Theatres Trust announced last week that Hesmondhalgh was to receive the Inaugural Great British Theatres Lifetime Achievement Award for her support of local theatre.

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• Traitors star Julie Hesmondhalgh brings Dolly Parton book scheme to her home townCelebrity Traitors star Julie Hesmondhalgh returned home to Accrington for the premier of a new film, all shot in her home town, which will be used around the country to promote the National Year of Reading.Lancashire Telegraph · 15 Oct, 18:00

In this story: Julie Hesmondhalgh · Accrington · Dolly Parton's Imagination Library · Hyndburn · Haworth Art Gallery · Murray Dawson · Amazing Accrington · The Theatres Trust

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