BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8723@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240508T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240508T193000 DTSTAMP:20240426T152255Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/video-odyssey-wowfest-turning-a- book-into-a-tv-series-ashleigh-nugent/ SUMMARY:Toxteth TV: Video Odyssey: WowFest: Turning a Book into a TV Series : Ashleigh Nugent DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nTURNING A BOOK INTO A TV SERIES – ASHLEIGH NUGENT\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAshleigh Nugent and Tom Thostrup\, co-founder and Mana ging Director of 2LE media\, will talk through the process of how Ashleig h’s electric debut novel\, Locks\, was optioned for TV. Locks was pub lished by Picador Books in 2023 and received rave reviews\, including 4 out of 5 stars in the Daily Telegraph. Later that year\, he secured a TV d eal with Royal Television Society award-winning and BAFTA-nominated produc ers\, 2LE Media. \n\nLocks is a coming-of-age comedy of errors\; a novel about growing up\, wising up\, and finding your place in a world of oppos ites. Aeon\, a mixed-up and mixed-race teenager from a leafy Liverpool sub urb\, is desperate to understand the Black identity thrust upon him. He gr ows dreadlocks and immerses himself in ‘gangsta’ rap. Aeon’s journey of self-discovery takes him to Jamaica\, where he finds that smoking weed \, messy locks and massive red boots don’t necessarily help him to fit i n. Within days of his arrival he is mugged\, arrested and banged up in a J amaican detention centre. Seen as the ‘white boy’\, he finds that his journey of self-discovery has only just begun – and he’s going to have to fight for the respect and recognition he deserves. \n\nThis event pro mises to be an inspirational experience for any budding screen writers\, a s well as a fascinating glimpse into the real-life struggles portrayed in this irreverent and authentic black identity debut.  \n\nAshleigh Nugent  was the first black male writer from Liverpool to have a traditional boo k deal in his genre. Ashleigh has also written for theatres and been publi shed in academic journals\, poetry anthologies and magazines. Ashleigh was a finalist in Writing on the Wall’s acclaimed Pulp Idol novel writing c ompetition\, with the original first chapter of Locks published in our 2 014 anthology\, Pulp Idol – Firsts. He was Liverpool City Region’s A rtist of the Year in 2021 and is now a special advisor at the Shakespeare North Playhouse. Ashleigh is also course director at RiseUp\, where he use s his own life experience\, writing and mindset expertise to support priso ners and inspire change. \n\nTom Thostrup is a TV and film producer and runs an independent production company called 2LE Media. He has worked in television for over twenty years\, producing both scripted and unscripted programmes\, including the Bafta and International Emmy-nominated Facejack er\, and most recently 2LE Media’s first feature film\, Dance First\, di rected by James Marsh (The Theory Of Everything\, Man On Wire) and starrin g Gabriel Byrne\, Aidan Gillen and Maxine Peake. Locks\, by Ashleigh Nuge nt\, is the first books 2LE Media have optioned for adaptation. \n\nYasmi n Ali is a freelancer in the TV industry\, currently working in scripted TV development. She has worked on documentaries\, factual entertainment an d children’s programming\, and a range of productions including Waterloo Road (BBC One)\, Tan France: Beauty and The Bleach (BBC Two)\, Say Yes T o The Dress Lancashire (TLC)\, &\; CBBC. Yasmin is also an artist and writer\, with artwork exhibited at The Tetley Gallery\, OUTPUT Gallery and Regent Street Cinema. Her monologue for “My White Best Friend North ” at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre was recently published in an antholo gy by Bloomsbury. Yasmin has also written for a range of platforms and pub lications including Tate\, BBC\, gal-dem\, ROOT-ed Zine\, Ethos Magazine a nd more.  \n\nWednesday 8th May\, 7:30pm \n\nVideo Odyssey\, Toxteth TV \, 37-45 Windsor St\, Liverpool L8 1XE\n\n£5 \n\n*These are difficult ti mes. We know some people may struggle to afford full price tickets. If you would like to attend this event but can’t afford to\, please contact i nfo@writingonthewall.org.uk. All queries will be treated in confidence.    \n\nIf you would like to purchase a gifted ticket for someone who can’t afford it\, please buy directly from the event page and we will of fer your ticket out.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\nDate: May 8\, 2024\nTime: 7:30 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/04/Ash-Nugent.png CATEGORIES:Talks LOCATION:Toxteth TV\, 37-45 Windsor St\, Liverpool \, L8 1XE\, United Kingd om GEO:53.394028;-2.969774 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=37-45 Windsor St\, Liverpoo l \, L8 1XE\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Toxteth TV:geo:53. 394028,-2.969774 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR