Our guest writer on this International Women’s Day is Professor Susan Watkins from Leeds Beckett University. She is an expert in contemporary women’s fiction and feminist theory. In a recent interview in The Guardian, Margaret […]
We caught up with Alex Preston, author of the acclaimed As Kingfishers Catch Fire, ahead of his event at WildLines @ The Leeds Library later this month. If you want to find out more about
Today marks the 100th anniversary of legislation which came into force and gave (some) women the right to vote. It starts a year of exhibitions, talks and performances throughout the UK. Chris Nickson celebrates the
We announced our longlist for the Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017-18 last month. We are delighted today to announce our shortlist and details of the prize giving event and Anthology launch which will take place
WildLines @ The Leeds Library is a three-day programme of talks, readings and Q&As curated by writer Richard Smyth and in partnership with the Leeds Library, the Leeds Big Bookend and Leeds Inspired. It will bring some of the
Thank you to everybody who entered The Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017-18. The competition closed in October with over 300 entries from all over the UK and internationally. The standard was extremely high. Our judges, Anna
I’m sure there are many more books either set in Yorkshire or written by Yorkshire writers that are being published in 2018. Here are just a few. I’ll be updating this calendar from time to
Much has been written about the Brontës and Yorkshire but guest writer, Helen MacEwan gives us an insight into Charlotte and Emily Brontës’ time in Brussels and how that period, in particular for Charlotte had a
The Leeds Library which celebrates its 250th birthday this year will be hosting the launch night of #foundfiction – a guerrilla publishing experiment that connects readers and writers across the world. The event will run from
