Talking To – Anne O’Brien, historical fiction author
Our “Talking To” post this week is also a competition give away. Read on and find out how you could win a copy of Anne O’Brien’s latest novel, The Scandalous Duchess, published today! By...
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Talking To – Anthony Clavane, author, playwright and journalist
By Paul Whittle Leeds writer Anthony Clavane’s first book, Promised Land, interwove the history of his native city, and his love of its football team, with an autobiographical account of the author’s own upbringing...
The Leeds Big Bookend Writing Competitions 2014
You may or may not have discovered our Competitions page, but this year the Leeds Big Bookend is hosting two writing competitions aimed at our younger readers. For 5-11 year olds, there are two...
Love Letters of the Great War by Mandy Kirkby
On this Valentine’s Day and in the centenary year of the outbreak of the Great War, author Mandy Kirkby reminds us that, “We are human and, especially where love is concerned, we can’t help...
Ralph Thoresby by Chris Nickson
Crime author, Chris Nickson writes about Leeds historian, Ralph Thoresby, in the first of a series of Leeds history articles for the Big Bookend. One thing about the writing life: you never know what’s...
‘Roald Dahl: A writer who inspires me’ by Rebecca Leeming
Rebecca Leeming, an English Literature graduate and Leeds Big Bookend volunteer, shares her passion for Roald Dahl’s life and work in this week’s post. ‘And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world...
Whatever happened to Margaret Jones? by Frances Brody
Whatever happened to Margaret Jones, author of The Day They Put Humpty Together Again …? This book languished on my shelf waiting to be read until a few months ago. It must be a decade...
Re-writing, Re-thinking and Re-singing History by Boff Whalley
That lad at the back of the class, slumped on one elbow and looking out of the window, bored to distraction during a three-hour lesson, that’s me. Last thing on a Friday, an entire...
Talking To – Wes Brown, author of Shark
In the first of an occasional series, we talk to some of the authors involved in the Big Bookend over the last 3 years. By Paul Whittle I first came across Wes Brown and...
Make 2014 an eventful year!
You may or may not have stumbled across a page on our blog called Yorkshire Literary Festivals & Book Fairs… Why not kick off the new year with a literary event or two? We...
