12 Hour Charity Open Mic 2017 is Back!
The magnificent Sophie Joelle is organising a 12-hour Open Mic session on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May, at the Hyde Park Book Club. The 12 Hour Charity Open Mic 2017 will raise money for chosen...
The Big Bookend
Book Launch and Tour. Nothing is Meant to be Broken by Mark Connors
Local poet, novelist and compere of Leeds’ premier spoken word night, WORD CLUB, Mark Connors, releases his first full-length poetry collection, Nothing is Meant to be Broken, on Friday 24 March. Published by Stairwell Books...
Leeds Bridge by Chris Nickson
The fascinating history of Leeds Bridge by Chris Nickson. Leeds Bridge – that one at the bottom of Briggate. We walk and drive over it all the time with hardly a second thought. But...
Word by Word, Song by Song. Commoners Choir Coming to a Northern English Library Near You!
Word by Word, Song by Song. Commoners Choir Coming to a Northern English Library Near You! Literacy, Books and the Print Revolution. A Tour of Northern English Libraries. Formed by ex Chumbawamba member, Boff...
It All Began With A Street, by Chris Nickson
If you want to know more about the history of Kirkgate, Chris Nickson recommends the newly published A History of Kirkgate from earliest times to 1800. Blink and you’d have missed it but towards the...
Nathan O’Hagan’s Out of the City, the Next Novel from Leeds Punk Publishers Armley Press, by John Lake
Anyone who read Birkenhead-born Nathan O’Hagan’s excoriating debut novel The World is (Not) a Cold Dead Place, published in 2015 by Leeds-based punk publishers Armley Press, almost certainly wondered what this talented author was...
Quays, the Roaring Twenties, and the Big Jazz Age Quiz, by Richard Smyth
Writer Richard Smyth talks quizzes, crosswords and his passion for 1920s New York. Come along to our Jazz Age inspired quiz, 3pm on Sunday 5th February at Outlaws Yacht Club, Leeds and pit your...
On Writing the Leeds Boxing Day Flood Before it Happened by Katherine Dewar
Author Katherine Dewar reflects on the Boxing Day floods 2015 and what it meant for her feminist climate change thriller, Ruby and the Blue Sky, which is set in Leeds and describes such a flood. Debut...
It’s the Bee’s Knees! The Leeds Big Bookend Festival 1920s Themed Fund Raising Quiz
Immerse yourselves into the decade of the Roaring Twenties whilst testing your general knowledge for an afternoon of fun at the Leeds Big Bookend Fundraising Quiz at 3pm on Sunday 5th February at...
A Little Temperance by Chris Nickson
Having a Dry January? Chris Nickson tells us about the Temperance Movement in Leeds and their efforts to create a teetotal society. The festive season is over, and after the excesses a few people...