“Welcome, weary traveller! I hope the journey wasn’t too arduous – although there isn’t a whisper of wind this night, the seas can be quite choppy and you’re looking quite rattled…oh, you didn’t come...
A year on from the start of The Walter Swan Short Story Prize , we are delighted to have launched the May You Anthology of winners, published by Valley Press, last night at the Leeds...
We hope you are as excited as we are! The Northern Short Story Festival 2018 is nearly here, over the weekend of 2-3 June at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds!! There’s just so much going on....
Clare Fisher’s short story collection, How The Light Gets In, is published by Influx Press in June. Clare tells us here how the collection came about. Clare and C.G Menon will be at the Northern Short...
Exit Earth winning writer, Rachel Connor explores dystopian fiction and the short story in advance of June’s Northern Short Story Festival. Rachel will be part of a panel discussing ‘The Short Story and Our World’....
Leeds writer Ali Harper gives us her top tips to help you get a literary agent. Then come along and meet literary agent, Jamie Cowen, Director at The Ampersand Agency, on Thursday 17 May...
Chris Nickson celebrates the Victorian Leeds women who led the way for female suffrage. The Vote Before The Vote is a new exhibition opening on 3 May at the Central Library, Leeds. Next month, at Room...
Leeds Town Hall. You probably walk past it almost every day. Chris Nickson tells us more about one of our most iconic buildings. You know it. Almost anyone who’s visited Leeds or seen a...
Back for a 3rd year, we are delighted to announce the programme for The Northern Short Story Festival 2018. Bigger and better, it’s the only festival of its kind in the North, celebrating Northern...
Carl Hutton, Chief Executive of the Leeds Library, reviews Common Ground in advance of Rob Cowen’s appearance as part of the WildLines programme which starts on Thursday. Common Ground was voted the nation’s third most favourite...
