Gods of Gold Book Launch
Gods of Gold, a mystery set against the backdrop of the 1890 gas strike and the first in a new Victorian series by Chris Nickson, will be published in August 2014. The launch...
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Forgotten Leeds: Joash Woodrow by Paul Whittle
Forgotten Leeds – a mini-series of short introductions to three little-known figures connected to Leeds by birth and/or their work here in the city: an artist (Joash Woodrow), a novelist (John Wainwright), and a...
Matthew Hedley Stoppard & The Glass Delusion celebrate the release of their collaborative album, Runt County
Matthew Hedley Stoppard & The Glass Delusion celebrate the release of their collaborative album, Runt County – a collection of spoken word set to music in the style of John Cooper Clarke and The...
Flash Fiction Competition from Tiny Owl Workshop
Here’s another competition for you Flash Fiction writers! The lovely Tiny Owl Workshop, all the way over in Oz, has kindly extended its Krampus Crackers Flash Fiction Competition to UK writers. Last year they...
The Portico Brotherton Poetry Prize is now open!
The Portico Brotherton Poetry Prize celebrates new poetry, using themes to stimulate creativity in both an Open category and a Young category. The Portico Library launched the Portico Poetry Prize in 2012 with two...
Using the Arteries of Leeds by Chris Nickson
Chris Nickson’s monthly instalment of Leeds history looks at how the public transportation revolution changed people’s lives in Leeds for the better. Several months ago, there was some online debate about the ‘doughnut of...
Winners Announced: Leeds Big Bookend Festival Children and Young People’s Writing Competition
Big Bookend 2014 is pleased to announce the winners of their two writing competitions for under 18s. Pupils from eight different schools across Leeds took part in the challenge – for primary school pupils,...
Scriptophilia with Peter Spafford and Richard Ormrod opens the Big Bookend festival week TOMORROW!
Join us tomorrow evening, Thursday 29th May, for a unique jazz and poetry event with Peter Spafford and Richard Ormrod. This event will take place at Arts@Trinity on Boar Lane. Tickets are £6. Full...
On Happiness and Unhappiness by Richard Smyth
This week, Richard Smyth examines the interplay of happiness and unhappiness in literary work, and what draws people to read melancholic writing. I’m writing this on the International Day of Happiness. Happiness has a...
Shadow Beetles and Story Threads
Chairman of the Leeds Big Bookend, Daniel Ingram-Brown tells us about his message behind the first of his Firebird Chronicles series, Rise of the Shadow Stealers. At my book launch for the first of...
