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 have […]
Napkin Story: ‘Trick or Treat’ by Colin Stathers
Colin Stathers is our next Napkin winner, with his spooky Halloween-themed story ‘Trick Or Treat’. Trick Or Treat Help. The word never left his lips. Only the muffled sound of rummaging, somewhere close by, pervaded
The V Series: North V South
Jenny Beech writes the second in her ‘V’ series of blog posts inspired by Tony Harrison’s poem, this time comparing the North and South of England. When I first began to stew over the latest V
There’s money in this writing malarkey
A few weeks ago, literature lovers across England celebrated the Bank of England’s announcement that Jane Austen will become the new face of the £10 note in 2017. The announcement followed the recent public campaign
For the love of words
Last weekend, I was at The Leeds Indie Book Fair, a month after our own Big Bookend festival in the centre of Leeds. The first thing that struck me was how brilliant for Leeds that
Welcome to The Leeds Big Bookend Blog!
With the success of 2013’s ‘Rock Festival for Words’ behind us, we plan to keep on rocking with our brand new blog which aims to comment on our past and future festivals, initiate discussions relevant