Leeds and The Knights Templar by Chris Nickson
What did the Knights Templar have to do with Leeds? Chris Nickson tells us more. Temple Newsam. Templar Street. The Templar Hotel on Vicar Lane. Yes, there’s a theme. They’re all connected with the...
Author: Fiona Gell
Low Income Northern Writers Offered Free Entry To STORGY Shallow Creek Short Story Competition
“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...
Our May You Anthology Launched Last Night, and The Winners Are…
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...
The Northern Short Story Festival 2018 Is Nearly Here! Read All About It.
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....
The Long History of My Very Short Story Collection by Clare Fisher
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...
‘Other World’ Fictions: Dystopia And The Short Story by Rachel Connor
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’....
Seven Steps to Landing your Ideal Literary Agent by Ali Harper
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...
The Leeds Women Who Changed Your Lives by Chris Nickson
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 by Chris Nickson
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...
Announcing the Programme for The Northern Short Story Festival, 2-3 June 2018!
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...
