From Leeds to New Zealand and back again, debut novelist, Katherine Dewar, tells us about the inspiration behind her book, Ruby and the Blue Sky which launches in Leeds on Friday 15th July. Sometimes my writing […]
Dominic Grace (Leeds) has won the prize for the best short story, with Anietie Isong (London) as runner up and Gloria Dawson, highly commended, in the Remember Oluwale Writing Prize competition. Char March (Hebden Bridge)
They say only the dead can cross a Threshold, the dead and those who have faced a Nemesis Charm The Nemesis Charm, the second book in Daniel Ingram-Brown’s series for children aged 8-13, will be
‘West Riding iconoclast’ John Lake is at Leeds’ newest literary and music venue, the Hyde Park Book Club on Friday 11 December for the launch of his new novel Amy and the Fox, published by punk
With the release of Suffragette this month, Chris Nickson is timely in reminding us of some of the Leeds women who also took part in the fight for women’s votes and emancipation. Trail blazers in their
Did you know all of these amazing facts about Leeds? Chris Nickson shares some of the gems that are the basis of some of his stories in Leeds, The Biography which will be launched at
Vicky Pointing, compère of last year’s Krampus Crackers project in the UK, interviewed début novelist Linda Baker to find out what inspired her to write The Sun on Their Backs; a love story set against the miners’
Poet Gareth Durasow gives us an insight into his latest collection, Endless Running Games which is being launched on Sunday 19th July at Outlaws Yacht Club, Leeds. A wasted youth is better by far than a wise
Chris Nickson tells us some tales of Leeds that are all but forgotten. You can hear about his Leeds, The Biography: A History of Leeds in Short Stories at the Big Bookend festival on Saturday 6th June
