Homestead by Becky Cherriman
In celebration of National Poetry Day, Becky Cherriman gives us Homestead from her first full collection, Empires of Clay, which will be launched in Leeds on Tuesday 8th November at the Leeds Library. ...
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The Haunting: Ghosts of Every Shade at the Leeds Library
Presented by Alchemy and The Leeds Library , in association with Ilkley Literature Festival and Leeds International Film Festival. The Haunting: Ghosts of Every Shade – delves into the perennial appeal of the...
Leeds Lads Open Rehearsal at the Leeds Big Bookend Festival 2016
Last Sunday, Red Ladder Theatre held a rare open rehearsal for Leeds Lads at Central Library, Leeds as part of the Big Bookend Festival 2016. We were delighted to welcome the 40 strong community...
The Remember Oluwale Writing Prize 2016 Winners Announced
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...
The Leeds Big Bookend Festival 2016. Crossing City Limits. Programme Available Now.
Crossing City Limits Download your Leeds Big Bookend Festival, May – June 2016, Programme here: prog2016web Boundaries define us – the geographical boundaries of our city, the ethical or moral boundaries that help us to...
Tainted Love by Anna Chilvers and Competition Giveaway for the Northern Short Story Festival 2016
Tainted Love is Anna Chilvers’ new novel recently published by Bluemoose Books. She is appearing at the Northern Short Story Festival on Saturday 4th June at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds in an event with Michael Stewart. You can win...
Local Author Daniel Ingram-Brown Launches New Children’s Book, The Nemesis Charm, at the Big Bookend Festival 2016
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...
End of the World by Barney Walsh. A Short Story and a Competition Giveaway for the Northern Short Story Festival 2016
Acclaimed short story writer Barney Walsh gives us End of the World in advance of his appearance at the Northern Short Story Festival on Saturday 4th June at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. Join Barney, along with David Martin...
Stories from the Forests of Leeds – Readings and Book Launch with Local Author Daniel Ingram-Brown
Once upon a time, in a place not far from here, there was a forest called Elmet. Fast forward hundreds of years and the city of Leeds stands where the forest once stood. But...
Flash Fiction: a Love Story by Clare Sita Fisher
Novelist and short story writer Clare Sita Fisher tells us about her love of flash fiction writing and what it means to her. There was a time when everything I wrote had to be...
