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,...
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...
You may or may not have discovered our Competitions page, but this year the Leeds Big Bookend is hosting two writing competitions aimed at our younger readers. For 5-11 year olds, there are two...
That lad at the back of the class, slumped on one elbow and looking out of the window, bored to distraction during a three-hour lesson, that’s me. Last thing on a Friday, an entire...
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...
With a new year nearly upon us, like the Roman god Janus, we look back at 2013 and forward to the Big Bookend 2014. For the Big Bookend team, 2013 has flown by in...
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...
Well, the second ever Big Bookend festival was just fantastic – if you were there, I know you’ll agree! It was the variety of events that made it really fun, with everything from storytelling...
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...
