Whatever happened to Margaret Jones? by Frances Brody
Whatever happened to Margaret Jones, author of The Day They Put Humpty Together Again …? This book languished on my shelf waiting to be read until a few months ago. It must be a decade...
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Re-writing, Re-thinking and Re-singing History by Boff Whalley
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...
Talking To – Wes Brown, author of Shark
In the first of an occasional series, we talk to some of the authors involved in the Big Bookend over the last 3 years. By Paul Whittle I first came across Wes Brown and...
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...
The Leeds Big Bookend: Review of Our Year
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...
The Leeds Big Bookend’s Twelve Books of Christmas
By Steph Bryant As we open the final Advent calendar window, accomplish the final gift shopping mission, and carol sing our Santa hats off, Christmas Eve is upon us. But among the best parts...
Napkin Story: ‘Resurrection’ by Richard Smyth
What better day to close our Napkin story blog series than with one last spook on Friday the 13th! As we come to our final flash fiction piece, ‘Resurrection’, Richard Smyth leaves us with...
Napkin Story: ‘Something Out of Science Fiction’ by Jenny Beech
Our next napkin story winner is Jenny Beech, and her flash fiction piece ‘Something Out of Science Fiction’. The News has been strange these past days. Flickering images of peculiar shadows, the sounds of...
Napkin Story: ‘The Writer’s Curse’ by Christopher White
The next in our blog series of Napkin Halloween-themed stories is Christopher White’s ‘The Writer’s Curse’. . . The Writer’s Curse Damned Hallowe’en mused the writer. He was stuck in a rundown café staring...
Napkin Story: ‘Hallowmas’ by Terry Buchan
Up next in the Napkin blog series is Terry Buchan and his flash fiction work ‘Hallowmas’. . . Hallowmas This is your Hallowmas call. Are you some kind of cult? Putting you through now...
