Announcing the First Ever Leeds Lit Fest, 6-10 March 2019
Save the dates! We are excited to announce that the first ever Leeds Lit Fest will take place from Wednesday 6 –Sunday 10 March 2019, at venues across the city. The Festival programme will...
The Big Bookend
Mapping the Crime Scene by Nick Quantrill
Crime fiction writer Nick Quantrill examines the Yorkshire crime writing scene and asks if we can lay claim to a school of crime writing. We often hear about some areas having a specific crime...
A Snapshot of Murder by Frances Brody
Frances Brody’s tenth Kate Shackleton mystery, A Snapshot of Murder, set in Brontë country, is published next Thursday. She tells us more about it here. You can join her for the Leeds launch at...
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE … and your enemies closer by June Taylor. Exclusive Extract
In our interview with June Taylor earlier this week, we promised you an extract from her new psychological thriller, set in Leeds. Well here it is! KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE has been described as...
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE by June Taylor
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE … and your enemies closer. Leeds writer June Taylor returns to the psychological thriller scene with her second book, published by HarperCollins Killer Reads and it’s set in Leeds! We tracked her...
Any Change? Poetry in a Hostile Environment by Ian Duhig
In advance of National Poetry Day 2018 this Thursday, Ian Duhig tells us how the new anthology ‘Any Change? Poetry in a Hostile Environment ’ came about and why it is especially important now in these times...
Five Finger Frank and the Leeds Roots of Folk Music by Chris Nickson
This month Chris Nickson tells us about Frank Kidson, forgotten antiquarian and folk song pioneer from Leeds. Frank Kidson. He was a little better-known in his lifetime than he is today, a familiar name...
The Anchoress of Beeston by Chris Nickson
Ever heard of an anchorite before? Beeston has a history of them. Chris Nickson tells us about this forgotten piece of Leeds’ history. His new book The Hanging Psalm is out at the end...
Come and Join the Northern Short Story Festival Academy
We are delighted to announce that applications for the Northern Short Story Festival Academy will open on September 5th. What’s it all about? The Northern Short Story Festival Academy is a development programme which...
The First Ever NoShoSto Book Club!
It’s the first meeting of the NoShoSto Book Club on Tuesday 25th September at The Doghouse Bar and to celebrate we thought we’d start with one of Leeds’ finest contemporary writers, Clare Fisher. Clare Fisher‘s debut...
