SUNSHIIIIIIIINE by AJ Kirby
Leeds writer A.J. Kirby tells us about his new novel I Am Just Going Outside and May Be Some Time, with a special offer for 5 lucky readers. It’s been the hottest summer I can...
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The Coming of Faiths to Leeds by Chris Nickson
Chris Nickson reminds us that Leeds has been, and continues to be, a city of immigrants and multi faiths and that’s how we like it. When people arrive in a country, they don’t simply...
#UrbiWrite,The Urban Writing Retreat For You! Second Date Announced.
For our second #UrbiWrite event, we are taking you out of the city! Join us on Saturday 27 October from 10.00-3.00pm, at the Leeds Ukrainian Community Centre, with an opportunity to share your work and socialise afterwards...
#UrbiWrite – The Urban Writing Retreat For You!
The Northern Short Story Festival and Leeds Big Bookend, in partnership with the Carriageworks Theatre, and supported by Arts@Leeds and Leeds City Council, bring you #UrbiWrite. Register here. What’s it all about? Need a quiet...
Leeds and The Knights Templar by Chris Nickson
What did the Knights Templar have to do with Leeds? Chris Nickson tells us more. Temple Newsam. Templar Street. The Templar Hotel on Vicar Lane. Yes, there’s a theme. They’re all connected with the...
Low Income Northern Writers Offered Free Entry To STORGY Shallow Creek Short Story Competition
“Welcome, weary traveller! I hope the journey wasn’t too arduous – although there isn’t a whisper of wind this night, the seas can be quite choppy and you’re looking quite rattled…oh, you didn’t come...
Our May You Anthology Launched Last Night, and The Winners Are…
A year on from the start of The Walter Swan Short Story Prize , we are delighted to have launched the May You Anthology of winners, published by Valley Press, last night at the Leeds...
The Northern Short Story Festival 2018 Is Nearly Here! Read All About It.
We hope you are as excited as we are! The Northern Short Story Festival 2018 is nearly here, over the weekend of 2-3 June at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds!! There’s just so much going on....
The Long History of My Very Short Story Collection by Clare Fisher
Clare Fisher’s short story collection, How The Light Gets In, is published by Influx Press in June. Clare tells us here how the collection came about. Clare and C.G Menon will be at the Northern Short...
‘Other World’ Fictions: Dystopia And The Short Story by Rachel Connor
Exit Earth winning writer, Rachel Connor explores dystopian fiction and the short story in advance of June’s Northern Short Story Festival. Rachel will be part of a panel discussing ‘The Short Story and Our World’....
