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Ricky Baxter: An Author from London to Leeds

This week we talk to London-raised author, Ricky Baxter, let loose in Leeds and discuss how moving up North has influenced his literary career, and his novel Gideon and the Crimson Samurai. What initially inspired you in […]

Q & A with Michael Yates by Halima Mayat

Halima Mayat interviews Wakefield-based poet, writer and playwright, Michael Yates, for this week’s Big Bookend blog. Why did you decide to write a play about Branwell Bronte? I have a friend Colin Lewisohn who directed a

Love Letters of the Great War by Mandy Kirkby

Love Letters

On this Valentine’s Day, author Mandy Kirkby reminds us that,  “We are human and, especially where love is concerned, we can’t help but feel an emotional link going right back through the years.” I spent

Q & A with N J Ramsden by Halima Mayat

Big Bookend team member, Halima Mayat, interviews West Yorkshire author of short-form fiction, N J Ramsden, on his writing and reading habits, and his most recent publication Nothing’s Oblong. What inspired you to write Nothing’s Oblong? I always wanted to write

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 have

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