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 Waterstones […]
The Leeds Big Bookend 2017. Looking Back on a Great Year, by Fiona Gell
2018 already! How did that happen? Happy New Year to you all. Thank you so much for all your support in 2017. We really did have an excellent year and it’s worth spending a few
Death in the Stars by Frances Brody
Calling all Kate Shackleton fans! Frances Brody tells us about her ninth mystery, Death in the Stars, in advance of its publication on Thursday 5 October. When I was about eight years old and attending St
The Barnbow Munitions Workers by Frances Brody
In the week that Alice Nutter’s play, the Barnbow Canaries is on at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Frances Brody shares a little of the history of the Barnbow workers and the sacrifices they made. On
The Barnbow Munitions Workers by Frances Brody
Frances Brody shares a little of the history of the Barnbow workers and the sacrifices they made. On a bitterly cold morning a couple of years or so ago, a small crowd gathered in Manston
The Silverdale Children’s Holiday Centre by Frances Brody
Frances Brody reminisces about the Silverdale Children’s Holiday Centre and how it was the inspiration for two of her earlier books. Frances, along with Oliver Cross and Richard Wilcocks will be recounting Extraordinary Tales from
‘Kirkstall Abbey: Founded On Guile’, by Chris Nickson
Chris Nickson’s October instalment for the Big Bookend blog takes us to Kirkstall Abbey. Read on to learn the history of one of Leeds’ most fascinating and picturesque sites. Live in Leeds and you know Kirkstall
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 since
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 a