There are tall tales to be told at the Carriageworks Theatre on Saturday 4th June as they host the first ever Northern Short Story Festival as part of the Leeds Big Bookend Festival 2016. Funded […]
You will know Chris Nickson as a writer of gripping historical crime fiction but he is also a noted music journalist and this month he reveals a little piece of Leeds pop music history. If
Wes Brown tells us about the five settings in Leeds that inspired his new novel When Lights Are Bright. Vladimir Nabokov would create floor plans of fictional buildings, map routes of characters, draw items of
Chris Nickson takes a look at Leeds’ historic floods and instances of extreme weather. You can still donate to the Leeds Flood Appeal. There are full details at the end of this article. The devastation
Author AJ Kirby tells us what it means to him to be a Leeds writer. Back in November my esteemed colleague Richard Smyth (the author) and I were invited to appear on the panel for
Chris Nickson tells us about Whitelock’s, a true Leeds institution. It’s not the oldest pub in Leeds (that distinction belongs to the Pack Horse, which, as the Nag’s Head, has been serving folk since 1615)
‘West Riding iconoclast’ John Lake is at Leeds’ newest literary and music venue, the Hyde Park Book Club on Friday 11 December for the launch of his new novel Amy and the Fox, published by punk
The Romans in Leeds? Chris Nickson tells us more. Several months ago Leeds City Museum hosted a superb exhibition of Roman artefacts, quite a few of them from the collection of the British Museum. But
The Leeds Big Bookend Children’s Festival presents… EARTH, FIRE and INK A fun, interactive day exploring stories that make us think about how we treat our world on Saturday 14th November, 11am-4pm at the Royal Armouries, Leeds.
