Keep Your Eyes On The Prize by Ian Duhig
The poet Ian Duhig who is also one of the judges in the Remember Oluwale Writing Prize, on race, writing, and form in poetry. Will you write about Duggan? the man wants to know. Why […]
Unreal City: Making a Fiction of Leeds by Wes Brown
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
Here Came the Floods, Once Again, by Chris Nickson
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
The Leeds Big Bookend 2015. Review of Our Year by Fiona Gell
The Leeds Big Bookend is in its 5th year now, and I have to keep pinching myself when I say that because who knew when we started this roller coaster that we would still be
We’re Having a Fundraising Second Hand Book Sale on Saturday 30th January!
HELP! We need your help… To help raise funds for the Big Bookend, we are having a second hand book sale on Saturday 30th January, 12-4pm hosted by our friends at the brilliant Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds.
Location, Location, Location by A J Kirby
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
Announcing The Remember Oluwale Writing Prize
We are delighted to announce The Remember Oluwale Writing Prize, in partnership with the Leeds BigBookend Festival , Fictions of Every Kind and Remember Oluwale. We invite you to submit new short stories and poems which creatively respond
The Not-So Secret History Of Whitelock’s by Chris Nickson
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)
Book launch. Amy and the Fox by John Lake. Friday 11th December, 7pm at the Hyde Park Book Club
‘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