by Administrator | Oct 12, 2022 | Interviews
Nottingham has much to be proud of when it comes to forms of literature – our vibrant live poetry scene, our screen, script and play writes / wrights; our novelists. Yet a less celebrated but no less exciting area of local excellence...
by Administrator | Sep 30, 2022 | Quick Reads
It’s International Translation Day! To celebrate, here is the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature team’s favourite books in translation. Want more? Last year we ran a series of interviews and panel talks, which you can find here. Make sure to get in touch...
by Administrator | Sep 23, 2022 | Quick Reads
Boris Johnson is to many people a fascinating as well as an infuriating phenomenon: someone whose strengths have often been obscured by his weaknesses. He is relevant to a Shakespeare Society because he is writing a book on Shakespeare. If the Financial Times is to be...
by Administrator | Aug 25, 2022 | Readers & Writers
My name is Christine Bridges, and I was born in Nottingham in the 1950’s. My mum Betty, dad Geoff, brother Derek and I lived in a terraced house in New Basford. As with all other houses around us there was no bathroom, heating or hot water and the toilet was at the...
by Administrator | Aug 21, 2022 | News & Press
Competing against Belfast, Dundee, Leeds, and Milton Keynes, Nottingham’s European Capital of Culture 2023 bid team is confident Nottingham’s entry will be heavily supported by people across the Midlands and beyond, and is calling on locals to become Nottingham 2023...