by Administrator | Dec 6, 2021 | Quick Reads
In ‘normal times’, I’d be writing this in Paris. But instead of cancelling their 12th Youth Forum, UNESCO decided to host the bi-annual international conference not in their French HQ, but over Zoom. And, as I was chosen to be this year’s UK delegate to the Forum... 
by Administrator | Dec 3, 2021 | News & Press
Sandeep Mahal will be stepping down as Director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature at the end of 2021, after 5 years of operation. Sandeep oversaw the development and growth of Nottingham as a vital place of creative exchange and celebration for literature, as... 
by Administrator | Dec 1, 2021 | Readers & Writers
“Toxic relationships’. ‘Gas-lighting’. ‘Narcissistic Personality Disorder’. All terms that, over the past five years, have moved firmly into the mainstream, fuelled by the erstwhile occupant of the White House’s brazen display of all three. Yet it would be wrong to... 
by Administrator | Dec 1, 2021 | News & Press
After an evening of tough voting and amazing slam poetry performances from across the globe, we’re proud to announce Nottingham’s Cara Thompson as the SlamOVision champion. SlamOVision is the global spoken word community’s Eurovision, hosted by the UNESCO Cities... 
by Administrator | Nov 29, 2021 | News & Press
The new ‘Don’t Judge Me’ exhibition at the National Justice Museum put together by the Broxtowe Women’s Project combines poetry, photography and art to create a powerful experience – loud with the voices of women who want to be seen beyond their abuse. Beyond the... 
by Administrator | Nov 12, 2021 | Quick Reads
Eco-poetry (also known as nature poetry or green poetry) has become an increasingly politicised genre within contemporary poetry – and rightfully so. It holds numerous reputations that turn many communities of writers and readers away, such as legacies of colonial,... 
by Administrator | Nov 10, 2021 | News & Press
UNESCO has announced the designation of 49 new Cities to join its Creative Cities Network making for a total of 295 Creative Cities from 90 countries worldwide. Among these new Creative Cities, 3 have been designated as Creative Cities of Literature: Gothenburg in... 
by Administrator | Nov 9, 2021 | Quick Reads
1951 The Vixen’s Cub (1951) by Katharine Morris Between 1933 and 1958 Katharine ‘Mollie’ Morris published five novels set in Nottinghamshire villages. Nottingham born Katharine Morris moved to a small country house in Bleasby and by the age of... 
by Administrator | Nov 3, 2021 | News & Press
Green Hustle, in collaboration with the Sherwood People’s Forest Project, Nottingham Open Spaces Forum and Nottingham City Council Parks and Open Spaces team, is planting Nottingham’s first Miyawaki-style mini forest. The planting of what will be known as... 
by Administrator | Nov 1, 2021 | News & Press
Sue Dymoke Sue Dymoke is a resident at the STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA Established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, the State Library Victoria is Australia’s oldest public library. Its founders created the library as a place for all Victorians to learn, discover... 
by Administrator | Oct 29, 2021 | News & Press
Scotland’s Capital, UNESCO’s first City of Literature, has played host this week (27-29 October) to the first meeting of a unique European partnership group, The Story Valley initiative, to coincide with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival and the 250th... 
by Administrator | Oct 20, 2021 | News & Press
Pupils from Round Hill Primary School have been learning all about Black History this month, thanks to a project organised by Broxtowe Borough Council in partnership with Nottingham City of Literature. As part of the project, Year 5 have been writing letters around... 
by Administrator | Oct 15, 2021 | Readers & Writers
Books on law have had an unlikely move to the mainstream of late, not least due to The Secret Barrister’s eponymous debut, whose subtitle – ‘Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken’- trampled on the innate understanding that much of British legal system was... 
by Administrator | Oct 7, 2021 | News & Press
After over seven years as Chair of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature Dr David Belbin has stepped down from the role. David, a successful writer and academic, and excellent figurehead for Nottingham and literature over the past decade, was part of the original team... 
by Administrator | Oct 4, 2021 | Quick Reads
We’re used to book launches at Nottingham City of Literature – after all, this is a city with a large amount of talented authors and poets getting their words set down in print, and celebrating that fact. Therefore, while we are invited to...