by Claire Bradnam | Jul 23, 2026 | Quick Reads
I applied for the Artist in Residence role at the National Civil War Centre (NCWC) in Newark because I love history. And the NCWC has such a rich collection of stories held within its walls! As well as galleries filled to the brim with seventeenth-century Civil War... 
by Claire Bradnam | Jan 15, 2026 | Quick Reads
Cara Thompson is Nottingham’s Nature Poet Laureate. As Nature Poet Laureate, Cara will use her poetry as a tool to engage, empower and uplift communities, with particular emphasis on the young people in our communities who may feel disconnected from literature... 
by Claire Bradnam | Dec 15, 2025 | Quick Reads
As a freelance writer and educator, I do a lot of different jobs, and wear a lot of different hats. And, one of my favourite jobs is supporting emerging writers to find their creative voices. So, when Nottingham City of Literature and Bromley House Library approached... 
by Claire Bradnam | Dec 9, 2025 | Young Writers
Flynn Ledger reflects on his experience of being a Young Writer in Residence. This prestigious opportunity was based at Bromley House Library. Read more about this project here. Being a writer-in-residence was an opportunity I seized with both hands, and I believe... 
by Claire Bradnam | Nov 20, 2025 | Quick Reads
How did you get involved in the open mic and spoken word scene? Since moving to Nottingham for university in September 2021 I have been lucky enough to be really involved in Nottingham’s flourishing creative and literary scene. Slams, however, are still a relatively... 
by Claire Bradnam | Oct 21, 2025 | News & Press
As a descendant of Jamaican migrants whose stories beat at the heart of my work, Wasafiri’s commitment to uplifting global voices speaks to my own experience of writing as a bridge towards personal and collective understanding.The pages of Wasafiri magazine are lined... 
by Claire Bradnam | Aug 12, 2025 | News & Press
In the face of the escalating climate crisis and the growing recognition of nature’s vital role in our cultural, mental and physical well-being, as well as the City Council’s commitment to becoming a carbon-neutral city by 2030, the Nature Poet Laureate aims to... 
by Claire Bradnam | Jun 4, 2025 | Young Writers
Starting a writing collective a year ago was a passion project for me – a call to arms against the severe lack of creative spaces I saw around me. I had been going to the Speak Easy Spoken Word Collective for over a year, gradually being exposed to Nottingham’s poetry... 
by Claire Bradnam | Jan 27, 2025 | Readers & Writers
Difficult Childhoods The author illustrator, Judith Kerr, famous for the much-loved picture books The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog series was born into a Jewish family in Berlin. Her family fled Germany in 1933, the year the Nazis came to power, when her father,...