by Administrator | Nov 16, 2018 | Quick Reads
Adam Penford’s first year as Artistic Director at the Playhouse has been quite astonishing. Beth Steel’s Wonderland opened his tenure and was so brilliant it will be back next February. And you already know how we feel about his adaptation of Holes. Now it’s time for...
by Administrator | May 4, 2018 | Readers & Writers
Anthony Winter, a celebrated artist of nude portraits, has been murdered and the last person to see him alive is Frank Elder’s daughter. Katherine, who modelled for Winter and ended up in a relationship with him, is the only suspect and Elder is lured out of...
by Administrator | Apr 14, 2018 | Quick Reads
My first introduction to the Louis Sachar’s Holes was in the mid-2000s at high school in a Greater Manchester town. At first, any school curriculum- appointed book seemed like a Camp Green Lake punishment, but Holes felt different. Perhaps it was the Disney...
by Administrator | Mar 3, 2018 | Quick Reads
Throughout February we have been swapping fun and interesting content about our city with our friends over at Barcelona City of Literature. The ‘City in Focus’ campaign saw each UNESCO City twinned with another to promote and share the literary heritage which makes...
by Administrator | Feb 12, 2018 | Quick Reads
When I step off the tram, I look around like a tourist. B-e-e-s-t-o-n… what is this place? The furthest I’ve ventured outside of the city is Wollaton Hall and I was forced into that. I’m a Mancunian in Nottingham and after graduating, I decided to hang about and...