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 | Aug 1, 2022 | Interviews
Hull is perhaps not the first name that jumps to mind when considering holiday destinations. While the city that Larkin adopted has much to be proud of, it’s rarely seen scrawled across posters in travel agent windows. Nevertheless, in an early-eighties summer, my...
by Administrator | Jul 4, 2022 | News & Press
Visit the Big City Reads site hereAll the info and news about our free books project, running throughout the Summerclick me! Big City Reads is back! From the 4th of July to the 12th of August, we’ll be handing out free books across Nottingham. This...
by Administrator | Jun 1, 2022 | News & Press
We are delighted to announce that our Founding Director, Sandeep Mahal, has been honoured in the Queen’s Jubilee Awards with a well-deserved MBE for services to Literature, the Arts and Culture in Nottingham. Sandeep came on board in September 2016 and swiftly...
by Administrator | May 18, 2022 | Quick Reads
In 1882, Nottingham Industrialist and political radical Samuel Morley noted that the new Nottingham City Library situated in what is now Nottingham Trent University’s Arkwright Building was only open to those over the age of 15. Understanding that a love of books is...
