Exploring the Land of Fire and Ice
Elle Jacobson discusses the inspirations for her poetry and her recent visit to Iceland...Read
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Exploring the Land of Fire and Ice
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When Words Were Magic: Opening The Ox House
When Words Were Magic: Opening The Ox House
When you read, do you pay attention to letters’ shapes, how they carve the white space around them...Read
Meet the Youth Advisory Board: Zach Omitowoju
Meet the Youth Advisory Board: Zach Omitowoju
Zach Omitowoju tells us about his time on our Youth Advisory Board and the friends and opportunities...Read
‘If I can’t write then I’m not going to be real’: Poet Neal Pike Reflects on His Career and Identity as a Writer
‘If I can’t write then I’m not going to be real’: Poet Neal Pike Reflects on His Career and Identity as a Writer
When the world is forever trying to force you into a box, how does a writer with a disability shape ...Read
Words on the Street: Reimagining Carrington Street
Words on the Street: Reimagining Carrington Street
The street often known as 'Gateway to Nottingham' has, with the demise of Broadmarsh, radically chan...Read
Jai Verma: Half a Century Bringing Cultures Closer
Jai Verma: Half a Century Bringing Cultures Closer
Jai Verma has spent over five decades bringing cultures closer. We take a closer look....Read
Sky Mirror Writing Competition: Winner
Sky Mirror Writing Competition: Winner
A wonderful poem by Gail Webb, which was selected by judges as a winner in the Sky Mirror poetry com...Read
Launching the Letters of Solidarity Anthology
Launching the Letters of Solidarity Anthology
2020 was a challenging year for us all. Here at Nottingham City of Literature, we used that time to ...Read
World Poetry Day 2021: UNESCO Cities of Literature bring vibrancy and hope
World Poetry Day 2021: UNESCO Cities of Literature bring vibrancy and hope
For World Poetry Day 2021, twenty-three Cities of Literature are coming together to honour poets and...Read
World Jam: Nottingham Goes Global
World Jam: Nottingham Goes Global
World Jam have been wowing audiences in Notts for some time, building a unique community with a glob...Read
Mandeep Johal: Understanding Through Fragmentation
Mandeep Johal: Understanding Through Fragmentation
With new ways of looking at old systems very much a germane issue, we meet poet Mandeep Johal who is...Read
Black and Crazy Poetry: Refresh
Black and Crazy Poetry: Refresh
In 2017, poet Lauren Nicole Whitter described on this site how her art comes from her experiences of...Read
Finding Her Voice: Cleo Asabre-Holt on Libraries: #NottsLit5
Finding Her Voice: Cleo Asabre-Holt on Libraries: #NottsLit5
Poet Cleo Asabre-Holt found her voice in Nottingham. In this piece she explains why libraries welcom...Read
Writer-in-Residence in South Korea #3: A Beautiful City?
Writer-in-Residence in South Korea #3: A Beautiful City?
Notts poet and writer Rory Waterman is currently in our fellow City of Literature, Bucheon, as write...Read
Writer-in-Residence in South Korea #2: Peering into the North
Writer-in-Residence in South Korea #2: Peering into the North
Earlier this year, Nottingham writer, poet and lecturer Rory Waterman was asked to go to our fellow...Read