by Administrator | Jul 17, 2019 | Quick Reads
There are several trams and buses named after local men with literary connections. The following all lived in and around the bus network to which their names have been emblazoned. And yes, they are all men, our women writers have been neglectfully overlooked...
by Administrator | Sep 20, 2018 | Quick Reads
1976 The Winter of the Birds by Helen Cresswell (1976) Of the fifty-plus published stories written by Nottinghamshire’s Helen Cresswell, The Winter of the Birds is believed to have been her personal favourite. It’s a humorous tale with elements of the gothic and...
by Administrator | Jul 5, 2018 | Quick Reads
1945 The Escape by Clare Harvey (2018) In a winter morning of 1945 a translator for a Nazi-run labour camp for French workers passes a group of exhausted prisoners of war marching westward. The following day she receives an urgent message to contact the local priest...
by Administrator | Dec 19, 2017 | Interviews
Accessible and inspirational, Stephen Lowe’s work has been published and performed throughout the world, but it’s his fascination with Nottingham’s radical history and our famous and forgotten characters that makes him our leading man. This month, Stephen celebrates...
