by Administrator | May 17, 2020 | Quick Reads
‘Launch’ is a word of immediacy, of physicality. Poems call to be recited out loud, not merely read. How then does a book launch – of a new anthology – work in lockdown? Carcanet Press put on a celebration to mark the launch of Rory Waterman’s third poetry...
by Administrator | May 6, 2020 | Readers & Writers
David Belbin writes: William Ivory is a playwright and the scriptwriter behind popular TV dramas such as Common as Muck, Burton and Taylor, Torvill and Dean and (my favourite) The Sins. He was a patron of our successful UNESCO bid and is a Visiting Professor in...
by Administrator | Sep 1, 2016 | Quick Reads
I read a review of John’s latest book Body and Soul and it came with a warning that the piece contained possible triggers given self-harm and violent assault were major themes in the novel. The Notts County Match Day programme has never contained any such warnings...