A Spool of Blue Thread, Anne Tyler ‘It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon…’ This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that day in July 1959. The whole family on the porch, relaxed, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2015: A Spool of Blue Thread
2015
LBC 3 Reads – Date Change!
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: *14th of November 2015* Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Our Choice THE TIN DRUM GUNTER GRASS BLURB On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Date Change!
LBC Dystopia 17 – The Sleeper Awakes – Write Up
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 23rd of September 2015 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING THE SLEEPER AWAKES H.G. WELLS * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia 17 – The Sleeper Awakes – Write Up
Man Booker Challenge 2015: A Little Life
Another year, another Man Booker Shortlist challenge! Once again, this year I am attempting to read and review all six titles shortlisted for the Booker, before the winner is announced on 13th October. Will I manage to complete the entire shortlist before the deadline? Well, I’ve never managed it yet, but there’s always a first … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2015: A Little Life
LBC Medusa – Books ‘un’ picked
As always we have a list of books that were not selected, so if you're looking for some suggestions, have a look here! IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT A TRAVELLER - Italo Calvino THE BEES - Laline Paull THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH - Richard Flanagan WE ARE NOT OURSELVES - Matthew Thomas Again … Continue reading LBC Medusa – Books ‘un’ picked
LBC Medusa – Black Diamonds – Write Up
LBC Medusa Date: Wednesday 12th of August 2015 Time: 7:30pm Address: 8-10 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds Discussing: BLACK DIAMONDS CATHERINE BAILEY Huge thanks to Simon (@srjf) for the write up! You can read more of his blog HERE! BLURB Wentworth is in Yorkshire and was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is … Continue reading LBC Medusa – Black Diamonds – Write Up
MINICINE – Wayne’s World at Left Bank Leeds
Venue: Left Bank Leeds 4 Spring Grove Walk Leeds West Yorkshire LS6 1RR SHORTS Well, the atmosphere in the Left Bank was warm and friendly as ever...though the building itself was just a little chilly! For such an unobtrusive exterior; I never cease to be amazed by how awe-inspiring the inside is. The ceilings take … Continue reading MINICINE – Wayne’s World at Left Bank Leeds
Culturally Minded Podcast
Leeds Book Club has been participating in the Arts and Minds Network's Sharing Stories Project for the last few years. This project has been set up to raise awareness of mental health; learning difficulties and autism through - in our case - the depiction of these in works of fiction. In previous years, we read and discussed books … Continue reading Culturally Minded Podcast
MINICINE – Westworld
Venue: Armley Mills Industrial Museum Canal Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS12 2QF Twitter: @MinicineYorks Just in this second from watching Westworld at Armley Mills, courtesy of MINICINE - my first time attending one of their events - despite best intentions. The venue is absolutely amazing - a huge space - originally the world's largest woolen mill … Continue reading MINICINE – Westworld
LBCPuffins 2016
I know it's only September but I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who gets involved with LBC Puffins. As a group we enter our third year in 2016 and I just wanted to plant some ideas in people's heads. I have found it so hard trying to remember what I … Continue reading LBCPuffins 2016
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