Recently, I treated myself to Marple – 12 new short stories, written by contemporary authors featuring the quick witted Miss Jane Marple. BBC Sounds has three of the short stories adapted for ratio and available now. We are listening to them while driving back home – a lovely literary start to the new year. The Unravelling When … Continue reading NowListening to Marple
LBC Dystopia
MINICINE – Never Let Me Go
Date: 27th February 2016 Time: 4pm Venue: The Arch Cafe, LS2 8JA Book: Online Ticket Office Cost: £5 Tweet: @MinicineYorks NEVER LET ME GO From MINICINE Director Mark Romanek and writer Alex Garland (Ex Machina) bring Kazuo Ishiguro’s (‘The Remains of the Day’) hauntingly poignant and emotional story to the screen. In this remarkable tale … Continue reading MINICINE – Never Let Me Go
LBC Dystopia – The 5th Wave – Write Up
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 22nd of July 2015 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING THE 5th WAVE RICK YANCEY * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – The 5th Wave – Write Up
LBC Dystopia – Never Let Me Go – Write Up
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 22nd of July 2015 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING NEVER LET ME GO KAZUO ISHIGURO * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Never Let Me Go – Write Up
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
FREE EBOOK – LBC Dystopia
LBC Dystopia Date: 23rd September 2015 Venue: Crowd of Favours Our next pick is available for free as an ebook. Click on the links below for... HG Wells - Free Ebooks The Sleeper Awakes - Kindle The Sleeper Awakes - iTunes The Sleeper Awakes - Project Gutenberg BLURB A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly … Continue reading FREE EBOOK – LBC Dystopia
May Book Club meetings
LBC OUTLAWS 6th May 2015 – I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim #1) – Terry Hayes LBC WHITE SWAN 10th May 2015 – The Owl Killers – Karen Maitland LBC MEDUSA 13th May 2015 – Carte Blanche – Jeffrey Deaver LBC 3 READS 16th May 2015 – Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin LBC PUFFINS 20th May – Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark … Continue reading May Book Club meetings
LBC Dystopia – Book 11 – House of Scorpions – Wendy Farmer
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 28th of October 2014 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING HOUSE OF SCORPIONS WENDY FARMER * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Book 11 – House of Scorpions – Wendy Farmer
LBC Dystopia – Book 10 – Divergent – Veronica Roth
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 28th of October 2014 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING DIVERGENT VERONICA ROTH * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Book 10 – Divergent – Veronica Roth
LBC Dystopia – Book 13 – Uglies write-up
Date: Wednesday 28th January 2015 Venue: Crowd of Favours, Harper Street, Leeds Discussing: UGLIES by SCOTT WESTERFIELD Blurb (from Amazon): Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic perfection: an operation which erases all your flaws, transforming you from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty'. She is on the eve of this important event, … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Book 13 – Uglies write-up
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