Hope you are all enjoying the Christmas Challenge as much as I am. I'd forgotten how beautiful this book really is!! (I'm trying to include relevant Muppets songs, but sometimes it's just not possible) A Christmas Carol Rough Guide Stave Two - 4th November Stave Three - 18th November Stave Four - 2nd December Stave … Continue reading Christmas Read-A-Long – Stave Two
Events and Occasions
No Sanctuary by Seamus Heaney
No Sanctuary It’s Hallowe’en. The turnip-man’s lopped head Blazes at us through split bottle glass And fumes and swims up like a wrecker’s lantern. Death mask of harvest, mocker at All Souls With scorching smells, red dog’s eyes in the night－ We ring and stare into unhallowed light. From North, 1975 Many many moons ago, … Continue reading No Sanctuary by Seamus Heaney
A Christmas Carol
Please all flock to twitter to thank @monkeyson for providing me with the following links. Ain't he a star? Then follow him. For he is LEGEND. FREE versions of A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol for Kindles A Christmas Carol for iBooks While you can download the whole book here from Project Gutenberg in a … Continue reading A Christmas Carol
Christmas Read-A-Long – A Christmas Carol
We at LeedsBookClub do like to set ourselves little challenges every now and again. This year, we very much hoped that you (that's right, YOU) would join us in our first ever - CHRISTMAS READ-A-LONG Out choice? The festive (and not excessively long) classic by Charles Dickens' - A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol Rough Guide … Continue reading Christmas Read-A-Long – A Christmas Carol
Morley Lit Fest
This October sees the return of one of the year's highlights for Leeds' book lovers; Morley Lit Fest. Now in its sixth year, this year's lineup is absolutely massive, with talks from Ian Rankin and the writers of some of the Doctor Who novels and audio books. There are also talks from experts and academics, … Continue reading Morley Lit Fest
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