A date for your diary! LBCDystopia's next read on 22nd July starting from 6:30pm Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro see goodreads for more information - here
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The Leeds Big Bookend Premiere of Drink with a Chimp and Festival Launch Party
The Leeds Big Bookend Premiere of Drink with a Chimp and Festival Launch Party, Thursday 4th June 2015 Join us from 2nd-10th June as we map Leeds.www.bigbookend.co.uk Have you ever made a monkey of yourself? A new play from Common Chorus Common Chorus’ Drink With a Chimp is a new play about one woman’s struggle with addiction and her journey to recovery. … Continue reading The Leeds Big Bookend Premiere of Drink with a Chimp and Festival Launch Party
LBC 3 Reads – Date Change – PLEASE NOTE
#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: *22nd of August 2015* Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Our Choice I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS MAYA ANGELOU BLURB (from Amazon) Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Date Change – PLEASE NOTE
World Book Night April 23rd 2015
LBCWhiteSwan 6pm tonight @whiteswanleeds
LBCWhiteSwan tonight at 6pm discussing The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland at The White Swan 5 Swan Street, City Centre, Leeds LS1 6LG And bring your book choices so we can pick July and August!!!
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
World Book Night 2015
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My 2015 World Book Night choice
Real Poems for Unreal Times #WBN has been running for four years now. This is the third year that I have been participating and the third year that I'll be handing out my first choice pick - this year it's Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy. I love poetry. Before I could read - heck, … Continue reading My 2015 World Book Night choice
World Book Night 2015
World Book Night is now in its fourth year and 2015 bring’s its possibly most eclectic collection yet. As well as some popular genre fiction such as Lynda La Plante’s Prime Suspect, and Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice there is some cracking YA: some of the more popular Quick Reads: one of the most famous products of NaNoWriMo, Water for Elephants: SciFi scare fest The Martian and tales of real life hardship from around the world. And much much more. This year also includes it’s first poetry collection, Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Collection, which will be a lovely way of introducing people to reading. Dissapointingly no graphic novels-as I believe having Judge Dredd on the list back in 2013 was one of WBN’s bigger successes, but a great list all the same.
This year I’ll be once again helping the Big Bookend give away books to students at Leeds…
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Calling all World Book Night book Givers
Are you a giver this year? Then why not join Leeds book Club at The White Swan in Leeds City Centre from 6pm to share your book choice. Lets get people reading. Contact us on leedsbookclub@gmail.com and get involved!!! Find out what happened last year here 'World Book Night is an annual celebration of … Continue reading Calling all World Book Night book Givers
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