#LBC3Reads Cafe 164 Date: 16th of April 2016 Time: 11am - 1pm Address: Unit 2 Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG DISCUSSED - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA REMARQUE BLURB One by one the boys begin to fall... In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded … Continue reading LBC 3 Reads – Book 15 – All Quiet on the Western Front
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LISTEN TO – The Reith Lectures – Hilary Mantel
Just sat in the car for ten minutes to the last moments of the forth of Hilary Mantel's Reith Lectures on BBC Radio 4 - I didn't want to lose a word, while relocating! Don't know how I've missed the previous three - clearly I'm very successfully sleep walking through life right now - but … Continue reading LISTEN TO – The Reith Lectures – Hilary Mantel
Help fund the 10th Leeds Brownies trip to London!
Our good friend and Eagle Owl @BookElfLeeds is raising money for her Brownies. Here's why When we asked our Brownies what they really wanted to do this year, they told us they wanted to visit London. We're a Leeds Brownie unit, based in LS4/LS6, for whom money is tight, and we'd love to give our … Continue reading Help fund the 10th Leeds Brownies trip to London!
No Man’s Land at Sheffield Lyceum
Or ' that time I saw Magneto and Cap't Picard on stage together' No Man's Land blurb Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the UK stage in Sean Mathias’ acclaimed production of No Man’s Land, one of the most brilliantly entertaining plays by Nobel Prize laureateHarold Pinter. One summer’s evening, two ageing … Continue reading No Man’s Land at Sheffield Lyceum
Support the Puffin’ Puffin – Run for Cystic Fibrosis
As many of you know, Leeds Book Club just wouldn't work without the effervescent Helen - she runs LBC Puffins, co-hosts LBC White Swan and is up for each and every reading challenge (that orientates around books for younger people). Frankly I don't know how she does it - she's a tireless wonder and source … Continue reading Support the Puffin’ Puffin – Run for Cystic Fibrosis
PODCAST – BookElfLeeds Reading Challenge – Update
This year, @BookElfLeeds and I decided to reignite our reading groove thaing by completing a reading challenge. We found this awesome list by Modern Mrs Darcy - and already we're inspired! Jess provides us with an update of her Modern Mrs Darcy Reading Challenge of 2016. With 6 books read; she's at the halfway mark already! … Continue reading PODCAST – BookElfLeeds Reading Challenge – Update
LBCWhiteswan review – Perks of being a wallflower
LBC White Swan Venue: White Swan Leeds Date: Sunday 9th of February 2014 Time: 6:00pm Address: Swan Street, Leeds Discussing: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years … Continue reading LBCWhiteswan review – Perks of being a wallflower
LBCPuffins review book 31 – The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge About the book The leaves were cold and slightly clammy. There was no mistaking them. She had seen their likeness painstakingly sketched in her father’s journal. This was his greatest secret, his treasure and his undoing. The Tree of Lies. Now it was hers, and the journey he had never finished … Continue reading LBCPuffins review book 31 – The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
LBC White Swan review – Storm Front (The Dresden Files) – Jim Butcher
LBC White Swan Venue: White Swan Leeds Date: Sunday 13th of March 2016 Time: 6:00pm Address: Swan Street, Leeds Discussing: Storm Front (The Dresden Files) - Book 1 JIM BUTCHER * * * * S P O I L E R S * * * * * * * * * * S P O I L E R S … Continue reading LBC White Swan review – Storm Front (The Dresden Files) – Jim Butcher
PODCAST – Never Let Me Go – with MINIcine
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 of love, loss and hidden truths, Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira Knightley) live in a world and a time that … Continue reading PODCAST – Never Let Me Go – with MINIcine
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