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
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PODCAST – Modern Mrs Darcy 2016 Reading Challenge
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! Click below to hear us discuss the challenge and why we're participating; our book choices; our continuing and lasting love of libraries; random thoughts on such … Continue reading PODCAST – Modern Mrs Darcy 2016 Reading Challenge
Man Booker Challenge 2015: The Year of the Runaways
Well we're almost at the end of the year, and I've finally managed to finish off this year's Man Booker Challenge! It's not that I've been putting this one off, it's just there was an inexplicably long waiting list for it at the library so I've only just got hold of it in order to … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2015: The Year of the Runaways
INTERVIEW with Minicine
Recently I headed down to the beautiful Armley Mills Industrial Museum to have a natter with the fabulously funny Minicine team - Woody and Abi. As regular readers will know, I'm a long time supporter of Minicine, but only recently attended one of their screenings (check out my review for Westwood HERE and Wayne's World HERE), who are … Continue reading INTERVIEW with Minicine
The Gift of the Magi – O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi O Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such … Continue reading The Gift of the Magi – O. Henry
REVIEW – The Night Before Christmas – West Yorkshire Playhouse
Carol doesn’t feel very Christmassy. What’s all the fuss about? Trees, tinsel, baubles, pudding, presents…? What a lot of nonsense. Definitely not for her. That is until the night before Christmas when Elf 30046, all stripey tights and pointy ears, falls down her chimney and they both tumble into a bigger adventure than they could … Continue reading REVIEW – The Night Before Christmas – West Yorkshire Playhouse
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
Christmas Meet Up
Date for your diary - Friday 4th of December Venue - White Swan, City Centre Time - 7:00pm CHRISTMAS DO Hey there everyone, As regular book clubbers we know, we always take the month of December off from the various clubs and meet ups - something about spending time with loved ones and preparing for … Continue reading Christmas Meet Up
LBC Outlaws – Don’t Tell – Karen Rose
LBC Outlaws Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Wednesday 4th of November 2015 Time: 6:00pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Discussing: DON'T TELL KAREN ROSE The BLURB Desperate Mary Grace Winters knew the only way to save herself and her child from her abusive husband was to stage their deaths. Now all that remains of her former life is … Continue reading LBC Outlaws – Don’t Tell – Karen Rose
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