Culturally Minded Podcast

Leeds Book Club has been participating in the Arts and Minds Network's Sharing Stories Project for the last few years. This project has been set up to raise awareness of mental health; learning difficulties and autism through - in our case - the depiction of these in works of fiction. In previous years, we read and discussed books … Continue reading Culturally Minded Podcast

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Sharing Stories 2014 – Blurbs

Our Book Choices  The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Filer WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2013  ‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll … Continue reading Sharing Stories 2014 – Blurbs

Sharing Stories – Notes from an Exhibition – GUEST

Leeds Book Club has been participating in the Arts and Minds Network's 2013 project on raising awareness of mental health issues.  Now Fiona actually provided me with this MONTHS ago and it was lost in the wilderness that is my email inbox, languishing, wilting for lack of attention. I'm so glad that this review has finally … Continue reading Sharing Stories – Notes from an Exhibition – GUEST

Sharing Stories – Tender is the Night – GUEST

Leeds Book Club will be participating in the Arts and Minds Network's new project on raising awareness of mental health issues.  This cracking review is provided to us by regular book clubber, blogger and all round fabulous human being - @Becca_Lou18 TENDER IS THE NIGHT F. SCOTT FITZGERALD BLURB (from Amazon) In the wake of World War … Continue reading Sharing Stories – Tender is the Night – GUEST

Sharing Stories Book Club/ Meet up!

Venue:   Giraffe Bar and Grill Date:    Tuesday 15th of October 2012 Time:    6pm - 8pm Address: 6 Greek Street, Leeds, LS1 5RW Tel:     (0113) 244 1500 As the man himself (that's you Tom) puts it, our meeting in October is:   A chance to discuss books in a friendly group.    For the last … Continue reading Sharing Stories Book Club/ Meet up!

Sharing Stories Podcast

Leeds Book Club will be participating in the Arts and Minds Network's new project on raising awareness of mental health issues.  LBC is joined this week by Tom of @ArtsMindsLeeds to discuss #SharingStories. SHARING STORIES WRITE UPS

Sharing Stories – Poppy Shakespeare Review – GUEST

Leeds Book Club will be participating in the Arts and Minds Network's new project on raising awareness of mental health issues.  This cracking review is provided to us by book lover @BatRachy.  POPPY SHAKESPEARE CLARE ALLEN BLURB Who is mad? Who is sane? Who decides? Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a hospital in North London. N … Continue reading Sharing Stories – Poppy Shakespeare Review – GUEST

Sharing Stories – Magnificent Joe by James Wheatley – Guest Review!

(I´m away on my holidays at the moment and using internet cafe computers - which are awesome, don´t get me wrong - but make formatting and so on rather tricky. Apologies for any visual hiccups, I´ll fix as soon as possible. Also - and rather unfairly to out contributor, I won´t have a chance to … Continue reading Sharing Stories – Magnificent Joe by James Wheatley – Guest Review!

Booky Blog – Sharing Stories and other reads…

Howdy howdy folks! Our first #SharingStories book club was held tonight at Giraffe restaurant on Greek Street, co hosted by @ArtsMindsLeeds - Tom to his buddies.  It's always a bit daunting starting anything new (*cough* even if you've done it once or twice before) so it was terrific to have so many book club buddies joining … Continue reading Booky Blog – Sharing Stories and other reads…

Sharing Stories – Why be happy …- GUEST

Leeds Book Club will be participating in the Arts and Minds Network's new project on raising awareness of mental health issues.  This review is provided to us by regular book clubber @GuthrieEleanor. It's her first time writing for us so huge thanks and welcome to the LBC team! Tweet your thoughts using #SharingStories WHY BE HAPPY  WHEN … Continue reading Sharing Stories – Why be happy …- GUEST