Monday 29 May 2017

The Leeds Big Bookend & Northern Short Story Festival


Starting on 3 June, the Leeds Big Bookend and Northern Short Story Festival have plenty of writing events to look forward to, full details below:


 



In Conversation with Candace Robb and Chris Nickson, Thursday 8 June, 7pm at The Leeds Library

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Candace Robb

We are delighted  to welcome historian and historical crime fiction author, Candace Robb and historical crime fiction author, Chris Nickson to the
 Leeds Library on Thurs 8 June, 7pm. 

Candace is the author of the bestselling Owen Archer
series of historical mysteries, set in 14th century York and the Margaret Kerr trilogy that takes place in medieval Scotland.

Her latest novel, The Service of the Dead, begins a new crime series with heroine Kate Clifford, set in late 14th century York. In addition, she writes historical fiction as Emma Campion.

 


 
 
Chris Nickson

Leeds born Chris Nickson is a prolific writer especially of historical crime fiction.

He is the author of the Richard Nottingham series, Inspector Tom Harper series and Dan Markham novels.
Come along and hear these two historical crime fiction best sellers talking about their lives, work and inspirations. A treat not to be missed!
Tickets are £3.00 + VAT and can be booked here.

Chris told us how Candace has influenced his writing in an article for our blog which you can read here.


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Launching The Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017-18 at The Northern Short Story Festival on Saturday 3 June!

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The Walter Swan Trust

We are delighted to announce that The Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017-18 will be launched at the Northern Short Story Festival on Saturday 3 June at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. Entries will be accepted from then until the closing date of 16th October 2017.

Walt Swan was passionate about writing and encouraging others to be creative, which he did throughout his life and particularly through his teaching and directing. He wrote poetry, plays, screenplays, short stories and regular articles as a freelance journalist. He also began work on two novels and has three published non-fiction books.

Walter died suddenly and unexpectedly on the 21 April 2014.
The Walter Swan Trust was set up in his memory by his family and friends.

The Prize is run by the Northern Short Story Festival and the Leeds Big Bookend Festival in partnership with the Walter Swan Trust.


• Stories should be a maximum of 2000 words
•There is no theme and entries can be on any subject
• All stories must be previously unpublished
• Entry is open to everyone aged 18+
• Fee £3
• Submission is via Submittable portal. The link will go live on Saturday 3 June. More information
here.

There will be a cash prize of £200, £100 and £50 for the three winners and the top 20 stories will be published in an anthology by
Valley Press in March 2018.

Our judges are
Anna Chilvers, author of Tainted Love, and Angela Readman, winner of the Costa Short Story Prize 2013.

 

 


 
 
The Northern Short Story Festival
 

There's just 3 weeks to go until the return of The Northern Short Story Festival 2017.

Download the Northern Short Story Festival Programme here.

The only festival of its kind in the North, celebrating Northern writers and Northern talent on Saturday 3 June 2017 at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds.

The Festival promotes the short story form through workshops and events. Popular and published authors, editors and small press publishers will come together to share their stories, expertise and wisdom with you.

Tickets to the
workshops are selling fast and Zoe Lambert's Endings in Short Stories is now sold out but you can still book onto How to Tell a Story in an Image with Sarah Dobbs, Crime Writing with Jacob Ross and Look to the Stars, astronomy-inspired writing exercises led by A.J. Ashworth.

There are also two Q&As: Small Press Panel – What do Editors look for in a Short Story? and Get Published, Get Shortlisted.

There's a
flash fiction slam competition. 9 slots, 5 minutes, best story wins!

There will also be the
book launch of Leone Ross' new short story collection, Come Let Us Sing Anyway, published by Peepal Tree Press.

Tickets range from £5 to £9 or you can buy a day ticket for £20. Full details are here.

The Northern Short Story Festival is a partnership venture between  the Leeds Big Bookend Festival and the Carriageworks Theatre, with additional funding from Leeds Inspired and Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. It has been curated by Leeds author SJ Bradley.

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The Northern Short Story Festival is Back on Saturday 3 June 2017 at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. Book Now! 

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The Commoners Choir

Just 4 weeks to go until the return of The Northern Short Story Festival 2017!

The only festival of its kind in the North, celebrating Northern writers and Northern talent on Saturday 3 June 2017 at the 
Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds.

The Festival promotes the short story form through workshops and events. Popular and published authors, editors and small press publishers will come together to share their stories, expertise and wisdom with you.

We have 2 Q&As: Small Press Panel – What do Editors look for in a Short Story? With host Becky Cherriman and guests Teika Bellamy, (Mother's Milk Books), Jamie McGarry (Valley Press) and Becca Parkinson (Comma Press); Get Published, Get Shortlisted hosted by James Nash with writers Richard Smyth, A.J. Ashworth and Liz Ottosson. 

We have 4 workshops: How to Tell a Story in an Image with Sarah Dobbs; Endings in Short Stories with Zoe Lambert; Crime Writing with Jacob Ross; and  Look to the Stars,
astronomy-inspired writing exercises led by A.J. Ashworth.

There's a Flash Fiction Slam competition. 9 slots, 5 minutes, best story wins!  Our judges are Jimmy Andrex and John Irving Clarke. 



 

 


 
 
Commoners Choir Tour
 
Download the Programme here.

We are delighted to launch Leone Ross' new short story collection, Come Let Us Sing Anyway, published by Peepal Tree Press.

We are also very excited to announce that we will be launching The Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017-18 at the Festival. More information to come soon.

Tickets range from £5 to £9 or you can buy a day ticket for £20. Full details are
here.

You can download the Festival Programme
here.

The Northern Short Story Festival is a partnership venture between  the Leeds Big Bookend Festival and the Carriageworks Theatre, with additional funding from Leeds Inspired and Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. It has been curated by Leeds author SJ Bradley.

Follow the Leeds Big Bookend on:  Facebook/BigBookend
Twitter/BigBookend
 and the Northern Short Story Festival on: Facebook/NoShoStoFest Twitter/NoShoSto


Copyright © 2017 The Big Bookend, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:

info@bigbookend.co.uk

         

 


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