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Big City Read-ers #2

We went into the city and scavenged every alleyway and side road, looking for avid readers who kindly answered our questions about their personal choices of books; genres; and how important it is to read. We are planning to host … Continue reading

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“These Seven” review by Matt Turpin on LeftLion

“These Seven, an anthology commissioned to mark Nottingham’s bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature and The Big City Read, takes the pulse of our contemporary scene with six of our finest local writers working now. The seventh? The … Continue reading

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“Nimmi’s Wall” review

Award-winning, thrice BAFTA nominated film & TV scriptwriter William Ivory’s thoughts on one of These Seven stories: “Nimmi’s Wall” by Shreya Sen Handley “I read your story a couple of days ago and wanted to drop you a line – … Continue reading

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“These Seven” review by Mary Mayfield

A couple of weeks ago, I went along to Nottingham Waterstones for the launch of These Seven, a collection of short stories commissioned by Nottingham City of Literature featuring authors with a connection to the city and part of its … Continue reading

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Theese Seven review by Susmita Bhattacharya

‘I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.’ ~ James Joyce, Dubliners This is so true, and, as writers, we seek … Continue reading

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NOTTINGHAM IS A UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE! Guest post from our chair, David Belbin.

We didn’t think we’d done it. And we were OK with that. The eighteen months we spent working on our bid to become a UNESCO city of literature made so many things happen that, in a way, we’d already won. … Continue reading

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Tramboree

Fantastic day all around Nottingham to promote our book and our bid while reading stories and poems on and off the tram. UNESCO will cast the decision if we will become a City of Literature this Friday 11th. In the meantime … Continue reading

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John Harvey @ Sutton in Ashfield Library

John Harvey promoting ‘These Seven’, the Nottingham Stories project and our bid to UNESCO to become a City of Literature in the Sutton is Ashfield Library and they were so kind to send us back some comments. Tracey Hughes, Sutton Cluster Library … Continue reading

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TICK-TOCK

Shreya Sen Handley’s message to everybody who enjoyed ‘These Seven’ On December 11th, just four weeks from now, Nottingham finds out if it has become a UNESCO City of Literature. There’s been a whole load of literary activities, events and … Continue reading

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Calcutta: more than just a sister city

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