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The Particle Beast book launch at the Nottingham Writer’s Studio
Thu 29 Jun 2017Nottingham based author, Ian Douglas, explores life on Mars in the third instalment of his teen sci-fi adventure. We headed down to the book launch at NWS, where Douglas spoke about what’s in store for Zeke Hailey in this gripping nigh-apocalyptic tale…
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Young Books Run Wild: Celebrating 30 Days of British Wildlife Literature with the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Thu 01 Jun 2017Determined to get us bookworms out and about in the sunshine, the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust has launched a month-long campaign to review books about all things wild.
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Music Reviews: May
Fri 26 May 2017With Alice Short, Alec Bowman, Ben McElroy, Brooders, Crimson General, Fonzse, Gallery 47, Jum and I'm Not From London...
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From Vilnius to Viccy Centre: Celebrating Lithuanian Literature At The Easiest Launch
Tue 23 May 2017It's not often we get the chance to celebrate literature from further afield. Thankfully, Noir Press have brought the best and brightest of continent to us. We went to One BC for the launch of their latest Lithuanian dark romance The Easiest.
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6 Books to get Stuck into This May
Sat 20 May 2017Books from Nottingham's finest, reviewed for your pleasure...
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9 Notts Music Albums, Reviewed: Scorzayzee, Clay Shaped Boy, Damn Craters and more
Thu 06 Apr 2017If you're from Nottingham and you want your tunes reviewed, hit up leftlion.co.uk/sendusmusic...
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9 Notts Music Albums to Tickle your Tabs
Wed 22 Mar 2017We review the latest music albums born in Nottingham
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Notts Artist Video Mat on Writing a Book About His Indian Adventure
Thu 16 Mar 2017We spoke to the man behind White Dolemite about his upcoming novel A Honky's Journey Through Chaos...
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World Book Day Quiz
Thu 02 Mar 2017It's World Book Day! To celebrate we've put this quiz together to work out how much you know about Nottingham Literature
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Five Leaves Shortlisted for Independent Bookshop of the Year
Wed 01 Mar 2017Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham's radical and independent seller of paged goods, is on the shortlist for the regional round of the UK and Ireland Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, for the second year running. Gerrin.
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10 Notts Music Albums to Tickle Your Tabs This February
Mon 20 Feb 2017If you're from Notts and want your tunes reviewed, go to leftlion.co.uk/sendusmusic
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14 Music Albums to Stuff in Your Tabs
Fri 13 Jan 2017If you're from Nottingham and you'd like your tunes reviewed, drop us a line at [email protected]
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4 Books To Read Over The Festive Period
Mon 02 Jan 2017One year ago, Nottingham became a UNESCO City of Literature. Since then, creative writing courses have been closed down, the DH Lawrence Heritage Centre has been sold off, and the fate of the Central Library lies in the hands of a property developer. Offsetting this is the Festival of Literature, the Line of Light installation on Station Street and, most importantly of all, the authors who keep banging out beautiful books...
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Graphic Novel Dawn of the Unread Book Launch at Antenna
Mon 28 Nov 2016The Nottingham book – packed full of zombies and local literary figures – has defied all norms and transformed from an online graphic novel to a printed version. We got down to the book launch at Antenna on Beck Street, where our literature editor and Dawn of the Unread creator spoke about our city's history as well as what we need to get heads in pages...
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The Diary of a Nottingham Man in Hong Kong
Mon 14 Nov 2016Nottingham’s best travelled writer, Ben Zabulis, discovers a culture so obsessed with reading they queue up overnight for the Hong Kong Book Festival…
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Katie Half-Price Reviews George Monbiot's Latest Book
Thu 10 Nov 2016Nottingham's orangest reviewer tells us what's up with How Did We Get into this Mess? Politics, Equality, Nature...
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6 Nottingham Books to Curl Up with this November
Tue 01 Nov 2016If you don’t have time to read these books, visit Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge, Station Street, and read Jo Fairfax's selection of one-line poems for the Line of Light exhibition...
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9 Places to Read a Book in Nottingham
Tue 18 Oct 2016From parks to pubs, there are plenty of places to settle your behind and thumb through a book in this fair city
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Book Reviews: Spokesman Books
Wed 12 Oct 2016Want to get stuck into some seriously good books that tackle everyday issues? Step this way for an introduction to some worthy works
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Nottingham's Most Peaceful Publishers, Spokesman Books
Tue 11 Oct 2016"Russell facilitates all sorts of discussion in China, including topics which might otherwise be regarded as taboo, such as homosexuality"
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Katie Half-Price Book Review
Mon 19 Sept 2016"When ppl hear meh name, they think kerching. So being named after a bob commuter tahn on A52 in't the best start in yer life"
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4 Nottingham Books To Read
Mon 19 Sept 2016If your eyeballs are feeling a little bored, fear not. We've got your back with these words about words
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MulletProof at Edinburgh Book Festival 2016
Thu 08 Sept 2016"It resembles a refugee camp that’s been sponsored by Waitrose"
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4 Books Nominated for the East Midlands Book Award 2016
Tue 05 Jul 2016Includes a powerful poetry collection, a children's story that champions stories, the winning crime novel, and an emotional wallop from Tom Preston
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Winner of the 2016 East Midlands Book Award Steven Dunne
Mon 04 Jul 2016With A Killing Moon winning the award, perhaps it's about time literary snobs take the crime genre seriously
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