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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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The Roy Stone Foundation Supports Young Musicians with Mental Health Issues
Tue 20 Dec 2016When Roy Foster, aka Roy Stone, died in October last year, it was not only a devastating loss to those close to him, but also to the city he had entertained for over twenty years as a singer and frontman of the band Performance. The Roy Stone Foundation has been set up to honour his memory. We spoke to one of the organisers, Sally Jackson, to find out more…
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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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6 Nottingham Books To Read
Thu 12 May 2016With Jonathan Taylor, Sam Maxwell, Ana Salote, Tony Simpson and Helen Macdonald
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The Book Group Challenge: Pat Barker
Thu 28 Apr 2016Calling all book groups in Nottingham. Your City of Literature needs you
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Nottsferatu Reviews: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tue 26 Apr 2016Broadway Cinema and the Theatre Royal are allowing us the chance to do the time warp again this week. Our new horror reviewer gives his thoughts on the classic film
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ExLibris: Ten Years of Selling Books and Wearing Masks
Sun 24 Apr 2016"ExLibris follows in the tradition of maverick Victorian bibliophile Josiah Saithwaite, who rescued and distributed books very cheaply to poor workers in a mask"
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