tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68338092037442823482024-03-02T03:49:43.153-08:00NottsLitNottsLit is a blog featuring and celebrating the best of literature with a Nottinghamshire connection.Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.comBlogger438125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-50400968698660180472023-12-16T08:03:00.000-08:002023-12-16T08:03:43.508-08:00Nottingham's New Library<p> Nottingham's new and long-awaited Central Library opened on November 28th 2023. Take a look:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N7nuX-ldOxTyWiocwtkgTckdU0DlgTFg1I5zsP5PRzay783NWDf4o92Lr8IqOlNxFN5WuY4yTks3kTbNnEgh26ZGDmARaBd1rWo0NvhVATKTWRYGBWAYYvh2uMS7iwN-iI7Qde9fA_Kz2mo0Yzt_ejzSAqw9Kp0ZlYJHJUk7qKtgudCVfJIHPW_dILY/s3024/IMG_0131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2864" data-original-width="3024" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N7nuX-ldOxTyWiocwtkgTckdU0DlgTFg1I5zsP5PRzay783NWDf4o92Lr8IqOlNxFN5WuY4yTks3kTbNnEgh26ZGDmARaBd1rWo0NvhVATKTWRYGBWAYYvh2uMS7iwN-iI7Qde9fA_Kz2mo0Yzt_ejzSAqw9Kp0ZlYJHJUk7qKtgudCVfJIHPW_dILY/w400-h379/IMG_0131.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9xprLxclaW0VLQWX2y3xM9W6EF2wGNPf1trGmsP3a7g6zx2wlbKjiIA0jY4vK9Ae4PQjLuG4loXMmDdJi27ghHEgWAci8e548_PNVVc7Uf1OBcT4XEge_NnixQDd-HjKv5tAp-mg6rYuOh4AsclcTsLxchOyWsVxgUAm2jU9D5MiIt-qEedC9446epA/s4032/IMG_0132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><b>27 Creative Writing and other Literature Courses for 2023</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Creative Writing - Polish your Writing Skills - <span style="color: #660000;">Online</span>
Course</b></div></b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>11 September - 16 October 2023, Mondays: 9:30am - 11:30am,
FREE - £36</b></span></div> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span>Learn about different elements of writing such as narration,
description, dialogue, voicing internal thoughts and action. Discover how to
draft and edit, and write with purpose.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-polish-your-writing-skills-online-course-930-1130/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-polish-your-writing-skills-online-course-930-1130/"><br /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Creative Writing - Short Stories for Beginners - <span style="color: #660000;">Mansfield
Central Library</span></b></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>11 September - 16 October 2023, Mondays: 1pm - 3pm, FREE -
£36</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><br /></b></span>This course is a relaxed exploration of short stories,
including writing practice. It includes finding story ideas and creating
characters, as well as how to structure and develop your stories. <br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-short-stories-for-beginners-mansfield-central-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-short-stories-for-beginners-mansfield-central-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Creative Writing - Exploring Nottinghamshire Writers –
<span style="color: #660000;">Mansfield Woodhouse Library</span></b></span><br /><b><span style="color: #274e13;">2 September - 17 October 2023, Tuesdays: 2pm - 4pm, FREE</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><br /></b></span>Develop your creative writing skill by exploring the work of
Nottinghamshire authors from different eras and cultures.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-exploring-nottinghamshire-writers-arnold-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-exploring-nottinghamshire-writers-arnold-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - How to Write for Children - <span style="color: #660000;">Newark
Buttermarket</span></span><br />12 September - 17 October 2023, Tuesdays: 2pm</b> - 4pm, FREE -
£36</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />This course is for anyone who wants to understand more about
children’s books. It provides the opportunity to try your hand at writing for
different ages and reading stages.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-how-to-write-for-children-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing for Beginners - <span style="color: #660000;">Online </span>Course</span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">13 September - 18 October 2023, Wednesdays: 1pm - 3pm, FREE
- £36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The course is for people who want to try out creative
writing for the first time. We will focus on short writing exercises using
pictures, different topics and prompts.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-for-beginners-online-course-1300-1500/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-for-beginners-online-course-1300-1500/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">In Other Words - Developing your Poetry Writing - <span style="color: #660000;">Beeston
Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">14 September - 19 October 2023, Thursdays: 1pm - 3pm, FREE -
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The course is aimed at beginners and those who have done
some poetry writing but are not consistently published and will focus on
developing learners’ skills so that they become more confident and are able
take their poetry writing to the next level.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/in-other-words-developing-your-poetry-writing-beeston-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/in-other-words-developing-your-poetry-writing-beeston-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing for Beginners -<span style="color: #660000;"> Newark Buttermarket</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">14 September - 19 October 2023, Thursdays: 2pm - 4pm, FREE -
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b>This course is for people who want to try out creative
writing for the first time. We will focus on short writing exercises, and also
use images and prompts to kickstart your writing.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-for-beginners-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-for-beginners-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Grammar and Punctuation Explained - <span style="color: #660000;">Online</span> Course</span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">14 September - 12 October 2023, Thursdays: 9:30am - 11:30am,
FREE - £30</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />If you could never understand the difference between a colon
and a semi colon, or between their and there and they’re, then this is the
course for you!<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/grammar-and-punctuation-explained-online-course-adult-learning-930-1130/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/grammar-and-punctuation-explained-online-course-adult-learning-930-1130/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - Polish Your Writing Skills - <span style="color: #660000;">Arnold Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">15 September - 20 October 2023, Fridays: 6pm - 8pm, FREE -
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />You will learn about different elements of writing such as
narration, description, dialogue, voicing internal thoughts and action. They
will look at the use of language in detail, considering how to draft and edit,
and write with purpose.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-polish-your-writing-skills-arnold-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - I Can See a Rainbow - <span style="color: #660000;">Newark Buttermarket</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">19 September - 17 October 2023, Tuesdays: 10am - 12pm, FREE
- £30</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />This course offers you the opportunity to use colours to
start and develop poetry and/or prose.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-i-can-see-a-rainbow-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-i-can-see-a-rainbow-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">DH Lawrence and Nottinghamshire - <span style="color: #660000;">Eastwood Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">21 September 2023, Thursday 10am - 12pm, FREE - £30</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Discover DH Lawrence’s time in Nottinghamshire, from his
childhood in Eastwood and his education in Nottingham, to his many other links
to various places within the county.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/dh-lawrence-and-nottinghamshire-eastwood-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/dh-lawrence-and-nottinghamshire-eastwood-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">Exploring Nottinghamshire's Literary Locations -<span style="color: #660000;"> Arnold Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">23 September - 14 October 2023, Saturdays: 10am - 12pm, FREE
- £24</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br />Nottinghamshire is awash with literary locations from the
Arboretum to the Zara building. In this course you’ll discover many of the
places that have influenced the life and work of our writers.</span><br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/exploring-nottinghamshires-literary-locations-arnold-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/exploring-nottinghamshires-literary-locations-arnold-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing Taster (ReNew) - <span style="color: #660000;">Newark Buttermarket</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">28 September 2023, Thursday 10am - 12pm, FREE</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Work with our skilled writing expert to create your first
piece of prose or a poem based on the theme ‘Where would I like to be in 2
years’ time?’<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-taster-renew-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-taster-renew-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Byron in Nottinghamshire - <span style="color: #660000;">Burton Joyce Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">10 October 2023, Tuesday 10am - 12pm, FREE</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Take a look at the poet Lord Byron’s connections to
Nottinghamshire. We explore why, as a boy, he first came to Nottingham, and
explore his links with Newstead, Annesley, Southwell, Newark and Hucknall.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/byron-in-nottinghamshire-burton-joyce-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/byron-in-nottinghamshire-burton-joyce-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">DH Lawrence in Nottinghamshire - <span style="color: #660000;">Arnold Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">17 October 2023, Tuesday 6pm - 8pm, FREE</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Discover DH Lawrence’s time in Nottinghamshire, from his
childhood in Eastwood and his education in Nottingham, to his many other links
to various places within the county.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/dh-lawrence-in-nottinghamshire-arnold-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/dh-lawrence-in-nottinghamshire-arnold-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - Exploring Nottinghamshire Authors - <span style="color: #660000;">Ravenshead Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">21 October - 11 November 2023, Saturdays: 10am - 12pm, FREE</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Develop your creative writing skill by exploring the work of
Nottinghamshire authors from different eras and cultures.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-exploring-nottinghamshire-authors-arnold-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-exploring-nottinghamshire-authors-arnold-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - Fireside Stories - <span style="color: #660000;">Online</span> Course</span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">6 November - 11 December 2023, Mondays: 9:30am - 11:30am,
FREE - £36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Considering atmospheric stories told around a fire, you will
create your own fireside story.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-fireside-stories-online-course-adult-learning-0930-1130-1/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-fireside-stories-online-course-adult-learning-0930-1130-1/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing Short Stories - Next Steps - <span style="color: #660000;">Mansfield
Central Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">6 November - 11 December 2023, Tuesdays: 1pm - 3pm, FREE -
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />If you want to find out what it takes to write a publishable
short story, this course is for you.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-short-stories-next-steps-mansfield-central-library/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-short-stories-next-steps-mansfield-central-library/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Getting Cosy with Poetry - <span style="color: #660000;">Bingham Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">7 November - 12 December 2023, Tuesdays: 10am - 12pm, FREE -
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />As the blazing days of Autumn give way to the longer nights
of winter, we often reflect on the seasons: what it means to the natural world
as it prepares to rest, and what it means to us. <br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/getting-cosy-with-poetry-bingham-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/getting-cosy-with-poetry-bingham-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - Writing a Children's Story - <span style="color: #660000;">Newark
Buttermarket</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">7 November - 12 December 2023m Tuesdays: 2pm - 4pm, FREE –
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />This is an intermediate course. It is helpful to have done
the previous Inspire course How to Write for Children. <br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-writing-a-childrens-story-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-writing-a-childrens-story-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing Next Steps - <span style="color: #660000;">Online</span> Delivery</span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">8 November - 13 December 2023, Wednesdays: 1pm - 3pm, FREE -
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />This course will help build on foundations from the
beginners' course or for those who already have some experience in writing and
need a refresher. Come and try techniques used to “keep a reader interested”.
This course will also help you with your writing ability as a hobby or for
publication.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-next-steps-online-delivery-adult-learning-1300-1500/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-next-steps-online-delivery-adult-learning-1300-1500/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Getting Cosy with Poetry - <span style="color: #660000;">Southwell Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">9 November - 14 December 2023, Thursdays: 10am - 12pm, FREE
- £36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />As the blazing days of Autumn give way to the longer nights
of winter, we often reflect on the seasons: what it means to the natural world
as it prepares to rest, and what it means to us. <br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/getting-cosy-with-poetry-southwell-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/getting-cosy-with-poetry-southwell-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Byron in Nottinghamshire - <span style="color: #660000;">Ravenshead Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">9 November 2023, Thursday 10am - 12pm, FREE</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Discover the poet Lord Byron’s connections to
Nottinghamshire. We explore why, as a boy, he first came to Nottingham, and
explore his links with Newstead, Annesley, Southwell, Newark and Hucknall.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/byron-in-nottinghamshire-ravenshead-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/byron-in-nottinghamshire-ravenshead-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - Short Stories for Beginners - <span style="color: #660000;">Stapleford
Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">9 November - 14 December 2023, Thursdays: 10am - 12pm, FREE
- £36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Do you want to write short stories but don’t know where to
start? Or have you been writing short
stories for a while yet would appreciate a helping hand? This course is a relaxed exploration of short
stories, including writing practice. The
course includes finding story ideas and creating characters as well as how to
structure and develop your short stories. <br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-short-stories-for-beginners-stapleford-library-adult-learning-1/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-short-stories-for-beginners-stapleford-library-adult-learning-1/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing for Beginners - Next Steps - <span style="color: #660000;">Newark
Buttermarket</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">9 November - 14 December 2023, Thursdays: 2pm - 4pm, FREE -
£36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />This course is for people who want to try out creative
writing for the first time. We will focus on short writing exercises, and also
use images and prompts to kickstart your writing.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-for-beginners-next-steps-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-for-beginners-next-steps-newark-buttermarket-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Writing - Fireside
Stories -<span style="color: #660000;"> Arnold Library</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span> <br /> </span><span style="color: #274e13;">10 November - 15 December 2023,
Fridays: 6pm - 8pm, FREE - £36</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Join this course and consider
atmospheric stories told around a fire, looking at origins and development, to
create your own fireside story.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-fireside-stories-arnold-library-adult-learning/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-fireside-stories-arnold-library-adult-learning/" style="font-size: large;"><br /></a><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Exploring Detective Fiction - <span style="color: #660000;">West
Bridgford Library</span></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">11 - 25 November 2023, Saturdays:
10am - 12pm, FREE - £18</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Do you enjoy detective stories?
Would you like to learn about the history of detective fiction and discover new
sleuths? If so, don your deerstalkers and join a published crime writer for an
enjoyable exploration of detective fiction, from the early days of real crime
and the introduction of the detective novel to modern crime thrillers.<br /><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/exploring-detective-fiction-west-bridgford-library-adult-learning-1/" target="_blank">Details and booking</a><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/exploring-detective-fiction-west-bridgford-library-adult-learning-1/"><br /></a><o:p> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> <br /></o:p><o:p style="font-size: large;"> </o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-44511488593655415182022-11-26T13:50:00.004-08:002022-11-26T13:57:42.534-08:00In Search of James Prior<p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the new publication from Spokesman Books, <i>In Search of
James Prior,</i> Ailish D’Arcy has rediscovered one of the great
Nottinghamshire writers, 100 years after his death.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFuCg1-PcPMtjOmdwGHg7X3XTjOdd0-GVrW5h5z3iWCCtMbPgwSbyHBgBXV-YdOwJmJMO_Zyae8NbMPX_Z_eCRmNykEnwrTYrQnKnMWTMpz6NYu981gVDjecSkK0nui1igcXlzvqYTOCq8wuQcFPSbR-pqD1StwmJkQKj4RaK-dXUs_0CbRgwChNx/s1648/jp13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="1160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFuCg1-PcPMtjOmdwGHg7X3XTjOdd0-GVrW5h5z3iWCCtMbPgwSbyHBgBXV-YdOwJmJMO_Zyae8NbMPX_Z_eCRmNykEnwrTYrQnKnMWTMpz6NYu981gVDjecSkK0nui1igcXlzvqYTOCq8wuQcFPSbR-pqD1StwmJkQKj4RaK-dXUs_0CbRgwChNx/s320/jp13.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p>In this study, James Prior emerges as an accomplished poet
and novelist with a body of work that has been neglected for too long, a man who
made a contribution to the study of Notts dialect that is unsurpassed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEE233BxG9SUiaLbgcdLrnmwPvi3AaOOgPNnFloYOdabLAFexos-Ec_fpt8Yh6AOYmXPtwYZpUP2yQcK1TR4TgajoykF8sK5yWtmTYLydXy7ENSwuWKELIrOo-dW_FFmKsDRdf7z6PvNg-ZAz00IADyQ7SnMNHWvROM96_QFPL79l0ywodnwLcgFV/s3096/jp1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3096" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEE233BxG9SUiaLbgcdLrnmwPvi3AaOOgPNnFloYOdabLAFexos-Ec_fpt8Yh6AOYmXPtwYZpUP2yQcK1TR4TgajoykF8sK5yWtmTYLydXy7ENSwuWKELIrOo-dW_FFmKsDRdf7z6PvNg-ZAz00IADyQ7SnMNHWvROM96_QFPL79l0ywodnwLcgFV/s320/jp1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>On Saturday 26<sup>th</sup> November 2022, Bingham erected
its first ever blue plaques. Prior’s two Bingham homes, on Fisher Lane and The
Banks, now proudly mark where he lived and wrote his great novels between 1891
and 1922.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03DSpvyOJi3hwoo-gNOwdN4zD4UJibwIih0wzdBf2kTT50VloXl3iupttOGwa4413YBJ0TbxJ3rpSAJsmkkO8Oooylf0arEa7eL-xqNwuH3EqwTvUxFAi6GXex8WCK0vjgTeFI4Rk9bjZd3Dih1C4ZPH5NlKmBKT9lhPR19GTL3C9IaeWdAH3D19b/s3264/IMG_0368.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03DSpvyOJi3hwoo-gNOwdN4zD4UJibwIih0wzdBf2kTT50VloXl3iupttOGwa4413YBJ0TbxJ3rpSAJsmkkO8Oooylf0arEa7eL-xqNwuH3EqwTvUxFAi6GXex8WCK0vjgTeFI4Rk9bjZd3Dih1C4ZPH5NlKmBKT9lhPR19GTL3C9IaeWdAH3D19b/s320/IMG_0368.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s also an exhibition inside Bingham Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3u8ahS2nKfsgThM3vJpArz5ReMlBqbUgLRr5HntXBcaJmUxiLg4D-WdQnC29hZ9t6kfdYBo7CyLN-ZQYFkbHupYm11H6dbXCk1AwRcicJiMr6jfpD1cGio1ncxxpYR3UVWUEmZfADViwKm8vI5JbVS5OPVkmkHRIRCibL5EVKGDyhGWQoJH9iURl/s3264/IMG_0401.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3u8ahS2nKfsgThM3vJpArz5ReMlBqbUgLRr5HntXBcaJmUxiLg4D-WdQnC29hZ9t6kfdYBo7CyLN-ZQYFkbHupYm11H6dbXCk1AwRcicJiMr6jfpD1cGio1ncxxpYR3UVWUEmZfADViwKm8vI5JbVS5OPVkmkHRIRCibL5EVKGDyhGWQoJH9iURl/s320/IMG_0401.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the course of her research Ailish has discovered Prior’s
remarkable contribution to the recording of dialects. Her journey began
after attending an Inspire course on Nottinghamshire’s literary locations at
West Bridgford Library, a course that is being repeated in </span><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/nottinghamshires-literary-locations-west-bridgford-library-adult-learning/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">January 2023</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUF2-J5uZ8OdgiLWRu26UR7xlFEHAN0vXYsTCfI44JpJ0dFhS296GHgymU4IrMNA9yYTYIJvYUA2c53AYF-7Vs5Z3p6JMqVeLhUu6jAvMiqTW03OehGpXuUFMMN8RCFLzUfrrKs9RNEZ0Y6OupAl-DkAnyQFqeC5FvDR0LYa6BPTtZ7YbGY44N5j_/s2885/jp9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="2243" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUF2-J5uZ8OdgiLWRu26UR7xlFEHAN0vXYsTCfI44JpJ0dFhS296GHgymU4IrMNA9yYTYIJvYUA2c53AYF-7Vs5Z3p6JMqVeLhUu6jAvMiqTW03OehGpXuUFMMN8RCFLzUfrrKs9RNEZ0Y6OupAl-DkAnyQFqeC5FvDR0LYa6BPTtZ7YbGY44N5j_/s320/jp9.jpg" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ailish D'Arcy with John Baird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GUG8WI4Livi_kGccOmG_5-nRUEfF0NLvt5qqiTREFqC_WvDotGWWcHJgUUB67h1fPBAq99qsckFGU2tumMSg583K8NE4pifEhVmLR-dPq-LSo-XZnGdclFjmFVO_-RTEW-XU08bkVu7-zArVwh_mcNEReRnqwR-blHKqsqao_4QKyM0m2L8zx2ko/s2590/jp6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="2590" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GUG8WI4Livi_kGccOmG_5-nRUEfF0NLvt5qqiTREFqC_WvDotGWWcHJgUUB67h1fPBAq99qsckFGU2tumMSg583K8NE4pifEhVmLR-dPq-LSo-XZnGdclFjmFVO_-RTEW-XU08bkVu7-zArVwh_mcNEReRnqwR-blHKqsqao_4QKyM0m2L8zx2ko/s320/jp6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Publisher Tony Simpson reading from Forest Folk</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It was on Mapperley Road near the centre of Nottingham that
Prior was born. His first major novel, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Renie</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, opens in Bingham (Bawton), and
the local connections keep coming.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Ripple and Flood </i>features Caythorpe and Hoveringham (both
renamed) in a story about Prior’s beloved river, the “smug and silver Trent”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQRH60toQc5wgBQmEIDZJmYDyFvBU9YFYJWpv4aOlPVz0ut3vSEVkZj9HW_oMT2_-3V-TXcM3w3dpsHCIUQ_3Ow3xdSjPymY1IPN4Vje5ByUFR1pMYiL5g76J5jUHbUc_aqTKMxPoLCMy4E5ZWpIYgYZOd3F_MnDQGkWj8QXL8VKtotiiEfO_C3oJ/s320/pjFF1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQRH60toQc5wgBQmEIDZJmYDyFvBU9YFYJWpv4aOlPVz0ut3vSEVkZj9HW_oMT2_-3V-TXcM3w3dpsHCIUQ_3Ow3xdSjPymY1IPN4Vje5ByUFR1pMYiL5g76J5jUHbUc_aqTKMxPoLCMy4E5ZWpIYgYZOd3F_MnDQGkWj8QXL8VKtotiiEfO_C3oJ/s1600/pjFF1.png" width="226" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-style: italic;">Forest Folk</i> is set around the Blidworth countryside during
an eventful period of history that covers the Napoleonic Wars and Luddite riots.</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hyssop, his weakest book, is set in Burton Joyce.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A Walking Gentleman</i>, which includes a ramble that passes
through Notts, is the story of a gentleman who decamped on the eve of his
wedding, making escape from the “madding crowd” and encountering many strange
adventures on the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Fortuna Chance</i> features Sherwood Forest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4mtULVi8cE3zHG_nsqcvTvd2bYOoZfKpsuBeZwLWW76Dd0ldN4ww0-cfMF9AGVAb6CUFs4lAySmodl26dVy0yMsl3khotn67OOH6CqdaKFa4zaZYwTy0ZPkEmO80n4_HgLNB6fdpPehTYDPEKaeLBxl1YU-SGBmOGJ58dhbe9seXl5RZyJUVoCyQ/s1977/jp7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1951" data-original-width="1977" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4mtULVi8cE3zHG_nsqcvTvd2bYOoZfKpsuBeZwLWW76Dd0ldN4ww0-cfMF9AGVAb6CUFs4lAySmodl26dVy0yMsl3khotn67OOH6CqdaKFa4zaZYwTy0ZPkEmO80n4_HgLNB6fdpPehTYDPEKaeLBxl1YU-SGBmOGJ58dhbe9seXl5RZyJUVoCyQ/s320/jp7.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prior's grave</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;">In Search of James Prior </i><span style="font-family: arial;">is available from Five Leaves
Bookshop and The Bookcase in Lowdham, priced £7.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOL82vYI4Wc2qlxjkzE5LWJibTQhMWIXlXlBxzy7kf4MOHi85QQywTpf7yhsF11s3IHvKZwHew2cjqSMEWp1Qvj3qD5tJEQKcZhz-176ch_2Vah6jFUJ2W5nDaEzjDj1VOqgqetl27C9Szp4X0f6dLjKrajzBI4dSUMQfV5U9r0U52E0N4vFZA7HJ0/s2858/jp5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="2256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOL82vYI4Wc2qlxjkzE5LWJibTQhMWIXlXlBxzy7kf4MOHi85QQywTpf7yhsF11s3IHvKZwHew2cjqSMEWp1Qvj3qD5tJEQKcZhz-176ch_2Vah6jFUJ2W5nDaEzjDj1VOqgqetl27C9Szp4X0f6dLjKrajzBI4dSUMQfV5U9r0U52E0N4vFZA7HJ0/s320/jp5.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bingham finally pays tribute to Prior</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-80819000464590729002022-11-16T08:51:00.003-08:002022-11-16T09:58:57.306-08:00Exploring Detective Fiction<p><span face="Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px;">A new Inspire course starts Sunday 20th November at West Bridgford Library.</span></p><p><span face="Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px;">Here's the <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/exploring-detective-fiction-west-bridgford-library-adult-learning/">LINK </a>to book your place</span></p><p><span face="Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px;">Do you enjoy detective stories? Would you like to learn about the history of detective fiction and discover new sleuths? If so, don your deerstalkers and join a published crime writer for an enjoyable exploration of detective fiction, from the early days of real crime and the introduction of the detective novel to modern crime thrillers. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">What will be covered on the course? </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">You’ll be guided through the history of this most popular genre. Whilst looking at the life and work of the most famous crime writers, we’ll also feature groundbreaking novels as you get to share your favourites, discussing different books and characters, including TV crime dramas. </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Beginning with the origins of detective fiction, from Edgar Allan Poe’s Dupin and his influence on that most famous of detectives, Sherlock Holmes, through the interwar years of Britain’s Golden Age, of Christie et al., and America’s Hardboiled PIs like Philip Marlowe, to today’s best-sellers, we will investigate the characteristics of the great detective novel in all its forms, and consider why the genre remains so widely read and appreciated. </li></ul><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Week 1 - British Detectives</span></span></div><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Week 2 - American Detectives</span></span></div><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Week 3 - The Rest of the World (translated crime fiction)</span></span></div><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Week 4 - Notts crime novels/novelists</span></span></div><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Cost: Free to £24</span></span></div><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Raleway, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2b2b2b;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.3px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Inspire are offering adults free 1-to-1 </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.3px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">help with their reading</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="389" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9N4_v57g-XA" width="467" youtube-src-id="9N4_v57g-XA"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p>If you are interested in joining the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">scheme, please visit <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/adult-reading-scheme/" target="_blank">THIS link </a>or </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">speak to a member of staff at your local Notts library.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><div class="lead" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 13px;"><div class="block-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">1 in 6 adults* in England never learnt to read when they were younger. </b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">There may be many reasons for this, but the good news is that it’s never too late to learn and there are people who can help. By learning to read, adults improve their employment opportunities, confidence and self-esteem, and general well-being. Many adults are also motivated by wanting to be able to read with their children or grandchildren and there's now help to develop these skills.</p></div><div class="block-heading" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; font-size: 36px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 1.4em;">How it works</h3></div><div class="block-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">Inspire will match a local adult who wishes to improve their reading to a volunteer coach and arrange for them to meet each week in one of he Notts libraries to work through a reading manual designed for adults. You would start with the basics and then as your confidence grows you'll be given more support to access some of the beginner reading books from the libraries.</p></div><div class="block-heading" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 1.4em;">Who is it for?</h4></div><div class="block-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">This scheme is suitable for any adult who wants to learn to read English. Whatever a person’s starting point they will go back to basics and work at their own pace.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">This scheme is not intended for adults learning English as a second language, Inspire would instead recommend one of their <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/online-functional-skills-and-esol-courses/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">Inspire Adult Learning ESOL</a> courses as being more appropriate.</p></div><div class="block-heading" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 1.4em;">Where would it be held?</h4></div><div class="block-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">Readers and coaches will meet in one of the Notts Inspire libraries. Currently the scheme is offered at</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/find-a-library/arnold-library/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">Arnold</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/find-a-library/beeston-library/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">Beeston</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/find-a-library/kirkby-ashfield-library/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">Kirkby-in-Ashfield</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/find-a-library/mansfield-central-library/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">Mansfield Central Library</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/find-a-library/newark-library/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">Newark</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/find-a-library/west-bridgford-library/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">West Bridgford</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">and <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/find-a-library/worksop-library/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; text-decoration-line: none;">Worksop.</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">A weekly hour-long, 1:1 session will take place in a quiet corner of the library. Readers will not be over-looked but there will be other people around.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">If there are any additional requirements, these will discussed this with both the reader and the coach before the first session.</p></div><div class="block-heading" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #307725; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-top: 1.4em;">How long will it take?</h4></div><div class="block-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 400;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">Reading sessions will take place for an hour each week at a time that suits the coach and reader.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 13px;">Inspire will initially set up the sessions for 10 weeks and then review this. Some people may complete the course in as little as nine months for others it may take longer.</p></div></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-69345034906124053302022-08-16T07:24:00.006-07:002022-08-16T07:39:12.444-07:00Charles Birkin #NottsWriters<div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqmWyIy1vU2biDZqZLL40zl1qEgoRGmcKP6uVXYtYrJFZ6pJcIoiz5iqEnDG3lwI6ExhaEset0WYhhYadYAY8nqSSewXHXi6H3iY-7rf0w6UMGJ-dnk9knwZPT9GBEO7yUlljL7PSXs_ULx5IKYQ9WmJaEyS7E5MG92RE00Xq9dIGYZ8BJ4vIVRK7/s266/birkin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqmWyIy1vU2biDZqZLL40zl1qEgoRGmcKP6uVXYtYrJFZ6pJcIoiz5iqEnDG3lwI6ExhaEset0WYhhYadYAY8nqSSewXHXi6H3iY-7rf0w6UMGJ-dnk9knwZPT9GBEO7yUlljL7PSXs_ULx5IKYQ9WmJaEyS7E5MG92RE00Xq9dIGYZ8BJ4vIVRK7/s1600/birkin.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sir Charles Birkin (1907-1985)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Born in Nottingham in 1907</b> - and grandson of the former High
Sherriff of Nottingham, Sir Thomas Birkin, owner of the Birkin Lace Company - <b>Sir
Charles Birkin launched the career of many a horror writer and, in the 1960s, he
did much to keep the genre alive in Britain.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_c0oxIu6-HmPe2EJPRRHWDyj5PeLZ3S5OMblf67yiZNn-60jE_C_r4-S3umCIBQds6ffva_Q30IclBRTblvjoqsQyYcnhe3wSEO9ESKfUAlEzOBa61aHi9A_kk8qCnvgF5lSUOzcVTkAH1F20-QVnRcIKGxV8uHTCSbsaHAYXWIjSRiGTsCVrg7r/s700/golf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="700" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_c0oxIu6-HmPe2EJPRRHWDyj5PeLZ3S5OMblf67yiZNn-60jE_C_r4-S3umCIBQds6ffva_Q30IclBRTblvjoqsQyYcnhe3wSEO9ESKfUAlEzOBa61aHi9A_kk8qCnvgF5lSUOzcVTkAH1F20-QVnRcIKGxV8uHTCSbsaHAYXWIjSRiGTsCVrg7r/w400-h130/golf.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Birkin is associated with Ruddington Grange, a mansion made famous under the Birkins’ ownership when monkeys roamed freely inside. It was later occupied by Frank Bowden (founder of </span>Raleigh<span style="font-weight: normal;">) who sold it to Thomas Farr (founder of </span>Home Ales<span style="font-weight: normal;">). Its land is now home to the Ruddington Grange Golf Club.</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charles Birkin was educated at Eton (1921-26) before working
as an editor for the London Publisher Philip Allan, developing their <i>Creeps
Library</i> of titles, a series of anthologies which began with <i>Creeps</i> in 1932, for
which he included stories of his own under the alias Charles Lloyd. Birkin acquired
and published many collections including the debut of the US sci-fi writer
Edmond Hamilton, and the first published story from William F Temple (a leading
sci-fi writer of the ‘40s and ‘50s), in addition to the many reprinted works
from the likes of Tod Robbins and Russell Thorndike. The popular <i>Pan Book of
Horror</i> series later pulled stories from <i>Creeps</i> which was one of the few magazines of
the era to feature horror.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsChcd-Dw7w6yh3DILnWJOuhOENs0zMSXyVVHxZd2VwdakncF7vV5cdQG5XAwPvarf0LKX0DUXVG1sSdPq5PppOPmERYGa_yL5JDACUEuNveslfC5tIGV_ycbxQRKeptOAfhZ9BE3CiMHuXlFZ3JfX39NiyW5x0gyS4mPzJ6lLuaRr40xfn5Y3CA9/s381/creeps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsChcd-Dw7w6yh3DILnWJOuhOENs0zMSXyVVHxZd2VwdakncF7vV5cdQG5XAwPvarf0LKX0DUXVG1sSdPq5PppOPmERYGa_yL5JDACUEuNveslfC5tIGV_ycbxQRKeptOAfhZ9BE3CiMHuXlFZ3JfX39NiyW5x0gyS4mPzJ6lLuaRr40xfn5Y3CA9/s320/creeps.jpg" width="214" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At Philip Allan, Birkin published the early short stories of
John Steinbeck, <i>The Pastures of Heaven</i> (1933), but the contract had lapsed
before Steinbeck become a big seller. Philip Allan’s greatest success came with the steamy
novels of Winifred Mary Scott and Pamela Wynne, then, in 1936, Birkin had his own
book published, <i>Dark Spawn</i>, a collection of his Charles Lloyd stories.</span></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the
Sherwood Foresters and married the Australian actress Janet Johnson. Their son,
John Birkin, directed/produced many TV comedies including <i>Mr. Bean, French and
Saunders, </i>and <i>Harry Enfield's Television Programme.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It wasn’t until 1963 that Birkin resumed his writing career
after being contacted by Hutchinson (Stanley Middleton’s publisher) requesting
new stories. Nearly 100 stories followed, in seven collections, from <i>The Kiss
of Death</i> (1964) to <i>Spawn of Satan</i> (1971). They now fetch quite a fee, though
they come with a warning, Birkin writing of murder, rape, torture, mutilation
and concentration camps. His prize-winning story <i>Fairy Dust</i> was admired by Noel
Coward, and, according to Mike Ashley (not that one), writing in 1999, “invokes
the darker side of Peter Pan and Never-Never Land.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n5BxtiIQP94n0bQqG9siSexpK46s2FslBcOmLp4h7bY3OXv14_nWLQVMiuzErt-4-lB_g4wYNsKxYAuctmPgl_haqsN5YO4EGMBuG7tRiO8jv3b72gcI0EHNi_N0MmEn8rzFDPLCD811NgrnqKgXrnW6ILl1S1Nw9H1BFxNL_8BqUjp8IU34b-zz/s417/kiss.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n5BxtiIQP94n0bQqG9siSexpK46s2FslBcOmLp4h7bY3OXv14_nWLQVMiuzErt-4-lB_g4wYNsKxYAuctmPgl_haqsN5YO4EGMBuG7tRiO8jv3b72gcI0EHNi_N0MmEn8rzFDPLCD811NgrnqKgXrnW6ILl1S1Nw9H1BFxNL_8BqUjp8IU34b-zz/s320/kiss.jpg" width="192" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's a warning on the cover: 'Not For the Squimish!'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D6h21QoQAoKLNnOnoMDdUq5DToqJft1OrFP-LikwUme4VEqUC4TMwaQa5kWkQEZjo4IGmqaGF5cEVlPkSyx5hA5I40H5HuEj8WOaXwMIVdg6gr5SbGXeO3f_ezE9w4lAwE_q6LHaKzkuxMNSGYhgrVZgyQGfhxVPayiAzXueSdsP8filyDMuLtHY/s420/death.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D6h21QoQAoKLNnOnoMDdUq5DToqJft1OrFP-LikwUme4VEqUC4TMwaQa5kWkQEZjo4IGmqaGF5cEVlPkSyx5hA5I40H5HuEj8WOaXwMIVdg6gr5SbGXeO3f_ezE9w4lAwE_q6LHaKzkuxMNSGYhgrVZgyQGfhxVPayiAzXueSdsP8filyDMuLtHY/s320/death.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHaYQKdbXpByzUxL-OjUFRbMm2_LwMa_vtUuvsikQW8s-zCdUmc2hyA_UuGgYgyJ9bFAXVQQo7TqdB6QZmpNyMJA_JQ6zqx8LkhUH4QbcYtv148sDR-Kk9arfgbZqoqUtcai83wqboxOYyYknhDwtTRd2ye3ZSM6HTUX9AatYmXw4NO17pM0RGZte/s640/evil.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHaYQKdbXpByzUxL-OjUFRbMm2_LwMa_vtUuvsikQW8s-zCdUmc2hyA_UuGgYgyJ9bFAXVQQo7TqdB6QZmpNyMJA_JQ6zqx8LkhUH4QbcYtv148sDR-Kk9arfgbZqoqUtcai83wqboxOYyYknhDwtTRd2ye3ZSM6HTUX9AatYmXw4NO17pM0RGZte/s320/evil.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJInhNAmqbMbztpLQSjVKWOXB1AuYRVRC81bC-JGIU8e4T4x-Xrt_pzauVhUIhj3to_KxG61sq63H8S-bCJaX4-ZM30lRPz7KILTXdnDmrXplKIV4PcW6Rs9MgV6x6xeaJi8CLaV-VDavp7e25ag46o3e8IPM2zIS5pvt6lZZMGye-Uu2Eu6DNCnWX/s600/spawn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="367" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJInhNAmqbMbztpLQSjVKWOXB1AuYRVRC81bC-JGIU8e4T4x-Xrt_pzauVhUIhj3to_KxG61sq63H8S-bCJaX4-ZM30lRPz7KILTXdnDmrXplKIV4PcW6Rs9MgV6x6xeaJi8CLaV-VDavp7e25ag46o3e8IPM2zIS5pvt6lZZMGye-Uu2Eu6DNCnWX/s320/spawn.jpg" width="196" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />In the early 1970s Birkin lived in Cyprus, fleeing after the
Turkish invasion, an experience he reflects upon in <i>A Low Profile</i> (1977). Birkin
and his wife retired to Sulby on the Isle of Man.</span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-50272611724371096272022-04-13T06:42:00.005-07:002022-08-16T07:39:48.209-07:00Cecil Roberts #NottsWriters<div><span style="font-family: arial;">To celebrate the launch of Follow the Moon and Stars here's a new series on #NottsWriters: </span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk151Ha2QTgJnqXrrE3vQzbT6h8YnKf3BWmR-WHFJD_4hHBfKp387ZDEz4wh27qwvYYOA4u1n0Q4kQVP2vxnYr26ogQ7tYPASMCf2s_HKMtxXGt4AolLKD87HuAwlJK4uHTv6TPjeLUofvtkjenr0ZCVelk13TLeyoSTGUIiGjnIyNProBiTZqxrlA/s350/roberts14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk151Ha2QTgJnqXrrE3vQzbT6h8YnKf3BWmR-WHFJD_4hHBfKp387ZDEz4wh27qwvYYOA4u1n0Q4kQVP2vxnYr26ogQ7tYPASMCf2s_HKMtxXGt4AolLKD87HuAwlJK4uHTv6TPjeLUofvtkjenr0ZCVelk13TLeyoSTGUIiGjnIyNProBiTZqxrlA/s320/roberts14.jpg" width="229" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cecil Roberts (1892-1976)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“At 15, with a mother and myself to keep, I began writing,”
said Roberts after his father died suddenly. Working as a weights and measures inspector
he learned to operate a typewriter, using it to type out poems and articles. In
1912, after winning the annual Henry Kirke White prize with his long poem <i>The
Trent</i>, Roberts had five books of verse published in five years, then, “I had a
living to earn with my pen, and turned to more remunerative work,” he said.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Reflecting in later life, he wrote: “The beginning was tough
but I was never a beatnik nor saw any merit in the kitchen sink” (he hated
Sillitoe’s <i>Saturday Night and Sunday Morning</i>). “In this marvellous world all my
writing has been an expression of joy in the journey.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />After work as a war correspondent, and alongside work as a
journalist and editor at the <i>Nottingham Journal</i> (he welcomed Graham Greene to Nottingham), it was the success of his
first novel <i>Scissors</i> (1923) that launched his career as a novelist.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSmfNG41xu0kTEB9LDq4bNohKcx-UkiqlJKEtgA15fNp3fe-WckY0MpOeXagz4lWtLIh_hfpShqjUM2DHCTKkOOcgpsvRJjXMAHotlN91l8q7BvcOxN5HY2L5J7kxnJ2Xt7OKLcOw3Jhb-yu5dp4R3qUzzv9LoB5zYDx86cE0mqScUij-SED0pVCG/s1484/roberts6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSmfNG41xu0kTEB9LDq4bNohKcx-UkiqlJKEtgA15fNp3fe-WckY0MpOeXagz4lWtLIh_hfpShqjUM2DHCTKkOOcgpsvRJjXMAHotlN91l8q7BvcOxN5HY2L5J7kxnJ2Xt7OKLcOw3Jhb-yu5dp4R3qUzzv9LoB5zYDx86cE0mqScUij-SED0pVCG/s320/roberts6.png" width="216" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">“Scissors is the nicest boy in English fiction,” wrote Israel
Zangwill.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9n9MSn6TdJWdv4oUOP-5EJsZdY448bp8rkHcfUxQBhtOa3RPqzea60_g_kBWW_sRMJJ4PoqvMnfcXp3gAH6tqY70uk3ubQDnJl3absQ_dXlFmHHU7ZLP_7I9LBEHJVLpA6cpH3bGOjcv52hNrD_FboswnB4amcGJme130FjJB_-cSODE95m7elrM/s1591/roberts11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1066" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9n9MSn6TdJWdv4oUOP-5EJsZdY448bp8rkHcfUxQBhtOa3RPqzea60_g_kBWW_sRMJJ4PoqvMnfcXp3gAH6tqY70uk3ubQDnJl3absQ_dXlFmHHU7ZLP_7I9LBEHJVLpA6cpH3bGOjcv52hNrD_FboswnB4amcGJme130FjJB_-cSODE95m7elrM/s320/roberts11.png" width="214" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> Spears Against Us</i> (1932), the story of the downfall of an
old Austrian family, is one of his most famous novels.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0m1XhIBa1QVVCH2L3CvriTkHpO-x1c2rz6UjXHpgOzh-UkyaNt-cZkXBLXTj3PmiZO4Q7PBPlC0vzgawT_sQVVb5u-SSikKH-ttpDXmntC880ysR6vjNLbdzEcRzMcileZ_siDspVXlb8kNF0ke3ZAtoZ_qYhWTLgJfHuyoKKMhyxlX4wMqzWCGA/s1497/roberts4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0m1XhIBa1QVVCH2L3CvriTkHpO-x1c2rz6UjXHpgOzh-UkyaNt-cZkXBLXTj3PmiZO4Q7PBPlC0vzgawT_sQVVb5u-SSikKH-ttpDXmntC880ysR6vjNLbdzEcRzMcileZ_siDspVXlb8kNF0ke3ZAtoZ_qYhWTLgJfHuyoKKMhyxlX4wMqzWCGA/s320/roberts4.png" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The other huge seller being <i>Victoria Four-Thirty</i> (1937)
about a world-famous composer, a honeymooning couple, a novelist in search of a
plot, a German film star and a young crown prince, who are among the disparate
group of travellers on a journey to Europe.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />John Betjeman wrote: “Many a more pretentious author could
take a lesson from Mr Cecil Roberts. He writes with a trained journalist’s gift
of readability…he can tell a story.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb9OfPERqrdQaOQiXoCeZx9G-Mbl7QLsOazrUXK5QbcxWOCmJRRZgS0JRq1ElZlhnI_1dUows0wKYW7FRzh83vaMTI6APrj_K99DVDpAWJgdmfRK4Q4HNtmb1jBgCFoz5keHnJQaEUjs5YPdwmJ3z79RSmI3JaJZPSMJKhME21y7MVV7clL9RuVV7/s1518/roberts1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1026" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb9OfPERqrdQaOQiXoCeZx9G-Mbl7QLsOazrUXK5QbcxWOCmJRRZgS0JRq1ElZlhnI_1dUows0wKYW7FRzh83vaMTI6APrj_K99DVDpAWJgdmfRK4Q4HNtmb1jBgCFoz5keHnJQaEUjs5YPdwmJ3z79RSmI3JaJZPSMJKhME21y7MVV7clL9RuVV7/s320/roberts1.png" width="216" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't be put off by the cover, this is a Nottingham novel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A Terrace in the Sun</i> (1951) is about a small boy, a miner’s
son, who became a famous artist. The book was a success but Roberts regretted
not calling it <i>A Nottingham Lad</i> as there was so much of his early life in its
pages. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4GdtvLsUBlhQrjKy_46zyEgQN0ETEmRJ6IVgctPOOO_qrwGiC0AXc5D8SjZTp4V3LO0OWmJ3XSis2YeAMHTgxd3GNTwTLlKrbWFf6YcDIQsrSthU6EyqlryMfbz6XVhBkbTKeO2VY1n-28ITlKbqJmrUYuhHXmDUk7Hm1mZbzIWRekS52TKsFMQQ/s1364/roberts9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="856" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4GdtvLsUBlhQrjKy_46zyEgQN0ETEmRJ6IVgctPOOO_qrwGiC0AXc5D8SjZTp4V3LO0OWmJ3XSis2YeAMHTgxd3GNTwTLlKrbWFf6YcDIQsrSthU6EyqlryMfbz6XVhBkbTKeO2VY1n-28ITlKbqJmrUYuhHXmDUk7Hm1mZbzIWRekS52TKsFMQQ/s320/roberts9.png" width="201" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>He always referred to the book as his 'Nottingham novel' despite the book’s
opening and narrator being on the once swanky Mediterranean coast. If you’re interested in
Nottingham (of course you are) then this is well worth a read.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J5ru6QESzIpInEXAKMOKB5iF_o0Dg8hG1Ao4gOgSYMO83fDfMTB9cO3F5KrgO-THApF7eXzYbqq_92dOfbj2-Y77AkDXLf8MYjYBfBbgglwGx0wqn98QwcHdk9rl_RLW4ZpNJmlYHskayXU4iOE9_EYTFUqSIJ2xczHyw-B-neEPHEAPr_xVHu7V/s1423/roberts%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="894" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1J5ru6QESzIpInEXAKMOKB5iF_o0Dg8hG1Ao4gOgSYMO83fDfMTB9cO3F5KrgO-THApF7eXzYbqq_92dOfbj2-Y77AkDXLf8MYjYBfBbgglwGx0wqn98QwcHdk9rl_RLW4ZpNJmlYHskayXU4iOE9_EYTFUqSIJ2xczHyw-B-neEPHEAPr_xVHu7V/s320/roberts%203.png" width="201" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>David and Diana </i>(1929) also features Nottingham and Goose
Fair (the book's US title).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCuPcpKdL6GPEtSyFwDCgRW1VTjqDu_2IbLLl8B6CB1nSYwDZVJCxyF31NU7QkMCVga0CSqnd0yP8xub_DdpTS8l7ROE-_F_W8_kiiZPuW3J6p3RwYT3f4OEyBNW2LyOPlbhLPlP5S5sRb-fXZYZ0aNsKJN-e2x6zpoqO_NfaOb6Zy1LhrcPZ6YRu/s1533/roberts7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="1066" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCuPcpKdL6GPEtSyFwDCgRW1VTjqDu_2IbLLl8B6CB1nSYwDZVJCxyF31NU7QkMCVga0CSqnd0yP8xub_DdpTS8l7ROE-_F_W8_kiiZPuW3J6p3RwYT3f4OEyBNW2LyOPlbhLPlP5S5sRb-fXZYZ0aNsKJN-e2x6zpoqO_NfaOb6Zy1LhrcPZ6YRu/s320/roberts7.png" width="223" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>His three “Rustic” nonfiction books, an odyssey of the
countryside, include </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Gone Rustic</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (1935) about Roberts beloved Pilgrim Cottage,
</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Gone Rambling</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, and</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Gone Afield</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, which tells of the common events and local
legends and history around the Cottage. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabP19-yHZw_8Lp8AmL3FPXZvl_bMoGQXefdKV4Z9CrFOa-5MUS626K-wIZH6OucZUQiNLu2sHBd9mgzFYohc77zo3RSsqhkBSqlCQa-m78XgRaEOjiKh8390GYVu_HKdYwM0vRoj01zudymN1tUmXz3cJi3VJElsnBKPiJefAMfcLqI0O2U4WG_AK/s1655/roberts8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="1088" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabP19-yHZw_8Lp8AmL3FPXZvl_bMoGQXefdKV4Z9CrFOa-5MUS626K-wIZH6OucZUQiNLu2sHBd9mgzFYohc77zo3RSsqhkBSqlCQa-m78XgRaEOjiKh8390GYVu_HKdYwM0vRoj01zudymN1tUmXz3cJi3VJElsnBKPiJefAMfcLqI0O2U4WG_AK/s320/roberts8.png" width="210" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxe9dFRCz90Cs2wPD11H13gcgyL8f2d7O8XLKlumWU9JgHY0DqK2UxusqmmOwdo8vB4yBz-2pR3T_ewggvgwnvjBbZBb5IYwc1O8OzspTayy-_yMXMQ-tgeDoPaokVbRcx5ZkNXWzGjQ4sVUC-kW9wzb_GcBVdxdMpkzMfmzOLU_CNPZwRBTrAPCA0/s1600/roberts12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1114" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxe9dFRCz90Cs2wPD11H13gcgyL8f2d7O8XLKlumWU9JgHY0DqK2UxusqmmOwdo8vB4yBz-2pR3T_ewggvgwnvjBbZBb5IYwc1O8OzspTayy-_yMXMQ-tgeDoPaokVbRcx5ZkNXWzGjQ4sVUC-kW9wzb_GcBVdxdMpkzMfmzOLU_CNPZwRBTrAPCA0/s320/roberts12.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Other non-fiction books are</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> And So to
Bath</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (1940) and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">And So to Rome</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (1950), they city he made his home.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVW01uQiWRYnQyPLC6wOylPGYZ6fgMzF7FaMCfOP4VAA7GT1Nn4c8cAnobA0Ni-uDsiVhHOmuV_9KNjzLzuDyFt8N9SsVTbjGKC9RxE2Gvi-Ag-Fu7Y-83sTWE5TN-tfizNxWKDk-rtFoxR1a1yO2jFvXmaI76oZ9In6aIj_F2tUTTwmfo4MndCvo/s1494/roberts2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="991" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVW01uQiWRYnQyPLC6wOylPGYZ6fgMzF7FaMCfOP4VAA7GT1Nn4c8cAnobA0Ni-uDsiVhHOmuV_9KNjzLzuDyFt8N9SsVTbjGKC9RxE2Gvi-Ag-Fu7Y-83sTWE5TN-tfizNxWKDk-rtFoxR1a1yO2jFvXmaI76oZ9In6aIj_F2tUTTwmfo4MndCvo/s320/roberts2.png" width="212" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>There are three “Pilgrim Cottage” novels too:</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Pilgrim
Cottage </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(1933), </span><i style="font-family: arial;">The Guests Arrive</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (1934) and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Volcano</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (1935).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i> Pilgrim Cottage</i> presents a picture of Russia in the first
enthusiasm of the revolution, contrasted with traditional England.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> Cecil Roberts was a snob and a proper name-dropper, but it’s
for good reason that he had a room named after him at Angel Row’s Central
Library and he was the first Nottingham novelist to become a Freeman of the City. His
novels often skillfully blend history, information and romance. If we ever enter another lockdown, try his five volume autobiography, too, when Roberts' incredible memory comes into its own.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-64324952435418538122022-04-13T06:38:00.003-07:002022-08-16T07:40:12.919-07:00J C Snaith #NottsWriters<p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">To celebrate the launch of Follow the Moon and Stars </span><span style="font-family: arial;">here's a new series on #NottsWriters: </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqAXB_F1n3t5I-1Svq6hjTZ2YNKtP6eyZo9-nMKMJevWxdbz64BlT3Kk-rWPPEd8ihpTHY4LEhfH_asZAvTE1FahqMTHCZ2DfVqq065CVVX1u1k5iduw_Cy_7-bXq7yeHJ3EGoLDVT7BlIv7M5NP5ugekZa8hWjtLMdAwrG2Mzpi9SGBZG_mph8AE/s1087/snaith%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1087" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqAXB_F1n3t5I-1Svq6hjTZ2YNKtP6eyZo9-nMKMJevWxdbz64BlT3Kk-rWPPEd8ihpTHY4LEhfH_asZAvTE1FahqMTHCZ2DfVqq065CVVX1u1k5iduw_Cy_7-bXq7yeHJ3EGoLDVT7BlIv7M5NP5ugekZa8hWjtLMdAwrG2Mzpi9SGBZG_mph8AE/s320/snaith%2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">J C Snaith </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">(1876–1936)</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Collis Snaith grew up in West Bridgford
where he’d been born. He was educated at High Pavement School and University
College, and played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Snaith wrote over forty books including works of historical
romance, fantasy, sci-fi, whimsical comedy, crime thrillers, poignant satire,
psychological and visionary works. His varied output made him impossible for readers or critics to label.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1bEymtIj1hGmNax0w4ZyRfLXuqnw8Kg7qEtVxkY-6ZlDIt8Tz58lEKoPBRpMOu67CDse39KVU4PY6LyVphhE4djTcsQs2slNVV0wm1uvsu-1mI7CUmO3L5ltVihyJWeKZBjsgNptx0xp_Qox9bizSadK5Evv-GMwJPVP4U8_rG0N3cY7pbewfREC/s499/snaith%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1bEymtIj1hGmNax0w4ZyRfLXuqnw8Kg7qEtVxkY-6ZlDIt8Tz58lEKoPBRpMOu67CDse39KVU4PY6LyVphhE4djTcsQs2slNVV0wm1uvsu-1mI7CUmO3L5ltVihyJWeKZBjsgNptx0xp_Qox9bizSadK5Evv-GMwJPVP4U8_rG0N3cY7pbewfREC/s320/snaith%208.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">Snaith wrote <i>Willow the King: The Story of a Cricket Match</i>
(1899), described as ‘the best cricket story ever written.’ This humorous
novel, with a romance at its heart, is about the annual two-day cricket match
between Little Clumpton and Hickory. Snaith dedicated the book to his
colleagues back at the Nottingham Forest Cricket Club who played on The Forest.</p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK1xB0Gw_wkzAXSNDgG_NOKGCh4BB2DIVuQLdpWdA_j_Ugst4_XHTz9_UT4458paxxA1IARD2nye6CoRDDmVZlQHkUlzJh8D3qKonqzvkMOD1_B5nHt_j9-K2IhJhfPQ5OWeo1XgdX9dJZf2sHZ2k19QMX7iupT3Lr7a8mZZTFYV4xURb4PqwRFww/s1113/snaith55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="728" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK1xB0Gw_wkzAXSNDgG_NOKGCh4BB2DIVuQLdpWdA_j_Ugst4_XHTz9_UT4458paxxA1IARD2nye6CoRDDmVZlQHkUlzJh8D3qKonqzvkMOD1_B5nHt_j9-K2IhJhfPQ5OWeo1XgdX9dJZf2sHZ2k19QMX7iupT3Lr7a8mZZTFYV4xURb4PqwRFww/s320/snaith55.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Patricia at the Inn</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">(1901)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">'For a time the landlord and the
mariner sat watching one another. On one side was a contemptuous carelessness;
on the other a measure of suspicion amounting to hatred.'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKqFNZPDD6sTfGy0F3D5Lxxdo3R_VI_lLgnQGskcrZFTpTeukDMrNtzqDxQLT9YuvjtIup6t6781D8c39P5R8jdIdpXueqcjlSlBWWMx_xt2rNWPusjW3MdO3X_nu9j83iA5J7wAZmzFX7pyn-ywDQLKMiJO7TryibgwQNjzAZng9j2HDW4ep3wQc/s558/snaith7.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKqFNZPDD6sTfGy0F3D5Lxxdo3R_VI_lLgnQGskcrZFTpTeukDMrNtzqDxQLT9YuvjtIup6t6781D8c39P5R8jdIdpXueqcjlSlBWWMx_xt2rNWPusjW3MdO3X_nu9j83iA5J7wAZmzFX7pyn-ywDQLKMiJO7TryibgwQNjzAZng9j2HDW4ep3wQc/s320/snaith7.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We encounter an unusual father and son in his novel <i>William
Jordan, Junior</i> (1907). The peculiar story follows the father, a scholar and
bookseller, and son, a highly-strung poet and dreamer, as they struggle to
negotiate contemporary life. Both characters are visionaries and neither is
equipped for the real world. AE Russell was ‘moved’ by the novel, and The <i>New
York Times </i>quoted its ‘peculiar charm and rare quality’ and ‘psychological
loveliness, half mystic, half human.’</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG10WmaPwP7FYdyMLR4c6mXad2CAjxQ7IT97PLvDO_ch1WvSaw6-7I-8NmHmYgxa8Wk97dh708SMYyo3pD31Uk3ZVC_p-OoTc9klJoLV7MeZ2Xft7zbRJ9yD29oG-651C9B5mhwsVi_0CklWinxVicwBIfy_W94USKaezAYgsgSr0Ps-0mJa1C3QLa/s1540/snaith2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1540" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG10WmaPwP7FYdyMLR4c6mXad2CAjxQ7IT97PLvDO_ch1WvSaw6-7I-8NmHmYgxa8Wk97dh708SMYyo3pD31Uk3ZVC_p-OoTc9klJoLV7MeZ2Xft7zbRJ9yD29oG-651C9B5mhwsVi_0CklWinxVicwBIfy_W94USKaezAYgsgSr0Ps-0mJa1C3QLa/s320/snaith2.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Fortune </i>(1910):</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTcF2wzzfWabo2Z5WwUS8daOAbBRd2dzmds15R5ZGfi68vjYU3eKzUAMsq2nzgXPHVQn9BuCZaPON-81Vy0Vtsg2dzgIeicwfVMlhcrEtChKz3NYtTIl6NDKrgtXLKsmRMQ82f1KlirhesnDV-pD7_qdXafjjpWxnan9H9LBz9O2mkqbe-fq6r_iY/s729/snaithfort.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="705" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTcF2wzzfWabo2Z5WwUS8daOAbBRd2dzmds15R5ZGfi68vjYU3eKzUAMsq2nzgXPHVQn9BuCZaPON-81Vy0Vtsg2dzgIeicwfVMlhcrEtChKz3NYtTIl6NDKrgtXLKsmRMQ82f1KlirhesnDV-pD7_qdXafjjpWxnan9H9LBz9O2mkqbe-fq6r_iY/w386-h400/snaithfort.png" width="386" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">from<i> Fortune</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Lady Barbarity </i>(1912), a romantic
comedy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>To deny that I am an absurdly
handsome being would be an affectation. Besides, if I did deny it, my face and
shape are always present to reprove me.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Snaith’s sci-fi novel, </span><i>An Affair of State</i><span> (1913) was set in
a near-future England under a cloud of social unrest.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKmgOHerFvJX9nFPLMRb0aA9kY_iw_-l1EO6RM1nPQ6Nnw7UyLccQZy_dZrVQtcH_xE4G3mGu6bcIpUIS64DtzTEXgeOAWTCoU9typW0nCNwsS7_H6hJIyIqdPYBBQE_x9TQCvnQjiJ97STTcfIjgEtVsC13OXnV2HKhq2kt5hTmSo3Mvd0pKA3Zs/s1161/snaith4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="741" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKmgOHerFvJX9nFPLMRb0aA9kY_iw_-l1EO6RM1nPQ6Nnw7UyLccQZy_dZrVQtcH_xE4G3mGu6bcIpUIS64DtzTEXgeOAWTCoU9typW0nCNwsS7_H6hJIyIqdPYBBQE_x9TQCvnQjiJ97STTcfIjgEtVsC13OXnV2HKhq2kt5hTmSo3Mvd0pKA3Zs/s320/snaith4.png" width="204" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Broke of Covenden</i> (1923)</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">An odd little man waddled in. his legs were so crooked with
addiction to the saddle that he looked as painfully out of his element in a
pedestrian mode as a mariner on dry land. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X8N0Nhb7unfmJkJBZpBtgHRga89AAoLoefRBCiR-dnjkQIO0gsatwpWCeyAaY_l6dDdBDmLkdyhn3I8nNH8Mu9R4vjZWuQSMYPlAWBQ-1qBR6to40IY2hn-hBiFW-9FFRIjGUUTidWaOJJDzKz93NzV_gd84lcjiESTKdxlbu92IxSNLKOpbxyaM/s1694/snaith6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1694" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4X8N0Nhb7unfmJkJBZpBtgHRga89AAoLoefRBCiR-dnjkQIO0gsatwpWCeyAaY_l6dDdBDmLkdyhn3I8nNH8Mu9R4vjZWuQSMYPlAWBQ-1qBR6to40IY2hn-hBiFW-9FFRIjGUUTidWaOJJDzKz93NzV_gd84lcjiESTKdxlbu92IxSNLKOpbxyaM/s320/snaith6.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-style: italic;">Mistress Dorothy Marvin </i>(1896). <span style="font-style: italic;">Being Excerpta From the
Memoirs of Sir Edward Armstrong, Baronet, Of Copeland Hall, In the County of
Somerset.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EZ9NBrtccn_SA-tzUPg3Ydkbg-eJj1mzb-xiXIRyMuySE_b6j2ksLP_hJ1r6u-enC3MDwi8qZ7EZkw-1mkQV5dTUPBpHxSVUYL3fpl-E6fzTHbyZvzjWSwxNz1v4KwZ64rj5eIvWihPZubj1a7BNl49-DNCzTrLSIL621FJ329PUJUloS-e4CyrT/s1146/snaith%20mistd.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="714" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EZ9NBrtccn_SA-tzUPg3Ydkbg-eJj1mzb-xiXIRyMuySE_b6j2ksLP_hJ1r6u-enC3MDwi8qZ7EZkw-1mkQV5dTUPBpHxSVUYL3fpl-E6fzTHbyZvzjWSwxNz1v4KwZ64rj5eIvWihPZubj1a7BNl49-DNCzTrLSIL621FJ329PUJUloS-e4CyrT/s320/snaith%20mistd.png" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFcakzK42Rjza0g4Acci49hQfh8lNDI_9RN1KU2yPCZSlcZsk5sn035pQTCrKzG5PAWyzmwwH9RZFzMLpwkL9dW2fux0ZT_eVp2EYOKeqTUWC0wEkxWEEuLs2HFn6CI4I4wcKGUySgCssaKGWhC-puF2m0Ej-jMxyDdqFTcyo2KRFLiYvS25Rpo2_/s1257/snaith5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFcakzK42Rjza0g4Acci49hQfh8lNDI_9RN1KU2yPCZSlcZsk5sn035pQTCrKzG5PAWyzmwwH9RZFzMLpwkL9dW2fux0ZT_eVp2EYOKeqTUWC0wEkxWEEuLs2HFn6CI4I4wcKGUySgCssaKGWhC-puF2m0Ej-jMxyDdqFTcyo2KRFLiYvS25Rpo2_/s320/snaith5.png" width="197" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">There’s local interest in his acclaimed <i style="font-style: italic;">The Sailor </i>(1916)</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>'A large woman in a torn dress stood at the gate of a rag and
bone dealer’s yard. The season was November, the hour midnight, the place a
slum in a Midland textile town.'</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbbpogUOTUYo_FH818wAl8malFsMCCvB-BlgkxdzZrNGMd4o12ytY1NxL-MX0w3aPwkwaq7ziKFWEybpKnTjWKDEbBbwxLtNK2PMHoCgLiYo8eKcOrKihQiakRDZ6Tk_Fnt9h0S7qKIqu0hstpiTV0teJodXb3oyFFCEfZ1-zZLt2G3gZ-usAgRAy/s248/snaith8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="182" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbbpogUOTUYo_FH818wAl8malFsMCCvB-BlgkxdzZrNGMd4o12ytY1NxL-MX0w3aPwkwaq7ziKFWEybpKnTjWKDEbBbwxLtNK2PMHoCgLiYo8eKcOrKihQiakRDZ6Tk_Fnt9h0S7qKIqu0hstpiTV0teJodXb3oyFFCEfZ1-zZLt2G3gZ-usAgRAy/s1600/snaith8.jpg" width="182" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">In <i>Thus Far</i> (1925), Snaith questions whether science has
gone too far, in a story that features a powerful, amoral, telepathic superman,
created with rays, chemicals and elements from the “missing link” in our
evolution.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2TouR_JSgRHapKVFGMDmIZAzrLQoIDIN8QcsWIm8rSRv2rAq07xleUOhK2AZADGLRjo191UbERqj5Z1em2HtDpuLFBpfOJwf4CdCvIfZSzKtpMWKtUt08iM9fn24BmchaArWcCLyUungbFRnt8iFswWZ5b0fNfCY-G_G27vF2sJPFqmef1KJ7QXy/s300/snaith9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="208" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2TouR_JSgRHapKVFGMDmIZAzrLQoIDIN8QcsWIm8rSRv2rAq07xleUOhK2AZADGLRjo191UbERqj5Z1em2HtDpuLFBpfOJwf4CdCvIfZSzKtpMWKtUt08iM9fn24BmchaArWcCLyUungbFRnt8iFswWZ5b0fNfCY-G_G27vF2sJPFqmef1KJ7QXy/s1600/snaith9.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Snaith turned to fantasy in 1917, writing <i>The Coming</i>, about
the second coming of Christ, and, in 1921, came his dystopian <i>The Council of
Seven</i>, a novel about a totalitarian system of government that imposes a strict
regime on anyone who challenges its vision for world peace.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tYisEValeuTEPnyMgPpK5WlQt9nEClpXsD6MxtZ04bXi8DrFqXP9qo2Nnb9AqbMZJ_Q8n52mcR78DVe3QJOF-S9qlPVJvr2uuAxnGxtFSvPUQlPJrZ0auzGxH8SjEHt1Fu3AT7CKUOnF0tCJHVY2d-WTHqIQNm49aLUYSarz1aMDf54MkZtUEh3t/s480/snaith%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0tYisEValeuTEPnyMgPpK5WlQt9nEClpXsD6MxtZ04bXi8DrFqXP9qo2Nnb9AqbMZJ_Q8n52mcR78DVe3QJOF-S9qlPVJvr2uuAxnGxtFSvPUQlPJrZ0auzGxH8SjEHt1Fu3AT7CKUOnF0tCJHVY2d-WTHqIQNm49aLUYSarz1aMDf54MkZtUEh3t/s320/snaith%2011.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Snaith's other books include books as diverse as <i>Surrender </i>and<i> Love Lane.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyCFQFZKiyfxBNvMDG5f-wVrwVFfnE1NPG-kN8bCDj6ub6fVwEJIFoA1nZt63jveJAmB7B4lKshAZq0WUBY0i4BXey21kgKoNWemlOT3I3RMGcvfvCkoBh66zrx0LdliOAmuqWNJXfBpz_foswa8Vly21VsixJZPnIDt-bDOvmi9-O9-gXjXE5Jq9/s474/snaith%2066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="246" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyCFQFZKiyfxBNvMDG5f-wVrwVFfnE1NPG-kN8bCDj6ub6fVwEJIFoA1nZt63jveJAmB7B4lKshAZq0WUBY0i4BXey21kgKoNWemlOT3I3RMGcvfvCkoBh66zrx0LdliOAmuqWNJXfBpz_foswa8Vly21VsixJZPnIDt-bDOvmi9-O9-gXjXE5Jq9/s320/snaith%2066.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">From sentimental romance to satire and works of great
imagination, Snaith was a true all-rounder.</p><p></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-48370306632692338052022-04-13T06:36:00.003-07:002022-08-16T07:40:33.675-07:00Muriel Hine #NottsWriters<span style="font-family: arial;">To celebrate the launch of Follow the Moon and Stars </span><span style="font-family: arial;">here's a new series on #NottsWriters: </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnsAhZSYoPr6BVY_yg2Y14lEL3gXzN8h0SRlYHB_e2FbEvb0lVpN3CENNZ23tMOVfTLTwhnGW5ibWwBLVa_eiVcRdfHgfmQhYjijtN383zwarfJ30rYe5Vc9BarfhvrMHZ2Vp_4gJI1pvj97YMifnPsTRex-J2EWDP3TJyNwn-Wm2sPbprNniKuRZ/s627/hine%206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnsAhZSYoPr6BVY_yg2Y14lEL3gXzN8h0SRlYHB_e2FbEvb0lVpN3CENNZ23tMOVfTLTwhnGW5ibWwBLVa_eiVcRdfHgfmQhYjijtN383zwarfJ30rYe5Vc9BarfhvrMHZ2Vp_4gJI1pvj97YMifnPsTRex-J2EWDP3TJyNwn-Wm2sPbprNniKuRZ/s320/hine%206.jpg" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Muriel Hine (1874-1949)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>"[Muriel] Hine has won fame and made friends wherever the
English language is spoken, through the truth of her characterisations, her
ability to see the comedy of life – as well as its tragedy – and her genuine
humanity.”</i>
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Want an example this ‘comedy of life’? How about this, from <i>A
Different Woman </i>(1936):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mrs Jeremy Waldo had been told that after the operation she
would be a “different woman,” but this morning the surgeon had said kindly: “You
will soon be feeling yourself.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After Muriel’s grandfather - the great Nottingham architect TC
Hine - retired in 1890, her father George started his own practice in
Westminster moving the family to London. But Muriel’s time in Nottingham, where
she was born and raised, shaped much of her writing. Several of her novels are
set in 1880s Nottingham – or, as she calls it, Lacingham – and they provide
insight into life here at that time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUxPE-meueacBXMcBGEifH1RbYjPseWS4lm4UC7DsnGM_vzXuP7Mrgj5yTNVbkvZauvARGut3XHzZMcAfiaDXczwv3CAphDtuJRRgzakN2Jk65iJwBn32RHPTzRonSx4SiV4l5e9ACoD5MgDHFb6zsTyjqjiAuy155KKWdvINlCDVIaK5zUPSkrdJ/s1517/hine6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1002" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUxPE-meueacBXMcBGEifH1RbYjPseWS4lm4UC7DsnGM_vzXuP7Mrgj5yTNVbkvZauvARGut3XHzZMcAfiaDXczwv3CAphDtuJRRgzakN2Jk65iJwBn32RHPTzRonSx4SiV4l5e9ACoD5MgDHFb6zsTyjqjiAuy155KKWdvINlCDVIaK5zUPSkrdJ/s320/hine6.png" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">Hine’s semi-autobiographical <i>A Great Adventure </i>(1939) covers
the period up to her family’s move to the capital. In the author’s Nottingham,
The Park is named The Chase. On The Park/Chase she writes:</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>All the roads and circles were lined with trees, and the
houses backed by irregular gardens that gave the illusion of the country, the
result so different from the normal dull rows of the period that Lacingham had
cause to be proud of “The Chase”. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSuwcuNe86OQi0dYNpTVNg-K1NznpcCbdVuDm9fG_W10VQH0WqlcKyprYXScLOnehXQL_IeBKq8g3joqEuOQa2gZ7NPRwW8_QXsW8aT901nwkgvCHgUi2W9ab6Q69_Wo9Pcc77OIBELSfoWIr8x94En1sBlsyUGCt6A_ybzJebE7cbJvHFOliBkjd/s400/HHouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="356" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSuwcuNe86OQi0dYNpTVNg-K1NznpcCbdVuDm9fG_W10VQH0WqlcKyprYXScLOnehXQL_IeBKq8g3joqEuOQa2gZ7NPRwW8_QXsW8aT901nwkgvCHgUi2W9ab6Q69_Wo9Pcc77OIBELSfoWIr8x94En1sBlsyUGCt6A_ybzJebE7cbJvHFOliBkjd/w178-h200/HHouse.jpg" width="178" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">The Hine’s Regent Street house, on the corner of Oxford
Street near the Playhouse, is also described accurately in the book.</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the novel, Frances is the ruling passion of George Henty’s
life, and for her sake he embarks on a get rich scheme. How can a man,
handicapped as a junior partner in his grudging old father’s firm and forbidden
any initiative, satisfy his wife’s ambition? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVeP9WyEpyaswUFjBalS_01YqZ5Y0LKCWdkeZ3wafSWhnD4D_iMoeTshcggK8jYpb7VjU6fyKRpRrVVPTswS71BJwxJiadsdVCghlqwe_20t-6KyGlAdBu_6idS9g1Keylms1T2qzESqhw3_LgPn2CZ-7JSK8LVuZf3uixHsmCWgWSdX84HT7E6Tp/s604/hine8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVeP9WyEpyaswUFjBalS_01YqZ5Y0LKCWdkeZ3wafSWhnD4D_iMoeTshcggK8jYpb7VjU6fyKRpRrVVPTswS71BJwxJiadsdVCghlqwe_20t-6KyGlAdBu_6idS9g1Keylms1T2qzESqhw3_LgPn2CZ-7JSK8LVuZf3uixHsmCWgWSdX84HT7E6Tp/s320/hine8.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">Their fine home also features in Hine’s <i>Wild Rye</i> (1931), in
which a young woman breaks with expectations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUUD8h9irwEvoAdDprKYZTJndKa_cP0laSgj1w-s43HdL4JpHOMJjE1UGHAKW80k-CRi0zT7f3ZnB20lduqIxJ914xDO0boy7ImS2y-H5yLLlz7FnLS77WTX_dlldgsfq2XySYyJyME1Nq-77eLJQWrvdxf9cV3ibMaL8grxFGYuXXUfPlu7NwCaH/s568/hine1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="381" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUUD8h9irwEvoAdDprKYZTJndKa_cP0laSgj1w-s43HdL4JpHOMJjE1UGHAKW80k-CRi0zT7f3ZnB20lduqIxJ914xDO0boy7ImS2y-H5yLLlz7FnLS77WTX_dlldgsfq2XySYyJyME1Nq-77eLJQWrvdxf9cV3ibMaL8grxFGYuXXUfPlu7NwCaH/s320/hine1.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">And in its sequel <i>Jenny Rorke</i> (1932).</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hine had a “gift of infusing life into the characters and an
equally striking gift for description.” <i>The Times</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlJJIvaXKx6XMC9xqmKWxjl5dHJBawSNhvzCZy5m3HDWF5nYgMcAMEc609qb18K3lK5esDqhbiB7p978KKtL9qjeQKR-awZdmV1n4Kgsw1a2HKJ3ouYrBep0eiyyezWqASVVI41ttLnz98qRO-3IzQdd54-4wm70m_yzrFQygxPz69ONAAmHaHF5O/s354/hine%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlJJIvaXKx6XMC9xqmKWxjl5dHJBawSNhvzCZy5m3HDWF5nYgMcAMEc609qb18K3lK5esDqhbiB7p978KKtL9qjeQKR-awZdmV1n4Kgsw1a2HKJ3ouYrBep0eiyyezWqASVVI41ttLnz98qRO-3IzQdd54-4wm70m_yzrFQygxPz69ONAAmHaHF5O/s320/hine%203.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">In <i>A Man’s Way</i> (1933) Hine has an author and his unsuitable
wife spend most of the year, over which the book’s drama takes place, in Lincolnshire,
giving the writer the chance to take us on journeys to Lincoln Cathedral,
Tattershall Castle and various other places.</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In many of her thirty-five novels, Muriel Hine explored the challenges
faced by women, including the fight for the vote. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNxo_mFaxl651tvyfdbNZd0GF_1df9ggCWDqbfLhEIGCdOBTyMZqqQjRh9qVvQsVYklgGZTbopg4ByuH0sgX4-q4so07xHee_zzGRdLrEIx75M3I3m9IP7z2x8P5hmYhhJnOQbaaasBu_rHscAp4FzbHYJ8dxR3XmLw7bXVVntVAh5T5PmoBzdjzg/s660/hine%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNxo_mFaxl651tvyfdbNZd0GF_1df9ggCWDqbfLhEIGCdOBTyMZqqQjRh9qVvQsVYklgGZTbopg4ByuH0sgX4-q4so07xHee_zzGRdLrEIx75M3I3m9IP7z2x8P5hmYhhJnOQbaaasBu_rHscAp4FzbHYJ8dxR3XmLw7bXVVntVAh5T5PmoBzdjzg/s320/hine%207.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">One of her books,<i> The Best in Life</i> (1918), was made into the
silent film <i>Fifth Avenue Models</i>, produced by Universal Pictures in 1924. She
also wrote plays and song lyrics.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IWZIiIfHCfmIguLcCKAifo-pVk3_qp5W6Kgg2T9q2FvyUsIg9SJ-PvmKk6wB6CQidFcB1E8fbXP_47bzwH38B3cSlzgEHB9In1qXn21z0aP6mQDByb4xSY5M3biyTsYF-1-3BDjs9U6RrWYMgMz3EppRWBzBrG_GTdRfOWKcPC61-UfFGvVSuSN6/s294/hine%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="213" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IWZIiIfHCfmIguLcCKAifo-pVk3_qp5W6Kgg2T9q2FvyUsIg9SJ-PvmKk6wB6CQidFcB1E8fbXP_47bzwH38B3cSlzgEHB9In1qXn21z0aP6mQDByb4xSY5M3biyTsYF-1-3BDjs9U6RrWYMgMz3EppRWBzBrG_GTdRfOWKcPC61-UfFGvVSuSN6/s1600/hine%204.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A Different Woman</i> (1936) is a romance novel about a woman
married to an older ma</span>n ("a rounder and extremely selfish"), who finds
herself falling in love with a scientist.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vOF_BAiOWuvyCryxPIzCJRtGBmiSlKOmYqRfZue2Oh-k3CTcxxx1Qt_CKVaOJdc2z9eXAqjKo9n99A-3o7V3QSuzuWxV412GazmmSgfcqPp-4od7r6zGYbheCE9tRX8bdQj6eXZYl959y61L6BtXT2y2FwP6OfVUTiYIS6gUz2AvV-xI3LxksgpN/s611/hine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vOF_BAiOWuvyCryxPIzCJRtGBmiSlKOmYqRfZue2Oh-k3CTcxxx1Qt_CKVaOJdc2z9eXAqjKo9n99A-3o7V3QSuzuWxV412GazmmSgfcqPp-4od7r6zGYbheCE9tRX8bdQj6eXZYl959y61L6BtXT2y2FwP6OfVUTiYIS6gUz2AvV-xI3LxksgpN/s320/hine.jpg" width="226" /></a></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Muriel Hine’s architect father and grandfather worked
together on many projects in Nottingham, such as the renovations of the
burnt-out Nottingham Castle, which they turned into the first municipal museum
of art outside of London. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-83617865387639670952022-04-13T06:32:00.003-07:002022-04-13T06:49:44.820-07:00James Prior #NottsWriters<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">To celebrate the May 5th </span><a href="https://nottslit.blogspot.com/2022/04/book-launch-follow-moon-and-stars.html" style="font-family: arial;">launch of Follow the Moon and Stars </a><span style="font-family: arial;">here's a new series on #NottsWriters: </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyiofZU1Ue6rCHo5t62NaUqLTGjtJhCMy5x8VAnrH6J_wjNSfhxlA9riT3VtN9Tmm7WFvR_Zi9-2XU1aTr1DJ7plLYKPF7tn5BcSvStJQCawseIYwftVW_1OvwLTGGpgWAQYiErq1c-VeghQO962ZL5-vQtyPYFiWjDFvbBhH0jeKvm_1BaGJXXcd/s712/prior7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyiofZU1Ue6rCHo5t62NaUqLTGjtJhCMy5x8VAnrH6J_wjNSfhxlA9riT3VtN9Tmm7WFvR_Zi9-2XU1aTr1DJ7plLYKPF7tn5BcSvStJQCawseIYwftVW_1OvwLTGGpgWAQYiErq1c-VeghQO962ZL5-vQtyPYFiWjDFvbBhH0jeKvm_1BaGJXXcd/s320/prior7.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">James Prior (1851–1922)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was on Mapperley Road near the centre of Nottingham that
Prior was born. By the age of twenty-seven he had little to show for his
literary efforts so he took a teaching position at a boarding school. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After his father died, he became involved with his uncle in
a farming business but the money dried up. As it turned out, this would not be
a wasted five years, as the experience would inform Prior’s novel <i>Forest Folk
</i>(1901). By this time Prior was fifty years old.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uameV3j0F-lh4yEF2ZbanKv-KIH3Qfr3Dg0DHRHaBkeOpZNs0ILT4bmSP6ksBwd2HaeY7w5f5yG72BjP1HXGNW4XJIzH_rRHQggBi7YLt6xcttR3i8E71Xr-397ZjMGmeDY6L_VEn3rRWaZwM0LfOp9Eg1taRncSmVenE6EmRCpkzE8NCEKa9sVL/s1411/prior1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1411" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uameV3j0F-lh4yEF2ZbanKv-KIH3Qfr3Dg0DHRHaBkeOpZNs0ILT4bmSP6ksBwd2HaeY7w5f5yG72BjP1HXGNW4XJIzH_rRHQggBi7YLt6xcttR3i8E71Xr-397ZjMGmeDY6L_VEn3rRWaZwM0LfOp9Eg1taRncSmVenE6EmRCpkzE8NCEKa9sVL/s320/prior1.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After marrying his cousin Lily Kirk, Prior returned to
Nottingham, living in Radcliffe-on-Trent before heading to Bingham, and it was
here that all of his best work was written. He lived in Bingham from 1891 to
1922, first at 19 Fisher Lane, a home called Lushai Cottage (previously named
Brusty Cottage), then at the neighbouring Banks, at Banks Cottage.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prior would go for a ramble and bring home a quaint saying or
even a new chapter, though much of his time in Bingham was spent as a social
recluse. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">James Prior has been called the ‘Thomas Hardy of
Nottinghamshire’ and comparisons can even be made to DH Lawrence, who shared a
publisher with Prior and rated, if pitied, the author. Lawrence wrote, ‘What a
curious man James Prior is!’ and wondered why Prior was a ‘failure.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">His first published novel,<i> Renie</i>, was followed in 1897 by
<i>Ripple and Flood</i>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa65dvy-E3xu72269a_zhisXJBCHpY5X9w7QQoOQMo_YS79POcC3XcZ-g3dDhL1UzOrIwbM0fBAjBJdTpU55K_52gq9mcYC4dUAlZ_6sQOlPmCiQoWCjv0BN--nGGjlgyRQYLUa_bsCSdRp3UEIdYJUMRMJt7Mt3duJEhihRmHLainTydqSkV0Ov2/s1498/prior5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa65dvy-E3xu72269a_zhisXJBCHpY5X9w7QQoOQMo_YS79POcC3XcZ-g3dDhL1UzOrIwbM0fBAjBJdTpU55K_52gq9mcYC4dUAlZ_6sQOlPmCiQoWCjv0BN--nGGjlgyRQYLUa_bsCSdRp3UEIdYJUMRMJt7Mt3duJEhihRmHLainTydqSkV0Ov2/s320/prior5.png" width="142" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-style: italic;">Ripple and Flood</i>, is a story of his beloved river, the “smug
and silver Trent”.</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>‘My prime consolation was neither book nor friend, but what
entered my eye. What has once entered thereby remains, I am convinced, locked
in my memory but the key hangs out of my reach.’</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqh2Kow8l3mHGHNMn_257IMn4bzXbLG7M_7cmrEW3MKVChi21S3V1pEI3ZNGhpfd3YwRcxmFYWaHLbNv0fnHThqgMApfSHYg2_YdMY88_bN8KV3F7A0LLUgp184oxSkHEX4_qcri1N725DDA-cvtFyyKTpez6xi1nCueM5g7tr-wsHEaMmLqG0wfa3/s1481/prior3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1020" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqh2Kow8l3mHGHNMn_257IMn4bzXbLG7M_7cmrEW3MKVChi21S3V1pEI3ZNGhpfd3YwRcxmFYWaHLbNv0fnHThqgMApfSHYg2_YdMY88_bN8KV3F7A0LLUgp184oxSkHEX4_qcri1N725DDA-cvtFyyKTpez6xi1nCueM5g7tr-wsHEaMmLqG0wfa3/s320/prior3.png" width="220" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal">Then came <i>Forest Folk</i>, set during an eventful period of
history that covers the Napoleonic Wars and Luddite riots. It’s about the
farming community near Sherwood Forest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXx6pIlnsIj4GQURY7-66BgKwWimYuZd22EphRc8qR0YVzTLGmkT-Pn36e1rKDF_I_wJpb2w7mFjEqM6ELtGA75uWzMwwDjVBVyRq_0KuxbYzc8rx_mhr2utVfhNJBRTAPQBSKB3XEQEDj8Ak2MUHsEgLg549DYn-RSNnPZQbIKvN14FZpAtqb3JP/s1472/prior4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1039" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXx6pIlnsIj4GQURY7-66BgKwWimYuZd22EphRc8qR0YVzTLGmkT-Pn36e1rKDF_I_wJpb2w7mFjEqM6ELtGA75uWzMwwDjVBVyRq_0KuxbYzc8rx_mhr2utVfhNJBRTAPQBSKB3XEQEDj8Ak2MUHsEgLg549DYn-RSNnPZQbIKvN14FZpAtqb3JP/s320/prior4.png" width="226" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Forest Folk was republished in 2017 by Nottingham’s Spokesman
Books.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWc-Y9qQOzRXriwjgC2FDkwg_oZoNnfzLkjJ6oZPv_N7Uqzl_Oh9QRndNhf1cW-xFfBJ2NpUW42BtFu5PPraklkocFM58lkh3XzqTV3vpkQmda4KOB8SxueomFBgoZdx8ChOqwYrfobBaCZM8gfwiCerhY_ttRJXruAS_mOEVyQsZ7hX1o7qCwVmD/s300/prior6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="203" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWc-Y9qQOzRXriwjgC2FDkwg_oZoNnfzLkjJ6oZPv_N7Uqzl_Oh9QRndNhf1cW-xFfBJ2NpUW42BtFu5PPraklkocFM58lkh3XzqTV3vpkQmda4KOB8SxueomFBgoZdx8ChOqwYrfobBaCZM8gfwiCerhY_ttRJXruAS_mOEVyQsZ7hX1o7qCwVmD/s1600/prior6.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">The all-important follow-up to this success was the
disappointing <i>Hyssop</i>. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Arguably his best book,<i> A Walking Gentleman</i>, arrived
three years later. It’s the story of a gentleman who decamped on the eve of his
wedding, making escape from the “madding crowd” and encountering many strange
adventures on the way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7Q4U3IpPRjYvx0TiC1-N_cz46O7nHOzzDrll6s18OLPe8NSMu7fZrVB-cd-hsFyWNMoz71aypToetjoLb9x87LLPqnwTh49qyJBc2ny8eVLTO_Xj-gpAeieW6GukYckksqdDnFu1H0-ZFwk5lzzepuqjf6jvq0UDkgacjEvo5hzQSKhNl57URlD1/s1421/prior2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1421" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7Q4U3IpPRjYvx0TiC1-N_cz46O7nHOzzDrll6s18OLPe8NSMu7fZrVB-cd-hsFyWNMoz71aypToetjoLb9x87LLPqnwTh49qyJBc2ny8eVLTO_Xj-gpAeieW6GukYckksqdDnFu1H0-ZFwk5lzzepuqjf6jvq0UDkgacjEvo5hzQSKhNl57URlD1/s320/prior2.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">“Do yer want to faight or don’t yer?”</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I leave the choice to you.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">
“Damn yer mealy mouth! Do yer or don’t yer?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Well, I don’t.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Then I’ll faight yer for not wantin’.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>From A Walking Gentemen</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prior’s last published work was <i>Fortuna Chance (1910)</i>, set in the
1720s. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The author was granted a small pension in recognition of his services to
literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Writing of <i>Fortuna Chance</i>, the great John Buchan
said, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“I do not think there is such a master of the English countryside. His
peasants seem to me quite as good as Mr Hardy’s and he has the astonishing power
of producing impressions of scene and weather. Further he is a true artist in
the construction of his stories and they provide moments of finer drama than
almost any modern novelist.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Don Pedro the Cruel </i>was his other published work. He left
unpublished manuscripts, <i>November, Loose-Strife </i>and <i>Ware Aegir </i>(a play).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">His collected poetry did make a slim volume, published in 1925,
and Bromley House Library has a copy. The collection includes two beautifully
tender poems written when his wife Lily died.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prior himself died in his small Bingham cottage in 1922. He was
buried in Bingham’s cemetery. His headstone reads:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">In loving memory of James Prior Kirk better known as James
Prior <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Died Dec 19th 1922 aged 71<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Also his wife Lily, died Mar 9th 1914 aged 48<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Also of their sons, Walter, died of wounds in France, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Aug 17th 1918 aged 26,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">and Harold, died Apr 25th 1931 aged 23</span><o:p></o:p></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-7962365670265072422022-04-13T06:22:00.012-07:002022-04-16T04:00:25.127-07:00Hilda Lewis #NottsWriters<p><span style="font-family: arial;">To celebrate the May 5th <a href="https://nottslit.blogspot.com/2022/04/book-launch-follow-moon-and-stars.html">launch of Follow the Moon and Stars </a>here's a new series on #NottsWriters: </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvly5IEY-Y59VkmR33ckj6e_JtirwAHfwT8EWFAGV69GIXeF7OUV8fIBzXJCZzvzVuASOUjLcNNFN4GoOLJbYp1PdPuD68CiWJnbtOQlH2X7NTghQ5gU_R22aHRonH8oUSap1QCABQjZAOyndmSeQi8ou11i_gFBkIrsLXmjF_Bn1fz9vAwOw6gsY/s1577/lewis2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvly5IEY-Y59VkmR33ckj6e_JtirwAHfwT8EWFAGV69GIXeF7OUV8fIBzXJCZzvzVuASOUjLcNNFN4GoOLJbYp1PdPuD68CiWJnbtOQlH2X7NTghQ5gU_R22aHRonH8oUSap1QCABQjZAOyndmSeQi8ou11i_gFBkIrsLXmjF_Bn1fz9vAwOw6gsY/s320/lewis2.png" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Hilda Lewis (1896–1974)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After marrying in 1921, London born Hilda Lewis remained
in Nottingham for the rest of her life, the city inspiring one of her early
novels set in the lace-making industry.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lewis believed in the importance of authenticity and, based on diligent research into the declining Nottingham lace
industry of the late nineteenth century, her <i>Penny Lace</i> (1946)
captures the difficulties faced by the Lace Market’s factories. Lewis
corresponded with several lace manufacturers before writing <i>Penny
Lace, a</i> masterly chronicle of Nottingham life featuring some iconic
settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvkeusQ4iAp-_SSenOvX1WkX3WAGpvStdPe-oIh6eFakZKuSRo-6X4oogKAhXNAUpfIvsanNBf4CZSLRVonRgJhkAGy3vIvLzIgjxaUyA7n21vdsOfDZp1bNaJ9fY4O0Ie6d-Eh0Yg1gEnHXIduActyrAXUKZW4s8lgveaoKrWsL8tSPhqsz5dRVu/s250/lewispl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="172" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvkeusQ4iAp-_SSenOvX1WkX3WAGpvStdPe-oIh6eFakZKuSRo-6X4oogKAhXNAUpfIvsanNBf4CZSLRVonRgJhkAGy3vIvLzIgjxaUyA7n21vdsOfDZp1bNaJ9fY4O0Ie6d-Eh0Yg1gEnHXIduActyrAXUKZW4s8lgveaoKrWsL8tSPhqsz5dRVu/s1600/lewispl.jpg" width="172" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hilda Lewis lived at the edge of Wollaton Park and her novel <i>More Glass than Wall</i> is set in a fictional Wollaton Hall and Park. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Her interest in social issues was explored in <i>Strange
Story</i> (1945) which influenced post-war opinion on capital punishment. <i>Strange
Story</i> is a disturbing tale of twins:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Lying there…with her miraculous twins…Emmy Wilder was the
happiest woman in the world. It was well that she was not to know that she held
in her arms the killer and the slain…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwMACCVlugNwCuWGAZYJyzhwLCaEbeEjnE9RKLCIn2P5fBIwouo574TeQVDdehkFTjZXFsXHEiio7WVFxTUhFGGdmOQZkNuNkYF5jbSnG0H3Yomyku15D03NVFRoYpXee3kjrRwBAILM8Nb_ev1K-i13Rgo_jYDS5hJSbnE4BzelshTm4bW0EeHKQ/s1721/lewis7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwMACCVlugNwCuWGAZYJyzhwLCaEbeEjnE9RKLCIn2P5fBIwouo574TeQVDdehkFTjZXFsXHEiio7WVFxTUhFGGdmOQZkNuNkYF5jbSnG0H3Yomyku15D03NVFRoYpXee3kjrRwBAILM8Nb_ev1K-i13Rgo_jYDS5hJSbnE4BzelshTm4bW0EeHKQ/s320/lewis7.png" width="209" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, in a time when the return of capital punishment was a
matter of much debate, <i>Because I Must </i>(1938) made a powerful argument. The book begins “I remember the day they hanged my mother.’</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Her husband was Director of Education at Nottingham
University, and, as Professor M. Michael Lewis, he specialised in the education
of the deaf, work that inspired Lewis’s <i>The Day is Ours</i> (1947). <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JW-wFb3SuqXXFh1FffukZoA6vyj4jXOPmsAnNyRch-p5Vf0-OjxvlHQAqJ87V3PiPPN2q5Mf2e8fJJSBp5blkkxWhpH_dakCq1m0pKGnhWp5Buf45_g5KgWwdfp21dw_Oejcn8jslct7DABLcytQ2VZS8uLdlgzKU5a5pqdCkl6fLfGlW2_HQ1kg/s1730/lewis9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1115" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JW-wFb3SuqXXFh1FffukZoA6vyj4jXOPmsAnNyRch-p5Vf0-OjxvlHQAqJ87V3PiPPN2q5Mf2e8fJJSBp5blkkxWhpH_dakCq1m0pKGnhWp5Buf45_g5KgWwdfp21dw_Oejcn8jslct7DABLcytQ2VZS8uLdlgzKU5a5pqdCkl6fLfGlW2_HQ1kg/s320/lewis9.png" width="206" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Via her husband, Hilda Lewis developed an interest in the language of
children. He had focused his educational research on deaf children, resulting in her
most famous book.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAdXe6JlI9ybAw9SQBn5xRMe4vy1kQ7LWoh2vsBWaH4vn1GjAiRwhyzATu9HDTKEMOgCqbQVluLaqHqnJaxTFyqal9FPZ1dBsLBm4SvySobYEF8rFByAOu_z_LAq9-uon_rZYJSxfzFlRZNqYCviO9Qt35PGx3onYCmGEpnl2xhTAv5enMogXzuqz/s445/lewis%20mandy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="263" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAdXe6JlI9ybAw9SQBn5xRMe4vy1kQ7LWoh2vsBWaH4vn1GjAiRwhyzATu9HDTKEMOgCqbQVluLaqHqnJaxTFyqal9FPZ1dBsLBm4SvySobYEF8rFByAOu_z_LAq9-uon_rZYJSxfzFlRZNqYCviO9Qt35PGx3onYCmGEpnl2xhTAv5enMogXzuqz/s320/lewis%20mandy.jpg" width="189" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In <i>The Day is Ours</i> filmed as <i>Mandy</i>, also known as
<i>Crash of Silence </i>(1952), it takes a mother some time before she realises her
perfect child, Tamsie, has been born completely deaf. Facing a life of
isolation, Tamsie Garland's spirit to conquer comes through. Read as a serial for
<i>Women’s Hour</i>, the story and its realism touched hearts and raised awareness of hearing difficulties. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In later years she wrote historical novels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGCRL0xGzkk9d7rMNMVIiaXx4c9TRk3AThcjIbo3zaH0tKw8VUoJFL6aW_opyC4ZgQRFX30CwfZLynIVhRmItL8reGDDjS_FOheUJOgJTu93Kei6kUUTawCPiRLdvobeVYlTr9vduhLlccJOpl8tA5XtUTONhp9MN5Gdf5yB9KSFpYpHT2qvEO_dF/s1580/lewis.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1039" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGCRL0xGzkk9d7rMNMVIiaXx4c9TRk3AThcjIbo3zaH0tKw8VUoJFL6aW_opyC4ZgQRFX30CwfZLynIVhRmItL8reGDDjS_FOheUJOgJTu93Kei6kUUTawCPiRLdvobeVYlTr9vduhLlccJOpl8tA5XtUTONhp9MN5Gdf5yB9KSFpYpHT2qvEO_dF/s320/lewis.png" width="210" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Set in the East Midlands <i>The Witch and the Priest</i> (1956) is
a story concerning a notorious witch of exotic appearance.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguO7BQE7PTR7YwGgOaQF07v2IYDAGNEQqPYD_Nd_yKA86WSK9gKCWo_FpaOXI1RAOtImFyxJeydQvjNZpEUdN1EYyQBuP0iZX5_oF4aX7JmP6b68dlRqwuo8o8jp-MhH93VHgt5BalO7poO5gI3XjBItuhjQRKL8WXHtAY2ql20m0WdVKZ-TZlyJlU/s1550/lewis13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1144" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguO7BQE7PTR7YwGgOaQF07v2IYDAGNEQqPYD_Nd_yKA86WSK9gKCWo_FpaOXI1RAOtImFyxJeydQvjNZpEUdN1EYyQBuP0iZX5_oF4aX7JmP6b68dlRqwuo8o8jp-MhH93VHgt5BalO7poO5gI3XjBItuhjQRKL8WXHtAY2ql20m0WdVKZ-TZlyJlU/s320/lewis13.png" width="236" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Enter a Player</i> (1952) is a powerful novel of life in the
theatre in the great days of Irving Tree and George Edwardes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Gone to the Pictures</i> (1946) is a valuable contribution to
the literature of the cinema. It offers an unusual and absorbing background of
the growth of early cinema, set in London’s East End where her first book had
been set in 1930.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSTaKDfmmQo46uTKpI0tRPq7nFvYEG6JbXr9zcCTJ-a9c0Db3d4SxwZTZh57Pgz2Wa4nCqRKQVT0_aiFK6lRAWLIu1tTliE133fDS7isUBqhcWpG01NDi718XLNZAJYW3BuJleDHCTBJHMTyFnUGXhVQPGz7Dm1_TD0CgPiwD7tAJ-T-G1Nay1WQg/s1577/lewis11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="1046" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSTaKDfmmQo46uTKpI0tRPq7nFvYEG6JbXr9zcCTJ-a9c0Db3d4SxwZTZh57Pgz2Wa4nCqRKQVT0_aiFK6lRAWLIu1tTliE133fDS7isUBqhcWpG01NDi718XLNZAJYW3BuJleDHCTBJHMTyFnUGXhVQPGz7Dm1_TD0CgPiwD7tAJ-T-G1Nay1WQg/s320/lewis11.png" width="212" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the tragi-comedy <i>Madam Gold</i> (1947), Ester Gold fights
through poverty and power.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aryDQIUC1B2v1r031fBiECPOAIwJ2l0ORviBETJugGH2WeuDjdIwXOieTjvQwvxHumWy_9bQKiEN5HTX5_6DBeikc_2b7XxOGAdFjbuUJ-tfmIW1KwBL8olSiVf733MYkGq4F-LsHVKebsoolthTeVlUoMXy-qKau6Cmg3SFA8qhkb_7L64_9sho/s1612/lewis8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="1030" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aryDQIUC1B2v1r031fBiECPOAIwJ2l0ORviBETJugGH2WeuDjdIwXOieTjvQwvxHumWy_9bQKiEN5HTX5_6DBeikc_2b7XxOGAdFjbuUJ-tfmIW1KwBL8olSiVf733MYkGq4F-LsHVKebsoolthTeVlUoMXy-qKau6Cmg3SFA8qhkb_7L64_9sho/s320/lewis8.png" width="204" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In <i>Imogen under Glass</i> (1943), Imogen Hutton fears living an
adult life whilst also being jealous of her younger sister. Imogen, who
literally cannot move, sets her heart on her sister’s lover.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aXuAYLPUBhJv2x0NQ6uAtreNFhHTr2pZg1OPYpbJSlE477Pd7pRTT19MJaBGswBaKGZxX7odsR5lXywfCer0tCW7ClinoVtkDhQ32fYl_MRnMSxUlhaoEHuM2-FJ64GaJAaPH5crqfNKVPG3zVMw-Naiek5nPqlLdLWvu7xWhPkQg1PoodNeOjOZ/s1478/lewis4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="989" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aXuAYLPUBhJv2x0NQ6uAtreNFhHTr2pZg1OPYpbJSlE477Pd7pRTT19MJaBGswBaKGZxX7odsR5lXywfCer0tCW7ClinoVtkDhQ32fYl_MRnMSxUlhaoEHuM2-FJ64GaJAaPH5crqfNKVPG3zVMw-Naiek5nPqlLdLWvu7xWhPkQg1PoodNeOjOZ/s320/lewis4.png" width="214" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Call Lady Purbeck</i> (1961) is a true and moving story of a
young girl’s travail in a world populated with some of the most colourful
figures in English history.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Had Eliza Hatton taken Francis Bacon for her second husband
– this tale would not have been written.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ta4Xlz_sEU7j48nqQQ9o7f7bbYdrTThbDoIEa3KupzU63iyHLUlFNPhYEGUMbE6Y9OfiqNQRt1p6k8ZWrv5zXIpkeLNVQ2tgkrefUv-r5zHvt64v_Xo-o9ILFHDEZ_RM0q_2AAlyB0NEZB2d97n_l4zuWt42j8bfm0DlfnkGoG9QyNcc8KdvzrMZ/s1547/lewis6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="1063" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ta4Xlz_sEU7j48nqQQ9o7f7bbYdrTThbDoIEa3KupzU63iyHLUlFNPhYEGUMbE6Y9OfiqNQRt1p6k8ZWrv5zXIpkeLNVQ2tgkrefUv-r5zHvt64v_Xo-o9ILFHDEZ_RM0q_2AAlyB0NEZB2d97n_l4zuWt42j8bfm0DlfnkGoG9QyNcc8KdvzrMZ/s320/lewis6.png" width="220" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">‘This is a novel few women could resist’, wrote <i>The Daily
Telegraph</i> of <i>Wife to Great Buckingham</i> (1971). Lewis brings colour, excitement
and the vitality of truth into the turbulent story of the charming Catherine
Manners and George Villiers.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VnxwFRU1bszKr7PpF6mBqLbXoSqRKsBWV9IwU3QJH6-lhia2w2JPJaQZDajq7FJ5jlJwayAIefUYUib3DKU_Q0wjf8pR1SpXfdrHaegG1V8WyCriLjE6QEgbTeT3e-63xcLUoCgTK6pZrO7k7ZK9-6LiOpey-K96zmSJLhVDqYzKAloA3ZM2eXPa/s1592/lewis%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1099" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VnxwFRU1bszKr7PpF6mBqLbXoSqRKsBWV9IwU3QJH6-lhia2w2JPJaQZDajq7FJ5jlJwayAIefUYUib3DKU_Q0wjf8pR1SpXfdrHaegG1V8WyCriLjE6QEgbTeT3e-63xcLUoCgTK6pZrO7k7ZK9-6LiOpey-K96zmSJLhVDqYzKAloA3ZM2eXPa/s320/lewis%203.png" width="221" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Excluded by former friends after attending a posh school,
Geraldine starts a new life in<i> Pilican Inn</i> (1972).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQc97Y_3K2NQJPez3X1XR-ju1f2wL9FrPyVd9vfkOttb2cQjMe-BASohO2G6ScGt14nLCsZp_Yd0W1W7GfD3d5v7s74VvKd4m61o4ac-p6P_vWK6iw-FppcoERueVR4pZwZvaMc3G1Zzv6peEDdrJnhLGf_ShmO7TMi1mT6tfz6BuhjC3oKcjAY3zj/s1543/lewis12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="1075" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQc97Y_3K2NQJPez3X1XR-ju1f2wL9FrPyVd9vfkOttb2cQjMe-BASohO2G6ScGt14nLCsZp_Yd0W1W7GfD3d5v7s74VvKd4m61o4ac-p6P_vWK6iw-FppcoERueVR4pZwZvaMc3G1Zzv6peEDdrJnhLGf_ShmO7TMi1mT6tfz6BuhjC3oKcjAY3zj/s320/lewis12.png" width="223" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>I, Jacqueline</i> (1957) has its jacket designed by the renowned
Nottingham artist Evelyn Gibbs (1905-1991), who created the artwork for several
of Lewis’ books.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ri0A5KV5de5Q0KihzMjbV2TTt6PiuAZ6bjg8kNs0fmKjrDUrpW1YI6PwGY4jDEUMHiW-RBl80y7crR4AkquiyepClYB99R8jm-7O1Wz44-RsUUibVKYheXbwQFq3LhD8FVuIqY6ESUqWm0T8vcCAATieGO9gakITqTe_g6octLVaF0viNuUeiyIx/s362/lewis%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ri0A5KV5de5Q0KihzMjbV2TTt6PiuAZ6bjg8kNs0fmKjrDUrpW1YI6PwGY4jDEUMHiW-RBl80y7crR4AkquiyepClYB99R8jm-7O1Wz44-RsUUibVKYheXbwQFq3LhD8FVuIqY6ESUqWm0T8vcCAATieGO9gakITqTe_g6octLVaF0viNuUeiyIx/s320/lewis%2014.jpg" width="235" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gibbs wrote the influential book <i>The Teaching of Art in
Schools</i>. Her biography was written by the local writer Pauline Lucas.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lewis also wrote for children and young adults, her books
included <i>The Gentle Falcon</i> about Richard II and his bride Isabella, adapted
for television in 1954, and<i> The Ship that Flew</i>, her first famous book (1939). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hilda Lewis died in January 1974 after complications following a major
operation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-55338219316669125732022-04-05T11:03:00.003-07:002022-04-13T07:04:27.620-07:00Book Launch: Follow the Moon and Stars<p style="text-align: center;"><i>Follow the Moon and Stars</i> by John Baird: Book Launch</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>5th May 2022<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>7.30pm - 9.15pm<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>West Bridgford Library</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><b>What have Notts Writers ever done for us? </b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">Join John Baird for an illustrated talk as he tracks down Notts writers, past and present, through the places they lived, worked, wrote about and were inspired by. The talk will look at how Notts writers have shaped the world. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Programme:</p><p class="MsoNormal">7.30pm: Hannah Trevarthen, Nottingham UNESCO City of
Literature’s new Director, will introduce the author John Baird for an
illustrated talk on Nottinghamshire’s literary heritage and his new book ‘Follow
the Moon and Stars – a literary journey through Nottinghamshire’. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8.10pm: Break/Refreshments<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8.25pm: John Baird will be joined by Patrick Limb, Chair
Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, for a Q&A session. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This event is in association with Five Leaves and Nottingham
UNESCO City of Literature. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discount will be available on the night, on this book and on
other books by Nottinghamshire writers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tickets are free but booking is advised. For more informnation or to book your place via <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/follow-the-moon-and-stars-by-john-baird-book-launch-tickets-313236006327" target="_blank">EVENTBRITE</a> or please visit the Inspire <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/whats-on/events/follow-the-moon-and-stars-by-john-baird-book-launch/" target="_blank">Event page</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovv-ESELktWViXrbhiUnajTBkZolE4mioykhJj_8kp1CViKtPsmOFV2pnGSGSBPGH5HpysyWcBv2MaVe6Pj0MFSP3h9Ft9bZf3cbGiMam8gZIYwIWgQzO2IV_gXVKLvbaUYs2NjnWVDk6vaM1IsVt2b7WZAaVKAzUS9pyCVfidWAQPL-swROgaSBd/s1669/coverFollow_JB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="1115" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovv-ESELktWViXrbhiUnajTBkZolE4mioykhJj_8kp1CViKtPsmOFV2pnGSGSBPGH5HpysyWcBv2MaVe6Pj0MFSP3h9Ft9bZf3cbGiMam8gZIYwIWgQzO2IV_gXVKLvbaUYs2NjnWVDk6vaM1IsVt2b7WZAaVKAzUS9pyCVfidWAQPL-swROgaSBd/s320/coverFollow_JB.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Early praise for <i>Follow the Moon and Stars</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>A delight to read. </i><i>One of those books that will have you exclaiming, </i><i>"Well, I never knew that!"</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Bookworm of Retford</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>There are so many amazing facts you will be unable to put the book down. Highly recommended.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Nottinghamshire Historian</b></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-18849216257692227932022-03-30T08:10:00.014-07:002022-03-30T08:33:38.172-07:00Fears for Aspley Library <div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f8fc;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nottingham City Council is planning to close three libraries. One of those under threat is Aspley Library in "the most deprived ward in the city", according to the council.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f8fc;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #f7f8fc;">Derrick Buttress wrote about growing up in the area in his first volume of autobiography ‘Broxtowe Boy’ (2004). </span><span style="background-color: #f7f8fc;">Buttress found much comfort in Aspley Public Library’s junior library which, on first</span></span><span style="background-color: #f7f8fc; font-family: arial;"> sight of, he "felt like yelling in joy”.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f8fc; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f8fc; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrjAw1LqAqoMXKWxZdCiFMdZBWtkb5RLaVE7MWJuvP4mSL8tGwMmCbvm1DxmGctnJEAVbcxyWh3TUMDnBkVzudNijFmiKtWJww2TDq2nkBaEg4tY64N1ibZgx4KC5LlHiAnkc0uhIUigt2GkrAPnuKkZpPRN5xBlqgNBcYjkQXYILkSXh9_97L8w99" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="450" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrjAw1LqAqoMXKWxZdCiFMdZBWtkb5RLaVE7MWJuvP4mSL8tGwMmCbvm1DxmGctnJEAVbcxyWh3TUMDnBkVzudNijFmiKtWJww2TDq2nkBaEg4tY64N1ibZgx4KC5LlHiAnkc0uhIUigt2GkrAPnuKkZpPRN5xBlqgNBcYjkQXYILkSXh9_97L8w99" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">"I entered the room and felt like yelling for joy. I had never seen so many books in one place, and all for children. Even the smell was beguiling. It would take me for ever to read them all, and the prospect was wonderful. The room was brightly lit and furnished with round tables the colour of honey. Around them there were child-sized chairs with upholstered seats - the luxury!" Derrick Buttress</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrnJPaNQvuQAr-nNtyGf8uE9TEi2OMteJUhvIsE8jLLngeiue0sRUDW53-WHbPk0aydkmWuAIYzyr8a2GWMsY5B1MqotHRqX9xcpY5LwT0Gxly_DkqUOxE2BK17EeRAgcibellT6AuYEJOruUcidQVYO9eN5LHTRX_c4FUKlsQ7FHITxsTGcM3pSZ-" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="450" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrnJPaNQvuQAr-nNtyGf8uE9TEi2OMteJUhvIsE8jLLngeiue0sRUDW53-WHbPk0aydkmWuAIYzyr8a2GWMsY5B1MqotHRqX9xcpY5LwT0Gxly_DkqUOxE2BK17EeRAgcibellT6AuYEJOruUcidQVYO9eN5LHTRX_c4FUKlsQ7FHITxsTGcM3pSZ-" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lantern, 1937 - ?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQjer8kSowc3m9G7QDeMwSNNaLaiL-VDUDr6WhbvH1mDIkc6ThVDhfJXQugAEWsUK46TogFJZFyc7Drt30ShfOvDHeyRaqdw29qV69kNJezTbnpdLaFV1yOtNei74NOosLr4SdS5EK4qqfIuSE-eF4AvCyOVFiB9ZKbxclchpUN6MLGpJ3QgSppj59" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="450" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQjer8kSowc3m9G7QDeMwSNNaLaiL-VDUDr6WhbvH1mDIkc6ThVDhfJXQugAEWsUK46TogFJZFyc7Drt30ShfOvDHeyRaqdw29qV69kNJezTbnpdLaFV1yOtNei74NOosLr4SdS5EK4qqfIuSE-eF4AvCyOVFiB9ZKbxclchpUN6MLGpJ3QgSppj59" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aspley Library built 1937<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdz_M5JMTtQAbdEZgtpktNdaJp0fXPF4BiM1T2ouOTqdqas8voHvZa0cDTvekm_3BHU3Hz-mUXiwusia7R70UbG0QhAB-cVAgcb4yAnLuEIaD9BBcP1oqOz40Qlu937gojwhBeLTxAhzWLMlYtPedgBcVzLCSZa0Sf7fMKjY-PR7xX6SgVZIxiMeAw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdz_M5JMTtQAbdEZgtpktNdaJp0fXPF4BiM1T2ouOTqdqas8voHvZa0cDTvekm_3BHU3Hz-mUXiwusia7R70UbG0QhAB-cVAgcb4yAnLuEIaD9BBcP1oqOz40Qlu937gojwhBeLTxAhzWLMlYtPedgBcVzLCSZa0Sf7fMKjY-PR7xX6SgVZIxiMeAw" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying the foundation stone</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL-L2iTBxPBD5yO5ppcJBkSPGrNDrtUplN-Ua4OgMsEAp644wwoc7Hb3WjbaY3e-I8sOvLidhgfnybLHx3f2ktXi9c1CChnxzIoVET5vTM1BOJginliQmhXdG50xPJnK1KoCzJ03ceTNnOEmjdo7qHNtKh596FFCp7GLNE5LLt9kTdgH90rbJvu60c" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1807" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL-L2iTBxPBD5yO5ppcJBkSPGrNDrtUplN-Ua4OgMsEAp644wwoc7Hb3WjbaY3e-I8sOvLidhgfnybLHx3f2ktXi9c1CChnxzIoVET5vTM1BOJginliQmhXdG50xPJnK1KoCzJ03ceTNnOEmjdo7qHNtKh596FFCp7GLNE5LLt9kTdgH90rbJvu60c" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer school, Aspley Library 1983</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The Library still has weekly after-school clubs for children and a large children's area. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP3a59S94gqiGK_mRdMqIcDwyefY0vH3u_7AMZMVrr2ybsrSxBBEeFDNtwmJp7R4c9WNAi7bJdCcNe0tYkGW1wRp7dRSNJogU3PjvdawdIiht4_KXtYs_Lkbs8c8kDrC1nbYRGu1uL6HqYt2v2ltf0Io_2THT2gT35c465c0uhbkj1VisDSszuaAO3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP3a59S94gqiGK_mRdMqIcDwyefY0vH3u_7AMZMVrr2ybsrSxBBEeFDNtwmJp7R4c9WNAi7bJdCcNe0tYkGW1wRp7dRSNJogU3PjvdawdIiht4_KXtYs_Lkbs8c8kDrC1nbYRGu1uL6HqYt2v2ltf0Io_2THT2gT35c465c0uhbkj1VisDSszuaAO3" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Sign the Petition and Save our Libraries </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-nottingham-libraries">Save Nottingham Libraries - Action Network</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD7ZpM4WGbP-WC0n_-hKBElU3PbN8pWL3hTlhprlEExXhCzFvWoS7U10mQMoq_QIvp7Nnff62_2DwnKD4a3y4voejtJu7cTfR0FDdYhFLDWySf5LlbcFpy7LdnWo7YhXRHE217mjaS-wvOcfir7F5TWo7naWo0zWM-I_a1tZV-dEObuiWEA1TDCxgm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD7ZpM4WGbP-WC0n_-hKBElU3PbN8pWL3hTlhprlEExXhCzFvWoS7U10mQMoq_QIvp7Nnff62_2DwnKD4a3y4voejtJu7cTfR0FDdYhFLDWySf5LlbcFpy7LdnWo7YhXRHE217mjaS-wvOcfir7F5TWo7naWo0zWM-I_a1tZV-dEObuiWEA1TDCxgm" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;">Basford, Aspley, and Radford/Lenton Libraries are all under threat of closure by Nottingham City Council. The areas where these threatened libraries are situated are not affluent areas, and they need libraries even more than most. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoMTwVCJyJefNjJSD70ENQkkb1NIuNJ6rXCPu_UH1VGHP7LHyLW_mqOBO908nldLjOsyK5gz-cKD9sIhEkMms32GBA6Sky8dnHr9Z7ZJ62A_C2mMPqGz4TiOPJAKIa0yUAG4_eBhhGBhdZ_onnaF7DaDjYATmqXz6Y6e8VIy5Ty5UmW6w4HuuRZtPc" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="1536" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoMTwVCJyJefNjJSD70ENQkkb1NIuNJ6rXCPu_UH1VGHP7LHyLW_mqOBO908nldLjOsyK5gz-cKD9sIhEkMms32GBA6Sky8dnHr9Z7ZJ62A_C2mMPqGz4TiOPJAKIa0yUAG4_eBhhGBhdZ_onnaF7DaDjYATmqXz6Y6e8VIy5Ty5UmW6w4HuuRZtPc" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basford Library<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdR8PFChlJJdW_3JDU4c7n8V2TFs3pqcjJh6tdCShsFO6q-7GP3agn5Aj6n1YyTGZgRZJrByVDe5gmjElAV_nwe8riw4pdAaZHEZOiB31gNTgz-LJ6Gk3id0sItv4ms1IBYMwpL1iyW60KL0V9JupjKpG289lGl0_CJmeqHVBWzFonUugzodACl9QT" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="820" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdR8PFChlJJdW_3JDU4c7n8V2TFs3pqcjJh6tdCShsFO6q-7GP3agn5Aj6n1YyTGZgRZJrByVDe5gmjElAV_nwe8riw4pdAaZHEZOiB31gNTgz-LJ6Gk3id0sItv4ms1IBYMwpL1iyW60KL0V9JupjKpG289lGl0_CJmeqHVBWzFonUugzodACl9QT" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Radford/Lenton Library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;">Please follow @SaveNottmLib on Twitter and help save our libraries. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;">Visit <a href="https://savenottinghamlibraries.org/">Save Nottingham Libraries</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-50233528056988151682022-03-25T17:12:00.009-07:002022-04-04T03:58:53.514-07:00Book Launches in April<h2 style="text-align: center;">This April - Book Launches</h2><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Book Launch: David Belbin’s <b><i>Death in the Family</i></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saturday <b>April 2nd</b>, 2.00pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venue: <b>Basford Library</b>, NG6 OAR<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMY9nEuXDoS9PoucXggNDjE3br7vBpVQajTAlbeGyE8OsyH1s81-kiDJ5ZXzsEY_kdA2a4ZnPU7mTLMQ6j9nihTmaIIhvNJfidgoY4a3bX0AQ18vXdrmO9CPss015daZxHTGqgQGhWxJA9uWdTpmjFLncNPCAB1Zkoe4I-pnrKWdoEIFUxxJDbghp/s1227/DBC.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMY9nEuXDoS9PoucXggNDjE3br7vBpVQajTAlbeGyE8OsyH1s81-kiDJ5ZXzsEY_kdA2a4ZnPU7mTLMQ6j9nihTmaIIhvNJfidgoY4a3bX0AQ18vXdrmO9CPss015daZxHTGqgQGhWxJA9uWdTpmjFLncNPCAB1Zkoe4I-pnrKWdoEIFUxxJDbghp/s320/DBC.png" width="201" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.shoestring-press.com/2021/12/death-in-the-family/" target="_blank">Buy the book</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">David Belbin’s fourth Nottingham-based Bone and Cane crime novel.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.45pm: Refreshments<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.00pm: Memoirist <b>Graham Caveney</b> will introduce the event
and interview David, who will also read from the new novel and take questions
from the audience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Set during the 2001 General Election, <i>Death in the Family</i> is
about the unexplained death of an Asian dentist and has scenes set in and near
Basford. Nick Cane is suspected of murder whilst Sarah Bone MP seems set to
lose her seat. An Investigative journalist is determined to get to the bottom
of the connection between the two.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Free event.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Book online with <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/death-in-the-family-author-talk-and-book-launch-david-belbin-tickets-291303074337" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">Book Launch: Cathy Grindrod’s <b><i>Surrender</i></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday <b>April 19<sup>th</sup></b>, 7.00pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venue: <b>St Martin’s Church</b> in Bilborough, NG8 3BH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7:00 pm - 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOL5IIZ-Sfnd0iFzRG5WnNJQDFoG-8ouPvtdk3wlGtzAPKLskZJ1moDxqZqmvzqM2-VPMRwBS6B4sIRtfp6r7AXNsIdDS3P00mDwipMbUQhPtnS-jTizif5wBrbUM6iXW33hKDWV7y1RILVTffgdy36rh0lzhWmBhHbTyzfaVOZlk47CorNXYj2IQ/s300/surrender-194x300-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="194" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOL5IIZ-Sfnd0iFzRG5WnNJQDFoG-8ouPvtdk3wlGtzAPKLskZJ1moDxqZqmvzqM2-VPMRwBS6B4sIRtfp6r7AXNsIdDS3P00mDwipMbUQhPtnS-jTizif5wBrbUM6iXW33hKDWV7y1RILVTffgdy36rh0lzhWmBhHbTyzfaVOZlk47CorNXYj2IQ/s1600/surrender-194x300-1.jpg" width="194" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fiveleaves.co.uk/product/surrender/" target="_blank">Pre-order the book</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">Cathy
Grindrod's book of poetry will be launched in a beautiful setting where Cathy has been teaching
writing (and where murals by the Nottingham artist Evelyn Gibbs have recently been
recovered).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In <i>Surrender</i>, Cathy explores how we connect and disconnect
in the ‘Great Game’ of life – with the past, place, work, nature, the animal
world and ultimately, with others – in an exploration of what it means to be
human.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Refreshments provided<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cost: 0 - £12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Book online with <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surrender-by-cathy-grindrod-book-launch-tickets-295340881527" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">Book Launch: Andrew Graves’s <i>Not Dancing with Ingrid Pitt</i></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday <b>April 26<sup>th</sup></b>, 7.30pm – 9.30pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Venue: <b>West Bridgford Library</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZPVWRU8_Hb9lWrjDtanBNrKYbL-x-y8LjVHEBrTCqdX7psUXuji4_P7SLDy_8OoEakEYtG2aEMYoSfRMhxpW9cKllbBdAMPpwfP6kQZVeFNr4UepXqpExJACsig0EMK0U2jniLD5Amr4NlOdEf0PJF8gdEEWst2WCWD2OebkGhDTqXWtBzznfMUV/s400/AGC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="262" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZPVWRU8_Hb9lWrjDtanBNrKYbL-x-y8LjVHEBrTCqdX7psUXuji4_P7SLDy_8OoEakEYtG2aEMYoSfRMhxpW9cKllbBdAMPpwfP6kQZVeFNr4UepXqpExJACsig0EMK0U2jniLD5Amr4NlOdEf0PJF8gdEEWst2WCWD2OebkGhDTqXWtBzznfMUV/s320/AGC.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://burningeye.bigcartel.com/product/not-dancing-with-ingrid-pitt-by-andrew-graves" target="_blank">Buy the book</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Not Dancing with Ingrid Pitt</i> is an honest and personal
collection of poetry, capturing missed opportunities, those unstructured
moments and nostalgic, half recalled memories which skulk at the periphery of
an increasingly confusing current world state. Graves circumnavigates his
modern worries and presents his own uniquely crafted narratives which utilise
estranged family members, eccentric strangers and forgotten Hollywood cast-offs
in his fascinating line up of unconventional protagonists.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Free event<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Book online with <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-dancing-with-ingrid-pitt-by-andrew-graves-book-launch-tickets-223297397527?ref=inspirewebsite&_eboga=1987227572.1646258088#tickets" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><br />Book Launch: Christian Weaver’s <i>The Law in 60 Seconds</i></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday <b>27th April</b>, 5.00pm – 7.00pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, <b>Newton Building</b>, Nottingham Trent
University, NG1 4BU <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jNW4fZv_TOSs1vHsTgXe0zBU2N5EcMix5HciK6lTKnN_wLn7lYfaC47QJplfxCdN5heQl3IjQSEtTHra5kmRaFTd2rXhqfVV75PIOgIwq0GvVpbY4ucNKfuelWKYMcbyy9Ww9ruLRADnMHYIM-auPT6p20WohwiLmfwAhJH0rOhZMAc_bFn5DJiy/s500/CWC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jNW4fZv_TOSs1vHsTgXe0zBU2N5EcMix5HciK6lTKnN_wLn7lYfaC47QJplfxCdN5heQl3IjQSEtTHra5kmRaFTd2rXhqfVV75PIOgIwq0GvVpbY4ucNKfuelWKYMcbyy9Ww9ruLRADnMHYIM-auPT6p20WohwiLmfwAhJH0rOhZMAc_bFn5DJiy/s320/CWC.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/know-your-rights/christian-weaver/9781788166492" target="_blank">Buy the book</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">Join Christian Weaver in conversation, for the launch of his
new book <i>The Law in 60 Seconds</i>, in which the author, a lawyer, brings together
everything you need to know to claim your space in the world. Whether you are
arguing with your landlord, looking for a refund, going to a protest or being
harassed, this essential guide illuminates the full power of the law, and arms
you with your rights. The event will be followed by drinks and canapés.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Free event<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Book online <a href="https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/events/event-booking?id=1647626" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">Book launch: Graham Caveney’s <i>On Agoraphobia</i></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, <b>28th April</b>, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venue: <b>Antenna</b>, 9A Beck St, NG1 1EQ<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJr0Ozb9SJYt6fu9iP8m8fkYlnacLhHYaz0BpIR-n22BmccNWDuEkP6n5ovf5LMMO7SAHSnUgqW8TjUqubUNlGis-I4fVi0-EdLR5KVvzoEX28s2Ay4hmWYdi90hyWMYwIfKU-n_cWZCH-4sN_2KmusAE5A3_ftYcUE_DP4Ti856y7dHXdQZO-ivN/s499/GCC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJr0Ozb9SJYt6fu9iP8m8fkYlnacLhHYaz0BpIR-n22BmccNWDuEkP6n5ovf5LMMO7SAHSnUgqW8TjUqubUNlGis-I4fVi0-EdLR5KVvzoEX28s2Ay4hmWYdi90hyWMYwIfKU-n_cWZCH-4sN_2KmusAE5A3_ftYcUE_DP4Ti856y7dHXdQZO-ivN/s320/GCC.jpg" width="201" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/graham-caveney/on-agoraphobia/9781529057713" target="_blank">Pre-order the book</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">Bar available prior to the event and at the break.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7.00pm Graham Caveney will be interviewed by <b>Colin Wright</b>,
Associate Professor of Critical Theory at the Univeristy of Nottingham and a
practicing psychoanalyst.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When Graham was in his early twenties he began to suffer
from what was eventually diagnosed as agoraphobia. What followed were decades
of managing his condition and learning to live within the narrow limits it
imposed on his life: no motorways, no dual carriageways, no shopping centres,
limited time outdoors.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>On Agoraphobia</i> looks at what it means to go through life
with an anxiety disorder that evades easy definition.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eventbrite booking details will be
available via Five Leaves Bookshop’s <a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/" target="_blank">events’ </a>page. Booking essential.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Advance Notice</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Book Launch: John Baird’s <i>Follow the Moon and Stars </i></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday <b>May 5<sup>th</sup></b>, 7.00pm – 8.45pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venue: <b>West Bridgford Library</b>, NG2 6AT<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLx0uKa4VbuURTgfvuieDn1WqAZ80bWLiytBh5vLeKzCf31ta14TVt8PxO63WCw3NQs-MDZsSMI9Ywc0fEKEF_l-QsMMlaB-STTadq4s0W4t1UI5eaNCizX0f6UvG4a6wxQVGrJCSVLwocxes35OK38JNk6v0Chtp4bcqdqnhhmy7f62EHPOGZiodQ/s1669/coverFollow_JB.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="1115" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLx0uKa4VbuURTgfvuieDn1WqAZ80bWLiytBh5vLeKzCf31ta14TVt8PxO63WCw3NQs-MDZsSMI9Ywc0fEKEF_l-QsMMlaB-STTadq4s0W4t1UI5eaNCizX0f6UvG4a6wxQVGrJCSVLwocxes35OK38JNk6v0Chtp4bcqdqnhhmy7f62EHPOGZiodQ/s320/coverFollow_JB.jpg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://fiveleaves.co.uk/authors/john-baird/" target="_blank">Buy the book</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">7.00pm: Bar available</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">7.30pm: <b>Hannah Trevarthen</b>, Nottingham UNESCO City of
Literature’s new Director, will introduce the author John Baird for an
illustrated talk on Nottinghamshire’s literary heritage and his new book <i>Follow the Moon and Stars – a literary journey through Nottinghamshire</i>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8.15pm: John Baird will be joined by <b>Patrick Limb</b>, Chair
Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, for a Q&A session. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John will deliver an illustrated talk as he tracks down some of
the writers, past and present, through the places they lived, worked, wrote
about and were inspired by. Amongst the pubs, churches, grand houses and
theatres are more unlikely destinations to have influenced our authors, poets,
playwrights, screenwriters, booksellers, publishers and historians.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Discount will be available on the night, on this book and on
other books by Nottinghamshire writers.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Free event<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/follow-the-moon-and-stars-by-john-baird-book-launch-tickets-313236006327?ref=inspirewebsite&_eboga=1987227572.1646258088#tickets">Eventbrite </a>booking details. More info <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/whats-on/events/follow-the-moon-and-stars-by-john-baird-book-launch/">here.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">I will blog more about this event with a new post next
month.<o:p></o:p></p>
<br />Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-23214820423012527662022-03-11T06:02:00.000-08:002022-03-11T06:02:37.995-08:00NUCoL ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR<p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Overpass; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 4px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">Hannah Trevarthen</b><span style="text-align: left;"> is named the </span><span style="text-align: left;">new Director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;"> She joins from</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.englishpen.org/&source=gmail&ust=1647093358335000&usg=AOvVaw1U-V77BYnOpOZGkKngsPAQ" href="https://www.englishpen.org/" style="color: #1155cc; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">English PEN</span></a><span style="text-align: left;">, one of the world’s oldest human rights organisations, where she has worked as their Events and Partnerships Manager since 2015, leading their year round programme of high-profile events and prizes. </span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9gJ-9TNfRIur3BjVpiBSFyKtmAJDTlfrllgLZihpYoiOn9nxLDm_D1kP6pf4nWgnXNiFuB0qoGaK8KU7YoZv29fXl_enwuNeFIZmDGiOP5L_bKmHhRsdGJjJviPnQYZdReOI2hrDxJm28IEiecejWBurCoFpn9zKpvxEacROoSbxIfhAC_KTGGuvq=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9gJ-9TNfRIur3BjVpiBSFyKtmAJDTlfrllgLZihpYoiOn9nxLDm_D1kP6pf4nWgnXNiFuB0qoGaK8KU7YoZv29fXl_enwuNeFIZmDGiOP5L_bKmHhRsdGJjJviPnQYZdReOI2hrDxJm28IEiecejWBurCoFpn9zKpvxEacROoSbxIfhAC_KTGGuvq=s320" width="237" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"I’m honoured to be joining the Nottingham City of Literature team and to lead the organisation's next chapter. I have long been an admirer of NUCoL and its commitment to nurturing talent, championing Nottingham’s rich and dynamic cultural sector and heritage, and celebrating the transformative power of words. As someone who grew up in the East Midlands, this appointment is extra special to me and I greatly look forward to working with partners across the City and the UK along with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network to build on and strengthen NUCoL’s mission."</b></span></i></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">Between 2019 and 2021, Hannah led Common Currency, English PEN’s centenary celebration, a multi-partner project funded by Arts Council England working with literature and cultural organisations nationally and internationally. Highlights included commissioning a new digital piece from Ai Weiwei which was projected on the Southbank Centre. Previous to this, she spent four years as Assistant Programmer at Edinburgh International Book Festival</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">Hannah holds an MA in Cultural Policy and Management from Sheffield Hallam University, and is an associate trustee for Sheffield Museums</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">She brings with her strong experience of working internationally, building local and national partnerships, creative programming and championing new talent. </span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In taking up the role, she will be steering the organisation into our application to become an<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/get-funding/2023-26-investment-programme&source=gmail&ust=1647093358336000&usg=AOvVaw2SfK_tYgZlBqWlT7n-YtVc" href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/get-funding/2023-26-investment-programme" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation</span></a> (NPO) later this year. She will also be responsible for the strategy of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature on a local, national and international level, with a commitment to develop and strengthen our mission in Building Better Futures With Words.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NUCOL Chair </b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nottinghamcityofliterature.com/about-us/our-people/patrick-limb&source=gmail&ust=1647093358336000&usg=AOvVaw1bh4KFT9wG2M_gG5SQI8jt" href="https://nottinghamcityofliterature.com/about-us/our-people/patrick-limb" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>Patrick Limb</b></span></a><b> said: </b> <i>To welcome Hannah as our new Director is a moment of real excitement for Nottingham, as a UNESCO City of Literature. Hannah's appointment is a marker both of her ambition and ours, standing as NUCoL does on the threshold of applying to become a National Portfolio holder supported by Arts Council England. She brings a great commitment to innovation and inclusion, having worked in international, national and local contexts at renowned organisations, latterly English PEN and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The Board, the team and our core partners – each of whom participated in a competitive recruitment process – very much look forward to supporting Hannah in her work, confident that her dynamism will best enable us to turn present challenges into future opportunities. She will be a great asset not only in fulfilling our mission of building better futures with words but also to our City</i>.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Welcome to Nottingham Hannah.</span></div><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-70146008480862319632022-03-03T12:37:00.001-08:002022-03-03T12:37:18.756-08:00Handle with Care<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> H<span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">andle with Care: Travels with My Family (To Say Nothing of the Dog)</span></span></h3><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Delightful stories that'll take you places without having to move an inch!</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ1xJzei02nemuCERJrpJDApxZl4pGWljVOkNlUhxJNICtATZ9gZug8GuxBXXnvY7wZaIbyGhnku3_cI1ev-Yw_CiFQSINyPlt-q-M0GsjlZxOTN3vzM-aX1S8L0_6Bi97cPj7CgxmSy5BCEA5eBM5DA805LHgbT4fHIZrLrRsUguCPuCl35xNHOtq=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ1xJzei02nemuCERJrpJDApxZl4pGWljVOkNlUhxJNICtATZ9gZug8GuxBXXnvY7wZaIbyGhnku3_cI1ev-Yw_CiFQSINyPlt-q-M0GsjlZxOTN3vzM-aX1S8L0_6Bi97cPj7CgxmSy5BCEA5eBM5DA805LHgbT4fHIZrLrRsUguCPuCl35xNHOtq=s320" width="209" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">Shreya Sen-Handley's <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Handle with Care</em> is a blithe and zippy travelogue that chronicles her adventures around the globe. In tow, most of the time, is the 'quirky clan' comprising her British husband, their two children, and their dog.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">Here are tales of the world beyond south Kolkata and Sherwood Forest - places they call home. From much-loved Indian locales like Rajasthan and Kerala to bustling international capitals like New York and Paris, from English idylls like Dorset and Haworth to the sleepy pleasures of Corfu - the journeys are described in vivid detail, seasoned with humour, and sprinkled with wise trip-tips. No matter how gruelling the trek, you weather the storms well, and while you're about it, have tons of fun, food and epiphanies. Mishaps or not, one learns, there is always magic to find.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b>Shreya Sen-Handley </b>is the author of Memoirs of My Body (2017), which won the Best Nonfiction Book of the year at the NWS Writing Awards 2018, and the short-story collection Strange (2019). A Welsh National Opera librettist and the first South Asian woman to write international opera, she has collaborated with WNO on their film series Creating Change in 2020, and a 200-performer multicultural opera Migrations touring Britain in 2022. Her play Quiet was staged in London by Tara Theatre in 2021. Her short stories and poetry, published, broadcast, and shortlisted for prizes in India, Britain and Australia, also spearheaded a British national campaign against hate crimes in 2020. Shreya teaches creative writing at various institutions, including the University of Cambridge. She is also a columnist and illustrator. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">She lives with her husband, two children, and a dog, in Sherwood Forest.</p></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-1070735403783536632022-03-03T12:21:00.000-08:002022-03-03T12:21:02.731-08:00Furthermoor - Out Now!<p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><em style="border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Enter a world as vast and dark as your imagination, in this unforgettable coming-of-age story about courage, friendship and finding your voice.</span></b></em></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeNBGTu_rE9cdnB5yv214UJ8VdQF6KE5FISHEenvlYS-t7TlAhW2M2nagvrSEVQRjkyXqtebV469ulJMoJ_ubTwGlA8n291hoPKNs1BLIYhMAs9CTj4ui4JeqNgrSQv8MVnQG1tVCaFOFGDd0N96ZpP2bbiXhe9Lw-OD3VIn7meDorknzqY8YPTpXc=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeNBGTu_rE9cdnB5yv214UJ8VdQF6KE5FISHEenvlYS-t7TlAhW2M2nagvrSEVQRjkyXqtebV469ulJMoJ_ubTwGlA8n291hoPKNs1BLIYhMAs9CTj4ui4JeqNgrSQv8MVnQG1tVCaFOFGDd0N96ZpP2bbiXhe9Lw-OD3VIn7meDorknzqY8YPTpXc=w263-h400" width="263" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in an accident, Bren’s only safe space is Furthermoor, an imagined world of mechanised trees and clockwork animals, where Evie is still alive. In Furthermoor, no one can hurt Bren…until the mysterious Featherly arrives. Now Bren is forced to confront his deepest fears and decide if his place in the real world is worth fighting for. Enter a world as vast and dark as your imagination, in this unforgettable coming-of-age story about courage, friendship and finding your voice.</span></p><p><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Copies available from all good bookshops, <a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/furthermoor/" target="_blank">like this one </a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Darren Simpson lives in Nottingham with his wife and two mischievous boys, and spends most of his time pretending he knows what he's doing. After not quite making it as a drummer in a rock band, Darren turned to writing and discovered that it's a fun way not only to escape reality, but also to explore and confront it in unusual ways. He can usually be found lost in his headphones or eating cake mix with a spoon.</span></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-5219260666603814052022-01-18T07:48:00.006-08:002022-02-01T06:56:02.057-08:00OUT NOW!<h3 style="text-align: left;">Out Now! A new book about Notts and its writers</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fiveleaves.co.uk/authors/john-baird/" target="_blank"><b>Follow the Moon and Stars</b></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHmIHivLdRyoPDhl5TpFa1aIb7j8xWiSvYy27V41qZoT1LzPZYSHAV8Gp4ZGXPiZAFfXuIphQROVMq9DEJMST9fo_o11L4frDirRZunNjdUxbUwnPe4n5JfGpkbKoKkHDX2vFR3oycZCrzSZ1yWafUVLAeuev_tiZRqH1By-jx-VAHatkduqR_pp8e=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHmIHivLdRyoPDhl5TpFa1aIb7j8xWiSvYy27V41qZoT1LzPZYSHAV8Gp4ZGXPiZAFfXuIphQROVMq9DEJMST9fo_o11L4frDirRZunNjdUxbUwnPe4n5JfGpkbKoKkHDX2vFR3oycZCrzSZ1yWafUVLAeuev_tiZRqH1By-jx-VAHatkduqR_pp8e=w265-h400" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div>Featuring:</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dave Ablitt, Kristina Adams, Catherine Aird, Naomi Alderman,
Meena Alexander, Zayneb Allak, Maria Allen, David Almond, Hans Christian
Andersen, Joe Andrews, Norman Angell, Maya Angelou, Jane Anger, Narvel Annable,
Amanda Arbouin, Lee Arbouin, Michael Argyle, Simon Armitage, Catharine Arnold,
Chris Arnot, WH Auden, Jane Austen, Vicki Bertram, John Betjeman, Christopher
Bigsby, Jasbinder Bilan, Max Dalman Binns, Ottwell Binns, Max Blagg, William
Blake, Edith Bland, Lawrence Block, Enid Blyton, Stephen Booth, William Booth,
Anthony Boucher, David Bowie, Sydney Box, Elizabeth Baguley, Philip James Bailey,
Robin Bailey, Thomas Bailey, Roy Bainton, Panya Banjoko, Alan Baker, Paul
Baker, Hongwei Bao, Pat Barker, Linda Barnes, Emma Barnett, Andy Barrett, JM
Barrie, John Beckett, David Belbin, Gary Bell, Jo Bell, Kathleen Bell, Marco
Bellocchio, Alan Bennett, Arnold Bennett, Thomas Berdmore, Michael Bracewell,
Malcolm Bradbury, Richard Bradford, Rebecca Bradley, Emily Brand, Ken Brand,
Simon Brett, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, John Potter Briscoe, Cornelius Brown,
Pitman Browne, Alan Brownjohn, Rosslyn Bruce, Ruth Bryan, Emrys Bryson, Rebecca
S Buck, Adrian Buckner, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Gladys Bungay, Graham Caveney,
Tony Challis, Jessie Chambers, Raymond Chandler, Charlie Chaplin, Thomas
Chatterton, GK Chesterton, Noam Chomsky, Agatha Christie, Russell Christie,
Winston Churchill, Sir John Clanvowe, John Clare, John Stuart Clark (Brick),
Lynda Clark, John Cooper Clarke, Lilleth Clarke, Susanna Clarke, John Cleese,
Colin Clews, Wayne Burrows, Samuel Butler, Derrick Buttress, AS Byatt, Lord
Byron, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bill Bryson, Philip Callow, John
le Carré, Liz Carney-Marsh, Barbara Cartland, Ken Coates, Peter Cochran,
Jonathan Coe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Wilkie Collins, Stephan Collishaw,
Arthur Conan Doyle, Chris Cook Cann, Paul Cookson, Helen Cooper, Wendy Cope,
Noel Coward, Thomas Cranmer, Helen Cresswell, Andy Croft, Noel Dilke, Jo Dixon,
Robert Dodsley, Maura Dooley, Joan Downer, Roddy Doyle, John Drinkwater,
Melanie Duffill-Jeffs, Carol Ann Duffy, Maureen Duffy, Bob Dylan, Sue Dymoke, Michael
Eaton, David Edgley, Rowena Edlin-White, David Edwards, George Eliot, TS Eliot,
Janice Elliott, John Emerton, Rowland Emett, Jonathan Emmett, Richmal Crompton,
Anthony Cropper, Gillian Cross, Helen Cross, Rebecca Cullen, Joan Easdale, Mary
Ann Cursham, Simon Cutts, Sarah Dale, Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Alan
Dawson (Jacques Morrell), Cecil Day Lewis (Nicholas Blake), Vivien Dayrell-Browning,
Charles Deering, Daniel Defoe, Susie Dent, John Derry, Colin Dexter, Charles
Dickens, Ruth Fainlight, Paul Farley, Christy Fearn, Elaine Feinstein, Marty
Feldman, Jasper Fforde, Catherine Fisher, Robert Fisk, Ian Fleming, Alan
Fletcher, Raymond Flynn, Ken Follett, EM Forster, Caroline Bell Foster, Kate
Fox, Katherine Frank, Benjamin Franklin, Rich Goodson, Anne Goodwin, Nadine
Gordimer, Frances Gore, Ray Gosling, Sue Grafton, James Graham, Gwen Grant,
Andrew Graves, Robert Graves, Adrian Gray, Dulcie Gray, Zane Gray, Graham
Greene, Germaine Greer, Norma Gregory, Frank Griffin, Elly Griffiths, Cathy
Grindrod, Alan Guest, Stephen Haddelsey, Matt Haig, Madge Hales, John Foster
Frazer, Michael Frayn, Sam Fuller, Neil Fulwood, Frances Fyfield, Rose Fyleman,
Freddy Fynn, Faith Gakanje, Winifred Marshall Gales, Sheelagh Gallagher, Graeme
Garden, Rosie Garner, Robert Garioch, Lenford Alphonso (Len) Garrison, Mark
Gatiss, Abigail Gawthern, Evelyn Gibbs, Denis Gifford, Ann Gilbert, Sidney
Giles, Eric Gill, Malcolm Gladwell, Elizabeth Glaister, Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe, Lise Gold, Spencer Timothy Hall, Duncan Hamilton, Sophie Hannah, Thomas
Hardy, Joanne Harris, Robert Harris, Noel Harrower, Dorothy Hartley, Clare
Hartwell, John Harvey, Nicki Hastie, William Hatfield (Ernest Chapman), Spike
Hawkins, Lucinda Hawksley, Colin Haynes, Jaq Hazell, W Carew Hazlitt, Seamus
Heaney, John Hegley, Thomas Helwys, Felicia Dorothea Hemans, Ernest Hemingway,
Pippa Hennessy, Adrian Henri, George Henty, Robert Herrick, George Hickling (Rusticus),
David (Stickman) Higgins, Patricia Highsmith, Tony Hillerman, Enid Hilton, Edward
Hind, Muriel Florence Hine, Michael Hirst, Victoria Hislop, Merlin Holland,
Stephen L Holland, Alan Hollinghurst, John Holmes, Michael Holroyd, Sam Hope,
Mary Howitt, Richard Howitt, William Howitt, Michelle (Mother) Hubbard, Kathryn
Hughes, Evan Hunter (Ed McBain), Lucy Hutchinson, Catherine Hutton, William
Hutton, Aldous Huxley, Eric Idle, Washington Irving, William Ivory, Leonard
Jacks, Kevin Jackson, Lisa Jackson, Mick Jackson, Sarah Jackson, Maxim
Jakubowski, Clive James, Peter James, Alan Jenkins, Troy Jenkinson, Jerome K
Jerome, Jane Jerram (Jane Elizabeth Holmes), Ruth L Johns, BS Johnson, Ben
Jonson, Spencer Jordan, Graham Joyce, Rachel Joyce, Lucy Joynes, Alan Judd,
Joshua Judson, Ken Kamoche, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Siddharth Katragadda, Patrick
Kavanagh, Campbell Kay, Jackie Kay, Joyce Lesley Keating, Francis King, Giselle
Leeb, Paris Lees, Thomas Legendre, Clive Leivers, Dennis Lemon, Mark Lemon,
Hilda Lewis, Maxine Linnell, Clare Littleford, David Livingstone, Noel Lloyd, Ralph
Lloyd-Jones, Desmond King-Hele, Charles Kingsley, Mark Kinkead-Weekes, Carolyn
Kirby, Naomi Klein, Laura Knight (Laura Johnson), Sarah (Rain) Kolawole, Caroline
Lamb, LD Lapinski, Philip Larkin, Birger Larsen, DH Lawrence, TM Logan, Christopher
Logue, Ivory Longley, Lady Ada Lovelace, Peter Lovesey, RD Low, Edward Joseph
Lowe, Stephen Lowe, John Lucas, Pauline Lucas, George MacBeth, Fiona MacCarthy,
Robert Macfarlane, Mhairi Macfarlane, Robert Machray, Compton Mackenzie, Henry
Maddock, Rod Madocks, Maurice Magnus, Sarah Maguire, Eve Makis, Mufaro
Makubika, Eric Malpass, David Mamet, Emma Mardlin, Ngaio Marsh, Adam
Mars-Jones, GJ Martin, Andy Maslen, Lila Matsumoto, Somerset Maugham, Armistead
Maupin, Xavier Mayne, Val McDermid, Gavin and Oskar McIntosh, Ian McMillan,
Colum McCann, Nigel McCrery, Roger McGough, Jimmy McGovern, Pat McGrath, Jon
McGregor, Lisa Mckenzie, Jenny McLeod, Hollie McNish, Jonathan Meades, Arthur
Mee, Robert Mellors, Paul Mendez, Stanley Middleton, Arthur Miller, Claude
Miller, Kei Miller, Thomas Miller, Robert Millhouse, Stuart Mills, AA Milne,
John Milton, Adrian Mitchell, Naomi Mitchison, Leanne Moden, Deborah Moggach,
Nicola Monaghan (Niki Valentine), Bill Moody, Alison Moore, Beth Moran, Caitlin
Moran, Michael Morpurgo, Jackie Morris, Blake Morrison, Helen Mort, Peter
Mortimer, Andrew H Morton, Walter Mosley, Kate Mosse, Andrew Motion, Julie
Myerson, Daljit Nagra, Suniti Namjoshi, Trevor Negus, AS Neil (Aaliyah), E
Nesbit, Maureen Newton, Trish Nicholson, Robert Nieri, Henry Normal, Ben
Norris, Deirdre O’Byrne, Bill Oddie, Geoffrey Oldfield, Eliza S Oldham, Betty Maxine,
Tom Pickard, Paul A Pickering, Helena Pielichaty, John Shadrach Piercy, Elizabeth
Pigot, Kathy Pimlott, Dave Pitt, Nigel Planer, Samuel Plumb, Charles Plumbe,
Alexander Pope, Peter Porter, Christopher Pressler, Martin Priestman, VS
Pritchett, Alexander Pope, Beatrix Potter, George Powe, JB Priestley, James
Prior (Kirke), James Orange, Baroness Orczy, Joe Orton, George Orwell, Philip
Osment, Sally Outram, Thomas Paine, Frank (Baggy) Palmer, Sara Paretsky, Chris
Parker, Thomas Parkyns, Martin Parnell, Brian Patten, Tom Paulin, Constance
Penswick Smith, Gareth Peter, Nikolaus Pevsner, Nigel Pickard, Sheenagh Pugh,
Ian Rankin, Onjali Raúf, Slavomir Rawicz, Paula Rawsthorne, Nicola Davison Reed,
Ruth Rendell, Jean Rhys, Christopher Richardson, Peter Richardson, Séan
Richardson, Lady Laura Ridding, Sylvia Riley (Carol Lake), Stella Rimington,
Rosemary Robb, Cecil Roberts, Michèle Roberts, Celia Robertson, Thomas William Robertson,
JB Robinson, Nicci Robinson (Robyn Nyx), Michael Rosen, Carrol Rowe, Jane Rule,
AE Russell, Bertrand Russell, Frances Ryan, Manjit S Sahota, Thomas Sanders,
George Saunders, John Brough Scott, Walter Scott, Tony ScuphamBilton, Thom
Seddon, John Edward Bernard (Jack) Seely, Will Self, Shreya Sen-Handley, Dr
Seuss, Dolly Sewell, Miranda Seymour, William Shakespeare, Sir Dodds Shaw,
George Bernard Shaw, Mary Shelley, Percy B Shelley, Norman Sherry, Nevil Shute,
Richard Silburn, Alan Sillitoe, Darren Simpson, Tony Simpson, Lemn Sissay, Di
Slaney, Kim Slater (KL Slater), Ioney Smallhorne, Richard Smedley, Courtney
Alexander Smith, Delia Smith, Freda Love Smith, Michael RD Smith, JC Snaith,
Mahsunda Snaith, Mahendra Solanki, Robert Southey, Roderick Speer, Herbert
Spencer, Bridie Squires, Michael Standen, Peter Stanford, Colin Stanley, Beth
Steel, Debra Stephenson, Clare Stevens, Sharon RM Stevens, William Stevenson,
Sue Thompson, Christopher Thomson, Robert Thoroton, Miriam Toews, JRR Tolkien,
Claire Tomalin, Rebecca Tope, Barry Took, Geoffrey Trease, Anthony Trollope,
Frances Trollope, Joanna Trollope, CJ Tudor, Gael Turnbull, Mark Twain, Barry
Upton, Peter Ustinov, George Vason, Victoria Villasenor (Victoria Oldham),
Francis Vivian (Arthur Ashley), Bram Stoker, Michael Stokes, Tom Stoppard (Tom
Straussler), Richard Stott, Lytton Strachey, Lady Arbella Stuart, William
Stukeley, Henry S Sutton, Jenny Swann, Julian Symons, Robert Tansey, Quentin
Tarantino, Peter Tatchell, Bertrand Tavernier, Andrew Taylor, Megan Taylor, Alfred
Tennyson, William Makepeace Thackeray, Frances Thimann, Sue Thomas, Marie
Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut, George Walker, James Walker, Peter Walker (Nicholas
Rhea), Joan Wallace, John Waller, William Wallett, Hugh Walpole, Joanna Walsh, Minette
Walters, Pemberton de Wanderer, Edward Ward, James Ward, Simon Ward, Rory
Waterman, Gail Webb, Ernest Weekley, Matthew Welton, Angus Wells, Donald E
Westlake, Jo Weston, Dorothy Whipple, Phil Whitaker, Cathy White, Henry Kirke
White, Amanda Whittington, Oscar Wilde, Georgina Wilding, Leah Wilkins, Jo
Willett, Alan Williams, Joanna Williams, Tennessee Williams, Leslie Williamson,
Colin Wilson, Glenis Wilson, Godfrey Winn, Jackie Winter, Jeanette Winterson,
PG Wodehouse, Nick Wood, Gregory Woods, Virginia Woolf, William Wordsworth, Lady
Mary Wortley Montagu, Keith Wright, WB Yeats, Jackie Yelland, Kerry Young,
Benjamin Zephaniah, Alice Zimmern, Ztan Zmith.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Read <i><a href="https://fiveleaves.co.uk/authors/john-baird/" target="_blank">Follow the Moon and Stars</a></i> to find out:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->How a Nottingham woman inspired George Eliot’s <i>Adam
Bede</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Why Philip Larkin always wore a DH Lawrence
T-shirt when mowing the lawn.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which James Bond novel features Nottingham
Castle and Sherwood Forest.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Who took Agatha Christie for tea in Nottingham’s
Arboretum.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which Nottingham writer’s books were bombed by
the Nazis. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Why Quentin Tarantino said that “Nottingham is a
really cool city”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which Nottingham writer appears in an episode of
<i>Monty Python’s Flying Circus.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Why Charles Dickens was called to Ada Lovelace’s
deathbed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Who was known as Nottingham’s Robinson Crusoe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->How Alan Sillitoe met his wife in a Nottingham
bookshop.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Who was Shakespeare’s Nottingham Knight.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which Nottingham man was the first person to
write a defence of universal religious freedom in English.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which Nottingham man did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
write a poem about.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->How a Nottingham man wrote the first scientific
work on dentistry.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Where in Notts was the writer of "ashes to
ashes, dust to dust" born.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which Nottingham poet was the first Briton to
explicitly write about evolution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which Nottingham writer takes credit for the Doctor
Dolittle stories being published.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">And much more...</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">Over 400 pages. Over 200 images. In paperback and hardback. Published by Five Leaves Publications and <a href="https://fiveleaves.co.uk/authors/john-baird/" target="_blank">available now! </a></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-90249220880682460652022-01-01T09:50:00.001-08:002022-01-01T10:14:37.392-08:00Books From A City<h1 style="text-align: left;">Books From a City – a small selection of our finest</h1><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Novels set in Nottingham </h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhBCCZwiso4XjYPXWOLmB0dPNzdGjJHA8Ww8YXcM7Goq6zhVt1Dg3qq1vPU8u-7LmR8ZOs6-Olst-aaxh_CIbMoApZe_kjBjWOGDSFyvF5ZmV2L7siHe-eRLOiTyIP8oRKpUUmdiHCiU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="420" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhBCCZwiso4XjYPXWOLmB0dPNzdGjJHA8Ww8YXcM7Goq6zhVt1Dg3qq1vPU8u-7LmR8ZOs6-Olst-aaxh_CIbMoApZe_kjBjWOGDSFyvF5ZmV2L7siHe-eRLOiTyIP8oRKpUUmdiHCiU/" width="142" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence (1913)</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">'I tell you I've written a great book,’ said Lawrence to his
publisher on sending a manuscript of Sons and Lovers, his compelling portrayal
of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations. Paul Morel, on becoming
the centre of his disappointed and fiercely protective mother's world, is torn
between his individual desires and family allegiances.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm_dw6tstPDeLcT93i6UWgGDL6ETv4WZcTjGPoE8EK9sxqChIPHFgWRmwMi3ppFz30SnAb3fmOqO6bsPC4F9JJm8CiaZvRyWd36kAB4dTIvao8B7frAktiWzEkrB1O2dZVpt-Q2nry5E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="243" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm_dw6tstPDeLcT93i6UWgGDL6ETv4WZcTjGPoE8EK9sxqChIPHFgWRmwMi3ppFz30SnAb3fmOqO6bsPC4F9JJm8CiaZvRyWd36kAB4dTIvao8B7frAktiWzEkrB1O2dZVpt-Q2nry5E/" width="194" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">A Terrace in the Sun by Cecil Roberts (1951)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The book opens amid the fading luxury and glamour of the French
coast but we soon head to Nottingham in what is Robert’s self-titled
“Nottingham novel”, a semi-biographical account of his growing up and coming of
age here. Somewhat lost and underrated, the book captures an early 20<sup>th</sup>
Century Nottingham. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLB7TEyAkxeRDC_KfT9zyDwZwo43rCRarpn_dePKeDUEJZfFh99FMMwoOD44wDR-cav-E3NhI68-_Rp1gIF2X0fF5zENqfuGAzUWdfxhdNxA-rTQq947HHnMe6cjqfXTGYASrD6cpmmo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="265" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLB7TEyAkxeRDC_KfT9zyDwZwo43rCRarpn_dePKeDUEJZfFh99FMMwoOD44wDR-cav-E3NhI68-_Rp1gIF2X0fF5zENqfuGAzUWdfxhdNxA-rTQq947HHnMe6cjqfXTGYASrD6cpmmo/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Penny Lace by Hilda Lewis (1957)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Probably the best novel about our lace industry Penny Lace
is insightful and authentically descriptive. Driven by resentment, Mr Penny adopts
new methods of working that undercut his rivals, one such man being his own
father-in-law.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6Wwz1CNnv7lOH2vkhPbA-gxL4aTmsx4wn8xi3a8e2VM2rq46sktnvUcGh8qyOOGVUqi9hdJ9sKo3yofXKz5FJ6NzWZ_bWMloUrpjdavuk8L1ALZ4neJWiz2bbu8mR4Bj40OEIFs0c8o/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="323" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6Wwz1CNnv7lOH2vkhPbA-gxL4aTmsx4wn8xi3a8e2VM2rq46sktnvUcGh8qyOOGVUqi9hdJ9sKo3yofXKz5FJ6NzWZ_bWMloUrpjdavuk8L1ALZ4neJWiz2bbu8mR4Bj40OEIFs0c8o/" width="151" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe (1958)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For twenty-two-year-old Arthur Seaton, a factory worker at
Raleigh in Nottingham, life is one long battle with authority. After work is
done Arthur becomes a hard-drinking, hard-fighting, hedonist, happy to bed
married women and stuff the consequences. But can he cheat the world before it
cheats him? </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Set in a fictionalised version of the city.</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqu5Z2wQ7PRcHlNDEXN1kt6u9q9y7c2DMFnTMiAcrSq-yMwjlDXwTxi5BS2KCan35feVpYYycdDPeEDgxQ13QJjLv3He7YDLETpB4CYTDVjKVuULxYz6sKppDh9sBFhc8gizoNmy0ICpo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqu5Z2wQ7PRcHlNDEXN1kt6u9q9y7c2DMFnTMiAcrSq-yMwjlDXwTxi5BS2KCan35feVpYYycdDPeEDgxQ13QJjLv3He7YDLETpB4CYTDVjKVuULxYz6sKppDh9sBFhc8gizoNmy0ICpo/" width="147" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (1936)</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After returning to England, gun-for-hire Raven is paid in
stolen notes. Bent of revenge the ruthless anti-hero pursues an agent who
crosses him. A cat-and-mouse chase follows as a detective-sergeant tracks Raven
to Nottwich (Nottingham). As the action takes place it appears to the reader
that the killing Raven was hired for might have been intended to trigger war.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRx38o07EkUUYAtO1x8XoQ75YTMSAXzCEMllkJMJ-1FeuTGCD06QMU1f3dUGxaJX_ZjATiqNenO6poOZFevAj-6jstyJhJexGE5GDvXO5S4XMD3lAGpSzeZMmZdpPXDXlG9w4oJ4X3pM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRx38o07EkUUYAtO1x8XoQ75YTMSAXzCEMllkJMJ-1FeuTGCD06QMU1f3dUGxaJX_ZjATiqNenO6poOZFevAj-6jstyJhJexGE5GDvXO5S4XMD3lAGpSzeZMmZdpPXDXlG9w4oJ4X3pM/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">A Great Adventure by Muriel Hine (1942)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Set in the 1880s, A Great Adventure is based on Hine’s
childhood in Nottingham. The story features her family home on the corner of
Oxford Street and Regent Street (not far from the Playhouse); The Park is named
The Chase, and as her characters navigate their way around Lacingham
(Nottingham) their paths exactly match those of Nottingham at that time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULGLDGTE5k9K0_s3tGUc33WUHtrIzpH21WSxLyw6AqOTgpC8reqy4gywvKbLEjox3S2d1Fs805S43vnbNk8AR-XApVd1USaXyh-_APKJ-n646BjLOW0s3EnWKmxGAxJHfsUchZWN6Zog/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULGLDGTE5k9K0_s3tGUc33WUHtrIzpH21WSxLyw6AqOTgpC8reqy4gywvKbLEjox3S2d1Fs805S43vnbNk8AR-XApVd1USaXyh-_APKJ-n646BjLOW0s3EnWKmxGAxJHfsUchZWN6Zog/" width="172" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">They Knew Mr Knight by Dorothy Whipple (1943)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Blakes are an ordinary family: Celia looks after the
house and Thomas works at the family engineering business. This book begins
when he meets Mr Knight - a crooked financier – and goes on to track the Blakes’
swift climb and fall. The story is set in Trentham (Nottingham).<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1Fsv2NCKbnYhbqjAVJwoY4eirns4R01Uiltck3F0xxRGFi9krbDJOttg__xe1b3qnX5eAHR3EgW9R5SIp1yWJ6ZUeu7C9j3rQo_sAECDc3pxhS2wivR5aHt5-joeeV3fS8re-DLpzP4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="150" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1Fsv2NCKbnYhbqjAVJwoY4eirns4R01Uiltck3F0xxRGFi9krbDJOttg__xe1b3qnX5eAHR3EgW9R5SIp1yWJ6ZUeu7C9j3rQo_sAECDc3pxhS2wivR5aHt5-joeeV3fS8re-DLpzP4/" width="157" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Harris’s Requiem by Stanley Middleton (1960)</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘Beechnall is Nottingham, the whole thing,’ admitted
Middleton, who ‘crossed Bulwell with Hucknall’ when devising the name. When Thomas
Harris’s coal-miner father dies, Harris (a teacher/composer) decides to write a
requiem for him which is also a thinly veiled attack on the powerful elite. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Notts Crime Fiction</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRE98mFEZTYQy_IVKQAI_FOKZQXdDRBqfGkXnGK9TwP24oQyfLSdgUZKDTss5bch_4hd9P_bNR0J5J0AAwrz2I4chYiJq3qWqGG9TBgzpNVN2WQ3tfrynKyNH_xjsS7_IjDsYXxGye7Q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRE98mFEZTYQy_IVKQAI_FOKZQXdDRBqfGkXnGK9TwP24oQyfLSdgUZKDTss5bch_4hd9P_bNR0J5J0AAwrz2I4chYiJq3qWqGG9TBgzpNVN2WQ3tfrynKyNH_xjsS7_IjDsYXxGye7Q/" width="160" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Top Hard by Stephen Booth (1988)</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a world full of injustice, among people still haunted by
memories of the miners' strike, Stones McClure is a man trying to put his old
life behind him for good. But survival in this part of the world depends on the
Top Hard Rule - you can't trust anyone these days.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-ar8IZ91UnMBR27NCtRxEPAc9Fm0OtDQg4_iaIqmYsW2GHDWMb85FmauZOgwBVs9cpaFX1qaqHKO4gC428hyphenhyphenab0Uij2Kj8rL3-qTvr9MX65-X3flJucmK1wrPRYfjriQTsBDhz2D-dk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="204" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-ar8IZ91UnMBR27NCtRxEPAc9Fm0OtDQg4_iaIqmYsW2GHDWMb85FmauZOgwBVs9cpaFX1qaqHKO4gC428hyphenhyphenab0Uij2Kj8rL3-qTvr9MX65-X3flJucmK1wrPRYfjriQTsBDhz2D-dk/" width="154" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Easy Meat by John Harvey (1996)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nottingham’s finest detective, DI Charlie Resnick, comes
into contact with Hannah Campbell with whom he finds himself falling
unexpectedly and awkwardly in love. This case involves Nicky Snape, a teenage, long-time
petty juvenile offender, who has been picked up for killing Eric Netherfield,
only to turn up dead himself two days later. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUpZgHS5AAnjAJpy1R5Frd419VLbEZcXGY-aanL81SP8QBgae_uPbt_KrU37yaVAG_yQ0Gbn5MSM_3bMc74MrNqVzWjtbOGnyVbpnabZSB2dr1Dhz_IHSiQ2Oet5XMbMnhJ9xWoKZQ7c/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="331" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUpZgHS5AAnjAJpy1R5Frd419VLbEZcXGY-aanL81SP8QBgae_uPbt_KrU37yaVAG_yQ0Gbn5MSM_3bMc74MrNqVzWjtbOGnyVbpnabZSB2dr1Dhz_IHSiQ2Oet5XMbMnhJ9xWoKZQ7c/" width="159" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Bone and Cane by David Belbin (2011)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s 1997 and Labour MP Sarah Bone celebrates a successful
campaign to secure an appeal for a convicted murderer, but she soon discovers
that he might be guilty after all. Driven to uncover the truth, she also has to
fight the most important election of a generation, one she is expected to lose.
This is the first in a series. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7YDhJ8G0rtkeJE2ghbylDf2oxpjxq0y4Q5BpTXaUV6ze8blmA1UWGyAdqEOsmZd6A8iVbSGxL3eAoaB4c6OXdK62o-wnsZF_0O3PQVaNjH_TaXuNUC7cf1m7OgnWqSNI-sy7oqiwuXo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7YDhJ8G0rtkeJE2ghbylDf2oxpjxq0y4Q5BpTXaUV6ze8blmA1UWGyAdqEOsmZd6A8iVbSGxL3eAoaB4c6OXdK62o-wnsZF_0O3PQVaNjH_TaXuNUC7cf1m7OgnWqSNI-sy7oqiwuXo/" width="157" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Dead Flowers by Nicola Monaghan (2020)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hardened by ten years on the murder squad, DNA analyst
Doctor Sian Love has seen it all. So when she finds human remains in the
basement of her new home, she knows the drill. In a parallel narrative taking
us back to the late 1960s we discover how it all came to be. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">By Lost Nottingham Writers</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEhf8JUHbK3NVnAcBEYm4tKrqP6GAvsU-Lu0rwEpPzpnevj0KiNc8V2N9wTka4e3HkzYXjHcZmZzu23b7Aw96ymeL2eSH9hWAuBVTGOevIKW2NcnyY0kX2LJtpRb1jPnKMPZoTrqgnxw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="384" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEhf8JUHbK3NVnAcBEYm4tKrqP6GAvsU-Lu0rwEpPzpnevj0KiNc8V2N9wTka4e3HkzYXjHcZmZzu23b7Aw96ymeL2eSH9hWAuBVTGOevIKW2NcnyY0kX2LJtpRb1jPnKMPZoTrqgnxw/" width="185" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Sailor by JC Snaith (1916)</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The story opens in a rough part of a textile town where
Henry, a small boy, is crouched in desperate terror against the wall of a blind
alley, while his drunken and terrible old aunt stands over him, heavy lash in
hand, taunting the child before striking him. After escaping, Henry experiences
an extraordinary life as a mariner. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqDoqTjxEJRoneLnR8P7R0cvOJZNBslh7IvkuWJRlZK7HPked7GDyCcwO6peYnWOM3Q6pwB-tJz8CZK6tflbceuxcQMqlZvCWeuZ9iLVG6nduaR3bhdzMuKer0qZXEs0LTSaqc2iGhGg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqDoqTjxEJRoneLnR8P7R0cvOJZNBslh7IvkuWJRlZK7HPked7GDyCcwO6peYnWOM3Q6pwB-tJz8CZK6tflbceuxcQMqlZvCWeuZ9iLVG6nduaR3bhdzMuKer0qZXEs0LTSaqc2iGhGg/" width="177" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Desert Saga by William Hatfield (1933)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Born Ernest Chapman (a son of Hyson Green), Hatfield’s most
serious novel was Desert Saga, about an Aboriginal boy, one of the Arunta
people. It portrays the various white invasions of their land and culture.
After moving to Australia the author sympathetically studied Aboriginal
languages and customs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRn56y4RE3a68ISsHPxQo6Ykh1LoP_gTeGDD_xvKVzDBEx3JSjwOMSVLJ9UeYCLIIx67Ofj4Ad1g95J35Ny6n7frFDcLj0IFV00SoBOdl0xbroZfFDOwwqfiShIuLlj-xnKmh6iXmeNI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRn56y4RE3a68ISsHPxQo6Ykh1LoP_gTeGDD_xvKVzDBEx3JSjwOMSVLJ9UeYCLIIx67Ofj4Ad1g95J35Ny6n7frFDcLj0IFV00SoBOdl0xbroZfFDOwwqfiShIuLlj-xnKmh6iXmeNI/" width="155" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Death of Mr. Lomas by Francis Vivian (1941)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When Mr. Lomas visits the Chief Constable of Burnham and
describes his symptoms, Sir Wilfred Burrows believes that his visitor suffers
from nothing more serious than nerves. Later that day Mr. Lomas's body is
recovered from the water at Willow Lock; yet death is not by drowning. This is
the first in a series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTNSRwk05xRDDabbxplvYl1_X6LJb0SFz0nlpOt6jzI3fj25qukb43m1Fk_IoSmu5bh0mUg36IdbdtGoUqieSNCrGDiPM0lg0TczXspG2BS13f5i5bF78RcRo77XtYqYxZQkyPMmB9So/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="380" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTNSRwk05xRDDabbxplvYl1_X6LJb0SFz0nlpOt6jzI3fj25qukb43m1Fk_IoSmu5bh0mUg36IdbdtGoUqieSNCrGDiPM0lg0TczXspG2BS13f5i5bF78RcRo77XtYqYxZQkyPMmB9So/" width="162" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The Vixen’s Cub by Katharine Morris (1951)</span></h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Born in Lenton, buried in Bleasby, ‘Mollie’ Morris published
five Notts set novels between 1933 and 1958. Her gentle stories of life in the
English countryside include The Vixen's Cub, published by Macdonald of London. Morris
became involved in PEN during the 1930s, the human rights organisation
originally for ‘Poets, Essayists and Novelists’. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Set in Notts - Children’s & YA books </h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlBy_nMhXWPI0dUUUn8wlUlFcdvSXVMx2ESA6iCaW_A24iR7n5sCmZfuz_dZ1Q_iJNH3izY56wx4DDX8BFPMndfp-g0HTn5WfAXHYifeRKlEJZt7P5XRPm6bSSxriqfh-YzpETLvdUoM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="391" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlBy_nMhXWPI0dUUUn8wlUlFcdvSXVMx2ESA6iCaW_A24iR7n5sCmZfuz_dZ1Q_iJNH3izY56wx4DDX8BFPMndfp-g0HTn5WfAXHYifeRKlEJZt7P5XRPm6bSSxriqfh-YzpETLvdUoM/" width="156" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">A Princess Comes to Our Town by Rose Fyleman (1927)</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Princess Finestra doesn’t want to marry the boring prince
her mother and father, the Fairy King and Queen, have chosen for her. She wants
to have adventures in real life, so her godmother arranges for her to be
transported to Nottingham’s Market-place, where she meets the narrator of the
story. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuo7P52Mj8Rvtm8kaIWdHWumrXjZ5qlc1_8UNQNbbQw7WfLoAmCKLSraA_Qj6GEY7WruFlAqoCWGF2glS_XWPTwH50daPICT-KC0cT9kTAtE3pPyFd3h7wutvKKXqYp6rdYRrT4lIyCyg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="318" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuo7P52Mj8Rvtm8kaIWdHWumrXjZ5qlc1_8UNQNbbQw7WfLoAmCKLSraA_Qj6GEY7WruFlAqoCWGF2glS_XWPTwH50daPICT-KC0cT9kTAtE3pPyFd3h7wutvKKXqYp6rdYRrT4lIyCyg/" width="161" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Bows Against the Barons by Geoffrey Trease (1934)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A young lad from Nottingham is made an outlaw for killing
one of the king's deer. His fight against injustice is aided by the commoners’
great leader. Robin Hood and his band of rebels stand against the elite in this
radical telling of the story.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6t5nXtrzpWfjlWMjTTQ2iRMpOJC0GTyY054Cwh6WznmNNGVkyRnCFV1IE8i87xfvzz96OjjRITPLdMujXoFEx9JbOwy_iU9LdPRm_gaV3jWdvHt11rdsCFFWruir9n8GCLsT3blStZc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="182" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6t5nXtrzpWfjlWMjTTQ2iRMpOJC0GTyY054Cwh6WznmNNGVkyRnCFV1IE8i87xfvzz96OjjRITPLdMujXoFEx9JbOwy_iU9LdPRm_gaV3jWdvHt11rdsCFFWruir9n8GCLsT3blStZc/" width="146" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Accidental Friends by Helena Pielichaty (2008)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thrust together on the first day of term at college, four
youngsters form an unlikely and uneasy alliance that eventually leads to
friendship, and even love. A life-threatening, accident tests this friendship
and loyalty to the extreme. Set in Newark. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRnWEpg_OfQutSfeMiFgi1vPpjiUPxJhKYugDM0pzBEd70uD8p_eqb5R4HKSFSMUb66K36dBs5OuUIctglnI2yNnml-Jkf_ESDinUuMlEprfNclVLeHfy9iR-KGTsUyo_6qynqQ6jlUE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRnWEpg_OfQutSfeMiFgi1vPpjiUPxJhKYugDM0pzBEd70uD8p_eqb5R4HKSFSMUb66K36dBs5OuUIctglnI2yNnml-Jkf_ESDinUuMlEprfNclVLeHfy9iR-KGTsUyo_6qynqQ6jlUE/" width="157" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Smart by Kim Slater (2014)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There's been a murder, but the police don't seem to care. It’s
over to the detective skills of young Kieran Woods who is amazing at drawing
but terrible at fitting in. Slater's outstanding debut is a moving and
compelling novel with a loveable character at its heart.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Must-read Novels (by Notts writers)</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAK60zrufqqD6S6gdRooUkVB9ys65LkM2xhhB4X3dzBkj9rYvY7M9ZynEMpj8jIJGqWSOHnXigb3TRCgpZLh0eivA1HotUOJakxC46rpc-wcAX8kpWPrvpd_CMVF785z86yNuHn-rDTk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="420" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAK60zrufqqD6S6gdRooUkVB9ys65LkM2xhhB4X3dzBkj9rYvY7M9ZynEMpj8jIJGqWSOHnXigb3TRCgpZLh0eivA1HotUOJakxC46rpc-wcAX8kpWPrvpd_CMVF785z86yNuHn-rDTk/" width="151" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler (1903)</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Written between 1873 and 1884 and published posthumously,
this is a semi-autobiographical account of a harsh upbringing and troubled
adulthood that shines an iconoclastic light on the hypocrisy of a Victorian
clerical family's domestic life and questions conventional values. Set in a
fictionalised Notts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlU5UthEC7CmZ9LPNu5I11RLvgj5MoEH-UWycPhSuDgGzxvoPiQVuzgawbS8k1Bv-ahddwS3ey622URCLEggexYiyuGuBmQyP82paJFmcNSLhl0cHnrT2aq-oYivzEvGvbcBRjfalZag/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="474" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlU5UthEC7CmZ9LPNu5I11RLvgj5MoEH-UWycPhSuDgGzxvoPiQVuzgawbS8k1Bv-ahddwS3ey622URCLEggexYiyuGuBmQyP82paJFmcNSLhl0cHnrT2aq-oYivzEvGvbcBRjfalZag/" width="153" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Holiday by Stanley Middleton (1974)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 1974 Booker Prize winning Holiday sees a grieving Edwin
Fisher seek understanding. The recently separated lecturer visits a seaside
resort where he ponders the themes of life, death and broken relationships.
Told through thoughts and flashbacks we enter the head of Fisher, a
disgruntled, contemptuous and vulnerable man in need of security. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSui1hB3Bk6z3bpYT9_yzDbc5KCRBezEULCOzR33ZdkvhZ8gPBthlx-7MeXQ41v1J-bbkvlLph0OFm14mSuNtHR3-HoNAkuD9qYeTkRUva5diBuvkD8qG26RVGqMIilL8naOImt4iNKPQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="1400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSui1hB3Bk6z3bpYT9_yzDbc5KCRBezEULCOzR33ZdkvhZ8gPBthlx-7MeXQ41v1J-bbkvlLph0OFm14mSuNtHR3-HoNAkuD9qYeTkRUva5diBuvkD8qG26RVGqMIilL8naOImt4iNKPQ/" width="154" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Fatherland by Robert Harris (1992)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The best-selling thriller writer began his move to fiction with
Fatherland, a detective story/alternate history in which Nazi Germany won World
War II. The protagonist is an officer of the Kripo, the criminal police, who is
investigating the murder of a government official. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglH4ikTWDr7aDbVcjaeqWH5b7pTaHtBMCY_d3kpmK3SnHBO9hiZJU78sUUh0gPBIQQegcM7nTFxHdZ3_jZHQBeTrFuT_DJkdgEjo0B6-w3gpNhbx1qv5Oiz_c1uM1JLoDKcqZEjlQiZZ8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="322" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglH4ikTWDr7aDbVcjaeqWH5b7pTaHtBMCY_d3kpmK3SnHBO9hiZJU78sUUh0gPBIQQegcM7nTFxHdZ3_jZHQBeTrFuT_DJkdgEjo0B6-w3gpNhbx1qv5Oiz_c1uM1JLoDKcqZEjlQiZZ8/" width="155" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor (2002)</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This incredible debut is a day in the life of an ordinary
suburban British street, with the plot alternately following the lives of its
various inhabitants. All but one person's viewpoint is described in the third
person, and the narrative uses a flowing grammatical and poetic style which
mimics their thought processes.<o:p></o:p></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-9512951985537321422021-07-22T14:18:00.002-07:002021-07-22T14:26:28.758-07:00Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart<p> <i>'Mollart's
intriguing and timely premise is executed with verve - Kings of a Dead World is
filmic in its scope.' </i>Alison Moore</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0osLsDy6txiiJ_RUzT3aoCHv1dVpZbXrmTKGw1o2DzGep6jDDfW_wGXP3BHySnxosQZxmLvnWgkCpQvbjLe3zbo1eIchwItMAbzcpSzX26MbLQUFvCNBn1UeXFVAUPPUS5L5SwV5PQ0/s475/mollartbook.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0osLsDy6txiiJ_RUzT3aoCHv1dVpZbXrmTKGw1o2DzGep6jDDfW_wGXP3BHySnxosQZxmLvnWgkCpQvbjLe3zbo1eIchwItMAbzcpSzX26MbLQUFvCNBn1UeXFVAUPPUS5L5SwV5PQ0/s320/mollartbook.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">In a country of rising Covid carnage, and in a world of flooding and wild fires, it might feel like you’re living in a dystopian novel. Jamie Mollart’s new sci-fi book about a dying planet of dwindling resources may, strangely, prove to be the perfect form of escapism. It comes with a warning of what might happen, and of who and what is valued when it does.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US">Kings of a
Dead World is set 50+ years in the future. People are l</span>iving with
restrictions, with little reward, and <span lang="EN-US">dissatisfaction is growing. After years of global warming, the solution
to Earth’s limited resources is imposed sleep. This enforced hibernation has a
sensible theory behind it, that by spending three months asleep for every one
they are awake, humans can help manage resources.</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ben lives
in a city, watching out for his elderly wife Rose who has a form of dementia. Their
love story is at the heart of the novel. Theirs is a story told, in part, in
flashback. To a time when mistakes were made. Ben being an example of how an
individual’s decisions have a reaching impact. It’s these flashbacks that
reveal how humankind ended up on the precipice of annihilation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">While Ben
and the majority are sleeping, it’s up to janitors to look after them, trading
resources for creds (the new world’s money). One such janitor is Peruzzi. As a
janitor he’s part of an elite that aren’t required to endure the months of
sleep. Each janitor has a location that they are responsible for, making sure the
sleepers have enough to survive their next four weeks awake. It makes sense for
the story to be told from both perspectives (Sleeper and Janitor) in two timelines, and through the
younger rebellious Ben’s backstory. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US">As much as it’s a work of
sci-fi, with AI and a Big Brother style monitoring system, plus a powerful version of Alexa (on
speed) - it’s a novel about relationships. Our relationships with each other,
with assumed ‘higher’ entities, and the planet. Ultimately, it’s about actions
and responsibilities (personal and social). Sometimes the world seems overly recognisable,
at others, too distant from the world we live in, but then that’s probably what
60 years hence would feel like, the highly familiar and the extremely foreign. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">There’s ample
action and twists, some humour and surprises. It is also dark, violent and
unrelentingly tense. This is a dense book that’ll make you think and rethink.
If you like sci-fi or dystopian novels you should definitely grab a copy.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Kings of
a Dead World took Mollart five years to write. His editing process saw his 200,000
word manuscript cut in half. There’s evidence of the missing words in the depth of his
characters – the author knows them well – and in the tight pot.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">This is Mollart’s
second published novel, following The Zoo. The author benefitted from Writing
East Midlands’ mentoring scheme. He lives just over the Leicestershire but is a
member of Nottingham Writers’ Studio.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p>
<br /></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-26870069996510813982021-07-22T13:56:00.001-07:002021-07-22T13:56:05.213-07:00Launch of Middleway Words online festival<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">NEW CHAPTER FOR MIDLANDS AUTHORS WITH
LAUNCH OF MIDDLEWAY WORDS FREE ONLINE FESTIVAL</span></span></span></h3><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><b>A</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"> new online Midlands Book Festival
is to be established to celebrate the large number of lesser-known writers in
the region – and to inspire a new generation to express their creativity.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Organised by members of the Society of
Authors, Middleway Words will feature five days of free online events between
September 5-11 2021, bringing together readers and writers to discuss and discover
the many great books, covering a broad range of genres, which do not get huge
displays in the major bookstores.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Ignaty Dyakov-Richmond, a
co-chair of Society of Authors Warwickshire and co-founder of the Festival, said, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">“We have a long and proud tradition of
great writing in the Midlands and there are so many excellent writers in the
region who readers would love if only they were introduced to their work. With
Middleway Words, we aim to bring them together.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">“We are formulating an exciting
programme of events which will have something for everyone who loves books. Not
only will Middleway Words promote those who are already creating great work, we
want it to provide helpful advice to inspire others to write.”</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The festival will feature five days of
events which will be available to view live, for free; </span><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">these interviews and
videos will be available on the Festival' YouTube channel.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">It will begin on Sunday, September 5,
with author-led panel discussion on how a book is born. Sessions aimed at
adults and children on how to write fiction and poetry to appeal to readers of
all ages will follow.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The closing panel, on Saturday,
September 11, aims to introduce different types of writing, including script,
translation, education and theatre narrative. </span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">In between, there will be two or three
sessions a day on selected days, running at lunchtime and the early evening, in
which regional authors will talk and answer questions about their books and the
writing process. You can also expect talks from a literary agent, a publisher,
a book-seller and a library about their roles in the book business.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Short videos from other authors
speaking about their books will be aired prior to and during the Festival,
giving readers plenty of chance to add new names to their reading list.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This week promises to add a new chapter
to the Midlands tradition for producing great writing. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">twitter.com/middlewaywords</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-82372964356513896742021-04-29T08:18:00.004-07:002021-04-29T08:22:11.985-07:00Notts Authors and Novels - online courses <h4 style="text-align: center;"> Two Courses Starting Soon</h4><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Nottinghamshire Authors (online Zoom course)</h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">12th May to 2nd June 2021 <span style="font-weight: normal;">(Must register by 5th May)</span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Wednesdays:
2pm - 3pm</h3>
<p class="MsoNormal">For ages<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>19+<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Group size<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5
- 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cost<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>FREE - £9<o:p></o:p></p>
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finest writers, from the quirky to the quintessential. Learners will discover
the county’s remarkable literary history and the impact its writers have had on
the world.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">LINK to INSPIRE Website for details and booking: <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/nottinghamshire-authors-online-course-community-learning-1400-1500/">https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/nottinghamshire-authors-online-course-community-learning-1400-1500/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><o:p><b><i><br /></i></b></o:p></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><o:p><b><i> and a NEW course:</i></b></o:p></h4><div><o:p><b><i><br /></i></b></o:p></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Nottinghamshire Novels (online Zoom course) </h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">14th May to 28th May
2021<span style="font-weight: normal;"> (Must register by 7th May)</span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Fridays:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cost<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>FREE - £6.75<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqncKIu9tj4exqAnY7fZeM3_CJ4XdvEeecZFkMx_WPB1WGkzXRhI6587DDatCfKre0WamNjqzuf5D4x_geDTi0Zsu_IGkOnNr8mnyEW5P9I71K6rvMIMUTfgihVye3Cm8ECOt5VOedRyU/s963/nnov.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="963" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqncKIu9tj4exqAnY7fZeM3_CJ4XdvEeecZFkMx_WPB1WGkzXRhI6587DDatCfKre0WamNjqzuf5D4x_geDTi0Zsu_IGkOnNr8mnyEW5P9I71K6rvMIMUTfgihVye3Cm8ECOt5VOedRyU/s320/nnov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">This online course is a celebration of the best novels set in Nottinghamshire. From DH Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe to many lesser-known authors, a wide range of books will be discussed, introducing you to the stories inspired by the county. You'll also leave with a <i>never before seen</i> list of the "possibly" 100 best novels set in Notts. Now that's a reading pile!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Link to INSPIRE Website for more details and booking: <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/nottinghamshire-novels-online-course-community-learning-1400-1500/">https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/nottinghamshire-novels-online-course-community-learning-1400-1500/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7XIQWqqEIpPEC0sHKqOutrj_g58fzbSPLShyF8YeJPArOfzBOeiPpPcGSQcvhMboVHUhF3YzdICV80mrk9O74LjKQqHEokJ9dVIieza_PhRcMcloSUNAz0LgY4kCOp0mNBsipWsvcNo/s800/SCourses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="800" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7XIQWqqEIpPEC0sHKqOutrj_g58fzbSPLShyF8YeJPArOfzBOeiPpPcGSQcvhMboVHUhF3YzdICV80mrk9O74LjKQqHEokJ9dVIieza_PhRcMcloSUNAz0LgY4kCOp0mNBsipWsvcNo/w400-h186/SCourses.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-26805284730520905662020-12-22T08:09:00.001-08:002020-12-22T08:09:39.176-08:00Literature & Creative Writing Courses 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2x55J3wAcAbqt_Ax8YUqzu7t1Zkl-Jtm4XWgnIaQBJ5qnGCq99uylIgMg5C_Zu1QR7LPnOBT_k9Zf86-MEXD0zwxHsIX8N6ieXQsThYFREtUi01cpyH2H2lmMI19rQkDxyomICnR25MA/s600/banr.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2x55J3wAcAbqt_Ax8YUqzu7t1Zkl-Jtm4XWgnIaQBJ5qnGCq99uylIgMg5C_Zu1QR7LPnOBT_k9Zf86-MEXD0zwxHsIX8N6ieXQsThYFREtUi01cpyH2H2lmMI19rQkDxyomICnR25MA/w509-h170/banr.png" width="509" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"> New Courses for the New Year - from Inspire</h3><div><i>Literature, Poetry, Creative Writing, Wellbeing... </i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">All of the sessions are to be delivered on Zoom, with each course including an induction session. The classes will be taught to between
5 and 12 learners. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRBS96RxPWeREcxE8vzl-b3V_qiu5K9xy7zsYO-_U3Jg0LlEvfRnxn1nAYJBDsO8rtluiJ2nHlC6CTGR-3kX1_HsOfB3SYXiSLD-ZSktGRxWaJmWinOcbfFHAWC-T7A5lsMXrhurs0bA/s800/tes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="800" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRBS96RxPWeREcxE8vzl-b3V_qiu5K9xy7zsYO-_U3Jg0LlEvfRnxn1nAYJBDsO8rtluiJ2nHlC6CTGR-3kX1_HsOfB3SYXiSLD-ZSktGRxWaJmWinOcbfFHAWC-T7A5lsMXrhurs0bA/w508-h84/tes.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;">Literature Courses</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Sherwood Writers (4 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 10/01/21 – 10/02/21<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvmtdA5a6He5XIaVPGtK5l1nzEOEUVw7BJXh3lVjMfkzC9TYj1ZjdD8KsHAnvMJfO42Pwn46QpoJbIr9SNA85LpXm9ovyKMIxzGK93VvSx60dRA_Chn2k9sZHN0PDAyzRmNTqhSD3deA/s360/newst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvmtdA5a6He5XIaVPGtK5l1nzEOEUVw7BJXh3lVjMfkzC9TYj1ZjdD8KsHAnvMJfO42Pwn46QpoJbIr9SNA85LpXm9ovyKMIxzGK93VvSx60dRA_Chn2k9sZHN0PDAyzRmNTqhSD3deA/s320/newst.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Featuring writers and their association with the legendary
Sherwood Forest area. The course will focus on different locations such as
Newstead Abbey, Annesley Hall, Blidworth and Edwinstowe, and look at some of
the stories, poetry and literature related to the writers of Sherwood. </span><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/sherwood-writers-online-course-community-learning-1400-1500/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">D</a><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/sherwood-writers-online-course-community-learning-1400-1500/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">etails</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Nottinghamshire Authors – Crime Writers (4 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 22/01/21 - 12/02/21, Fridays 2pm-3pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £9.00<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKJOKEfnW1mUxVfsBEtmrESrik-oTSy5W6RVGI1ss8MN38oMVvv1O91H16TY4pUnXg_UjieJp_HgWMrIXHJoFxStlrBYqRL2sNgvPe4303w98sURzmcZLJoSzKE8rooEmhAcGxEcJH-0/s360/crimew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKJOKEfnW1mUxVfsBEtmrESrik-oTSy5W6RVGI1ss8MN38oMVvv1O91H16TY4pUnXg_UjieJp_HgWMrIXHJoFxStlrBYqRL2sNgvPe4303w98sURzmcZLJoSzKE8rooEmhAcGxEcJH-0/s320/crimew.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">This online course will focus on Nottinghamshire’s crime
writers, featuring bestselling authors, long-forgotten stars, and the pick of
the county’s contemporary scene. Learners will also discover many of the
greatest crime novels that have been set in Notts. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/nottinghamshire-authors-crime-online-course-community-learning-1400-1500/" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Reading for Wellbeing (6 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 25/02/21 to 01/04/21, Thursdays 10.20am – 11.30am<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £13.50<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjngnKdDs-s1pvMqMPoGIEFFn6xJWuZH6bck15bcoS3OB_B9zKBW1JpcbmpMPA68NYZVrVjMjgVZdBk6XQFS3v3R8DzBvXFlUZWjFii3RSbhf0vbN33m8PqZK0d__QDiYqvLzrkuFGBg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="360" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjngnKdDs-s1pvMqMPoGIEFFn6xJWuZH6bck15bcoS3OB_B9zKBW1JpcbmpMPA68NYZVrVjMjgVZdBk6XQFS3v3R8DzBvXFlUZWjFii3RSbhf0vbN33m8PqZK0d__QDiYqvLzrkuFGBg/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The aim of this course is to explore the idea that reading
is good for you. It is not about telling anyone how or what to read but it is
about examining and valuing the act of reading. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/reading-wellbeing-online-course-community-learning-1030-1130/" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Creative Writing
Courses</b><o:p></o:p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Step into Creative Writing (5 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 18/01/21 to 15/02/21, Mondays 10am - 11:30am.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £16.88<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To introduce learners to different stimuli to get writing
and to try out different styles of writing, including Different ways to start a
piece of writing, Evoking atmosphere through setting, Creating an authentic
‘voice’, Character development, Narrative arc, and Ending a piece of writing. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-step-creative-writing-online-course-community-learning-1000-1130/">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Short Stories (5 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 18/01/21 to 15/02/21, Mondays 1pm – 2pm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £11.25<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This course aims to bring together writers of all abilities
to introduce you to short story writing. For more experienced writers, we will
look at refreshing and honing your writing skills. Throughout the course,
advice and support will be provided about how to develop an idea and structure
a short story. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-short-stories-online-course-community-learning-1300-1400/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Write a Novel (5 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 20/01/21 to 17/02/21, Wednesdays 5.30pm – 6.30pm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £11.25<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in writing a novel, join us on this
course and look at how to sustain your work and what you need to do to become
published. This course is suitable for both beginners and more experienced
writers. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-write-novel-online-course-community-learning-1730-1830/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Writing Your Life (4 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 21/01/21 to 11/02/21, Thursdays 10.20am-11.30am<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £9<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The principal aim of the course is for learners to develop
the confidence and skills to record and reflect on their lives through
writing. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-writing-your-life-online-course-community-learning-1030-1130/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Your Life Through a Lens (5 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 22/01/21 to 19/02/21, Fridays 10am – 12 noon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £22.50<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Every life has a story worth sharing – the challenge is
finding a fun way to tell it! <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-your-life-through-lens-online-course-community-learning-1000-1200/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Writing for Wellbeing (5 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 23/01/21 to 20/02/21, Saturdays 10am – 12 noon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £22.50<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">After such an awful 2020, the aim of this course is to help
you find a little more peace, a little more space, and a little more joy
through writing creatively. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-writing-wellbeing-online-course-community-learning1-1000-1200/" target="_blank">Details</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Further Steps into Creative Writing (6
sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 22/02/21 to 29/03/21, Mondays 10am – 11.30am<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £20.25<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To challenge learners to step outside their comfort zones
and create pieces of writing using different styles. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-further-steps-creative-writing-online-course-community-learning-1000-1130/" target="_blank">Details</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Crime Writing</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 22/02/21 to 29/03/21 (6 sessions)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 6.30pm – 7.30pm, Mondays <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £13.50<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Engage in creative writing in this introduction to many
aspects of writing crime fiction, including research, creating characters,
dialogue, plotting and a sense of place. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-crime-online-course-community-learning-1830-1930/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Finding your Inspiration (6 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 25/02/21 to 01/04/21, Thursdays 6.30pm – 8pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £20.25<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-finding-your-inspiration-online-course-community-learning-1830-2000/" target="_blank">Details </a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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(5 sessions)</h4><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When: 21/01/21 to 18/02/21, Thursdays 6.30pm – 8pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £16.88<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This course aims to provide useful introductory techniques
for any aspiring playwright. On this 5-week course, learners will gain skills
to help encourage and guide them to get started on writing their own play. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/play-writing-beginners-online-course-community-learning-1830-2000/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Play Writing - Next Steps (6 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 25/02/21 to 01/04/21, Thursdays 6.30pm – 8pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £20.25<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This course aims to provide the next steps for any aspiring
playwright. On this 6-week course,
learners will gain a further understanding of the play writing process. We will
cover the following topics. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/play-writing-next-steps-online-course-community-learning-1830-2000/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Poetry - Creative
Writing<o:p></o:p></b></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - A Poet and I Didn't Know It... (1
session)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 19/01/21, Tuesday 1pm – 3pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £4.50<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you’ve ever wanted to have a go at writing poetry but
weren’t sure where to start, this fun and informal session is for you. We will
use objects and prompts to start some poems, as well as writing a ‘class poem’
with everyone’s contributions. Everyone is welcome, no experience of creative
writing is needed. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-poet-and-i-didnt-know-it-online-course-community-learning-1300-1500/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Poetry for Beginners (2 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 26/01/21 to 02/02/21, Tuesdays 1.30pm – 3pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £6.75<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">What are the aims of the course? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To enable learners to feel confident about writing a poem,
To equip learners with tools, resources and techniques for writing poetry, To
support learners in turning an idea in to a strong piece of writing, To learn
from the work of published poets, To remove the barriers to getting started on
writing poetry. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-poetry-beginners-online-course-community-learning-1000-1130/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Poetry in the Making (3 sessions)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When: 05/02/21 to 12/02/21, Fridays 6.30pm – 8pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £12.38<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This course is for people looking for some focused help to
kickstart writing a number of poems. Taught by two Inspire tutors who are poets
themselves, the course offers a retreat-style experience to focus on the
process of making a poem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-poetry-making-online-course-community-learning-1830-2000/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Creative Writing - Spring Poetry (1 session)</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When: 23/03/21, Tuesday 10am – 12 noon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cost: Free - £4.50<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Age: 19+<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Spring celebrates hope and renewal. Through time and across
the world, Spring has inspired poets to capture that spirit of the new. Using
some famous (and not so famous) examples of Spring poetry to start us off, this
course aims to help you record what you notice and want to remember about this
special time. The session is particularly suitable for beginners, but those who
have some experience are welcome also. <a href="https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/community-learning/creative-writing-spring-poetry-online-course-community-learning-1000-1200-1/" target="_blank">Details </a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p></div>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-33090249380278163292020-12-19T07:20:00.004-08:002020-12-19T07:29:58.438-08:00Some of 2020’s Best Books (with a Notts connection)<h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://wordery.com/the-fall-of-the-house-of-byron-emily-brand-9781473664326?cTrk=MTgxNzg5MDM1fDVmZGRlZDBlNTA1NjY6MToyOjVmZGRlYWQ5MjJkYzc3LjkwMDQ2NjgyOjM5N2JhOTk0" target="_blank">The Fall of the House of Byron</a>: Scandal and Seduction in
Georgian England</i> by Emily Brand</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT_jx3JzMymncHW6BfTsr9u2kHuutQrbQe0XeT194TIMTeoSH1DPhq09IkT4jhaOeoWNuFzHoJE3-B2r01LBRz90bM9VBP9229wGLa9EDovEU2uzLkfBbvYegof5NaBsLQ4fAxT0NZf0/s675/fallhby.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="439" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT_jx3JzMymncHW6BfTsr9u2kHuutQrbQe0XeT194TIMTeoSH1DPhq09IkT4jhaOeoWNuFzHoJE3-B2r01LBRz90bM9VBP9229wGLa9EDovEU2uzLkfBbvYegof5NaBsLQ4fAxT0NZf0/s320/fallhby.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Emily Brand’s research into the colourful eighteenth-century
ancestry of the 6th Lord Byron has resulted in the publishing of a dramatic and
scandal-filled family saga unfolding over three generations, setting the stage
for the rise of the nation’s most revered (and on occasion reviled) Romantic
poet. Following the lives of three siblings – a flirtatious countess
desperately seeking true love, a villainous lord maligned as a murderer, and a
navy hero with the century’s most remarkable tale of survival (the poet’s
grandfather) – it offers an exciting and sweeping history of eighteenth-century
Britain, through the eyes of a once notorious family now shrouded in legend.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>More Non-Fiction:</b></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/nottinghamshire/" target="_blank">Nottinghamshire (Pevsner’s Guide)</a></i> by Clare Hartwell, Nikolaus
Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson.</h3><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UlXQgbQ25SZXUZMa28IMKGR6lnAp1KK_He5tghB07aUH54apb9yn3-U97wCQxTGYSoRxJwxicikyU_IvswWgBber6qbtd05J-B96ZdXXaxOJNc36dIE_XcEJjY8jr4phqE6Uxq9877Q/s293/pevs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UlXQgbQ25SZXUZMa28IMKGR6lnAp1KK_He5tghB07aUH54apb9yn3-U97wCQxTGYSoRxJwxicikyU_IvswWgBber6qbtd05J-B96ZdXXaxOJNc36dIE_XcEJjY8jr4phqE6Uxq9877Q/s0/pevs.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">A definitive guide to our buildings, this richly illustrated
volume offers an enlightening introduction to the memorable and surprising structures of Notts. The county features the exquisite medieval churches of Newark, Worksop
Priory, and Southwell Minster, whilst our country houses offer a fascinating
range of architectural styles: Wollaton Hall shows Elizabethan architecture at
its most fantastic, and Bunny Hall demonstrates the English Baroque at its most
bizarre. Newstead Abbey, home of the poet Lord Byron, incorporates the haunting
monastic ruins from a former Augustinian abbey. The city of Nottingham teems
with Victorian and Edwardian commercial buildings, and is enlivened by a local
tradition of first-rate Modernist architecture. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/nottingham-the-postcard-collection/" target="_blank">Nottingham: The Postcard Collection</a></i> by Alan Spree</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uAIrdqy3qBR8o82qI38exJwwisdnIOh_pOnBA_heaKfM63VxxbvJDWEB7QQonOk1vyD6Ah7GcKajFgvu_h3sub0oqEQGUPaJYcppEcTtoIeBrIjtKvSE40i3qeMEtsmuvS4BxdSy6eM/s640/postcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uAIrdqy3qBR8o82qI38exJwwisdnIOh_pOnBA_heaKfM63VxxbvJDWEB7QQonOk1vyD6Ah7GcKajFgvu_h3sub0oqEQGUPaJYcppEcTtoIeBrIjtKvSE40i3qeMEtsmuvS4BxdSy6eM/s320/postcard.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Author Alan Spree has drawn on a remarkable selection of old
postcards to give a pictorial record of life in Nottingham from the late
nineteenth century to the early 1950s. Although much of Nottingham has changed
over the years, many landmarks have remained and will be familiar today. The
postcards show the changes to Nottingham’s fabric and its community adapting
and changing over the course of this period.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fiction:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-catch/t-m-logan/9781838771164" target="_blank"><i>The Catch</i> </a>by T M Logan</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kk_P-pkyNUXR7YdyHEZf7hJx3ggdE9-sbHeJiCbzz5d_uA-1gm6wVc-zS8NXdQ_BstOSEuz1oTU80DdGWbYl1UIEPZgtj8KBBLMTN5yfNR6LOS6TcPJ1Bs8XZy41ikc2TnL-97zXjMI/s500/catch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kk_P-pkyNUXR7YdyHEZf7hJx3ggdE9-sbHeJiCbzz5d_uA-1gm6wVc-zS8NXdQ_BstOSEuz1oTU80DdGWbYl1UIEPZgtj8KBBLMTN5yfNR6LOS6TcPJ1Bs8XZy41ikc2TnL-97zXjMI/s320/catch.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Ed finally meets his daughter's boyfriend for the first
time. Smart, successful and handsome, Ryan appears to be a real catch. Then
Abbie announces their plan to get married. There's just one problem. Ed thinks
Ryan is lying to them. All of Ed's instincts tell him his daughter is in
terrible danger - but no-one else can see it. With the wedding date approaching
fast, Ed sets out to uncover Ryan's secrets, before it's too late… Another page-turner
from Nottingham’s latest million selling novelist. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/devil-gun/steve-pickering/9781800319295" target="_blank"><i>Devil Gun </i></a>by Steve Pickering</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJMmAPCBASYmnPErHZguPbXrliUW9hbaXUE0ecVsF6D4TX8XpjykjJrCJwJ6jeazG6J5clhwBgedtlOpt0Wb8YQvq3sLQsekjwQs1vOcYvIAVSyXM6kIBhEidV-moMAHn8ZbJy8cyehg/s499/devilg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJMmAPCBASYmnPErHZguPbXrliUW9hbaXUE0ecVsF6D4TX8XpjykjJrCJwJ6jeazG6J5clhwBgedtlOpt0Wb8YQvq3sLQsekjwQs1vOcYvIAVSyXM6kIBhEidV-moMAHn8ZbJy8cyehg/s320/devilg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Set in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, this tale of danger and friendship
follows the life of a Denim Armstrong: from working on his father’s farm, to hardship at sea aboard the <i>Endurance</i>, to a life on the run from both British
Navy (for mutiny) and the Pinkertons (for murder). The story takes us across
the turbulent Atlantic and the treacherous landscape of the Wild West, where we
witness revenge killings, showdowns and turns of fortune with memorable, and
sometimes notorious, historical characters that shape Denim's destiny. Never
predictable, this debut novel (available in hardback and paperback) is a good
old fashioned adventure story. The author was educated at Birklands Secondary
Modern School in Warsop. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://wordery.com/if-i-never-met-you-mhairi-mcfarlane-9780008169480?currency=GBP&btrck=azR0R0VKV0IwTG15am0raElpUFVkSEpGdytYWnFaclRPYXVRV0lQbmlrRS9GWHZWYjdIWlRQZEJGV0ZYVkR4RQ&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ShoppingGB&msclkid=6a002292654f1759c1cb7d4f95051468" target="_blank">If I Never Met You</a></i> by Mhari Macfarlane </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDwRk6BXQ7BIgjq0vPOa1uiaMzmNlDDmPq6rpny8jzJn37Gnn82IedifHVOyfPND52xybjrB89X_RYjtKzmrBk_JJwLCYpB9BQODmXaOV7YPSpEYRQQ7C7a2WPx9EnjNsJX5iNAeVepA/s500/mmm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDwRk6BXQ7BIgjq0vPOa1uiaMzmNlDDmPq6rpny8jzJn37Gnn82IedifHVOyfPND52xybjrB89X_RYjtKzmrBk_JJwLCYpB9BQODmXaOV7YPSpEYRQQ7C7a2WPx9EnjNsJX5iNAeVepA/s320/mmm.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Laurie and Jamie have the perfect office romance. Everyone
can see they're head over heels. This must be true love. Only, they’re faking
it all. When Laurie is dumped by her partner of eighteen years, she's
blindsided. Not only does she feel humiliated, they still have to work
together. So when she gets stuck in the lift with handsome colleague Jamie,
they hatch a plan to stage the perfect romance. Revenge will be sweet... But
this fauxmance is about to get complicated. You can't break your heart in a
fake relationship - can you? Always funny, always emotional, Macfarlane’s
novels are a treat.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Poetry:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781784109394#:~:text=Sweet%20Nothings%20is%20in%20fact%20a%20book%20of,Senior%20Lecturer%20in%20English%20at%20Nottingham%20Trent%20University." target="_blank">Sweet Nothings</a></i> by Rory Waterman </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakEXsI-0VcCKVHkzpuog1tZyp4nCB6A6LPJlFH1qNPZ_GMx4HLcyu_o0exWLynwakutkLPX4oD14tR6kJ0ntjbVY5eTT6NdmeKs5V5G-dlAwnaSAT0_B_kIcoFd_-NPQJFE1WVO_Ui10/s582/rory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakEXsI-0VcCKVHkzpuog1tZyp4nCB6A6LPJlFH1qNPZ_GMx4HLcyu_o0exWLynwakutkLPX4oD14tR6kJ0ntjbVY5eTT6NdmeKs5V5G-dlAwnaSAT0_B_kIcoFd_-NPQJFE1WVO_Ui10/s320/rory.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Rory Waterman, a Senior Lecturer in English at Nottingham
Trent University, brings us a book of hopes and passions - quiet and lyrical at
times, but also fiercely witty and bold. The poems sometimes come in sequences;
always they are in dialogue with one another, responding, echoing - within and
between the book's two sections. At times, the leitmotifs are apparently
personal, exploring divisions and painful losses. But we also encounter the
largely invented academic Dr Bob Pintle, an anti-hero of the modern university
system. </div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/selected-poems-chosen-by-ruth-fainlight/" target="_blank">Alan Sillitoe - Selected Poems</a></i> Chosen by Ruth Fainlight</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TwXneaycLkwTUOTEGDtgzRlUv_1HtCPvM8fGs7z7Yz1rYBsHmmr3PvVAEm5MI3OKrCdhwCpm0nuSj43K1sOi_XI6SU1Y7unC_ZBjW_80hFYl8wt51z98JPLGNfPr6AEvpg9FV_6koy8/s640/silliruth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TwXneaycLkwTUOTEGDtgzRlUv_1HtCPvM8fGs7z7Yz1rYBsHmmr3PvVAEm5MI3OKrCdhwCpm0nuSj43K1sOi_XI6SU1Y7unC_ZBjW_80hFYl8wt51z98JPLGNfPr6AEvpg9FV_6koy8/s320/silliruth.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Drawn from Alan Sillitoe’s eight volumes of poetry, this
selection has been chosen by his wife, the poet Ruth Fainlight. Presented here
are poems that present the world as Sillitoe saw it. Using a storyteller’s
skill, he brought to life the people and places that captured his imagination
and took him on a search for meaning. It’s a vision that is at the same time
clear and precise, politically engaged, fiercely intelligent, and deeply
personal. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/get-over-yourself/" target="_blank">Get Over Yourself </a></i>by Leanne Moden</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-h_A9Fo0eQGl7u9lOdTn5MEtfcH3wdsmLeR9I1cL9kkZsV0TdVm8OVt5JUUmmDOEYa5QHi_AE9BE7TnjAxtZ8D3QGigeLLHqMPo4TWDLhONtPYdrPRJtUozpt9pB22mEzb9sWhssSNo/s640/lemod.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-h_A9Fo0eQGl7u9lOdTn5MEtfcH3wdsmLeR9I1cL9kkZsV0TdVm8OVt5JUUmmDOEYa5QHi_AE9BE7TnjAxtZ8D3QGigeLLHqMPo4TWDLhONtPYdrPRJtUozpt9pB22mEzb9sWhssSNo/s320/lemod.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>A biographical delve into belonging, exclusion, and the
relationship between self-awareness and self-delusion, the rejection of social
norms, and the ways in which we accept and question implied cultural rules. The
poems in this collection question received wisdom, playfully unravelling the
awkward and the bizarre aspects of modern life. Leanne’s poetry is an
exploration of human failures and resilience, the things that make us angry,
and the things that make us laugh. There’s social commentary ('A Piece of the
Pie'), humour ('Bad Kisser') and wisdom ('Call and Response') as Moden brings
us her take on modern life. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/herd-queen/" target="_blank">Herd Queen</a></i> by Di Slaney</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1A8ZmhelRZmLolbDi7JGyUlOR4BfI9QBGwDCZrEycGzpiF1Chd-pNU4hE0EjeiE1RyunPM2FOfMj6j7JSXoVIR0D8Jzj4NMItobc1QELFzAudH_2P67KdZFdSeQoGrIh8bQiK2GBm4k/s648/herd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1A8ZmhelRZmLolbDi7JGyUlOR4BfI9QBGwDCZrEycGzpiF1Chd-pNU4hE0EjeiE1RyunPM2FOfMj6j7JSXoVIR0D8Jzj4NMItobc1QELFzAudH_2P67KdZFdSeQoGrIh8bQiK2GBm4k/s320/herd.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Di Slaney is a poet, publisher and animal sanctuary founder
who lives in Nottinghamshire. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Nottingham
Trent University and owns Candlestick Press. Since 2005, Di Slaney has been
filling her ancient Nottinghamshire farmhouse and its land with more livestock
than is sensible. Herd Queen’s heroines remember teenage trysts, do battle with
the slings and arrows of ageing, collage a poem from Prince lyrics and dream of
achieving Shirley Bassey-hood in their seventies. </div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bigwhiteshed.co.uk/shop" target="_blank"><i>Loves Burn</i></a> by Kevin Jackson</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzx_35Dm92QgcA00jszvpgTxjCQ9e2VsoZ0e2QADSAHxHUEqk_S9hVcBRkIthitWN1kLLfiyh2cOcL3DNf6W6KhAmRQxJxdNxUvpX3SUepXIkLqJrUReu8kbmxdHnLx6OJcEtPz7Lwz_4/s430/loves+burn.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="274" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzx_35Dm92QgcA00jszvpgTxjCQ9e2VsoZ0e2QADSAHxHUEqk_S9hVcBRkIthitWN1kLLfiyh2cOcL3DNf6W6KhAmRQxJxdNxUvpX3SUepXIkLqJrUReu8kbmxdHnLx6OJcEtPz7Lwz_4/s320/loves+burn.webp" /></a></div><br /><div>A queer activist, Kevin Jackson writes poetry that “dares us to
care”. His new poetry collection is ‘Loves Burn’, a book that sets out its
stall on love with a patient probing, a tender curiosity that seems to place
the narrator in that place where poetry uniquely exists - on the edge. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Honourable mention: </b></div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://issuu.com/nottinghamcityofliterature/docs/speak_up_" target="_blank">Speak Up My Voice Anthology</a></i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd6s6SUGDLoaqSBHLsckwg8VYYtGw-2NB9nqiNoujqm52jbPIUCoK0_e_26MfuywrJcBNRPgzMGe8rC7J-b8TiE1QfjKk-KBxVh3uvx8ZXRi49_WSyLlSnecMiOhIbLwSwmuD9KQwyTs/s1357/Speak-Up-Final-Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd6s6SUGDLoaqSBHLsckwg8VYYtGw-2NB9nqiNoujqm52jbPIUCoK0_e_26MfuywrJcBNRPgzMGe8rC7J-b8TiE1QfjKk-KBxVh3uvx8ZXRi49_WSyLlSnecMiOhIbLwSwmuD9KQwyTs/s320/Speak-Up-Final-Cover.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Across prose, poetry and script, the young writers explore
racism, homophobia, bodies and gendered violence, the climate crisis, and the
principle of taking a stand. The contributions to this anthology encourage the
reader to experience the fears and anxieties young people experience to
powerful effect.</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833809203744282348.post-24161908617910805122020-09-26T03:45:00.003-07:002020-09-26T07:51:56.954-07:00Dorothy Whipple and Nottingham<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNCqQdNx3vyqlqWhmkHhJs-a36wK2C7X3ZoBRHuPqM92v4iMcjWYqRQYhwtbkV36g9sLOfcugqZ4CoXEnYElw5gPyFwZR-GhBKiBD5-5BTa8BO4Zf1SfWXh9aL0avQIikr5F-t3L0Lk8/s1074/whippled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNCqQdNx3vyqlqWhmkHhJs-a36wK2C7X3ZoBRHuPqM92v4iMcjWYqRQYhwtbkV36g9sLOfcugqZ4CoXEnYElw5gPyFwZR-GhBKiBD5-5BTa8BO4Zf1SfWXh9aL0avQIikr5F-t3L0Lk8/s320/whippled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>A. H. 'Henry' Whipple was appointed Nottingham's first
Director of Education in 1924, having held a similar post in Blackburn. He
re-organised the city's education system, dividing schools into three: Infant
(up to 7 or 8 years), Junior (with boys or girls from 7 or 8 to 11 years) and
Senior (11 years and up), and the city into 16 districts. He was also a strong
advocate for the education of women. The appointment had a hidden benefit for
Nottingham in the form of the director’s wife, for ‘Henry’ had married Dorothy
Stirrup in 1917, a woman half his age.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Between the world wars, Dorothy Whipple (1893-1966) was the best-known
novelist living in Nottingham. The “Jane Austen of the 20th Century”, according
to J. B. Priestley. The Whipples lived at 35 Ebers Road in Mapperley Park and
it was from here that Dorothy wrote her hugely popular stories.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuvWUDDvx3ILAuHEonmyA-qM-4xhVCGmySBdcGDB62ZriDJiu_KIBw4_RGpA4HMm9Wz9kNFNfidU4Tuz03vGDxB5qg7Ve0843wgrAOZnN7bwBDL453X7Cm9sgFKYirwdeKs2nT9BRkBM/s734/whippl.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="734" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuvWUDDvx3ILAuHEonmyA-qM-4xhVCGmySBdcGDB62ZriDJiu_KIBw4_RGpA4HMm9Wz9kNFNfidU4Tuz03vGDxB5qg7Ve0843wgrAOZnN7bwBDL453X7Cm9sgFKYirwdeKs2nT9BRkBM/s320/whippl.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglX8dJIJVwf3VSha2HXYLZa8BpMw862x0J0Z3iJdVuviqKrGX1byguH51oDucCgLvFIuUGvPwogldzSV2TVChimx9OtqASfDZsA6HbYlpuLBJmdGW-3OMY-QPPn2_bPS331vHKNyGGccg/s320/ebers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">Dorothy Whipple’s ‘Greenbanks’ (1932) was chosen as the
‘Choice of the Book Society’ in 1932, helping it to become the author’s
breakthrough novel. Following an ordinary family's joys and sorrows before and
after the Great War, ‘Greenbanks’ is a tale of infidelity, divorce, autocratic
parents and rebellious offspring. Two characters, the emotional and
irresponsible grandmother, Louisa, and the unsentimental yet charming granddaughter
Rachel, were particularly well received.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“It was queer, it was frightening, she thought, how in life
you got what you wanted. Men, for instance, who admired above everything else,
beauty in women, married beauty and, more often than not, found themselves with
nothing but beauty.”</i> (From ‘Greenbanks’)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘Greenbanks’ brought with it a great success that continued
with Whipple’s subsequent tales of everyday life, most of which are set in
Notts, or as it appears, ‘Trentham’.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘They Were Sisters’ (1943) tells the story of three sisters,
the different marital choices they make, and how those choices impact on them;
all set in an era when women stuck in a bad marriage had little or no option of
reprieve. It’s an authentic account of domestic middle-class life, with a
menacing undertone that holds attention.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“Moral failure or spiritual failure or whatever you call it,
makes such a vicious circle... It seems as if when we love people and they fall
short, we retaliate by falling shorter ourselves.”</i> (from ‘They Were Sisters’)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tastes changed after the Second World War and Whipple’s
books fell out of favour. This was just as two of her novels had been made into
films. 1945’s ‘They Were Sisters’ was voted one of the four best films of the
year. The sisters are played by Phyllis Calvert (as Lucy), Dulcie Gray (as
Charlotte) and Anne Crawford (as Vera), whilst James Mason is Geoffrey, one of their
pursuers. He is an ambitious and cruel businessman, wanting a stay-at-home
trophy wife. The film is noted for its harrowing depiction of marital abuse. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A year later, the noir-ish ‘They Knew Mr Knight’, starring
Mervyn Johns, was released, featuring scenes of Ebers Road and the city centre.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Lo-i2DqiScaKDx2OZWYE8-PcYIggoaSoicS3PIGEnB4IV6bj6EEKpLNy192wSLMGdRQNM0N7KLRRe3IBWqeumhLHqg9INYO4JvblBIN3b73zEaz7AuCC50j_UxfCdjAW8TJ65SboyD8/s613/tkmk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Lo-i2DqiScaKDx2OZWYE8-PcYIggoaSoicS3PIGEnB4IV6bj6EEKpLNy192wSLMGdRQNM0N7KLRRe3IBWqeumhLHqg9INYO4JvblBIN3b73zEaz7AuCC50j_UxfCdjAW8TJ65SboyD8/s320/tkmk.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The last of her sixteen novels, ‘Someone at a Distance’
(1953), is another of her best. Whipple describes it as, "a fairly
ordinary tale about the destruction of a happy marriage.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Whipple is another Nottingham writer to be have been
published by John Murray. She wrote two memoirs: ‘The Other Day’ (1950) and
‘Random Commentary’ (1966). The latter offering reflection on her time in
Nottingham. She returned to Blackburn after her husband’s death in 1958. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Persephone Books recently republished eight of Whipple’s novels
and a collection of short stories. The writing has aged well; her characters
well-drawn and recognisable.<o:p></o:p></p>Ed - Notts Lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409466011502962219noreply@blogger.com0