2022-07-23 13:11
CivicLeicester is inviting and accepting poems and short fiction on the theme, Welcome to Britain.We welcome submissions exploring but not limited to:images, issues, histories, lives, and de… Read More
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2022-06-04 15:49
CivicLeicester and the Africans in Ukraine Education Fund are inviting and accepting poems, short stories and creative nonfiction (including memoir, diary entries, chronicles, biographical a… Read More
2022-02-14 16:08
Writers in the East and West Midlands regions of the UK are organising two online events around the new anthology, Poetry and Settled Status for All (CivicLeicester, 2022): … Read More
2021-02-12 17:37
CivicLeicester is inviting and accepting poems and short fiction on the theme, Settled Status or Indefinite Leave to Remain for All. The editors will also consider poems and short… Read More
2021-01-19 13:26
Becky Swain is Director of Manchester Poetry Library, the North West’s first public poetry library, opening in 2021. She has experience leading arts, literature and learning programmes… Read More
2020-06-08 20:17
CivicLeicester is inviting and accepting poems and short fiction on the theme, Black Lives Matter.We welcome submissions exploring any of the images, issues, triggers, histories, lives, dema… Read More
2020-05-02 13:48
Siobhan Logan is a storyteller and poet.Her first collection of poems and non-fiction, Firebridge to Skyshore: A Northern Lights Journey (original plus, 2009), was sponsored by auroral scien… Read More
2020-03-30 15:30
Carol Leeming is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is an award winning, internationally acclaimed, multi-genre writer, director, musician, singer/songwriter, performing artist, actor… Read More
2020-03-25 15:14
Bobba Cass grew up in the United States and was in the Peace Corps in Nigeria in the 1960s. An academic whose advanced degrees were in English Literature and Cultural Studies, he has been an… Read More
2019-08-24 14:15
David R Mellor is from Liverpool, England. He spent his late teen homeless in Merseyside. He found understanding and belief through words, and his work has been aired widely, at the BBC, The… Read More
2019-08-15 14:17
Marija Todorova has worked for international organizations that include the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the D… Read More
2019-08-15 09:15
Benjamin Zephaniah and Kadija (George) Sesay are working on Black Radical: a Book of Black British poetry that defines our struggle, a new anthology. They are looking for books, pamphlets, n… Read More
2019-08-13 16:38
Benjamin Zephaniah and Kadija (George) Sesay are working on Black Radical: a Book of Black British poetry that defines our struggle, a new anthology. They are looking for books, pamphlets, n… Read More
2019-07-26 09:31
Jacob Lund’s poetry has been published in Openings, the annual anthology of The Open University and in N2 Poetry, London. He has worked as a reviewer for the Daily Telegraph, and has p… Read More
2019-07-19 09:39
Deborah Tyler-Bennett’s forthcoming volume, Ken Dodd Takes a Holiday, is out from King’s England Press in 2019, and her first novel, Livin’ In a Great Big Way is in prepara… Read More
2019-07-17 13:22
As part of efforts towards setting up the East Midlands Poetry Library, we are putting together a catalogue of East Midlands poets and their work.Are there East Midlands poets you know of wh… Read More
2019-07-17 09:31
Gareth Calway is a published poet, novelist, playwright, lyricist and member of folkband, the Penland Phezants.His works include Doin Different (Poppyland, 2016) and Bound for Jamaica (… Read More
2019-07-15 09:31
Katherine Cleave is a Fine Artist living in Barnes. Since graduating from Goldsmiths College, her artwork has been displayed at several London galleries and events. Her work presents an iron… Read More
2019-07-12 09:31
Trefor Stockwell studied English at Bangor University, and has recently completed his PhD in Creative Writing. He now lives on the Isle of Anglesey where he concentrates on writing and perfo… Read More
2019-07-10 09:31
Sarra Culleno is a London-born, Manchester-based UK poet, a mother of two and an English teacher.She writes about issues that include children’s rights, motherhood, identity, tech… Read More
2019-07-08 09:31
Paul Francis is a prolific, versatile poet, living in Much Wenlock. He has published two collections, Various Forms and 5-string Banjo, and a range of topical pamphlets. He is active on… Read More
2019-07-05 09:31
Deborah Harvey is a Bristol poet and novelist and is Co-director of The Leaping Word poetry consultancy.Her poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies, and broadcast on Rad… Read More
2019-07-03 14:41
Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She writes short stories and poetry and has been widely published in web magazines and print anthologies. She graduated with an MA… Read More
2019-06-12 23:08
Andrew Button is from Market Bosworth and has had poems published in various magazines including Orbis, Staple, The Interpreter’s House, Iota and Ink, Sweat and Tears. His pamphlet, Dr… Read More
2019-06-07 08:00
The East Midlands Poetry Library is coming soon.Coordinated by groups and individuals that include CivicLeicester, Conversations with Writers and others, The Library… Read More
2019-01-16 08:26
We are inviting, and are accepting, poems and short fiction on the theme, Bollocks to Brexit.Brexit has polarised the country and led to the normalisation of xenophobia, Islamophobia and hat… Read More
2018-10-01 21:39
River Monster of LeicesterSuperheroes of Leicester encourages people to imagine Leicester as home to a cast of superheroes. Cities around the world that are similarly home to superheroes inc… Read More
2018-03-16 02:37
Could you write a poem or short fiction that shares an experience or aspect on or of future Leicester?Your poem or short fiction could be about life, personalities or relationships with, wit… Read More
2017-12-13 02:07
Individuals and groups that have an interest in the literary activity that takes place in Leicester and Leicestershire are meeting to look at what can be done to raise the profile of the sce… Read More
2017-10-05 08:40
Elvire Roberts, a poet and British Sign Language translator and interpreter from Nottingham will be taking part in Journeys in Translation, an event that is being held at the African Caribbe… Read More
2017-10-05 07:57
Derby poet, Trevor Wright will be taking part in Journeys in Translation, an event that takes place at the African Caribbean Centre in Maidstone Road, Leicester, LE2 0UA, on 30 September fro… Read More
2017-09-09 12:45
Dania Schüürmann, born in Münster, Germany, studied Social and Cultural Anthropology (BA) at VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Interdisciplinarly Latin American Studie… Read More
2017-09-03 19:27
Dominique Cox is a pediatrician who loves to read. She lives and works in Argentina and freelances as a Spanish / English medical translator. In this interview, Dominique talks abo… Read More
2017-08-26 21:54
Elvire Roberts was born in Yorkshire, spent her early childhood in Zambia and now lives in Nottingham.She studied Chinese at the University of Cambridge, later pursuing her passion for langu… Read More
2017-07-30 11:58
Renata Strzok is a writer, blogger, translator, and technical writer.As a member of a student creative writing group, she had some of her stories, both in Polish and in English, published at… Read More
2017-07-16 15:58
Monica Manolachi is a poet, a literary translator, and a lecturer at the University of Bucharest, Romania, where she teaches English in the Department of Modern Languages and where she… Read More
2017-07-05 14:41
Rinita Banerjee is a freelance copy editor and translator.She has worked as a journalist and in academic publishing as an editor on social sciences and literature in translation books. She a… Read More
2017-06-30 11:00
Pietro Deandrea has, for many years, been researching into literature and the arts connected to contemporary migrations.His books include New Slaveries in Contemporary British Literatur… Read More
2017-06-28 10:20
Eva Malessa is an educational professional who also works as a translator and an academic proofreader.In this interviews Malessa talks about migration, adult late literacy acquisition… Read More
2017-06-25 12:48
Giacomo Savani is an archaeologist, a writer, and an artist.His short stories have been featured in anthologies and magazines that include Italian Shorts (Caracò Editore, 2012); 10:25… Read More
2017-06-16 23:59
As part of events to mark International Translation Day 2017 and as part of Everybody's Reading, Journeys in Translation will be hosting an event at which 13 poems will be read in English an… Read More
2017-05-21 22:01
Grant Denkinson is an Open Access and Research Data Advisor at the University of Leicester's David Wilson Library. He is also a qualified psychotherapist and is one of the contributors to Pu… Read More
2017-05-18 21:03
Do you live in Leicester or Leicestershire? Can you speak more than one language? Or, are you learning another language? These free, poetry translation workshops taking place in libraries, f… Read More
2017-05-13 22:29
Kathleen Bell is a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at De Montfort University.Her poems, micro-fiction and short stories have been published in magazines and journals that include PN… Read More
2017-05-08 15:13
Pam Thompson is a poet, performer, reviewer and university lecturer.Her poetry has been published in a range of small press magazines and her publications are: Spin (Walden Press, 1998), Par… Read More
2017-05-05 13:05
Cynthia Rodríguez is based in Leicester and regularly performs at spoken word events that include Anerki, WORD!, Find the Right Words and House of Verse. She had also performed at Poe… Read More
2017-05-03 08:00
Novelist and short story writer, Tony R. Cox was a reporter at the Derby Evening Telegraph in the 1970s, and a Business Editor at the Nottingham Evening Post in the late 70s before moving to… Read More
2017-05-01 08:00
Flair Donglai Shi 施東來 is a DPhil in English candidate at Oxford University, a critic in comparative literature (Chinese and English), an occasional short story writer, a… Read More
2017-04-28 08:00
Marilyn Ricci is a poet, playwright and editor. Her poetry has been published in a wide range of small press magazines and her pamphlet, Rebuilding a Number 39, was published by HappenStance… Read More
2017-04-26 08:00
Trevor Wright works part time in social care and is the co-director of a community interest company, InSight, which provides autism awareness training. His first poetry collection, Outsider… Read More
2017-04-24 08:00
Penny Jones is a writer from Leicestershire. She has been published by Fox Spirit Books, Factor Fiction Press, Five Leaves Publications, and Dahlia Publishing. Among other writers' conventio… Read More
2017-04-22 13:53
David WilkinsonDavid Wilkinson lives in Ashby de la Zouch and is a visiting fellow at Nottingham Trent University.His debut novel, We Bleed the Same (Inspired Quill, 2014) was shortlisted fo… Read More
2017-04-21 08:00
Ursula KapfererUrsula Kapferer was born in Vienna (Austria) in 1989 and currently lives in Freiburg (Germany). She studied German and English to become a teacher and is currently writing her… Read More
2017-04-20 10:52
Lydia Towsey is a poet and a performer. Her previous commissions include: Freedom Showcase (Literature Network); Spoken Word All Stars Tour (Poet in the City); Beyond Words, U.K. tour of Sou… Read More
2017-04-19 08:00
Emma LeeEmma Lee co-edited Over Land, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge (Five Leaves Publications, 2015) and is one of the coordinators of Journeys in Translation. She also co-ed… Read More
2017-04-17 19:41
Antonella Delmestri was born in Trieste, Italy, where she began her education in Classical Studies before moving to Computer Science. Holder of a PhD in Information and Communication Technol… Read More
2017-04-15 00:40
Irena Ioannou’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Wild Word, S/tick, Literary Mama, Eyedrum Periodically and Shipwrights. She writes from Crete, Greece where she lives with… Read More
2017-03-08 18:09
Laura Chalar was born in 1976 in Uruguay, where she trained as a lawyer. She is the author of six books, most recently Midnight at the Law Firm (Coal City Press, 2015), a chapbook of poetry… Read More
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2016-07-06 15:42
C. Y. Gopinath has worked as a journalist, a film director, and a community development worker.His books include Travels with the Fish (Harper Collins, 1999) and the novel, Book of Answ… Read More
2013-02-14 17:50
Ellie Stevenson was born in Oxford and brought up in Australia. She is a member of the Careers Writers' Association and the Alliance of Independent Authors.She writes feature articles and sh… Read More
2013-01-25 21:15
by Nick Edgeworth, The Grassroutes Project*Harry Whitehead is a novelist, a short story writer and a creative writing lecturer at the University of Leicester. Before that, he worked in the f… Read More
2013-01-23 03:17
Gail McFarland writes contemporary romance.Her novels include Doing Big Things (Lulu, 2012); Wayward Dreams (Genesis Press, 2008); and, Dream Keeper (Genesis Press, 2009). In addition to tha… Read More
2013-01-14 15:42
Reviewed by Sarah O’Rourke, The Grassroutes Project*Bali Rai is considered the writer of British Asian teen fiction, and it’s not hard to see why. Life bursts off the pages of hi… Read More
2013-01-10 17:53
R. J. Heald is author of 27: Six Friends, One Year (Dancing Parrot Press, 2012); founder of Five Stop Story and editor of Five Stop Story: Short Stories to Read in 5 Stops on Your Commute (F… Read More
2012-11-03 15:10
Jonathan Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at De Montfort University in Leicester. He is also the author of books that include the memoir, Take Me Home: Parkinson’s, My F… Read More
2012-10-19 23:00
Marissa Monteilh is a former model, television news reporter, and commercial actress. She is a regular contributor to the literary blog, Novel Spaces, and is a member of the all female group… Read More
2012-09-14 20:00
Electa Rome Parks writes contemporary and erotic fiction. Her books include The Stalker Chronicles (Kensington/Urban Books, 2012); True Confessions (Kensington/Urban Books, 2010); Diary of a… Read More
2012-08-29 17:13
Lauri Kubuitsile writes romances novels; crime fiction; books and stories for children and teenagers; and, literary fiction.She was shortlisted for the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing a… Read More
2012-08-17 18:55
Catherine Czerkawska is a poet, a novelist and a playwright.Her books include The Amber Heart (Amazon Kindle, 2012), Bird of Passage (Amazon Kindle, 2012) and The Curiosity Cabinet (Amazon K… Read More
2012-08-13 03:05
Jean Holloway lives in Kennesaw, GA. Her books include Ace of Hearts (PHE Ink, 2009)) which is also available as an audiobook; Black Jack (PHE Ink, 2009); Deuces Wild (PHE Ink, 2010) and Ful… Read More
2012-07-13 22:50
Jennifer McBride has written and published books that include Touching the Trees (2011); Cape of Leaves (2012); Basement Daisies (2012) and Child Less Parent (2012).In this interview, she ta… Read More
2012-07-08 12:58
School teacher and screenwriter Mark Adam Kaplan has written and published two novels, A Thousand Beauties (Bewrite Books, 2009) and Down (Bewrite 2012) as well as an illustrated picture boo… Read More
2012-06-30 11:32
Julius Sai Mutyambizi-Dewa is the author of Preaching to Priests (Timeless Avatar, 2007); Candid Narratives (i-Proclaim Books, 2010); and, Two Faces One Woman (i-Proclaim Books, 2011):In thi… Read More
2012-06-11 19:44
In this interview, Laura Isaacman and Randy Rosenthal talk about The Coffin Factory, a magazine that has been described as "a nexus between readers, writers, and the book publishing industry… Read More
2012-04-14 01:12
Virginia W. Dike is Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Nigeria where she specialises in school libraries, children's literature and library services.She is als… Read More
2012-03-20 18:33
Bunny Suraiya has worked in the advertising industry, first as a copyeditor and then as creative director. She has also worked as a freelance writer and has contributed material to magazines… Read More
2012-03-19 05:44
In an interview that was conducted during at the States of Independence fare which was held at De Montfort University in Leicester on March 17, 2012, David A. Bowman (Bluewood Publishing) ta… Read More
2012-02-22 19:55
Agrena Mushonga trained at Seke Teachers' College in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe and went on to teach in a number of primary schools in Chitungwiza.In addition to teaching, she co-ordinated the Ch… Read More
2012-01-29 20:01
Elizabeth Wood - head of digital publishing at Worldreader, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting literacy in the developing world by bringing books to all using e-books - talks a… Read More
2012-01-12 23:57
Mathias B. Freese lives in Henderson, Nevada in the United States. He has worked as a teacher and a psychotherapist and has been writing for over 42 years. His books include a Holocaust nove… Read More
2011-11-27 23:14
Mark Adam Kaplan is a school teacher, a novelist and a screenwriter.His first novel, A Thousand Beauties, was published by BeWrite Books in 2009. His second novel, Down, has just been picked… Read More
2011-11-05 21:38
Tahlia Newland writes young adult and adult urban fantasy. Her books include The Drorgon Slayer’s Choice (Catapult Press, 2011); A Matter of Perception (Catapult Press, 2011) and Realm… Read More
2011-11-01 20:19
Zimbabwean poet and author Fungisayi Sasa lives in Milton Keynes. She is the author of the children’s book, The Search for the Perfect Head (Eloquent Books, 2008).One of her short stor… Read More
2011-10-28 12:46
On October 27, 2011, the Adult Education College in Leicester was the venue of the launch of Siobhan Logan's latest poetry chapbook, Mad, Hopeless & Possible: Shackleton's Endurance Expe… Read More
2011-10-28 12:43
On October 27, 2011, the Adult Education College in Leicester was the venue of the launch of Siobhan Logan's latest poetry chapbook, Mad, Hopeless & Possible: Shackleton's Endurance Expe… Read More
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