I thought that Malorie Blackman’s talk was excellent. She gave ideas to the audience and secrets from the book ‘noughts and crosses’. She talked about…
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The call has been made. Now she sprays the worktop first with Mr Muscle then wipes the whole surface down. Spotless. Then she repeats, cleaning each…
Pulled from my mother’s womb, I clung on. Resisting the waves and Obstetrician’s skill; his metal hands clamped on my soft-born skull. An audience…
At home Geoffrey went straight to the laptop in their bedroom. Thank God neither Esperanza nor Nicola was in the house. He settled with his…
He will die tonight I opened the door onto the yard And many times I shooed him out with the yellow napkin And each time…
Australian novelist Tim Winton, who has also written short stories, plays, children’s books and non-fiction, is the winner of numerous literary prizes, including the Miles…
Sean O’Brien and W.N. Herbert reading translations of the poetry of Corsino Fortes, translated by Sean O’Brien and Daniel Hahn. This reading took place at…
First Thursday 06-06-14 from ncla on Vimeo. Eleanor Holmes, Jessica Wortley, Alison Summers, Sue Wilsea, John Adams, Alireza Abiz, Felicity Powell, Kath Campbell, Steve Erdal…
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