BOOK REVIEW: The Little Teashop of Lost and Found by Trisha Ashley
The St Helen’s-born author, Trisha Ashley, catches the feel of life in Yorkshire despite now living in North Wales. The life of a baby...
BOOK REVIEW: From a Dark Place by Tony Husband and Paul Husband
From a Dark Place is an easy-to-understand book about a drug addict and his family. Simply said, but not easily understood, this book, written...
BOOK REVIEW: Salts Mill by Maggie Smith and Colin Coates
In the days when a handful of entrepreneurs not only established a company of repute but built villages alongside the factory so that workers...
BOOK REVIEW: Blitz Pams by John Orton
The wartime bombing of South Shields is brought to life by John Orton as he pens this fictional tale of a 16-year-old boy who...
Billy Shears after 50 years
Steve Goddard explains how an unmarried mother and the most influential LP of the 20th Century provide the inspiration for a novel.
During the ‘Summer...
Dacre Stoker on the mysteries behind the writing of Dracula
Canadian author Dacre Stoker is the great-grand nephew of Bram Stoker, author of the classic Gothic horror novel Dracula. He is an authority on...
IN PICTURES: Bradford Literature event celebrating the life and works of Andrea Dunbar
On the Saturday 1st July we attended "Andrea the Writer" an event that examined how Andrea Dunbar captured the humour, humanity and hope of...
Yorkshire author, Lynda Stacey’s highly acclaimed debut, House of Secrets out today
Stacey's Secret's Out
We are delighted to announce that the paperback edition of Yorkshire author, Lynda Stacey's highly acclaimed debut, House of Secrets is out...
Four mums in a boat naked across the ocean
Four naked women rowing a boat across the ocean... what a mental picture that conjures up, and what a dream for the headline writers.
In...
Tales from the Turf’s former groundsman, Roy Oldfield
By Dave Thomas
Through the 70s and 80s he worked in all weathers, 12 months a year, often thanklessly, mostly scrimping and scraping trying to...
