by librarians | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog
To accompany the New Words Festival you’ll find a new collection of 20 books from the New Reads Festival publishers. All the books are available to reserve and borrow from your local libraries or to buy from the publishers. Visit the publisher’s websites...
by librarians | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog
The New Words Books Festival reveals a dazzling digital literary line-up for March 2021 event; poets and writers Martina Evans and Rebecca Goss, Donald S Murray and Naomi Booth, Brontë experts Adelle Hay, Claire O’ Callaghan and Sophie Franklin are amongst...
by librarians | Oct 29, 2020 | Curated collections, Portico Prize shortlist 2019
Best known for her classic black comedy Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Andrea Dunbar wrote three plays before dying at a tragically young age. This new literary portrayal features a cast of real and imagined characters set against the backdrop of the infamous Buttershaw...
by librarians | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog, Poetry, Young Adult
Time to Read is proud to be working with Louise Wallwein MBE for National Care Leavers Week 2020. Today sees the first special online performance of GLUE broadcast from the writer’s living room – for young people in Lancashire. Following the live event, Louise...
by librarians | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog
Digital Words is the 2020 Tameside Libraries Readers’ and Writers’ Festival. This year the popular annual event, which takes place throughout October, is taking place online due to restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus. As always, the festival presents the...
