Nick Jowett

Fiction Night Photos

The photos for our Fiction Night at Five Leaves Bookshop are here! Thanks to all that came along and those that performed, it was a great night! Also a big thank you for everyone at Five Leaves for letting us take over for the night 🙂

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Not long left until Fiction Night

Restless Minds Fiction Night Poster

 

ENTRY IS FREE

Come down to the Five Leaves Bookshop and join us for an evening of Fiction.

Copies of Restless Minds will be available for £5.

“Join us for an evening of readings on topics such as falling in love with Death, the last man living in an empty tower block doomed for destruction, and narrowly escaping a necromancer.” – You can R.S.V.P to bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk

7 Days to Fiction Night

Restless Minds Fiction Night Poster

 

ENTRY IS FREE

Come down to the Five Leaves Bookshop and join us for an evening of Fiction. Whether you’re interested in YA, fantasy, comedy, horror, contemporary, our contributors have concocted a fantastic blend for your imagination!

You can catch: Paul Adey, Sana Aslam, Oliver Clark, Nick Jowett, L. D. Lapinski, Marie Peach-Geraghty, and Clare Stevens reading. Also, special guests David Belbin and Jonathan Taylor, will have a tale or two to share.

Copies of Restless Minds will be available for £5.

“Join us for an evening of readings on topics such as falling in love with Death, the last man living in an empty tower block doomed for destruction, and narrowly escaping a necromancer.” – You can R.S.V.P to bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk

Restless Minds presents, Fiction Night!

Restless Minds Fiction Night Poster

 

ENTRY IS FREE

On April 29th, the Five Leaves Bookshop are letting us use their space to host our very own Fiction Night. Our special guests for the evening are David Belbin and Jonathan Taylor.

We can confirm that the following contributors: Paul Adey, Sana Aslam, Oliver Clark, Nick Jowett, L. D. Lapinski, Marie Peach-Geraghty, and Clare Stevens will be reading. Kristina Adams will be compering.

Along with readings from the anthology, some of our contributors will read new things they are working on at the moment, and even continuations of stories from Restless Minds.

Copies of Restless Minds will be available for £5.

“Join us for an evening of readings on topics such as falling in love with Death, the last man living in an empty tower block doomed for destruction, and narrowly escaping a necromancer.” – You can R.S.V.P to bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk

Group Photos

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Here are some more photos from the end of launch night, featuring (almost) all the contributors. All photos are courtesy of Mark James.

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Rory Waterman admiring the anthology

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Rory Waterman

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Rory talking about how awesome we all are

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Rory inviting all contributors on stage

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Stage fright?

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Most of the group

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From left to right: Kristina Adams, Kristian Elliott, Silvia M. Lopez, Liza Krejci, Marie Peach-Geraghty, Ben Field, David Corbett, Paul Adey, Drew Cross. Hidden behind Ben Field: Nick Jowett, Mark Done, Lauren C. Terry.

Check out our other launch night photos here.

Intervals

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Here are some more photos taken during the intervals. All photos are courtesy of Mark James.

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The bar area

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Comfy chairs! Emma Wisher is hiding away with her family in the top right corner

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Georgina Lock, William Ivory and Mark Done

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Drew Cross getting in the zone

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Ben Field and Liza Krejci

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Georgina Lock, William Ivory and Jon Plummer

More photos to come over the next few days and weeks! Check out our other launch night photos here.

Team Fiction!

Here are some more photos of our readers from launch night, our beloved fiction writers. All photos are courtesy of Mark James.

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Oliver Clark reads from his piece ‘The Dinner Party’

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Liza Krejci reads her short story ‘Last of the Great Mountain Giants’

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Liza Krejci

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Nick Jowett reads his short story ‘What is that Smell?’

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Nick Jowett

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Paul Adey reads his short story, ‘M6’

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Paul Adey

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Paul Adey

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L. D. Lapinski reads her short story ‘London Underground’

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L. D. Lapinski

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Drew Cross reads his travel writing piece ‘Chicken’s Feet’

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Drew Cross

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Clare Stevens closed the night with her piece ‘The Last Taboo’

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Clare Stevens

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Clare Stevens

More photos to come over the next few days and weeks! Check out our other launch night photos here.

Congratulations Graduates!

Today is a special day for many of our Restless Minds contributors. Today, some of them from the MA Creative Writing course, graduate from Nottingham Trent University!

Here are the list of Restless Minds contributors graduating today (although not all of them can attend the ceremony):

Nora Al-Rasheed
Kristina Adams
Oliver Clark
Kristian Elliott
Ben Field
Shila C. George
Nick Jowett
Liza Krejci
L.D. Lapinski
Silvia M. Lopez
Peter Newman
Clare Stevens
Emma Lauren Wisher

On behalf of the whole Restless Minds Team we wish them all the best, every single one of them have worked hard for their degree and put so much time and effort into the anthology.

Congratulations to you all!

Behind the Scenes

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Here’s a few more behind the scenes photos from the book launch on October 9th, courtesy of Mark James. You can follow him on Twitter.

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Silvia M. Lopez, Ben Field, and Kristian Elliott sort the reserved copies. Well, Ben and Kristian anyway…

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Ben Field, Kristian Elliott, Marie Peach-Geraghty, and Clare Stevens hard at work

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Smile!

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Kristina Adams running through her lines with her partner

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Kristina Adams and Carl Jackson

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Liza setting up the images and screen captions for later…or on Facebook…Twitter…Lord of the Rings?

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Marie Peach-Geraghty, Ben Field, Silvia M. Lopez

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Marie Peach-Geraghty and her husband, Tom

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Drew Cross and L. D. Lapinski; Oliver Clark reading in the corner

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Silvia M. Lopez: “Drinks are on me!” or “Help me escape, they just told me I’m reading!”

More photos to come over the next few days and weeks! Check out our other launch night photos here.