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 🙂
Oliver Clark
Fiction Night Tonight!
Not long left until Fiction Night
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
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!
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
Intervals
Here are some more photos taken during the intervals. All photos are courtesy of Mark James.
The bar area
Comfy chairs! Emma Wisher is hiding away with her family in the top right corner
Georgina Lock, William Ivory and Mark Done
Drew Cross getting in the zone
Ben Field and Liza Krejci
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.
Oliver Clark reads from his piece ‘The Dinner Party’
Liza Krejci reads her short story ‘Last of the Great Mountain Giants’
Liza Krejci
Nick Jowett reads his short story ‘What is that Smell?’
Nick Jowett
Paul Adey reads his short story, ‘M6’
Paul Adey
Paul Adey
L. D. Lapinski reads her short story ‘London Underground’
L. D. Lapinski
Drew Cross reads his travel writing piece ‘Chicken’s Feet’
Drew Cross
Clare Stevens closed the night with her piece ‘The Last Taboo’
Clare Stevens
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
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.
Silvia M. Lopez, Ben Field, and Kristian Elliott sort the reserved copies. Well, Ben and Kristian anyway…
Ben Field, Kristian Elliott, Marie Peach-Geraghty, and Clare Stevens hard at work
Smile!
Kristina Adams running through her lines with her partner
Kristina Adams and Carl Jackson
Liza setting up the images and screen captions for later…or on Facebook…Twitter…Lord of the Rings?
Marie Peach-Geraghty, Ben Field, Silvia M. Lopez
Marie Peach-Geraghty and her husband, Tom
Drew Cross and L. D. Lapinski; Oliver Clark reading in the corner
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.
Enter The Stars
Kristina Adams – The MC
Here are more photos from launch night, this time they’re all of our wonderful readers. All the photos were taken by our amazing photographer, Mark James. You can follow him on Twitter @neonshuffle. Click here for Mark’s blog.
William Ivory gets the crowd going with his inspiring speech
Mark Done reading his poems, ‘Canal’ and ‘Manor Street’
Lecturer Andrew Taylor reads his poems ‘Push Bar to Open’ and ‘Set Sail’
Liza Krejci reads her short story, ‘The Last of the Great Mountain Giants’
Liza Krejci
Liza Krejci
Kristian Elliott reading from his novel extract, ‘The Enigma of Thornwood’
Former vicar Nick Jowett reads his short story ‘What is that Smell?’
Marie Peach-Geraghty reading her short story, ‘Locking Up’
Marie Peach-Geraghty
Undergrad and lyricist Paul Adey reads his short story, ‘M6’
Sarah Jackson reads her poem, ‘Host’
Our tribute to former lecturer Graham Joyce was led by Sarah Jackson
Course leader and proud father Rory Waterman reading his poems, ‘St Thomas’s’ and ‘Sots Hole’
Kristina Adams reading her poem, ‘Portrait of my Nan as an Armchair’, and her short story, ‘The Illusion of Parenting’
Young Adult writer Silvia M. Lopez reading from ‘Surviving the Outernet’
Silvia M. Lopez
Oliver Clark reading an extract from his novella, ‘The Dinner Party’
Oliver Clark
Drew Cross reading his short story, ‘Chicken’s Feet’
Drew Cross
Undergrad Lauren C. Terry reading her poem, ‘Priority’
L.D. Lapinski reading her short story, ‘London Underground’
L.D. Lapinski
Jonathan Taylor
Jonathan Taylor reading his short story, ‘Must Sound Genuine’
Our final reader of the night, Clare Stevens, reading from her short story, ‘The Last Taboo’
We still have more photos to post and a few videos to upload, all taken by Mark James, so stay tuned.
Click here for the first lot of photos.
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