Speak Your Mind

The Highlights of 2014

2014 was a year of challenges and successes.

From January to September the Restless Minds team worked tirelessly to establish the anthology!

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09/10/2014 – We had our book launch! (Check out the videos Part 1, 2, 3, 4). We even sold out on the night, a feat never achieved by any MA anthology before!

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18/10/2014 – Along came Nottingham Festival of Words where we organised our second print run!

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31/10/2014 – For Halloween the Restless Minds Team had many creative treats for all:

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12/11/2014 – Kicking off Jazz & Poetry Night, with Four in the Bar, Mathew Sweeney and Cathy Grindrod, was a lot of fun!

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29/11/2014 – Many members of the Restless Minds team graduated from Nottingham Trent University!

Congratulations Graduates

11/12/2014 – Restless Minds was invited to Speak Your Mind #2 (run by Dagda Publishing). Check out the videos (Part 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 ,6).

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Then winter came and left but not without some holiday themed treats.

Happy Holidays RM

You’ve seen our many faces and listened to what we’ve had to say.

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But most importantly you’ve bought our book, read our creative pieces, and supported us throughout.
– 206 Likes on Facebook.
– 114 Followers on Twitter.
– 200+ views on YouTube.
– 3.1k+ Hits on WordPress.
And all four are still climbing!

2014 was a fantastic year for Restless Minds and we hope to make 2015 even better. Thank you for all your support and please stick with us as we have more events planned and a few more surprises to unveil. Happy 2015 to you all!

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Don’t forget, copies of Restless Minds are available from Five Leaves Bookshop and The Bookcase!

Speak Your Mind #2 Videos (Part 6)

Here are the final set of videos from Speak Your Mind #2. Thanks again to Kristian Elliott for the videos.

Lauren C. Terry reading her poem from Restless Minds, ‘Priority’.

 

Lauren C. Terry reading David Corbett’s poems from Restless Minds, ‘No Fear’ and ‘Taxi For Sarah’.

 

Kristina Adams reading Nora Al-Rasheed’s poem from Restless Minds, ‘Regrets’.

We would like to thank Dagda Publishing again for giving our contributors the opportunity to read. If you’re ever browsing on YouTube check out Dagda Publishing’s channel!

Speak Your Mind #2 Videos (Part 5)

Lauren C. Terry reading her poem ‘Brick By Brick’.

 

Here is a clip of Kristina Adams reading her short story from Restless Minds, ‘The Illusion of Parenting’.

Thank you to Kristian Elliott for the videos.

More videos on the way!

Speak Your Mind #2 Videos (Part 4)

Here is Lauren C. Terry reading her poem ‘Dust to Dust’.

Here is a clip of Kristian Elliott reading an extract from his YA Black Comedy ‘The Enigma of Thornwood’.

Thank you to Kristian Elliott for the videos.

More videos on the way!

Speak Your Mind #2 Photos Continued…

Here are more photos from the Speak Your Minds #2 courtesy of Kristina Adams.

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Videos of the readings by our Restless Minds contributors which will be featured on our Youtube account and website very soon!

Speak Your Mind #2 Photos

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Last Thursday, Restless Minds contributors Kristina Adams and Lauren C. Terry, performed at Speak Your Mind #2. Kristian Elliott and Clare Stevens also read their Restless Minds submissions.

Here are some photos from the night courtesy of Kristian *cough we need a better camera operator*. We also have videos of the readings by our Restless Minds contributors which will be featured on our Youtube account and website very soon.

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Kristina Adams kick-starting the night with her poem in Restless Minds, ‘Portrait of my Nan in an Arm Chair’. She also read her poems ‘Anxiety’, ‘Domestic Bliss’, Hypoglycemia’ and ‘Thirteen Hours’ not in the anthology

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Lauren C. Terry reading her poem in Restless Minds, ‘Priority’. She also read her poems ‘Brick by Brick’, ‘Dust to Dust’ and ‘Marina’ which are not in the anthology

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Lauren reading some of her flash fiction not in the anthology ‘ Coffee’. Lauren also read David Corbett’s poems, ‘No Fear’ and ‘Taxi for Sarah’

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Clare Stevens reading her short story, ‘The Last Taboo’

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Clare Stevens

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Kristian Elliott reading an extract from his story, ‘The Enigma of Thornwood’

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Kristina reading her short story in Restless Minds, ‘The Illusion of Parenting’

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Kristina reading Nora Al-Rasheed’s poem, ‘Regrets’

The entire Restless Minds team would like to thank Dagda Publishing for inviting us to read. We’d also like to thank the Divine Cafe for hosting the event and for serving such delicious mince pies, nachos and mulled wine.

More photos to follow!