You can now stream or download ‘The Winter Garden’, Mantle’s community audio drama about William Wordsworth’s time living in Leicestershire, here:

Rob Gee spent several weeks wandering around Moira and Donnington, Leicestershire, accosting unsuspecting residents in order to gather impressions, memories and anecdotes about the place they call home. He spent time with community groups and visited local places of interest as well as simply hanging around the village. People’s comments were recorded and, from a cross section of these responses, Rob created a selection of poetry and prose. Photographer Linda Young, inspired by Rob’s text and her own conversations with locals, took pictures. The books, My Daughter is a Donnington Goth and Pig on the Wall will soon be available from Mantle Lane Press

Geoff at the Ashby Canal Trust:
The Perils of Success
“Well I reckon that if the furnace at Moira had been any kind of success, we’d have some very significant problems now. Think about it: As a furnace, i.e. one the thing it was supposed to be, Moira Furnace was a massive failure, basically because it’s the wrong kind of coal round Read more here

Wolves & Apples is a conference for aspiring writers producing work for children and young adults. It’s a chance to take part in workshops and attend talks and discussions by professional authors, publishers and agents from the children’s book industry.

The full Wolves and Apples 2016 programme is now available. See details here:
Wolves and Apples Programme and Timetable.

October 15th. College Court Conference Centre, Leicester.

Or buy your ticket here: Wolves and Apples Tickets

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Our anthology, What Haunts the Heart is featured in the programme of the 2016 Birmingham Literary Festival. The event takes place on October 9th at 2pm in Waterstones, High Street Birmingham.

Many of the writers featured in the book will be present at the event to read their work, including William Gallagher, Liz Kershaw and Fiona Joseph.

More information and booking details here: www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org/event/what-haunts-the-heart/