JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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The Book of Newcastle
Superb short stories from 'The Toon'
TOON TREASURE: Quayside, Newcastle
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The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
THE AIM of Comma Press’s short-story series Reading the City is to convey the social, historical or political essence of a specific location and that’s certainly the case with The Book Of Newcastle.
Editors Zoe Turner and Angela Readman bring together 10 authors who offer unique vignettes of The
Toon. Some are born-and-bred Geordies, others are outsiders who found their way in and fell for its charm.
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