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04 Jun

Life Lines, a Writer Highway event with Jan Norton, Julie Burke and support

Wednesday, 4th June, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£3.00 - £4.50
Readings by Jan Norton (Relief Map) and Julie Burke (Kindling), supported by Tony Challis and Lizzie Dunford - all current members of The Writer Highway [...]

Five years, 30,000 miles and 1,000 Trees... an illustrated talk by Paul Wood

Thursday, 5th June, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£3.00 - £30.00
Enter a parallel wooded universe Britain has long had a deep-rooted love for trees, woven into its history, culture, and landscapes. From ancient oaks that [...]
12 Jun

The Radical Jane Austen, a talk by Deirdre O'Byrne

Thursday, 12th June, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£3.00 - £4.50
Claiming date only - text to come shortly!   Deirdre O'Byrne works part time at Five Leaves Bookshop, and teaches Irish and English literature in [...]

Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line with Elizabeth Lovatt

Thursday, 19th June, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£4.50 - £20.00
Join Five Leaves in collaboration with Notts Queer History Archive, for an evening with author Elizabeth Lovatt and a host of local lesbians. From line [...]

Midsummer reading with Dandelions Poetry and Cathy Grindrod

Sunday, 22nd June, 2025    
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
£3.00 - £4.50
Dandelions Poetry is back at Five Leaves for our special midsummer reading We are very pleased to have Cathy Grindrod as our featured poet. We [...]

Jen Calleja on translation

Tuesday, 24th June, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£4.50 - £12.99
Jen Calleja’s new non-fiction book is  Fair: The Life-Art of Translation. Fair is a satirical, refreshing and brilliantly playful book about learning the art of [...]

One Woman Walks Europe, with Ursula Martin

Monday, 7th July, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£3.00 - £4.50
Ursula Martin never thought she would walk 3,700 miles around Wales, but following a cancer diagnosis it seemed like the only reasonable thing to do. [...]

Five Leaves open fiction book group discusses Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Monday, 21st July, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£0.00
Our book groups are open to all. Attend every meeting, occasionally or just once in your life. All we ask is that you read the [...]
13 Sep

Mr Lawrence Returns to Nottingham

This event is part of the 2025 DH Lawrence Festival Book the date! Full details to follow In association with the Haggs Farm Preservation Society [...]
16 Sep

Poetry with Matthew Paul, Kathy Pimlott and Peter Sansom

Tuesday, 16th September, 2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
£3.00 - £5.00
Matthew Paul lives in Rotherham. His first collection The Evening Entertainment was published by Eyewear in 2017 and his second, The Last Corinthians, will be published by Crooked Spire [...]
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