The Sillitoe eBook now available. The eBook comes in the form of a Factory Handbook. The publication is packed with facts about Sillitoe’s Nottingham and features essays by our commissioned writers as they visit the location of the book and discuss the themes from a modern perspective.
Celebrating the life and work of Alan Sillitoe: Words, Film and Music with Billy Ivory and Michael Eaton. The Alan Sillitoe Memorial Committee are launching a Mobile Trail App and Handbook – (a book with a digital heart) at Nottingham Contemporary on Saturday 27th October
Alan Sillitoe felt held back by a literati that in his day had the power, through newspapers, radio and (a little later, TV) to define culture for the masses
Arthur Seaton – the anti-hero of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning joins us at each featured location to comment on our commissioned writer’s work
From Eisenhower to Brian Clough the Old Market Square has hosted many civic parades
In the late 50′s, the establishment literati were quick to condemn the work of new wave writers
Local writer Derrick Buttress describes how the Market Square was once populated by exuberant American GI’s.
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Listen to BBC Radio Nottingham’s Mark Dennison talking to Susannah Simons Project Executive at The Space and Paul Fillingham Creative Director
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