Andrew Tucker Leavis
@andrewtuckerleavis.bsky.social
Editor - New Nottingham Journal
Literary editor - Leftlion Magazine
Words in Radio Times, Under the Radar, Nottingham Post
Writer-in-residence with Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature '24
Literary editor - Leftlion Magazine
Words in Radio Times, Under the Radar, Nottingham Post
Writer-in-residence with Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature '24
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A quick hello - I'm on lit desk at Leftlion, freelance for the Nottingham Post while white-knuckling my degree.
I'm now on a ‘virtual’ writing residency in Melbourne alongside fab writers whose CVs make mine look about as exhaustive as Herod’s Christmas list.
Here I am in front of my fence.
I'm now on a ‘virtual’ writing residency in Melbourne alongside fab writers whose CVs make mine look about as exhaustive as Herod’s Christmas list.
Here I am in front of my fence.
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It's the last three days to crowdfund our new literary print journal, featuring 40 contributors from around the world. We've nearly hit £3000 - can you pitch in?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/new...
#writingcommunity
www.kickstarter.com/projects/new...
#writingcommunity
August 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's the last three days to crowdfund our new literary print journal, featuring 40 contributors from around the world. We've nearly hit £3000 - can you pitch in?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/new...
#writingcommunity
www.kickstarter.com/projects/new...
#writingcommunity
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Fancying helping to create a new literary journal?
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
New Nottingham Journal
Support the rebel city's new journal of writing: top quality short fiction, slow journalism and poetry from around the world.
www.tinyurl.com
July 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Fancying helping to create a new literary journal?
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
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Presenting...the first New Nottingham Journal cover!
Short stories, journalism, poetry and B&W photography from the UK's rebel city.
You can support the project on Kickstarter now, should the mood strike you!
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
Short stories, journalism, poetry and B&W photography from the UK's rebel city.
You can support the project on Kickstarter now, should the mood strike you!
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Presenting...the first New Nottingham Journal cover!
Short stories, journalism, poetry and B&W photography from the UK's rebel city.
You can support the project on Kickstarter now, should the mood strike you!
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
Short stories, journalism, poetry and B&W photography from the UK's rebel city.
You can support the project on Kickstarter now, should the mood strike you!
👉 www.tinyurl.com/kickstartnnj
#writingcommunity #nottingham #literature #writing
June 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In relationships I'm now embracing 'monogrammy'. I only date people who have their initials sewn on to all their clothes.
June 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In relationships I'm now embracing 'monogrammy'. I only date people who have their initials sewn on to all their clothes.
For my first Radio Times piece I hopped into the famous blue box to obtain a BBC Micro computer - with mixed results...
www.radiotimes.com/technology/g...
@radiotimes.bsky.social
#doctorwho
www.radiotimes.com/technology/g...
@radiotimes.bsky.social
#doctorwho
Every Doctor Who video game, ranked from worst to best
Fancy a trip in the TARDIS?
www.radiotimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
For my first Radio Times piece I hopped into the famous blue box to obtain a BBC Micro computer - with mixed results...
www.radiotimes.com/technology/g...
@radiotimes.bsky.social
#doctorwho
www.radiotimes.com/technology/g...
@radiotimes.bsky.social
#doctorwho
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We want to get your stories, poems or essays into print. There's a new literary journal releasing later this year - open for submissions from around the world. Visit newnottinghamjournal.com.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
May 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We want to get your stories, poems or essays into print. There's a new literary journal releasing later this year - open for submissions from around the world. Visit newnottinghamjournal.com.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
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Submissions for the New Nottingham Journal are opening next week - stay tuned for details.
May 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Submissions for the New Nottingham Journal are opening next week - stay tuned for details.
Can she step out from the Camplight? I reviewed Dilettante's live show last month for Under the Radar.
@undertheradar.bsky.social
www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/dile...
@undertheradar.bsky.social
www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/dile...
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Can she step out from the Camplight? I reviewed Dilettante's live show last month for Under the Radar.
@undertheradar.bsky.social
www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/dile...
@undertheradar.bsky.social
www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/dile...
April 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Thank @leftlion.bsky.social and @atleavis.bsky.social for this wonderful conversation about queerness, poetry and the diasporic experience: leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
Notts writer Hongwei Bao on the poetics of queer and diasporic experiences
Raised in Inner Mongolia, Dr. Hongwei Bao is now a Director of Research at the University of Nottingham and the industrious community organiser of events like the Queer Chinese Arts Festival, Poetics ...
leftlion.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thank @leftlion.bsky.social and @atleavis.bsky.social for this wonderful conversation about queerness, poetry and the diasporic experience: leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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DISSECTING MANCTOPIA 🐝
Readings & Ramblings from Book of Manchester Authors
📍 Feel Good Club, MCR
📅 Mar 20, 7-9pm
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting...
What does Manchester mean to you? Join as we explore, celebrate & critiques the city Manchester was, and the one it has become...
Readings & Ramblings from Book of Manchester Authors
📍 Feel Good Club, MCR
📅 Mar 20, 7-9pm
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting...
What does Manchester mean to you? Join as we explore, celebrate & critiques the city Manchester was, and the one it has become...
February 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
DISSECTING MANCTOPIA 🐝
Readings & Ramblings from Book of Manchester Authors
📍 Feel Good Club, MCR
📅 Mar 20, 7-9pm
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting...
What does Manchester mean to you? Join as we explore, celebrate & critiques the city Manchester was, and the one it has become...
Readings & Ramblings from Book of Manchester Authors
📍 Feel Good Club, MCR
📅 Mar 20, 7-9pm
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting...
What does Manchester mean to you? Join as we explore, celebrate & critiques the city Manchester was, and the one it has become...
‘Teeming with life’ - exactly why I love Dickens. Fab piece by @claireharman.bsky.social in the Literary Review
March 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
‘Teeming with life’ - exactly why I love Dickens. Fab piece by @claireharman.bsky.social in the Literary Review
Last year I spoke to Bill Bailey (before his morning coffee) and he shared with me his plan for surviving on a desert island, and his thoughts on the animal kingdom:
'If the bees are in strife, then maybe it's time for the wasps to sort of step up.'
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
'If the bees are in strife, then maybe it's time for the wasps to sort of step up.'
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
We Chat to Bill Bailey Before He Brings His Thoughtifier Tour to Nottingham in March
With his trademark musical stylings and characteristic wit, Bill Bailey will be bringing his Thoughtifier tour to Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on 1 March. We caught up with him to find out more about...
leftlion.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Last year I spoke to Bill Bailey (before his morning coffee) and he shared with me his plan for surviving on a desert island, and his thoughts on the animal kingdom:
'If the bees are in strife, then maybe it's time for the wasps to sort of step up.'
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
'If the bees are in strife, then maybe it's time for the wasps to sort of step up.'
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
they do say action makes the heart grow Fonda
February 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
they do say action makes the heart grow Fonda
Garfunkel has aged phenomenally well.
February 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Garfunkel has aged phenomenally well.
the history of cartoon dogs is a series of footnotes to Pluto
February 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
the history of cartoon dogs is a series of footnotes to Pluto
Happy to get tongue-tied for Manchester's top indie publisher Comma Press, having spotted a good excuse to write about Jimmy Carter (mildly) sexually harassing the state of Poland.
#writingcommunity
#internationalmotherlanguageday
#writingcommunity
#internationalmotherlanguageday
CROSSED IN TRANSLATION
✍Guest Blog by @atleavis.bsky.social
AT Leavis explores the often overlooked role of translation in history, from religious schisms to naked presidents.
🔗 commapress.co.uk/blog/crossed...
Want to get involved with translation? See the post below - no experience needed! 👇
✍Guest Blog by @atleavis.bsky.social
AT Leavis explores the often overlooked role of translation in history, from religious schisms to naked presidents.
🔗 commapress.co.uk/blog/crossed...
Want to get involved with translation? See the post below - no experience needed! 👇
February 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Happy to get tongue-tied for Manchester's top indie publisher Comma Press, having spotted a good excuse to write about Jimmy Carter (mildly) sexually harassing the state of Poland.
#writingcommunity
#internationalmotherlanguageday
#writingcommunity
#internationalmotherlanguageday
This is how to turn your unsolicited email into a solicited email.
February 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is how to turn your unsolicited email into a solicited email.
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🚨RELEASE DAY🚨
It takes a certain type of team to catch a killer...
Sequel to A Time For Dying, A House For Monsters is the new instalment of the DCI Tom McHale series by Bryce Main.
Order this dark and fast-paced character-driven crime novel now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
It takes a certain type of team to catch a killer...
Sequel to A Time For Dying, A House For Monsters is the new instalment of the DCI Tom McHale series by Bryce Main.
Order this dark and fast-paced character-driven crime novel now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🚨RELEASE DAY🚨
It takes a certain type of team to catch a killer...
Sequel to A Time For Dying, A House For Monsters is the new instalment of the DCI Tom McHale series by Bryce Main.
Order this dark and fast-paced character-driven crime novel now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
It takes a certain type of team to catch a killer...
Sequel to A Time For Dying, A House For Monsters is the new instalment of the DCI Tom McHale series by Bryce Main.
Order this dark and fast-paced character-driven crime novel now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
February 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2025 🐝
Arabic literary translation for complete beginners. Aimed at anyone interested in lit translation regardless of experience!
🗣️2 talks
✍️2 Workshops
🗓️Feb 19 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Manchester Uni Students Union
🎟️£3 eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester... or DM to sign up for free
Arabic literary translation for complete beginners. Aimed at anyone interested in lit translation regardless of experience!
🗣️2 talks
✍️2 Workshops
🗓️Feb 19 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Manchester Uni Students Union
🎟️£3 eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester... or DM to sign up for free
Manchester in Translation 2025
Join us for an evening of talks and workshops to celebrate all things literary translation, no experience required.
eventbrite.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2025 🐝
Arabic literary translation for complete beginners. Aimed at anyone interested in lit translation regardless of experience!
🗣️2 talks
✍️2 Workshops
🗓️Feb 19 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Manchester Uni Students Union
🎟️£3 eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester... or DM to sign up for free
Arabic literary translation for complete beginners. Aimed at anyone interested in lit translation regardless of experience!
🗣️2 talks
✍️2 Workshops
🗓️Feb 19 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Manchester Uni Students Union
🎟️£3 eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester... or DM to sign up for free
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Thanks to community togetherness and smart campaigning, the Meadows Library was recently saved from closure. We met Jackie and Di from the group, to find out what Friends of Meadows Library is there for, and why this special library was so worth saving.
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
Turning a new page: How Meadows Library escaped closure
Set up to support the library in the Meadows, Friends of Meadows Library has provided an essential hub for almost 100 years. Thanks to community togetherness and smart campaigning, the Meadows Library...
leftlion.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thanks to community togetherness and smart campaigning, the Meadows Library was recently saved from closure. We met Jackie and Di from the group, to find out what Friends of Meadows Library is there for, and why this special library was so worth saving.
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
‘Don’t you…step on my crusade shoes. You can do anything, but lay off of my crusade shoes.’
January 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
‘Don’t you…step on my crusade shoes. You can do anything, but lay off of my crusade shoes.’