Mapperley has a superb illustrator in our midst. This original artwork is intended to bring a smile. It is available too, in the form of gifts, clothes and prints that bring joy and colour to everyday. Ruth Woodcock is from Gedling and uses the name [ … ]
Category: Writers
Mapperley’s Writers
We invited our readers to tell us about the authors, poets and writers with strong connections to the area. Here’s what we have learnt so far, listed in alphabetical order: ANDREWS, Tom Tom is the Police Historian for Nottinghamshire and has published The Greatest Policeman?: [ … ]
Memoirs Of A Former Police Officer
First Hand Account Of Front-Line Policing In Nottingham. ‘The Sharp End’ is a new book that details the career of former Nottinghamshire police officer Tom Andrews. Tom lives in Woodthorpe and his memoirs of an action packed career that included three murder arrests. Is there [ … ]
Introducing – The Wandering Lyricist
Introducing Gary Pollard – The Wandering Lyricist Gary Pollard and his family have lived in the Mapperley area for the last ten years. The Wandering Lyricist is the title of his book of poetry released in 2019 book, which has these reviews on Amazon: A [ … ]
The Tragedy Of Hillsborough
On the day that Nottingham Forest take on Liverpool in the FA Cup, local author Jacques Morrell reflects on his personal memory of the tragic events of 1989. Jacques writes: The most melodramatic and tragic event that I have seen unfold was the ill-fated FA [ … ]
Mapperley’s Prize Winning Author
Mapperley People welcomes our prize winning author Nicola Monaghan. Nicola has settled in the area and describes it as ‘one of the best moves we’ve made’. ‘There are so many great places where we can be sociable, or where I can sit and write quietly [ … ]
Carlton Valley Dreaming
A short poem for Autumn. Adapted from the 1960s hit song ‘California Dreaming’ by the Mamas and Papas. Mapperley’s leaves are brown And the sky is grey I’m walkin’ on the Top On a winter’s day I can see for miles Way over Lady Bay [ … ]
Christmas Offer from Mapperley Publisher
Mapperley publisher Porchester Press is offering free delivery on orders of suspense thriller ‘The Showman’. Set in Nottingham during two week in 1978, the short introduction of novel reads: England 1978.A number of deaths occur. All are sudden and bizarre, but none are treated as [ … ]
Local Blog – My Anxious Life
Mapperley People welcomes Jo, a local blogger who has established quite a following since launching her blog about mental health Why not take a look and get involved. Hello, I’m Jo. Wife, mother of two and previous career girl, now doing her best domestic goddess [ … ]
Mapperley Author – Dorothy Whipple
The people behind Nottingham City of Literature keep finding stories about Mapperley connections to famous writers. A few weeks ago it was DH Lawrence and his relationship with a woman who lived on Private Road. Now it is the novelist Dorothy Whipple, who lived in Mapperley [ … ]