Category Archives: Neil Leadbeater

Announcement: New Book of Short Stories by Neil Leadbeater

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

Author Neil Leadbeater of Scotland, contributor to this blog, has a new collection of short stories published, titled Falling Rain. There are 22 stories in this book of 100 pages. Sometime back, when I was still writing testimonials – something … Continue reading →

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Free Verse by Neil Leadbeater

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

An Incident in the Library So what does it mean ‘to throw the book at someone’? Books are not meant to be thrown – they should be handled with care, especially the Penguin Modern Poets. Throw them and you ruin … Continue reading →

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Catching Rainbows: Neil Leadbeater (Scotland)

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

Catching Rainbows Where do rainbows end and is there really treasure there? Trout can be elusive animals. Like liquid they slip through your grasp so that all you see in the river is an after-glow a spectral image of what … Continue reading →

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Free Verse by Neil Leadbeater (Scotland)

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

Poem in a Single Leap This poem is allowed one leap so I’ll string things out to cover the distance as best I can which means there’ll be a long run into the storyline – lots of hyperbole to fill … Continue reading →

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