6th - 14th June 2026.

Leeds Lit Fest is back! 

Returning for its eighth year, the city’s award-winning festival of words and thought will take place across a diverse range of the city’s spaces and aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from the UK and beyond. 

Leeds Lit Fest is delivered by Leeds-based creative arts and literature organisations which are committed to celebrating and championing literature and writing in Leeds and to engaging and inspiring its people to get involved in creative activities linked to literature. 

Find the full programme of events here.
 

Sat 6 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest Literature Talk
Under £10
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events Festival Literature Leeds LitFest
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest Literature Social Spoken Word
Under £10
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Hold Fast Bookshop
Leeds LitFest LGBT+ Literature Talk
Under £10
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Leeds LitFest Literature Performance Spoken Word
Under £10
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Mill Hill Chapel
Leeds LitFest Literature Talk
Under £10
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Hold Fast Bookshop
Leeds LitFest Literature Talk
Under £10
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest Literature Spoken Word Talk
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest Comedy Literature
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest LGBT+ Literature Performance
Under £10
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Carriageworks Theatre
Leeds LitFest Literature Performance Theatre
Under £10
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events Literature Talk Leeds LitFest