Join us at Wellington Place as we host a children’s workshop from 10–11.30am, where little ones will learn how to think creatively and engage their imagination to create beautiful short poems.
Finishing with an inspiring and entertaining reading by the host.
Join nationally acclaimed poet Matt Abbott for a relaxed and engaging creative writing session. Whether you have a story to tell, or you just want to explore your creative potential, Matt will provide the building blocks for vivid and effective poetry and creative writing. All abilities and levels of experience welcome.
This workshop is free but booking is essential, see Tickets below.
The Summer is finally here! And we’re ready to celebrate in the only way we know how.
By letting children fuel our storytelling with their crazy, creative minds. So if your children would like nothing better than to tell a bunch of supposed grown ups what to do and say then come join us and bring their make believe to life.
LET'S MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL
“I literally had tears in my eyes from laughing so much! Your team are so talented and downright hilarious!”
"Love this idea! A fantastic way to capture imaginations and great entertainment" Scarlet (Mum)
an event to celebrate stories about nature!
“Our story is in the land ... it is written in those sacred places.” Bill Neidjie of the Bunitj clan, Australia.
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With current challenges both in England and globally, it feels like stories of anger and confusion dominate our communities. The Story Gathering aims to offer a supportive remix to this narrative by meeting in community with the natural world and co-creating the stories we choose to live with.
The poems and folk songs of Sh@nty tell a story of discovery, betrayal, obsession and recovery. Using language borrowed from traditional navigation as well as the jargon of digital space, the narrative is enriched by songs of the sea and original music for concertina.
Poet Lydia Kennaway and musician Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne present ‘… a form of contemporary metaphysical poem where scientific and technological vocabularies are brought into the service of the poetic imagination.’ – Sean O’Brien.
Part of Leeds Lit Fest 2024
Part of Leeds Lit Fest 2024
Midsummer Muse Poetry Showcase with poets associated with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Join us for a reading of poems celebrating or inspired by Midsummer with poets including Zaffar Kunial, Helen Mort, John Whale, Rachel Bower, Jess Richards and Matt Howard.
Time: 7pm-9pm
This event takes place at the School of English, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Ln, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT.
Live in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen!
Readings by a different local published poet each month and this month we're delighted to welcome JAMES NASH.
James is a writer and poet. A long-term resident of Leeds and
Bridlington, his third collection of poems, Coma Songs was published in 2003 and reprinted in 2006
Join poets and fellow Dream Catcher editors Hannah Stone and Joe Williams in conversation on Hannah's most recent collection, The Invisible Worm (Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2023).
'Part threnody, part celebration of friendship’, these poems celebrate Hannah’s friendship with Rosemary Mitchell, and explore how we face end of life.
Hannah is Poet-Theologian to Leeds Church Institute, and convenes poetry/music collaborations. Last year she featured in the Guardian’s Poem of the Week, and won the David Oluwale Memorial Association Writing competition.
‘STRIKE’, published by Stairwell Books in January 2024, is the latest book by award-winning Leeds/Doncaster poet Sarah Wimbush. It is an exploration of both famous and previously unseen photographs of the 1984 miners’ strike, through the lens of poetry.
2024 is the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984-1985 miners’ strike, one of the longest industrial disputes in British history. In conversation with poet Joe Williams, himself born in the north east colliery town Ashington, Sarah will discuss the process of writing the book and her personal experiences of the strike.