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.
An unmissable reading from two Leeds-based poets with debut collections from the mighty Peepal Tree Press.
Emily Zobel Marshall’s Bath of Herbs explores the complexity of mixed-race, hybrid identities and relationships to the English and Welsh mountains, fells, rivers and shorelines from an ‘othered’, unmappable, positionality.
Adam Lowe’s Patterflash is a PBS Recommendation, receiving acclaim from The Big Issue and featuring on BBC radio. Find them at peepaltreepress.com
Join Leeds Poetry Festival for these monthly wellbeing poetry group sessions where you can talk with fellow poets about how you're feeling while working on your latest poetic piece. The sessions will be group-focused, not run by any individual, but supervised by Poppy-Lee Jennings, our organiser.*
Join Leeds Playhouse's storytelling sessions on the last Saturday of the month. We’ll be exploring lots of exciting stories taking little people on big adventures with magical characters and tonnes of fun along the way.
Led by a professional storyteller, the sessions will take place in our Brooke Room on Level 2 and cost £5, suitable for children aged 3-7.
April - Jack and the Beanstalk
May - Venturing into the forest
June - The Mystery of the Story Suitcase (build-a-story)
He’s the wild man of rock who became a national treasure. Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is hitting the road for a new, spoken word tour.
The star of more-TV-shows-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-feature-on – including Celebrity Gogglebox, and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, among many others – redefined the sex ’n’ drugs ’n’ rock ’n’ roll lifestyle during the halcyon age of Madchester.
He’s touring in support of his new book: Happy Mondays and Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays.
Global Rehabilitation is a small Leeds-based charity which trains and supports rehabilitation doctors and other medical professionals in countries in the Global South, in particular Madagascar, mainly through the transfer of skills and knowledge.
Madagascar is a huge island nation off the east coast of Africa and has very poor health systems and health infrastructure and a small number of extremely dedicated medical professionals who work hard to improve the lives of patients living with disease and disabilities in very challenging conditions.
Blur The Lines is a creative platform based in Leeds, showcasing an array of artists from different backgrounds and disciplines. This peripatetic event features rappers, comedians, poets and musicians all under one roof, bringing people together and blurring genre lines.