Join us for a Refugee Week special event with Tawseef Khan, author of the debut novel Determination, longlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prize. Tawseef will be in conversation with Karen Powell (Fifteen Wild Decembers, Nero Book Awards 2023 finalist).
Clare Balding really needs no introduction at all! The much-loved broadcaster, sports presenter and award winning author is heading to Farsley to talk about her new novel ‘Pastures New’.
Out in September, the book is Clare’s warm, funny and enormously enjoyable debut novel for adults, set in Monmouthshire.
About ‘Pastures New’
Sometimes home is where you least expect it…
Alex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years — until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down.
The Absence: Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer, a memoir by the legendary musician and drummer Budgie, in conversation with music journalist, Dave Simpson of the Guardian.
As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Creatures, Budgie became one of the era-defining drummers in the much-mythologised post punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Join us for an evening of radical reading where we will be discussing Andre Bagoo’s ‘The Dreaming’, followed by a book swap social!
Are you interested in discovering a broad field of literature, supporting independent publishers and bookshops, and platforming marginalised authors? Join us in Treasures of the Brotherton for an evening of radical reading!
History loves a villain.
Fascinating and fearless, Otto English’s new book ‘Notorious’ re-examines some of history’s biggest villains. It will change the way you see the world forever.
Explore the salacious side of the Victorians!
The Sensation Novel, a popular form from the 1860s and 1870s, is a challenge to our assumptions about the Victorians. Far from being narratives about propriety and happy marriages, sensational plots are filled with crime, adultery, bigamy and misbehaviour. Join us for discussions of the key sensational novels of the 1860s-70s. You may not have heard of all the novelists, but there is a world of Victorian naughtiness to explore.
Grab the mic and say it with your chest at our open mic fundraiser
Whether you’re a poet or novelist, short-story writer, musician, stand-up comedian, or want to share a favourite piece of writing, the stage in our brand new event space awaits.
Sig-up for spots is on the night on a first-come, first-served basis, and strictly for a maximum of five minutes. Any accompaniment must be acoustic only. A paid bar will be available, as will a table for performers to sell books/CDs/merch directly to the audience.
Veteran Northern poet James Nash launches his fourth collection of sonnets (and more). Notes of Your Music sets out to celebrate what may be gone, or flag up what might be celebrated before it goes.
Join us in welcoming Vasilis kostakis, author of Beyond The Final Whistle on Friday 30th May at 3pm for a special book talk and performance. Vasilis is only in Leeds for a couple of days so we’re delighted he’s found time to stop off at Left Bank whilst he’s here and tell us more about his book. Not only will you be able to hear about the book and learn more from the author but you may also be in for a mid afternoon musical treat.
The inspiring Lindsey Burrow will be joining us to talk about her memoir, Take Care: A Memoir of Love, Family & Never Giving Up.
Lindsey will be in conversation with Claire Turner, CEO of Carers Leeds. The book is a life-affirming memoir of Lindsey Burrow, the working mother of three young children who inspired the nation through her selfless commitment to husband Rob Burrow (CBE), the rugby league legend she cared for following his motor neurone disease (MND) diagnosis.