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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · Jul 4

Love this write up from Eden at Next Chapter in her newsletter

It’s so refreshing to be able to pop into your local bookshop and see a familiar face who knows your name!

Listen to Eden and I having a chat here before @leedslitfest.bsky.social

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 24

A huge thank you to all Leeds Lit Fest writers, performers, volunteers, friends, supporters and all of you who came along to our events. We literally couldn't do it without you. Here's to 2026. We're planning for it already!

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 22

What a day to close Leeds Lit Fest with..we're going out with a bang!

✨ Windrush Day w/ Howard Gardner, 11am, Truman Books
✨ Gemma Styles: Why Am I Like This? 1pm, Brudenell Social Club
✨ Boater, a life on England's Waterways - Jo Bell, 5pm, Hold Fast Bookshop

#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025

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✨ Windrush Day with Howard Gardner, 11am at Truman Books
✨ Gemma Styles: Why Am I Like This? 1pm at Brudenell Social Club
✨ Boater, a life on England's Waterways - Jo Bell, 5pm at Hold Fast Bookshop

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Tom Noble @tomnoble.bsky.social · Jun 21

Back up home to magnificent West Yorkshire for the @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social special at @leedslitfest.bsky.social. Great crowd, great venue, and great panel and host (Brackstone + @adellestripe.bsky.social + @reversediorama.bsky.social with @stuhennigan.bsky.social). Leeds: the greatest city

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thanks Mark. That's great to hear.

Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thanks so much. It's been a great week!

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Mark Robot Silver @silverdraws.bsky.social · Jun 21

Another fantastic @leedslitfest.bsky.social event, this time featuring @adellestripe.bsky.social, @reversediorama.bsky.social and @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social founder Lee Brackstone. Thanks to @stuhennigan.bsky.social, the festival team and Leeds Libraries for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.

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Bearded Badger Books @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social · Jun 21

A top afternoon with literary (& publishing) greatness at @leedslitfest.bsky.social and always good to have a quick catch up with @stuhennigan.bsky.social 😎

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Andrew Crowther @andrewcrowther.bsky.social · Jun 21

Quick reminder that I'll be here 👇 today, reading from my novel "Down to Earth" and, apparently, "networking", unlikely as it may seem @leedslitfest.bsky.social

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Summer Solstice Book Fair

Join the Northern Fiction Alliance and Hyde Park Book Club at the Summer Solstice Book Fair! Drop in between 11am

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 21

The penultimate day of Leeds Lit Fest! 🙌 We've got an exciting line-up for you today!

Have a looksie 👀 www.leedslitfest.co.uk

#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025

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🦉 Summer Solstice Book Fair, 11am at Hyde Park Book Club
🦉 White Rabbit Books Showcase, 2pm at Leeds Central Library
🦉 SI Leeds Literary Prize showcase, 3pm at Hyde Park Book Club
🦉 Lence presents: Blur the Lines, 7pm at Hyde Park Book Club
🦉 Readathon, 9pm at Chapel FM Arts Centre

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 20

Day 7 of Lit Fest. 28 events delivered. 3 days and 10 events to go. Feeling great!

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 20

✨🙌 On Day 7 of Leeds Lit Fest, it's @boffwhalley.bsky.social who is taking centre stage!

🙌✨ Join us today at 7pm for an evening with the founding member of Chumbawamba. It'll be an evening of storytelling through song and conversation. Organised by Holdfast Leeds

#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · Jun 20

Interviewed two legends - John Robb and Simom Price on Monday for @leedslitfest.bsky.social, went to a banging lit salon last night, interviewing Lee Brackstone, Adelle Stripe, David Keenan tomorrow. It's a hard life etc 😆

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Rob Miles @robmilespoetry.bsky.social · Jun 19

All set for this evening's @leedslitfest.bsky.social reading @universityofleeds.bsky.social

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 19

Many thanks Leeds Living for this great review of our Wild Women Writing the North event with @emilyzmarshall.bsky.social and @rachelbower.bsky.social

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Leeds Lit Fest - Wild Women Writing the North | Leeds Living

As part of Leeds Lit Fest, ‘Wild Woman Writing the North’ brought together two distinctive literary voices for an evening gathering in an intimate corner of Hyde Park Book Club. The two writers, Rache...

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 19

Time flies! How is it already Day 6 of Leeds Lit Fest? 😱 For Day 6 we've got exactly 6 events for you to join right across town!

There's still time to join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/

#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025

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➡️ Head to Leeds Minster for 'Learning from Esther's Revenge' at 11am. A chance to meet the writer of Esther's Revenge, Kenneth Uphopho , and understand what has shaped this immersive and interactive play

➡️ Our City, Our Lives, Our Stories at 6pm at Compton Road Library is an anthology, all about life in Leeds by writers of African descent. Meet the authors who have written narratives of people born in Kenya, Nigeria, Angola, Zimbabwe and those in Yorkshire of African diasporic descent.

➡️ Cosy Crime with a Windrush Flavour at 6.30pm at Truman Books is here to bring the cosy and the crime (well, fictionally!). Mel Pennant is here to talk through her gripping new crime series and the mysteries surrounding Miss Hortense!

➡️ All the Other Mothers Hate Me at 6.30pm at Next Chapter Books introduces Sarah Harman! Join this exciting women-led venue for an evening of excellent fiction, understanding Sarah's writing process and what inspires her!

➡️ Another Midsummer Cushion at 7pm at The University of Leeds. A free poetry showcase with excellent talent such as Ian Duhig, Rob Miles, Maia Elsner, Kate Simpson and Matt Howard!

➡️ Lucy Vine, Laura Wood & Rebecca Ryan at 7pm at Waterstones Leeds will be talking romance. It's promising to be an exciting evening with two excellent speakers: Lucy Vine, bestselling author of Hot Mess and Laura Wood, winner of the Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children's Writing. Rebecca Ryan, author of The Next Chapter, will be moderating!

➡️ Small Distractions Literary Salon at 7.30pm at the Wax Bar. This is what Leeds Lit Fest is all about, bringing creatives together to get inspired and find like-minded people. For this event this means the two arts of literature and music blending!

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LIVEwire Poetry ⚡️ @livewirepoetry.org · Jun 19

What a beautiful event! Huge thanks to @leedslitfest.bsky.social for the opportunity, HPBC for hosting us, and for everyone who came and created such a lovely atmosphere.

Extra special thanks to Andrew McMillan and @mlferg.bsky.social for their brilliant conversation and stunning readings ❤️

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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · Jun 18

Great evening with Andrew McMillan and Maria Ferguson in conversation about all things Poetry, Yorkshire & Beyond, with live performances of their work, brilliantly hosted by @mattabbottpoet.com at Hyde Park Book Club for @leedslitfest.bsky.social

#LeedsLitFest2025

Matt Abbott, Maria Ferguson and Andrew McMillan seated on stage at Hyde Park Book Club.

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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · Jun 18

Andrew McMillan and Maria Ferguson in conversation with Matt Abbott at @leedslitfest.bsky.social

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 18

✨ Ready for Day 5? ✨ This evening has three ace events for you to meet fellow lit and poetry lovers!

What's on today: www.leedslitfest.co.uk

#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025

A blue poster graphic listing Wednesday 18th June's events for Leeds Lit Fest:

Esther's Revenge at 6.30pm, Leeds Minster. A part of the Leeds International African Arts Festival, this theatrical experience is a unique blend of African storytelling and theatrical physicality.

Embodied Word at 7.30pm, Hyde Park Book Club. A guided fusion of poetry, movement and self-exploration.

Poetry, Yorkshire & Beyond at 7.30pm, Hyde Park Book Club. A conversation between two highly-acclaimed Yorkshire-based writers! Join Andrew McMillan and Maria Ferguson.

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Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 17

What a cracking conversation between our two Wild Women writers @emilyzmarshall.bsky.social and @rachelbower.bsky.social .So generous, open and honest about their writing and their lives. A real privilege to be there.

Emily Zobel Marshall and Rachel Bower sitting side by side with a mic and stand in front of each of them. The backdrop is a red curtain and a Leeds Lit Fest banner.

A room full of seated people listening to 2 authors talking.

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Jun 17

Only a handful of tickets left for this now. I'll be in conversation with David Keenan, Lee Brackstone and Stu Hennigan @leedslitfest.bsky.social on Saturday afternoon at Leeds Central Library. Come one and all!

White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social · Jun 17

The Small Distractions/WR literary salon on Thursday is now sold out, but there are still a few tickets for our @leedslitfest.bsky.social showcase this Saturday. @adellestripe.bsky.social @reversediorama.bsky.social [email protected], 2pm kick off! www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/white...

White Rabbit Books Showcase

An exclusive one-off event showcasing the legendary White Rabbit Books, purveyors of some of the best books about music and

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White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social · Jun 17

The Small Distractions/WR literary salon on Thursday is now sold out, but there are still a few tickets for our @leedslitfest.bsky.social showcase this Saturday. @adellestripe.bsky.social @reversediorama.bsky.social [email protected], 2pm kick off! www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/white...

White Rabbit Books Showcase

An exclusive one-off event showcasing the legendary White Rabbit Books, purveyors of some of the best books about music and

www.leedslitfest.co.uk

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SI Leeds Literary Prize @sileedslitprize.bsky.social · Jun 17

A reminder that our fabulous 2024 shortlisted writers will be at @leedslitfest.bsky.social on Saturday - come say hello!

SI Leeds Literary Prize @sileedslitprize.bsky.social · May 2

Delighted that our 2024 shortlisted writers will be appearing at a special showcase event @leedslitfest.bsky.social on Saturday 21 June at Hyde Park Book Club.

Hear them read from their submissions & discuss the challenges & opportunities for writers today.

www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/si-le...

SI Leeds Literary Prize showcase

SI Leeds Literary Prize is the biennial award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women writers. A national award

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