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14th - 22nd June 2025. Returning for its seventh year, the city’s award-winning festival of words aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond! #LLF25
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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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June 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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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

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A pale pink poster graphic with Sunday 22nd June events listed: ✨ 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
June 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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The penultimate day of Leeds Lit Fest! 🙌 We've got an exciting line-up for you today!

Have a looksie 👀 www.leedslitfest.co.uk

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A blue poster graphic with leeds lit fest events for Saturday 20th June. 🦉 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
June 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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✨🙌 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

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June 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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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/

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A pale pink graphic poster with Day 6 programme for Leeds Lit Fest: ➡️ 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!
June 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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✨ 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

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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.
June 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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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.
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June 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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🙌 Day 4! 🙌 We feel so grateful for this great line-up across town! Poetry, music, folklore... No matter what kind of lover of the written word you are, we've got something for all.

Last minute tickets: www.leedslitfest.co.uk

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A pink graphic poster for Leeds Lit Fest with the following text: An interactive experience for the poetry lover. Sit in the Poetry Chair at 10am, Trinity Shopping Centre Presenting his fourth (!) collection of sonnets join James Nash for 'Notes of Your Music' at 6pm, The Leeds Library Learn to write poetry with Christopher R. Moore in What Have You In Your Heart at 7pm, Hyde Park Book Club An academic folklorist in conversation with an author and poet in Wild Women Writing the North at 7pm, Hyde Park Book Club Dive into the story of the Taylor Swift of 1930’s American literature, Edna St.Vincent Millay, in Love Is Not All at 7.45pm, Chapel FM Arts Centre
June 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Goth night has kicked off back in its Leeds heartland! @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and @stuhennigan.bsky.social taking me back to my uni days. Long live Goth sub-culture.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Explore the darker side of books with us on 🤘Day 3🤘 of #leedslitfest2025!

Join us after work at Hyde Park Book Club: www.leedslitfest.co.uk

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June 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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📖 Day 2 of Leeds Lit Fest is here! 📖 Swap your books, watch a show, learn about publishing & test your literary knowledge with a quiz! We're all about building community in our amazing city and would love to have you join us! 🫶

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June 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Speaking of celebrating @northodoxpress.bsky.social 5th birthday, here they all are! We've had a great morning hearing about this amazing small press. 50 books published in 5 years. That's amazing!
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June 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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📣 Aaaand we're off! 📣 Day 1 of Leeds Lit Fest is here and we've got six great events on today 👏.

Grab a last-minute ticket and join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/

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A graphic poster in pink with text saying what's on Saturday 14th June at Leeds Lit Fest. 📣 Aaaand we're off! 📣 Day 1 of Leeds Lit Fest is here and we've got six great events on today 👏. Grab a last-minute ticket and join us for: 🔹Bards Do Brunch, a poetry share. 🕦 Join us at Hyde Park Book Club, 10.30am. 🔹Northodox Press Fifth Birthday Bash. 🕛 Join us at the Leeds Central Library (Leeds Libraries), 12pm. 🔹The Worst Princess. 🕑 Join us at the Carriageworks Theatre, 2pm and 4pm. 🔹Voice of the Fans Now. 🕝 Join us at the Leeds Central Library, 2.30pm. 🔹Dune: Science Fiction and the End of the Future. 🕒 Join us at Mill Hill Chapel , 3pm #leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025
June 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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The 7th #Leeds Lit Fest kicks off tomorrow. With 30+ events at venues across the city, this is our most eclectic mix yet reflecting an increasingly thriving literary scene.

Tickets are available for many of the Festival’s events still. Join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/

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June 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT! This June, Leeds Lit Fest is back with 9 days of events in venues across the city. A collaboration of writers, venues, programmers & poets. A gathering of homegrown people & guests from afar.

For more info on the programme & to book tickets: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
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April 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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So happy about this! Save The Date ~ Leeds Lit Fest is back,
14-22 June. Please share.

A collaboration between venues, organisers, writers & performers, we’ve once again got an action packed week of events taking place in venues across #Leeds

Stay tuned for the programme announcement coming soon.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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About to start debut author Rachel Bower's It Comes From The River. Portrays strong Northern women's voices against a folklore thread.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Hello writers! Hello readers! Give us a follow and together let's make 2025 the best Leeds Lit Fest yet.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM