Join us at Leeds Lit Fest Hyde Park Book Club !
Explore the diverse offerings from independent presses like Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow Fly on the Wall Press Peepal Tree Press Dead Ink Books & more, while savouring readings by acclaimed writers Dylan Byford, Elliot J Harper, SJ Bradley & more

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Lovely review of Her Ensemble & the through the noise night

“Events like this, held in local grassroots live music venues, help break down…the formality, rigidity, and perceived etiquette one often associates with classical music” ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks Simon Godley
Music Venue Trust

Thanks to everyone buying tickets for this year’s festival 🙏

A record number of tickets went on the first day & some events are likely to sell out in the next week.

Get yours & check out what’s going on 👉

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Stuart Maconie is in Leeds for Leeds Lit Fest Fest on June 15th, to talk about his book The Full English.

At the beautiful Leeds Minster, tickets are flying, so get one quickly 👉

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🚨Leeds Lit Fest is back🚨

Join us & some of the country’s favourite writers, poets & thinkers

Simon Armitage’s LYR, Stuart Maconie, Salena Godden, John Agard, Dj Paulette w Dave Haslam, Helen Lederer & LOTS more

Tickets available now: leedslitfest.co.uk

Pass it on 🤝

In just over a month I'll be chatting with Keir Milburn about the rentier city at Hyde Park Book Club.

rsvp >> eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-launch…

Week six in post and ready to welcome some new talent to Tyneside Cinema . Excited to be hiring and pathing a new era for this incredible cultural venue . Come and work with me , I’m a half decent boss 😊

Really cool event organised with Hyde Park Source 🌱🌈 'WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD OPEN SPACES?' 12 April. Hyde park Leeds.
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Still tickets for this are still available

What a beautiful, warm and joyous place to be on a dark, drizzly evening…..soaking up the wonderful @hydeparkjazzclub at our lovely neighbourhood Hyde Park Book Club ❤️

Lovely article on Leeds culture in today’s Guardian

A proper celebration of loads of the smaller orgs that make the city special

Leeds Leeds Leeds

theguardian.com/travel/2024/ma…

Great new project

The Compassion Project starts with a workshop on letter writing to political prisoners

Sunday at 1pm ~ all welcome

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Fantastic opportunity to study for a PhD University of Leeds in Performance and Cultural Industries at Leeds working with Cultural Institute to explore aspects of community engagement with our friends down the road Bradford 2025!
Apply by 10 May:
phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/370-br…

We are hiring a Creative Workshop Facilitator, who is able to commute to Leeds, with experience of working with young people in the care system.

1-2 days a week April-September @ £200 per day.

Deadline to apply: 22nd March

Details here: imagineiftheatre.co.uk/about/working-…

#artsaveslives

Round the world: writing one women's Wikipedia article at a time 🌍🌎🌏

Many thanks to Robyn Vinter for covering this project so cleverly 💚
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Great launch of Culture is not an Industry

Critique of how culture has been subsumed by the idea it’s primarily an industry, to be seen through an economic lens. Instead culture as a fundamental part of our democratic citizenship

Based on the talk, book looks great

Unleashing (the ever awesome) Emma Bearman on students today, as she explains what Playful Anywhere is about, how everything is political & how parenthood instigated a bunch of questions on who cities are for.

PlayfulAnywhere
Child Friendly Leeds
Performance and Cultural Industries at Leeds

Thanks to everyone sharing the dates & generally supporting.

For those asking, you can join the mailing list on this link;

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🚨 Readers, writers, friends… The 6th annual Leeds Lit Fest returns 15 - 23rd June, 2024 🚨

Join us & take part in a celebration of words & thought from great writers of the city & beyond.

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