400 Words for Leeds 400.
Children’s Writing Competition 2026
Alice Hattrick: Fancy Work
In conversation with Liam Bishop
And Not a Second More
Panel game show
Arathi Menon: Illegal to be Gay?
In conversation
Beginner’s Guide to Folk Horror
with Hwaet! and Hold Fast Bookshop
Bluemoose Books 20th Birthday Bash
Discussion and readings
Bookshop Crawl UK
Explore bookshops & bookish places
Brave Words
Community storytelling night
Cosy Crime or Evil Minds?
Panel discussion
Exploring Gender & the Body
Poetry workshop
GIGS
How to make a worryingly prescient graphic novel
Harper North Publisher Workshop
Learn about book publishing with HarperNorth
Inny Świat / Different World
Poetry and music
Isabella Dorta & friends
Poetry celebrating queer women & non-binary voices
Jake Morris-Campbell: Between the Salt & the Ash
In conversation
John Hegley: New & Selected Potatoes
Poetry & music
John Ironmonger: Tackling Climate Change via Fiction
In conversation
Kim Moore: The House of Broken Things
Conversation & Q&A
LAU Writers: Anthology Launch
Leeds Arts University’s fifth annual event
Leeds Line by Line
Create a community poem, session 1
Leeds Line by Line
Create a community poem, session 2
Manthology & More
Poetry performance
Mothering and Wuthering: Maria and Emily Brontë
In conversation & Q&A
Naomi Wood: Monster
Show
New Northern Poets Take Wing
In conversation
Northern Fiction Alliance Book Fair
Independent book fair
Northern Poets Collective
Poetry, performance and conversation
Oaths and Offerings with Carnyx Press
Evening of folklore-inspired short fiction
Once Upon a Now Workshop
Creative poetry and storytelling workshop
Orwell and Spain: The Birth of a Dystopia
In conversation
Peepal Tree Press presents...
Eco poetry & resistance
Perdita - The Last Human
Poetry performance
Placards & panels
Graphic novels as protest
Poetry & Motion
Presented by The Poetic Off-Licence & The Scene
Poetry & Rap Workshop with Lence
Creative writing session on poetry and rap
Poetry Manuscripts
Open House at Brotherton Cultural Collections
Poets Talking Bollocks
Vibrant and diverse spoken word
Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks
A show of spoken word and comedy
Safety in Numbers
Poetry, conversation, Q&A
Sarah Hart: Once Upon a Prime
Hidden patterns in fiction and poetry
Saturday Night at Miss Bianca's Molly House
Performance
Say Owt Slam
Raucous evening of poetry
Shaping the Future with Lessons from the Past
Relaxed and entertaining discussion
Small Distractions Literary Salon
Poetry, prose, musings and dreamscapes
Soundbites Open Mic
Celebrating the spirit and stories of Leeds
Tales From Trinity
Enthralling tales and story telling
The Art of the Short Story
Panel discussion
The Caster Cultural Fellows in Poetry
A reading and celebration
The Seacroft Canto: A Documentary
World Premiere screening
The Tailor’s Ghost
Performance
The Worldbuilder Workshop
A creative writing workshop with David Hartley
Vince Cable: Eclipsing the West
China, India and the forging of a new world
Why Read Plato’s Republic Today?
Talk with David Perks
Writing On Air: the First Ten Years
10th birthday celebration
Wuthering Heights Rediscovered
Exhibition