Friday 8th May
400 Words for Leeds 400.
Children’s Writing Competition 2026
Saturday 6th June
Wuthering Heights Rediscovered
Exhibition
Leeds Line by Line
Create a community poem, session 1
The Worldbuilder Workshop
A creative writing workshop with David Hartley
Bookshop Crawl UK
Explore bookshops & bookish places
Placards & panels
Graphic novels as protest
The Art of the Short Story
Panel discussion
Why Read Plato’s Republic Today?
Talk with David Perks
Oaths and Offerings with Carnyx Press
Evening of folklore-inspired short fiction
Inny Świat / Different World
Poetry and music
Vince Cable: Eclipsing the West
China, India and the forging of a new world
Sunday 7th June
Shaping the Future with Lessons from the Past
Relaxed and entertaining discussion
Perdita - The Last Human
Poetry performance
Kim Moore: The House of Broken Things
Conversation & Q&A
Writing On Air: the First Ten Years
10th birthday celebration
Say Owt Slam
Raucous evening of poetry
Monday 8th June
Arathi Menon: Illegal to be Gay?
In conversation
Soundbites Open Mic
Celebrating the spirit and stories of Leeds
Jake Morris-Campbell: Between the Salt & the Ash
In conversation
Tuesday 9th June
Poetry Manuscripts
Open House at Brotherton Cultural Collections
The Caster Cultural Fellows in Poetry
A reading and celebration
Sarah Hart: Once Upon a Prime
Hidden patterns in fiction and poetry
Beginner’s Guide to Folk Horror
with Hwaet! and Hold Fast Bookshop
Brave Words
Community storytelling night
Poetry & Motion
Presented by The Poetic Off-Licence & The Scene
Wednesday 10th June
Leeds Line by Line
Create a community poem, session 2
Cosy Crime or Evil Minds?
Panel discussion
Harper North Publisher Workshop
Learn about book publishing with HarperNorth
John Ironmonger: Tackling Climate Change via Fiction
In conversation
Orwell and Spain: The Birth of a Dystopia
In conversation
Safety in Numbers
Poetry, conversation, Q&A
LAU Writers: Anthology Launch
Leeds Arts University’s fifth annual event
Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks
A show of spoken word and comedy
Thursday 11th June
Manthology & More
Poetry performance
Tales From Trinity
Enthralling tales and story telling
The Tailor’s Ghost
Performance
Small Distractions Literary Salon
Poetry, prose, musings and dreamscapes
Friday 12th June
Isabella Dorta & friends
Poetry celebrating queer women & non-binary voices
Naomi Wood: Monster
Show
Peepal Tree Press presents...
Eco poetry & resistance
Saturday 13th June
Northern Fiction Alliance Book Fair
Independent book fair
Once Upon a Now Workshop
Creative poetry and storytelling workshop
Bluemoose Books 20th Birthday Bash
Discussion and readings
Poetry & Rap Workshop with Lence
Creative writing session on poetry and rap
Saturday Night at Miss Bianca's Molly House
Performance
Mothering and Wuthering: Maria and Emily Brontë
In conversation & Q&A
Northern Poets Collective
Poetry, performance and conversation
And Not a Second More
Panel game show
Sunday 14th June
New Northern Poets Take Wing
In conversation
Alice Hattrick: Fancy Work
In conversation with Liam Bishop
The Seacroft Canto: A Documentary
World Premiere screening
Poets Talking Bollocks
Vibrant and diverse spoken word
Exploring Gender & the Body
Poetry workshop
GIGS
How to make a worryingly prescient graphic novel
John Hegley: New & Selected Potatoes
Poetry & music