The Library’s AGM 2019: Calling Notice and Trustee Nomination Form
May 21, 2019 3:16 pmOfficial Notice of the Library’s forthcoming Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting of the Leeds Library will take place on Saturday 29th June 2019 at 2pm. The Library counter will close at 1.30pm. Refreshments will be served for members from 1.30pm. The meeting will commence at 2pm and will be followed by a talk, […]
Simon Armitage Named as the UK’s 21st Poet Laureate
May 21, 2019 2:53 pmThe Library’s patron, Simon Armitage has been named as the UK’s 21st Poet Laureate succeeding Carol Ann Duffy who has held the post for the last 10 years. There have been 3 other Yorkshire poet laureates: Laurence Eusden, Alfred Austin and Ted Hughes. Britain’s highest literary honour has its roots in the 17th century, when […]