The Western Season Please note that due to licensing restrictions, you must be a member of the Leeds Library to attend this screening, and we are not able to advertise details of the film publicly beforehand. Join fellow Members of the Library for an afternoon in front of the silver screen.

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library on Commercial Street and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? ...Then book a free tour! The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving members’ subscription library in the UK. Founded in 1768, the Library moved to its current purpose-built premises on Commercial […]

Please join us for our annual Members' Summer Party, which this year will be held on Thursday 18th June, 3pm-6pm. Tickets £10 + bf. There will be a quiz, drinks, buffet and party activities. To celebrate the 400 year anniversary of the Leeds Charter which is being commemorated across the city this summer, and the […]

Come and join us for a relaxing morning of creativity at our Calligraphy & Watercolour Florals - Bookmarks & Prints Workshop! Enjoy getting out and trying something new as you slow down and learn the art of watercolour and beautiful hand-lettering in a fun, friendly environment learning simple Calligraphy Skills and Watercolour Florals, to make […]

Books and Bubbles Librarian's tour of The Leeds Library: Exclusive, in-depth tours of the library and its treasures with one of our librarians and a glass of fizz* Take the opportunity for a behind-the-scenes tour of the oldest surviving subscription library in the country. You’ll be guided by one of our librarians, and invited to […]

When his agent re-brands him as ‘Tamara Wilde, Mistress of Cosy Crime’, Graham Tomlinson, thriller-writer, faces more than a literary challenge. Who is he really? In his Yorkshire Noir novels he’d explored the mean streets of Huddersfield, but now he finds himself in a Cotswold village trying to discover what this ‘cosy’ is all about. […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library on Commercial Street and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? ...Then book a free tour! The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving members’ subscription library in the UK. Founded in 1768, the Library moved to its current purpose-built premises on Commercial […]

The Western Season Please note that due to licensing restrictions, you must be a member of the Leeds Library to attend this screening, and we are not able to advertise details of the film publicly beforehand. Join fellow Members of the Library for an afternoon in front of the silver screen.