‘STRIKE’, published by Stairwell Books in January 2024, is the latest book by award-winning Leeds/Doncaster poet Sarah Wimbush. It is an exploration of both famous and previously unseen photographs of […]

Don’t miss the launch of library member Sarah Brooks’ much-anticipated debut! It is the end of the Nineteenth Century, and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing […]

Please note: this event is taking place at the Hyde Park Book Club Join poets and fellow Dream Catcher editors Hannah Stone and Joe Williams in conversation on Hannah's most […]

Explore the art of zine-making in the gorgeous setting of the Leeds Library. You’ll be introduced to what a zine is: a DIY, creative, experimental way of putting together words […]

An unmissable reading from two Leeds-based poets with debut collections from the mighty Peepal Tree Press. Emily Zobel Marshall’s Bath of Herbs explores the complexity of mixed-race, hybrid identities and […]

Dietrich, Lemper, La Voix…The cabaret has given rise to some of the most boundary- pushing female performers of the 20th & 21st Centuries. Yet the songwriters that get remembered remain […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? …then book a free tour! The Leeds Library is […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? …then book a free tour! The Leeds Library is […]