Leeds Lit Fest
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Leeds Lit Fest – Alice Mcllroy: The Glass Woman
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United KingdomPioneering scientist Iris Henderson awakes with no memories in a hospital bed. She is told that she is the first test-subject for an experimental therapy, placing a piece of AI technology into her brain. She is also told that she volunteered for it. But Iris doesn't know what the therapy is or why she would […]
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Leeds Lit Fest – Ajay Close: What Doesn’t Kill Us
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United KingdomAJ Close’s novel What Doesn’t Kill Us combines the tension of a police procedural with the power and passion of the women’s lib movement. Based on true events, including the 13 Yorkshire Ripper murders and a feminist arson campaign against porn outlets in Leeds, the novel also speaks to today’s conversations about the police and […]
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Leeds Lit Fest – Monique Charlesworth: Mother Country
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United KingdomMonique Charlesworth’s mother Inge was German, half-Jewish and a Holocaust survivor, all of which she chose to deny. Talented and able, charismatic and infuriating, she surged through life constantly reinventing herself. Sent out of Nazi Germany, she eventually arrived in London and a new start until her past caught up with her. Inge divided, and […]
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Leeds Lit Fest – John Bowers KC: Downward Spiral
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United KingdomThe Johnson era will be remembered for a series of scandals that severely eroded trust in the British government. From questionable PPE tenders and public appointments to the 'partygate' fiasco, every aspect of public life seemed tainted. How did this downward spiral begin, and what can be done to reverse it? £6 + booking fee […]
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Leeds Lit Fest -Dr Ellen Welch: Why Can’t I See My GP?
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United KingdomUK general practice has reached crisis point. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has placed a strain on an already crumbling primary care service, leaving both patients and NHS staff struggling. Seventy-five years after the NHS was created, Dr Ellen Welch lifts the curtain on general practice. She looks back on the history of the […]
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Leeds Lit Fest – Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United KingdomRob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met - and grew up in ten different foster homes in California. When he is finally adopted into a loving family, he is hopeful that life will finally be stable and safe. But divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence mark his adolescence, and […]
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Leeds Lit Fest – STRIKE: Sarah Wimbush
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United Kingdom‘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 the 1984 miners’ strike, through the lens of poetry. 2024 is the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984-1985 miners’ strike, one of the […]
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Leeds Lit Fest – Launch: The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands
The Leeds Library 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, England, United KingdomDon’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 so marvellous as the Wastelands: a terrain of terrible miracles that lies between Beijing and Moscow. Nothing touches the Wastelands except the Great Trans-Siberian Express: […]
