@bigbookend.bsky.social
Writers, books, small publishers, readers - that's what we are about! Here to engage with and platform writers, books and all things lit. Leeds Lit Fest founder partner. Champions Leeds, Yorkshire and the North.
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Are you a writer, performer, publisher or event promoter? If you’d like to be part of Leeds Lit Fest 2026, we’d love to hear from you. The submission window is now open for event ideas and closes on 1st Feb.
Follow the link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#LLF26
📣📣📣LEEDS LIT FEST EVENT CALL OUT 2026📣📣📣
Are you a writer, performer, publisher or event promoter? Do you want to be part of LLF2026? Please fill in our short form to submit your event idea but read the guidance notes in the form first.
Deadline - Sun 1 Feb.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A graphic image in pinks and blues with the text Save the date, sat 6th to sun 14th June 2026; and a book shaped logo with text Leeds Lit Fest 2026.
🚨 ✨Save the date ~ The 8th Leeds Lit Fest is back ~ June 6th - 14th 2026 ✨🚨
Get it in your diary!
The weather is looking good this weekend, so why not take some time to relax outside with a book.
You’ll find us on Weaver’s Lawn at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social enjoying the perfect Sunday, in a beautiful space in the heart of #Farsley. Just pop along anytime between 2-4pm.
#books #Leeds
#Tolkien fans! Your chance to own a first edition of #TheHobbit if you've £10k+ to spare 🤣
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A graphic poster in pink with text saying what's on Saturday 14th June at Leeds Lit Fest. 📣 Aaaand we're off! 📣 Day 1 of Leeds Lit Fest is here and we've got six great events on today 👏. Grab a last-minute ticket and join us for: 🔹Bards Do Brunch, a poetry share. 🕦 Join us at Hyde Park Book Club, 10.30am. 🔹Northodox Press Fifth Birthday Bash. 🕛 Join us at the Leeds Central Library (Leeds Libraries), 12pm. 🔹The Worst Princess. 🕑 Join us at the Carriageworks Theatre, 2pm and 4pm. 🔹Voice of the Fans Now. 🕝 Join us at the Leeds Central Library, 2.30pm. 🔹Dune: Science Fiction and the End of the Future. 🕒 Join us at Mill Hill Chapel , 3pm #leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025
📣 Aaaand we're off! 📣 Day 1 of Leeds Lit Fest is here and we've got six great events on today 👏.
Grab a last-minute ticket and join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025
Love a Lit Quiz esp with Gary W! Such a great evening and the prizes are worth it too!!
Book here: www.leedslitfest.co.uk
Lucky 13! I'm so proud and happy to be a member of the dynamic @redladder.bsky.social Board and cannot wait to work with these amazing new colleagues.
20.05.2025 16:16 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A poster image with a graphic of a girl reading a book in the right hand corner. Leeds Lit Fest 2025 logo in the left hand corner. Underneath the dates of the festival, 14th-22nd June. There is a long list of performers and venues and the website address www.leedslitfest.co.uk. The background is blues and pinks.
PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT! This June, Leeds Lit Fest is back with 9 days of events in venues across the city. A collaboration of writers, venues, programmers & poets. A gathering of homegrown people & guests from afar.
For more info on the programme & to book tickets: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
Some very exciting news… We are thrilled to announce The #WomensPrize Outstanding Contribution Award – a one-off literary honour to mark the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies. Learn more about the award and our judges here: bit.ly/4lp0VYy
09.04.2025 08:01 — 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1Looking for Yorkshire writers to be interviewed with regard to AI. See below.
28.03.2025 16:42 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Please help @leedslitfest.bsky.social if you can. Thank you!
15.03.2025 18:26 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Can't wait! It's run by volunteers - I'm one of them - with no funding, and we do it out of sheer passion and the determination to platform and celebrate #literature in #Leeds. We have amazing support from our community of writers, readers and other lovely folk who quite simply keep us going.
06.03.2025 20:28 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0@leedslitfest.bsky.social @bigbookend.bsky.social @lahri.bsky.social @trumanbooks.bsky.social @robmilespoetry.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social
04.03.2025 10:09 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Perfect for a winter's evening! Do you dare?
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Just sent out my latest Highly Irregular newsletter with a shout-out for my fairy-tale/crime Zoom workshop next week - and, in Permission Corner, my thoughts on why happiness doesn't often come from having more of anything - even Bluesky followers 😉
taniahershman.substack.com/p/highly-irr...
So great to hear this out in the world. Congrats, SJ!
24.02.2025 14:27 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Author Rachel Bower is seated at a wooden slatted table. She is wearing a black dress and has blonde hair. There are 2 copies of her debut novel on the table, It Comes From The River. She in a bookshop and is surrounded by bookshelves.
Wonderful to hear debut author Rachel Bower talk about her novel It Comes From The River. Folklore mixes with the lives of 3 strong Northern women. Great to hear our voices amplified @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
18.02.2025 21:59 — 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Some excellent news for #Leeds!
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Red book cover with a graphic of blue waves. The book is by Jhumpa Lahiri. Title is Unaccustomed Earth.
Unaccustomed Earth by
Jhumpa Lahiri. An excellent #ShortStory collection.
Poet Rosie Garland reading from her collection. Rosie is wearing dark trousers, a waistcoat and a white shirt with a dark tie. She is wearing her hair tied back. She stands in front of a mic in a red panelled room. There is an audience in front of her.
Wonderful to attend the Chemistry #SpokenWord #OpenMic at the Thackray Medical Museum last night. First time hearing @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social read which was a treat. Thanks for organising @joewilliamswriter.bsky.social and to all the poets reading. #Leeds #poetry
14.02.2025 08:55 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Totally agree, Joseph!
10.02.2025 09:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's Never Too Late To Apply! 60+ writers, here's a prize for you.
10.02.2025 07:21 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1Tonight! @trumanbooks.bsky.social See you there? #Leeds
06.02.2025 09:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great news! The people have spoken. Support our #museums, #galleries and #libraries. If we don't use them, we'll lose them.
Their "current exhibition is called Story Time and includes a huge variety of historic #books and games, each exploring the magical world of children's stories." #Leeds
Rare as hen's teeth! Fully- funded PhD in the field of literature. Great work, MCL.
04.02.2025 06:03 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Me too! Not read anything like that before. It's a thing of beauty.
03.02.2025 11:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Crime fiction lovers! New series excitement.
03.02.2025 06:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Just finished Orbital by Samantha Harvey. Now on to The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. Both Book Club reads.
03.02.2025 06:14 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0That's good - and better, I have mine!
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