Publishing the Underground is Dead Ink’s ambitious programme to support emerging authors. The editing, design and production of these books is done – they’re ready to go! For the next month they are asking...
Join Leeds author Clare Fisher for the launch of her debut novel, All the Good Things, at Waterstones Leeds, 6.30pm on Thursday 1 June. Clare will read from and discuss her book before taking...
The magnificent Sophie Joelle is organising a 12-hour Open Mic session on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May, at the Hyde Park Book Club. The 12 Hour Charity Open Mic 2017 will raise money for chosen...
Local poet, novelist and compere of Leeds’ premier spoken word night, WORD CLUB, Mark Connors, releases his first full-length poetry collection, Nothing is Meant to be Broken, on Friday 24 March. Published by Stairwell Books...
Word by Word, Song by Song. Commoners Choir Coming to a Northern English Library Near You! Literacy, Books and the Print Revolution. A Tour of Northern English Libraries. Formed by ex Chumbawamba member, Boff...
Anyone who read Birkenhead-born Nathan O’Hagan’s excoriating debut novel The World is (Not) a Cold Dead Place, published in 2015 by Leeds-based punk publishers Armley Press, almost certainly wondered what this talented author was...
Immerse yourselves into the decade of the Roaring Twenties whilst testing your general knowledge for an afternoon of fun at the Leeds Big Bookend Fundraising Quiz at 3pm on Sunday 5th February at...
Join Leeds author June Taylor for the launch of her debut psychological page-turner Losing Juliet, published by HarperCollins Killer Reads, 7pm, on Tuesday 17th January at the Leeds Library, with Frances Brody, author of the Kate Shackleton mysteries....
We are very sorry to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances our Big Jazz Age Quiz Fundraiser for the Leeds Big Bookend Festival has been postponed from Sunday 20th November to 3pm, Sunday 5th February...
Confident, deft and inventive, Empires of Clay is the first full-length collection from performer, poet and community activist, Becky Cherriman. Taking us into a world that is at once anchored and real, yet never...