Leeds Lit Fest has been shortlisted for Best Literature Festival in the Saboteur Awards 2022. We won it in 2020 and have been shortlisted three times. Thank you to everyone who voted us onto the shortlist for this national award. We need your help once again to win Best Literature Festival in the final voting round and we would really love to win it again. Voting only takes a […]
Yearly archives: 2022
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Commas’ renowned short story course will land in Leeds this April. Let’s catch up with the past course participant to see what the fuss is about. Comma Press is a small indie publisher based in Manchester. As well as publishing short stories and fiction in translation, Comma have grown their writer development opportunities, from the National Creative Writing Industry Day to Manchester in Translation. Their short story courses are […]
Back for a 4th year, Leeds Lit Fest celebrates Leeds’ thriving literature community, taking place from Saturday 26th Feb to Sunday 6th March, with local writers, performers and artists showcasing their talents across Leeds in 50 extraordinary events. The programme has something for everyone with comedy, cabaret, film screenings, art exhibitions, theatre performance, and creative workshops sitting alongside more traditional literary talks, book readings and poetry events for book lovers. This year’s […]