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Another highly anticipated Seymour party is here celebrating the latest edition - Seymour Four. Come along to meet artists, connect with friends and listen to good music - and invest in local art! The theme of this edition is horses, come dressed ready to horse around.

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Internationally recognised Spoken Word Artist, Msb Mario “El Niño de la Pili” presents a contemporary live performance combining storytelling, poetry and performance art. Originally from El Montserrat (Reus), he has developed a distinctive artistic identity across Europe centred around spoken word and live sound, creating deeply engaging and emotionally driven work.

His upcoming show at Hyde Park Book Club, is an intimate, capacity-limited performance for lovers of alternative live music and contemporary poetry, with only 60 seats available, ensuring a close and intimate setting.

The work focuses on a direct connection with the audience, supported by subtle rhythmic and sonic elements that enhance the narrative rather than overwhelm it. Each performance is built in real time, shaped by the energy of the room and audience interaction.

An experimental live performance exploring identity, emotion and human experience through raw, immediate delivery, exclusively at Hyde Park Book Club.

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“A fresh collection of Cookson’s verse … if it’s laughter you’re after you could do worse”
Dr John Cooper Clarke

“You, me and some poems” – that’s exactly what this evening will be. Paul has worked as a poet for nearly forty years and sold over a million books. Since Lockdown Paul has written and shared on line a brand new poem every day. There are now over 2000 consecutive daily poems. The show will feature work from his latest Flapjack Press collections – “Psycho Seagull Stole My Dog” and “Slim Volume”. While the latter is gentle and thoughtful, “Psycho Seagull” features poems based on newspaper headlines such as “Brian Blessed Wrestles Forty Stone Gorilla”, “I Saw The Ghost of Lemmy Riding a Horse Eating Pizza”, “Gregg Wallace Sex Dwarf Hid A Frozen Chicken in His Underpants” and many more.

Expect an evening of laughter, occasional audience participation with moments of quiet reflection and balance.

“A poet for all seasons” – Henry Normal
“Funny, irreverent” – Brian Bilston

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We return with A Very Queer Cabaret in celebration of Pride! Expect your favourite showtunes and artists, performed by Northern Based performers!

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Hyde Park Supper Club #1 

Join us for our first supper club at HPBC!

3 Course Meal 
Starter
Homemade Focaccia with Whipped Feta, Roasted Courgette and a Roasted Red Pepper with Chimichurri Dip

Main
Green Gnocchi with pea mint lemon and Crispy Shallots  served with a Side Salad of Fennel, Radish, Beetroot, Orange, and pickled Shallot 

Dessert 
Orange Olive Oil Cake with raspberry compote and fresh whipped cream 

Paired drink options for additional costs will also be available.

FREE JUST TURN UP

Unfiltered Clarity is essentially an offline and online platform to help young adults navigate early adulthood. The event will consist of open discussions, honest conversations and table activities.

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Sip and Social is an opportunity to join an afternoon of casual conversation and community, doing easy-going activities such as board games, creative writing and drawing.

We’ll be creating a space to take time out from your regular routine at different venues across the city, starting with Hyde Park Book Club.

If you’d like to come to a Sip and Social session, take a look at our Events page for upcoming dates. If you’d be interested in hosting a Sip and Social session at your venue, please contact our Wellbeing Practitioner, Eleanor Gillott.

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Leeds Lit Fest 2026

Brought to you by Zineophilia, Exploring Gender and the Body is an event open to all levels of experience in writing poetry - including none at all! 

We will collectively explore poems related in some shape or form to gender and bodies, and invite participants to construct pieces of their own through structured activities. These will enable thought on the relationships between bodies and the world, as well as bodies and one's inner self.

There will be an option to share these poems within a zine to showcase our varied responses to the prompts.

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Leeds Lit Fest 2026

Join Shauna M. Morgan and Seni Seneviratne to discuss community, environment and creating your own 'ground provisions.'

Shauna M. Morgan will read from her debut collection Ground Provisions and Seni Seneviratne will read from Unknown Soldier and new poems. Poetry from local Leeds poet Barsa Ray will open & close the event.

Seed swap: Bring seeds and take new seeds! 🌱 Leave with a sense of purpose & community to sow your own hopes"

About the authors

Seni Seneviratne, born and raised in Leeds, is of English and Sri Lankan heritage, and the author of four highly-acclaimed collections of poems. Her poem 'A Wider View' is included on the AQA GCSE poetry syllabus, and her collection, Unknown Soldier (2019), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and National Poetry Day Choice. She is a fellow of the Complete Works programme and has collaborated with film-makers, visual artists, musicians and digital artists. She is currently one of ten commissioned writers on the Colonial Countryside Project: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted. She lives in Derbyshire.

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Leeds Lit Fest 2026

Join us for Leeds Arts University’s fifth annual event as part of Leeds Literature Festival, as we launch our first anthology of writing: Labyrinths

The anthology features work by students from the BA (Hons) and MA courses, through prose and poetry.

This event is an opportunity to hear the next generation of prose and poetry writers, across our vibrant writing community. Wonder, mystery, misdirection, and adventure; get lost in Labyrinth. It’s one not to miss. 

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Leeds Lit Fest 2026

Join the team from book publisher HarperCollins' imprint HarperNorth team, to learn how to get into the industry, pick up publishing tips, careers advice and how to prepare your ideas ready for submission to a publisher.

Do you want to get into publishing, either as an author or working in the industry itself?Join staff from HarperCollins’ Manchester-based imprint HarperNorth at Hyde Park Book Club for a deep-dive into how book publishing works.

Fiction commissioning editor Megan Jones and marketing and publicity assistant Taslima Khatun will explain the publishing process—from manuscript submission and editorial development to production, distribution, and marketing—and share practical tips for making a book successful.

The evening is suitable for aspiring authors, particularly those writing for adults, and anyone interested in a publishing career, offering insight into roles and pathways in the industry. Attendees can ask questions, receive guidance on improving manuscripts and submission strategies, and talk to professionals and fellow literary enthusiasts.

Come prepared with questions about how to make your book the best it can be, and ask all your careers questions!

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Leeds Lit Fest 2026

After inheriting the miner's safety lamp that belonged to his great-grandfather, Jake Morris-Campbell sets out on a pilgrimage across his homeland. Travelling from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham Cathedral, he asks what new ways might be made through the old north.

Jake's journey along the 'Camino of the North' sees him explore the shifting nature of individual and regional identity across 1300 years of social change. Rejecting the damaging trope of 'left behind' communities, Jake uncovers neglected seams of culture and history, while offering a heartfelt celebration of the place he calls hyem.

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Leeds Lit Fest 2026

Perdita is a human child who is born in a laboratory in 2035. She grows into adulthood without parental nurture at a time when the distinction between humans and machines has become blurred and human survival is in doubt. She will become the last human on earth.

Through a sequence of poems, Perdita explores questions about subjects including body augmentation, gender identity, work, war and truth as she learns to live amongst her non-human peers. A thought provoking and involving story.

This sequence of poems-for-performance is written by Jane Kite and performed by Jane Kite and John Hepworth.

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Leeds Lit Fest 2026

Join Carnyx Press for a captivating evening of folklore-inspired short fiction. Six writers from across the North of England read stories from the new Carnyx Press anthology 'Oaths and Offerings'.

These strange, dark, and playful tales explore folk culture from the North and beyond, and reimagine folk tales for our time.

The readings will be followed by discussions about folklore and writing.

With "stories as diverse and strange as the hidden world we sense just beyond our own" (Glen James Brown), this is sure to be an enthralling evening for fans of folk horror, weird fiction, and literature.

£2 Tickets on the door only

Join us for an exciting Charity Quiz and Raffle Night in support of Deafblind UK. Doors open at 7pm, the evening will bring together friends, families, students, and members of the local community for a fun and engaging night of trivia, prizes, and fundraising. Participants can test their knowledge across a range of quiz rounds while also having the chance to win fantastic raffle prizes, all while supporting an important cause. Every donation raised during the event will help Deafblind UK continue providing vital support, advice, and companionship to people living with combined sight and hearing loss across the UK. Whether you come to compete, socialise, or simply support the charity, the event promises to be an enjoyable evening with a meaningful impact.

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Sip and Social is an opportunity to join an afternoon of casual conversation and community, doing easy-going activities such as board games, creative writing and drawing.

We’ll be creating a space to take time out from your regular routine at different venues across the city, starting with Hyde Park Book Club.

If you’d like to come to a Sip and Social session, take a look at our Events page for upcoming dates. If you’d be interested in hosting a Sip and Social session at your venue, please contact our Wellbeing Practitioner, Eleanor Gillott.