Welcome to An evening with feel-good fiction novelist Milly Johnson! Join them at Huyton Library for an unforgettable in-person event with the renowned author herself.
Get ready to dive into the world of heartwarming stories and captivating characters that Milly Johnson is famous for. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Milly and hear firsthand about her inspiration and writing process. Mark your calendars and get ready for a delightful evening filled with laughter, joy, and of course, great books!
Milly will be talking about her new book ‘the happiest ever after’ which will be available to purchase on the night.
Doors open at 6pm
The team are thrilled to welcome Hadi-Badi co- founders, Hend Badawy and Raneem Soliman, back to the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival to lead an interactive storytelling session for children aged 4-8 years.
The session will introduce participants to good-quality Arabic children’s books that talks about what the ports could bring us in a fun and interactive way, engaging children and their parents or guardians. The storytelling will be followed by a creative activity linked to the book. The workshop will be conducted bilingually both in Arabic and English
Hadi Badi is an initiative that was launched in 2019 by three Egyptian women based in the UK, France, and Egypt respectively. Hadi Badi’s mission is to make Arabic Children’s Literature accessible to all through engaging reading experiences. The initiative targets children and young adults either directly through interactive activities or indirectly through awareness-raising and capacity-building activities for adults working with and for children of Arab heritage worldwide.
Free. Booking required.
Part of the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2024 collection
Join the party at A Lovely Poetry Festival – Queer Bodies Takeover!
On Saturday 6th July, join this year’s Artists in Residence, Queer Bodies Poetry Collective, for an exciting evening of rap, spoken word, poetry, music and dancing at Quarry!
Featuring notable LGBTQ+ locals & Queer Bodies Graduates, this exciting lineup includes; Alina Burwitz, Felix Mufti, Jay Farley, Peter Scalpello & Jared Vallejo.
As well as this interstellar lineup, they are also very proud to feature our HEADLINERS in what will be the first ever performance of a brand new commissioned sound piece by local Trans royalty collaborators – Live Artist and Writer, Mandy Romero, and Beat Machine/ Sound Artist extraordinaire, Maeve Devine.
Hosted by Auntie Climax & Day Mattar with de-lightful sets from superstar dj’s Dan Chan & MYOHMY to finish off the night – what more could you want?
The European Poetry Festival returns this summer with a dozen free events, as poets from nations across our continent, and across the UK, come together for one of the grandest celebrations of European poetry ever to take place in Britain.
Celebrating collaboration, literary liveness and cross-linguistic inventiveness, our events at National Poetry Library, National Centre for Writing, Rich Mix, Kingston University Town House and more, are renowned for their energy, community and dynamic performative originality. This year the festival will be visited by poets from Catalonia, Flanders, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Latvia, Norway and many other nationalities, and the festival will once again be entirely collaborative, with new works presented as premieres, made, for the events, by visiting poets and their UK-based counterparts.
Come along to the first event in the Liverpool Poetry Space programme for 2024, an evening of live poetry including some of the most exciting poets from Norway, Czech Republic and North West England. The European Poetry Festival brings its unique collaborative, performative, playful literary stylings to Liverpool. This event will see pairs of poets present brand new works of live literature, made for the night, and drawing upon the local Liverpudlian poetry scene as well as visiting poets from across Europe. Featuring
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Tim Postovit and Sarah Dawson
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Ane Thon Knutsen and Angie Butler
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Vilde Bjerke Torset and Michael Sutton
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Steven J. Fowler and Tom Jenks
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Thor Magnus Tangerås and Stephen Sunderland
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Julia Rose Lewis and Sarah-Clare Conlon
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Ondřej Macl and poet to be announced
An event in partnership with Liverpool Poetry Space. Event curated by SJ Fowler and Chris McCabe.
The Writing Advice Desk is back!
After being exclusively online since 2020, The Windows Project writing advice desk service is returning to the Liverpool Central Library to offer help for any and all writers!
The advice desk will be conducted on the FIRST WEDNESDAY of every month
June’s writing advice desk will be run by Dave Ward from The Windows Project and Dr Eleanor Rees from Liverpool Hope University
For more details, contact them at windowsproject@btinternet.com or 07710644325
Welcome to Sober Scribbles!
Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just looking to try something new, join them at SipSin for a night of creativity and fun.
Sessions are facilitated by writer, Helen Jeffery, who will support you in getting the creative juices flowing in a relaxed and sober environment.
So grab your favourite drink (non-alcoholic, of course) and let’s get writing -you are welcome to share your work with others towards the end of the session but no expectation to do so.
John Robb’s The Art of Darkness (Manchester University Press) is the first comprehensive history of Goth music and culture, a 500+ page tome exploring the origins and legacy of this enduring scene.
Thu 6 Jun, 6pm – 8pm
Drawing on his experience as a musician and journalist, Robb explores the style, music, clubs, politics and social conditions that typified the early years of goth culture. He also reaches back to key historic events and movements that frame gothic ideas – from the fall of Rome to European folk tales – and considers the current mainstream of goth influencers and culture.
The Art of Darkness offers a first-hand account of the legendary gigs and clubs that made the scene happen, alongside interviews with The Banshees, The Cure, The Damned, Nick Cave, Southern Death Cult, Einstürzende Neubauten, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Throbbing Gristle, Trent Reznor, Johnny Marr and many more.
They’re’re delighted to welcome John to the bookshop to discuss this landmark work with local legend Roger Hill, a freelance director, performer, writer, lecturer, storyteller and broadcaster. For more than 35 years Roger hosted the Popular Music Show on BBC Radio Merseyside, the UK’s longest running alternative music programme. Roger has been a champion of culture and a regular fixture on the arts scene since his time at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in the 1980s, working on notable projects with LIPA, Bluecoat and Tate.
Tickets: £5
The legendary Liverpool Book Market returns to the Garden Room in the Bluecoat.
Browse a fantastic selection of books from a range of local booksellers, including still Out-of-Print of Smithdown Road, Kernaghan Books and the Bolshie Bargain Bookstall.
Bargains, rarities and a cornucopia of subjects for the literary mind!
Enquiries: still Out-of-Print Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookshop 07440 501099
Friday 24th May & Saturday 25th May 2024
11am – 5pm
Look out for future dates:
Fri 21st & Sat 22nd June
Fri 19th & Sat 20th July
