FREE ONLINE This panel discussion brings together Nikita Lalwani, author of You People, a novel about the lives of illegal immigrants working in a London restaurant, and Keighley-born author Shahnaz…more

FREE ONLINE Tom Hazeldine excavates the history of a divided country and the UK’s regional inequalities. He explores the formation of an English state rooted in London and the south-east,…more

FREE ONLINE Does punishment work at all, anywhere in the world? Are some people evil and beyond redemption? Or are all of us just one step away from potentially becoming…more

FREE ONLINE Forty years of feminism and still women do the majority of the housework. Why? Journalist and author Sally Howard shares the stories of her personal investigations into the…more

FREE ONLINE On 28th September 1985, Lee Lawrence’s mother was wrongly shot by police during a raid on her Brixton home. The bullet shattered her spine and she never walked…more

FREE ONLINE US author S.A. Cosby’s stunning crime novel Blacktop Wasteland holds up a cracked mirror to the woozy ideals of the American dream – a dazzling, operatic story of…more

FREE ONLINE This showcase brings together readings from a number of exceptional poets associated with the thriving University of Leeds Poetry Centre, including works touching on the themes of the…more

FREE ONLINE Britain’s foremost food historian traces the global journey of the humble potato ‘from the Andes to everywhere’. Rebecca Earle tells the untold story of how food security and…more

FREE ONLINE What does it take to make it in modern Britain? Ask a politician, and they’ll tell you it’s hard work. Ask a millionaire, and they’ll tell you it’s…more

FREE ONLINE The winner of the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize was announced in a special online event on Friday 16 October featuring all six shortlisted authors. The prize is…more

FREE ONLINE The winners of the 2020 Walter Swan Poetry Prize were announced in a special online event on Thursday 22 October featuring readings by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd…more

FREE ONLINE On a warm evening in 2016, a group of forty men gathered on a farm outside the town of Parys in South Africa. The events of the next…more

FREE ONLINE Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels. Amongst her creations is the redoubtable north-eastern detective Vera Stanhope, whose instant rapport with readers led to…more

FREE ONLINE Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream; tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you’ll quickly discover a different history….more

FREE ONLINE In The Address Book, Deirdre Mask illuminates the often hidden stories behind street addresses and their power to decide who counts, who doesn’t – and why. From the…more

FREE ONLINE Have you ever been told to smile more, been teased aboutyour accent, or had your name pronounced incorrectly? If so, you’ve probably already faced bias in your everyday…more

FREE ONLINE For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel their presence rumbling through history. From Russia’s incursions in the…more

PLACES STILL AVAILABLE. TO BOOK, CALL 01943 816714 Whether you are a seasoned poet or have never written anything more creative than a shopping list this six-week course of Kindness…more

Whether you are a seasoned poet or have never written anything more creative than a shopping list this six-week course of Kindness Writing is designed for all levels of experience….more