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Thu 03 Sep 2020
Lunchtime organ concerts go online
Music lovers are being given the chance to enjoy classical music concerts at Huddersfield Town Hall from the comfort of their own home thanks to digital innovations. The project, funded by Kirklees Council’s Concert S.....Read more
Sun 30 Aug 2020
WRITER IN RESIDENCE APPOINTED - KIRKLEES LIBRARIES
WRITER IN RESIDENCE APPOINTED - FOR KIRKLEES I'm really pleased to announce that from 2020-21, I'll be working with Kirklees Council Libraries - and I'll have the honour of being their official Writer in Residence. .....Read more
Mon 03 Aug 2020
LGBTQIA Writing/Creative Network - Have Your Say!
Help Writing Proud help you and have your say on what you want (or don't want) from an LGBTQIA Writing & Creatives Network. Writing Proud is an LGBTQ Writing Network based in the UK. They saw a need for more opportuni.....Read more
Wed 29 Jan 2020
Herts & Minds - new writing from 20 Herts writers
Herts & Minds is the latest anthology from Hertford Writers' Circle, with 30 new stories and poems by 20 authors, many inspired by the history and landscape of Hertfordshire. Bestseller writer Michael Dobbs, author of.....Read more
Mon 08 Jun 2020
Empathy Day - Tuesday 9 June
Help mark Empathy Day by reading something from Kirklees Libraries "Under One Sky collection". They are voices not generally heard in the mainstream, from publishers not usually found in the larger shops. You'll certainl.....Read more
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Huddersfield Literature Festival is Cancelled
In light of the increasing threat of the Coronavirus outbreak, it is with great sadness that this year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival is cancelled. Although they were able to run several successful pre-Festival e.....Read more
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Refugee Week 2020 (15-21 June) - Kurdish Poetry Reading
Reading poetry can transport us to other worlds, help us understand other peoples lived experience. Poems can give us the words for what we feel and ways to express it to others. Poems can bring us out of ourselves and f.....Read more
Wed 17 Jun 2020
Kirklees Windrush Day 2020
Monday 22nd June 2020 will be the third national Windrush Day and you're invited to take part in the first local celebration in Kirklees. After WW2 the Government encouraged people from commonwealth countries to come .....Read more
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Kirklees Libraries launch Library Adventures Live!
On Tuesday 14 July, Kirklees Libraries will be launching an exciting online reading development programme for children in Kirklees. Library Adventures Live! will be the start of a fantastic programme aimed at encourag.....Read more
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Tickets for Anton Du Beke on sale, book now - 24th March 2020
An evening of chat with professional star of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing and bestselling novelist Anton Du Beke. Professional dancer Anton has been on the Strictly pro team since the very first series, partnering cel.....Read more
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Queen of Crime and 'Strictly' best-seller at Hudd Lit Fest
From Strictly sparkle to literary lectures and from crime royalty to free family events, the programme for this year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival is one of the most varied to date. Taking place in venues in and aro.....Read more
Sun 19 Jan 2020
New Partnership between Holmfirth bookshop & Hudd Lit Fest
A new partnership has been announced between the Huddersfield Literature Festival and independent bookshop, Read, for the March 2020 Festival. Read, which opened in Holmfirth in February 2019, recently featured in a .....Read more
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo at Literature Festival
Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo joins the stellar line-up for Huddersfield Literature Festival 2020 Last year’s Booker Prize-winner will deliver the prestigious JB Priestley Lecture at the University of Hudd.....Read more
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Pancakes & Poetry at Huddersfield Literature Festival Preview
Huddersfield Literature Festival is celebrating Shrove Tuesday with a Preview of forthcoming events, plus a poetry reading and an author In Conversation with Sairish Hussain There are plenty of treats in store at th.....Read more
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Huddersfield Literature Festival is White Rose Award Finalist
The Huddersfield Literature Festival (HLF) has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards for the third time in five years The Festival has been shortlisted in the Arts & Cu.....Read more