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My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay

Montgomery Theatre 27 Surrey Street, England, S1 2LGUnited Kingdom (map), Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Part historical, part political but most of all - hugely inspirational. Acclaimed British author Lemn Sissay OBE - a BAFTA-nominated, International prize-winning writer, poet, playwright and broadcaster - will keep the audience enthralled with this scoop of an event for Sheffield and Migration Matters Festival. He will share his rollercoaster life story and read powerful […]

£12.00

Consumed – Q&A with Aja Barber

Instagram Live

As part of our Independent Bookshop Week celebrations, La Biblioteka is delighted to be hosting an online sit-down between Hannah Wilson of My Indie Wardrobe and Aja Barber, discussing her book Consumed: The need for Collective Change; Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism.  From the embedded injustice at the heart of the things we buy, and […]

Free – £163.00

India Uniform Nine by Mark Perlstrom

La Biblioteka Angel Street, Sheffield

Join us and Icon Books as we welcome Mark Perlstrom & Douglas Wight to the bookshop to launch this eye-opening account from inside an ultra-secret Customs unit. Mark Perlstrom is no stranger to money laundering, drug smuggling and crooked firms. In the late 1980s he started working for HM Customs and was quickly thrown in […]

Free

The Summer Book – Celebrate 50 years with Sophia Jansson

Zoom

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, we are delighted to present a live virtual event with Sophia Jansson, Tove's niece, in conversation with Fleur Sinclair, owner of Sevenoaks Bookshop on 1 September 2022 at 7 PM. Digital access is included when you buy any of Tove Jansson's adult works […]

Free

Wild Child & Book of Birds with Dara McAnulty

La Biblioteka Angel Street, Sheffield

On Saturday 17 th September at 2pm - Dara will be in conversation with Liz Ballard, Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, and afterwards signing copies of his books. Dara and Liz will be talking about his new book A Wild Child’s Book of Birds, which is illustrated by Barry Falls, and is a gorgeous guide […]

Free

Readings of Protest. Charged – How the Police Try to Suppress Protest.

La Biblioteka Angel Street, Sheffield

Come and hear protesters from across four decades give readings of what they fought for and how their protests were policed. The UK government’s efforts to suppress dissent in the pursuit of power have given a green light to police to apply more aggressive tactics in managing crowds and protests. The results have provoked violence […]

£5.00