The Gamekeeper (screening + intro)
Showroom Cinema 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, United KingdomJoin The Showroom and And Other Stories for an evening celebrating the influential South Yorkshire-born novelist and screenwriter, Barry Hines, and the reissue of his masterpiece of nature writing and rural class conflict, The Gamekeeper.Born into a mining family in a village near Barnsley, Barry Hines (1939-2016) worked first in a coal mine before going to […]
My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay
Montgomery Theatre 27 Surrey Street, England, S1 2LGUnited Kingdom (map), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United KingdomPart 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 extracts from […]
Consumed – Q&A with Aja Barber
Instagram LiveAs 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 how […]
India Uniform Nine by Mark Perlstrom
La Biblioteka Leah's Yard, Cambridge Street, Sheffield, United KingdomJoin 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 the […]
The Summer Book – Celebrate 50 years with Sophia Jansson
ZoomTo 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 […]
Wild Child & Book of Birds with Dara McAnulty
La Biblioteka Leah's Yard, Cambridge Street, Sheffield, United KingdomOn 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 to […]
Readings of Protest. Charged – How the Police Try to Suppress Protest.
La Biblioteka Leah's Yard, Cambridge Street, Sheffield, United KingdomCome 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 and […]
Discovering Machine Knitting by Kandy Diamond
La Biblioteka Leah's Yard, Cambridge Street, Sheffield, United KingdomJoin us as we welcome Kandy Diamond and her knitting machine for a live demo and hands-on mini-workshop to launch her new book Discovering Machine Knitting (The Crowood Press Ltd).Come and try out machine knitting for yourself, and make yourself a knitted bookmark to take home!This is the ultimate guide to machine knitting. This book […]
Hello, Bookstore
Showroom Cinema 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, United KingdomJoin us and our bookselling colleagues from across the city - Juno Books, Rhyme & Reason, Space Centre - for a mini book fair in the Showroom Cinema Cafe, in celebration of their Special Screening of Hello, Bookstore (2022) dir. A. B. Yax, during this year's Indie Bookshop Week.The screening will be accompanied by a […]
The Dolphin by Susan Clegg
La Biblioteka Leah's Yard, Cambridge Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom‘He knew that this was as close to the sea as he could ever get.’Join us at La Biblioteka as we welcome local author Susan Clegg and feminist publisher Linen Press to celebrate the publication of The Dolphin. In 1937 Larry Lambert has a vision of a magnificent pub built on frozen fields ‘like a […]
Now Then – A Biography of Yorkshire by Rick Broadbent
La Biblioteka Leah's Yard, Cambridge Street, Sheffield, United KingdomRick Broadbent, an award-winning author and exiled Yorkshireman, goes in search of the soul of England's biggest county and produces an all-encompassing portrait of a place that has been victimised and stereotyped since the days of Williams the Conqueror. Incorporating social history, memoir, reportage and author interviews, Now Then paints a picture of what it means to […]
Brian Bilston
The Leadmill 6 Leadmill Rd, Sheffield, United KingdomBrian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate; with over 200,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community.His first collection of poetry, You Took the Last Bus Home, was published by Unbound. Diary of a Somebody (Picador) was shortlisted for the Costa First […]