I’m really excited to check out @smalldistractions.bsky.social
I’ve never been but I’ve heard it’s an absolute blast and last years event was mega.
Also Naomi Booth in conversation with @stuhennigan.bsky.social , Alice Jolly and Nic! Not to mention @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
many many more
Come along - if you’re visiting from further afield, I’ve plenty of Leeds tips. Food drink and culture. We’ve a lot to offer!
Check out the rest of the programme too. There’s some former Rippling Pages guests, who’d I’d love to see including @nicholasroyle.bsky.social
And Kimberly Campanello
I’ve re-read ILL FEELINGS so many times, it was a bit of a lightbulb moment for me
It showed me how we can write about health, bodies and families. Compassionate and critical, it was fluid and lucid in its form and writing, which was astonishing considering its content.
🎟️ tickets here!:
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I’m so excited to speak to Alice. ILL FEELINGS, Alice’s first essay, deployed memoir, medical history, and narrative driven techniques
📆Add this to your diaries! I’m going to be in conversation with @alicehattrick.bsky.social at @leedslitfest.bsky.social this summer!
We’re going to be talking about Alice’s FANCY WORK @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social a new essay exploring embroidery, textiles and resistance, identity and family
Lovely fresh spring evenings
Birds tweeting
Reading some wicked books and interviewing some of those too
Feeling grateful this Sunday evening! 🫶
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Love to hear your thoughts! I might have to treat myself!
What are the differences between doing a live coffee conversation and a remote one?
Whats a ‘great psychic movement’?
And which former guests new book was I celebrating?
These were all questions I answered in my free monthly newsletter 😊
Plus cherry blossom pics🌸
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A graphic square in pinks, purples and reds with a Leeds Lit Fest 2026 logo in black outline in the top left. Underneath are the dates of the festival Sat 6th - Sun 14th June with the words in white block capitals FESTIVAL OF WORDS AND IMAGINATION. Beneath that is text that says - Join us for 51 events across 16 venues as writers, poets and performers come together to celebrate the city's thriving literary scene. From though-provoking talks to hands-on workshops and live performances, Leeds Lit Fest is your invitation to discover, create and connect. Then the web address leedslitfest.co.uk.
A graphic square in pinks, purples and blues with a Leeds Lit Fest 2026 logo in black outline in the top right next to words in white block capitals FESTIVAL OF WORDS AND IMAGINATION. Underneath is a list of more than 50 writers, poets and performers taking part in the programme. The web address is leedslitfest.co.uk
Join us from 6–14 June for a city-wide celebration of words & imagination.
Our biggest collaboration yet as we bring together more than 50 events across 16 venues.
Lots of the city’s best writers joined together with friends from afar.
LLF 2026 PROGRAMME 👇👇👇 www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
☀️Camille and I were discussing her stories ONE SUN ONLY @serpents-tail.bsky.social
You can hear more about how Camille writes misunderstanding into her dialogue and plots here on the latest episode of the Rippling Pages
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💥It’s true, these days misunderstandings can really blow our life apart
But for Camille Bordas, misunderstandings between her characters, drive plot, humour and even self-discovery
This only makes me think more about the value of writing and writers in our current world
A day in York full of cherry blossoms 🌸
Not long now until Lucy Caldwell’s stories, DEVOTIONS @faberbooks.bsky.social are released!
Here we are talking about ‘Easter Eggs’ and those little moments of unconscious inspiration
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Bank holiday done.
Mexican food courtesy of the excellent Lupe’s Cantina in Leeds. Some reading and @leedslitfest.bsky.social fundraiser
Having a bit of a sort and came across a lot of old reviews and pieces I’d filed
We never stop learning. Every book, podcast, interview, is a refinement.
Be assured, it means your favourite literary podcast comes from a space and approach of deep reading and learning and passion.
Clocking off for the day!
Join #Saraswati author Gurnaik Johal and #Helm author Sarah Hall in conversation with Caoilinn Hughes as they discuss nature and the elements as integral parts of their novels 🌊
📍 The Conduit, London
📅 Thursday 30th April
🕕 6pm
🎟️ Via the link below
And you’ve got to listen to this one because it’s my birthday 🤣
🐣It’s nearly time for Easter Eggs!
But not the chocolatey kind -
We’re talking the little clues artists leave in their work which reference past present and future work
Bonus content with @lucycaldwell.bsky.social on DEVOTIONS @faberbooks.bsky.social
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I can think of a few!
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DREAMY DREAMY
Here’s also a stack of the books books that I used for my latest episode with Lucy Caldwell. I went through a lot of e-copies too!
☀️It seems fitting that on daylight savings time we remind ourselves of a writer so interested in the light and the dark.
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Enjoying this series from @dauntbookspub.bsky.social !
🫶 love is a verb
Throughout Lucy’s work, I – loved – seeing her depictions of acts love and care. Lucy, as she suggests to here, depicts and demonstrates how love can be depicted as gestures.
Have a listen as we discuss DEVOTIONS @faberbooks.bsky.social
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Great picks by the looks of it!
You can hear a discussion of John McGahern’s THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN with Madeleine Dunnigan (author of JEAN @dauntbookspub.bsky.social ) on the Rippling Pages
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Sorry to hear that Stu.
