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Call for spoken word contributions for The Writers’ Room @ PAGES Artists’ Book Fair
Contributions are welcome for a spoken word event at Leeds Art Gallery and Central Library on 22 March, organised by The Writers' Room.
Senior UN interpreter joins Leeds Interpreting Teaching Team
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. John Li, a distinguished Senior UN interpreter, has joined the Leeds interpreting teaching team.
Cultural hub for Leeds as poetry centre funding confirmed
A new National Poetry Centre, spearheaded by Professor of Poetry and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, is to receive a significant cash injection after ministers confirmed funding.
Professor Claudia Rapp FBA to deliver prestigious British Academy Lecture at the University of Leeds this March
Professor Rapp will explore how people in the Byzantine Empire navigated power, status and social hierarchies
New book explores the enduring presence of the dead in family life
Through a rich and innovative methodology of collaborative critical family history, Professor King explores how families create afterlives for their ancestors