6th - 14th June 2026.

Leeds Lit Fest is back! 

Returning for its eighth year, the city’s award-winning festival of words and thought will take place across a diverse range of the city’s spaces and aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from the UK and beyond. 

Leeds Lit Fest is delivered by Leeds-based creative arts and literature organisations which are committed to celebrating and championing literature and writing in Leeds and to engaging and inspiring its people to get involved in creative activities linked to literature. 

Find the full programme of events here.
 

Under £10
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Hold Fast Bookshop
Leeds LitFest Literature Talk
Under £10
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest Literature Spoken Word Talk
Free
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest Literature Performance Spoken Word
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest Comedy Literature
Free
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Leeds LitFest Literature Social Spoken Word
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Leeds Trinity University
Literature Leeds LitFest
Thu 11 Jun 2026
The Leeds Library
Theatre Performance Leeds LitFest
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest LGBT+ Literature Performance
Under £10
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Carriageworks Theatre
Leeds LitFest Literature Performance Theatre
Free
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Hyde Park Book Club
Literature Market Leeds LitFest
Under £10
Sat 13 Jun 2026
The Leeds Library
Leeds LitFest Creative Workshop Literature Spoken Word Workshop
Under £10
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events Literature Talk Leeds LitFest