Tickets HERE
Join Jess for an all-levels yoga flow at Hyde Park Book Club.
Mats provided but feel free to bring your own
£5 / £4 students
All welcome including total beginners :)
Instagram @yog.raga
FREE Entry
The debut launch event of Alex Callaghan's debut poetry chapbook released with Written Off Publishing, For All The Winter Through. The book is short, silly and simple, the perfect read to get you through the Winter or a particularly tough week.
The event will feature readings from the chapbook, as well as performances from other local poets.
Alex Callaghan is a non-binary poet from Yorkshire who performs around Leeds and runs the Bone Down open mic, and workshops with a focus on creativity divorced from capitalism, community and reclaiming public spaces.
Tickets HERE
Hear from ten emerging writers at a special draft night with author Yvonne Battle-Felton.
Join bestselling author Yvonne Battle-Felton for a special draft night and hear from ten emerging writers from the Northern Writers' Awards programme, who will give live readings of their works-in-progress.
The event will be held in The Snug at Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds.
Yvonne Battle-Felton is an author, academic, host, creative producer, and writer. Remembered (Dialogue Books/Blackstone Publishing) was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (2019) and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize (2020). Yvonne has nonfiction children’s titles in Penguin Random House’s Ladybird series. Curdle Creek (Henry Holt/Dialogue Books) published October 2024. Yvonne is the Academic Director of Creative Writing at Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education and a Senior Commissioning Editor at John Murray.
FREE JUST TURN UP
Two Leeds Arts Uni students, selling tshirts and prints to fundraise to save endangered bears. The tshirts will be lino printed live at the event to promote upcycling and people bringing their own shirts.
Tickets HERE
A fusion of poetry, embodiment, and self-exploration to deepen self-connection, creative expression, and sensual awareness.
Join us on a transformative 8-part journey. Each session, we’ll explore a new aspect of sensuality, emotional openness, and expressive freedom - rooted in spoken word and tantric-inspired embodiment practices. We’ll journey through the chakras (from Root to Crown and beyond), learning to embrace and refine our unique voices. By the end, you’ll have cultivated a meaningful piece of poetic performance to showcase, celebrating your unfolding authenticity.
Tickets HERE
A fusion of poetry, embodiment, and self-exploration to deepen self-connection, creative expression, and sensual awareness.
Join us on a transformative 8-part journey. Each session, we’ll explore a new aspect of sensuality, emotional openness, and expressive freedom - rooted in spoken word and tantric-inspired embodiment practices. We’ll journey through the chakras (from Root to Crown and beyond), learning to embrace and refine our unique voices. By the end, you’ll have cultivated a meaningful piece of poetic performance to showcase, celebrating your unfolding authenticity.
Tickets HERE
Learn an exciting horticultural technique for greening your walls and creating art.
Plant succulents into a handmade wooden box frame, which you will be able to hang onto your wall at home as a living painting.
The box has been stained and oiled, for a vintage feel, and has a D-ring screwed into the back for easy wall hanging. It also has a water tube with a wick.
You will learn how to create a self watering adaptation to your planted arrangements. Create the lining for the box using horticultural materials. This is where you get your hands into the moss and soil (gloves are provided if you prefer) Learn to plant into the specialist lining you have made so that the succulent plants have a place to root.
You will be able to use what you learn to adapt containers and objects to create other plant arrangements for your home. Most importantly, some guidance and a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere will greet you.
Don't worry if you are unfamiliar with or lacking confidence with plants. You will come away with a planted work of art and understand a new way of creating planted arrangements.
Please follow @Deliveroot on Instagram.
Tickets HERE
Throb Off presents: Holy Springs/Self Immolation Music/Cellar Messiah at Hyde Park Book Club, Friday 25th April.
Tickets HERE
A fusion of poetry, embodiment, and self-exploration to deepen self-connection, creative expression, and sensual awareness.
Join us on a transformative 8-part journey. Each session, we’ll explore a new aspect of sensuality, emotional openness, and expressive freedom - rooted in spoken word and tantric-inspired embodiment practices. We’ll journey through the chakras (from Root to Crown and beyond), learning to embrace and refine our unique voices. By the end, you’ll have cultivated a meaningful piece of poetic performance to showcase, celebrating your unfolding authenticity.
OTD only
World-renowned Festival de Tinnes is once again graciously making space on its hard drives for your 2-minute works of wonder. This time we are seeking "films" inspired by the theme of.... EXCESS!!!!!!!!!! As always, adherence to the theme is entirely optional, and submissions will close 24 hours before doors."
Tinnes Festival is a friendly and relaxed short-film showcase presenting the work of local, student/hobbyist filmmakers. The aim of the event is to lower the barrier of entry for screening amateur films, and to provide a space for filmmakers to connect.
Tickets HERE
Join us on Monday 12th May, 7.30pm, when novelist Katharina Volckmer will be talking about her second book, Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes.
Katharina will be reading from the book, before being in conversation with Liam Bishop, answering questions from the audience and signing copies of her novels.
Next Chapter Books will be selling books.
About Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes:
‘This book is filled with brilliant dialogue, unexpected turns, some very dirty talk with sudden bursts of hilarity, and then fierce sadness. It exudes dark energy. It is highly original. It gives pleasure on every page.‘ — Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn and Long Island
‘Raucous, incisive and wholly original, the world of Volckmer’s novel lays bare modern life’s gross indignations, mordant desires and naked ambitions with wit and clarity.’
— Eley Williams, author of Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good
In a London call centre, Jimmie helps holiday makers with myriad problems, but he is hardly a model employee. He doesn’t simply provide customer service to his clients and advice to his colleagues, he gets involved in their fantasies and frustrations, and now he’s about to be hauled up in front of the boss.
From perfecting his roles as an undertaker and as a clown to performing duties above and beyond his employment contract, he debates the importance of the optimum shade for lipstick and bathroom walls, the pros and cons of nudist versus textile, as well as the psychological impacts of an Italian mother and an emotional support animal.
This is the second, ribald, scatological novel from the brilliant author of The Appointment. Jimmie’s sly, sharp, melancholy insights into the indignities of a world which aims to eliminate the human will make you laugh, weep and never look the same way at an electric carving knife again.
About Katharina Volckmer:
Katharina Volckmer was born in Germany in 1987. She now lives in London where she works for a literary agency. Her first novel The Appointment has been translated into over 15 languages and has been adapted for the stage and radio in several countries.
Tickets HERE
A fusion of poetry, embodiment, and self-exploration to deepen self-connection, creative expression, and sensual awareness.
Join us on a transformative 8-part journey. Each session, we’ll explore a new aspect of sensuality, emotional openness, and expressive freedom - rooted in spoken word and tantric-inspired embodiment practices. We’ll journey through the chakras (from Root to Crown and beyond), learning to embrace and refine our unique voices. By the end, you’ll have cultivated a meaningful piece of poetic performance to showcase, celebrating your unfolding authenticity.
Tickets HERE
Sunday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club
Monthly Sunday yoga, spend your afternoon on the mat with me & stick around for coffee & treats at Hyde Park Book Club. a stunning Sunday!
open level vinyasa yoga class, everyone welcome :) from complete beginners to experienced yogis.
mats can be provided, however feel free to bring your own.
Liv X
Instagram @liv__moves
Tickets HERE
Join us to Write for the World in a Supportive and Inspiring Environment.
We warmly invite you to take part in our next Writing For the World workshop. In the lovely venue of Hyde Park Book Club, your hosts Ella and Lizzi will guide the group through writing prompt exercises before supporting you to write in what ever way is right for you as we navigate our feelings, thoughts and emotions around the climate crisis and environmental and global issues we are facing.
This workshop is for you if you:
Have strong feelings about the earth, life and your part in it
Are worried or concerned about the future
Would like to explore these topics creatively in a supportive environment
Want to connect with like-minded people
All writing materials will be provided, though please do feel free to bring your own pens and paper if you would prefer. No experience necessary.
Due to the serious nature of the session, we recommend it suitable for people aged 13+
We want to be wholly inclusive. If you have any accessibility issues, please contact us and we will do all we can to accomodate your presence. If the ticket price is a barrier, we have free spaces available. Email us at lizzi_pell@hotmail.com for all and any access support enquiries.
Tickets HERE
A fusion of poetry, embodiment, and self-exploration to deepen self-connection, creative expression, and sensual awareness.
Join us on a transformative 8-part journey. Each session, we’ll explore a new aspect of sensuality, emotional openness, and expressive freedom - rooted in spoken word and tantric-inspired embodiment practices. We’ll journey through the chakras (from Root to Crown and beyond), learning to embrace and refine our unique voices. By the end, you’ll have cultivated a meaningful piece of poetic performance to showcase, celebrating your unfolding authenticity.
Tickets HERE
Leap in to Spring and join Sasha Laverne for a creative and fun-filled morning at Hyde Park Book Club.
Get ready to unleash your artist and dive into the world of resin jewellery making!
Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this workshop is perfect for anyone looking to explore their creativity and make stunning accessories.
You'll leave with your very own custom-made resin jewellery pieces, ready to show off that very same day!
During this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the exciting techniques of working with resin to create unique and vibrant pieces of jewellery. Our experienced resin jewellery Sasha Laverne will guide you through the entire process, from mixing and pouring the resin to adding colors and embellishments.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn a new skill and meet like-minded individuals in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
Grab your friends and make it a fun day out!
Fancy making your alphabet keyring as well for an extra £3? Find the ticket option when checking out.
FREE Tickets HERE
Join us for another installation of YAK! in response to the current show at HPAC, Julia McKinlay’s Slip Across These Planes. We will explore two texts, Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard, through a collective workshop, working together to investigate the relationships between space, shape and constructed realities.
YAK! is a reimagined reading group, exploring radical histories through conversation and experimentation. Journeying through new worlds, we take inspiration from poetry, prose, letters, journals, speeches, and plays to better understand those that came before us and the world we live in today.
This iteration of YAK! has been curated in collaboration with Wes Foster, and is hosted by Hyde Park Art Club.
Wes is a practitioner based in Leeds, UK. His image making is focused on the relationship between text and image, communities and social space and culture. His commercial practice focuses on photography and video of workshops, the arts, space and happenings. He is a digital communications specialist as well as writer, and his writing has been published in numerous places both in print and online, and focuses on collaborative relationships and culture.
YAK! is an ongoing alternative education project led by Alexander Stubbs. Alexander is a creative practitioner based in Hull, UK. Working primarily in text-based and collaborative practice, he explores the ways in which text and archives can be reanimated in new contexts. He has a particular interest in community-building practices, and often works with other artists to deliver workshops, reading groups, and community events. He enjoys working with young people and artists at all stages of their careers, especially in settings outside of mainstream education, and provides mentoring to a wide range of groups including early-career artists and young people.
YAK! seeks to offer clarity, introspection, and dialogue for understanding the processes of our art making. It is a nomadic reading group, facilitating conversations in towns and cities across the UK, hosted in non-institutional spaces.
Tickets HERE
Roundhouse Poetry Slam returns to Leeds with one of its regional heats. Watch the performers slam it out for a spot at the Grand Final!
Join us for the Leeds Heat of the prestigious Roundhouse Poetry Slam competition. Bringing together emerging spoken word artists from across the UK to compete for a cash prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2025.
The Roundhouse has a trailblazing five-year partnership with international law firm Taylor Wessing. A well-known supporter of the arts, and with the Roundhouse specifically over the past few years, Taylor Wessing is the principal partner, including their dedicated support of the Poetry Slam.
Some of the best young poets in the North will compete against each other for a coveted slot at the Roundhouse Poetry Slam Grand Final. The judges for the evening are three highly acclaimed poets and performers, yet to be announced!
If you are interested in competing in the slam, you can express your interest here until 10am on Friday 15 November!
This will be an evening of spellbinding poetry in one of the North's best-loved alternative venues. The event is being produced in partnership between Roundhouse and LIVEwire Poetry.
FREE JUST TURN UP
We’re screening Repentance, the 1980s Georgian Soviet political satire directed by Tengiz Abuladze.
Produced in 1984, the film was initially banned in the Soviet Union for its allegorical critique of Stalinism. But in 1987, the film was released to fanfare across the USSR, Abuladze was awarded the Order of Lenin, and he accompanied Mikhail Gorbachev on his first visit to New York.
Immersed in a surreal atmosphere, it follows the days after the death of Varlam Aravidze, the Stalin-like mayor of a small Georgian town, when his corpse mysteriously keeps returning and appearing in the most unusual places. What does the return of this familiar tyrannical face mean for the town’s residents?
The film will be presented by Nathan Brand, a former PhD researcher at the University of Leeds.
When and where: Wednesday, 5 March, from 6:30 PM onwards at Hyde Park Book Club.
Tickets HERE
Eleanor is a neurodivergent, disabled, queer actor/writer/theatre-maker/poet from Sheffield. She had her first Chapbook ‘Ghost and Found’ published by Cerasus Poetry in 2021 but this is her first full length collection of poetry, published by Stairwell Books. Eleanor is a supported artist for Sheffield Theatres and has created 2 autobiographical solo shows: Subdural Hematoma and Does My Fanny Look Big in This?
Her collection Sleeve Heart is the musings and growing ups of a young adult who doesn’t quite feel like a grownup. Yet. Through her breaking, boredom, travelling and loving she discovers she absolutely wears her heart upon her sleeve and her poems fall impulsively, but always lovingly, off the tip of her tongue. She is confused by the way some people treat her, but don’t pity her: she never stays in one place for too long so she can’t stay sad and she never gets bored- there is always more to be done. Her greatest love story might surprise you, but it shouldn’t.
Tickets HERE
Come and join us on Saturday the 8th of February for our semester two ‘Give it a Go’. There will be a chance to collect your pre-ordered copies of our ‘Soul’ issue as well as chat to other members or learn about Lippy if you are new! The event will take place from 7-10pm at the fabulous Hyde Park Book Club Snug area. There are limited tickets and they are free so make sure to grab one to ensure entry!
Tickets HERE
We are starting 2025 off with a bang, and relaunching our blog after its shiny makeover! Please join us in Hyde Park Book Club's basement for a night of excitement, chatting, and music.
Sign Up HERE
Join us for this FREE interactive workshop to re-imagine our city’s creative spaces in this exciting collaboration between Leeds Civic Trust x No Space Left to Play x Hyde Park Art Club.
Re-imagining Leeds beyond the Eastside invites you to explore the transformation of creative spaces in our city by reflecting on a collective vision for Leeds Eastside and an maps of lost spaces.
In this workshop, you’ll get the chance to map your ideas for future spaces and to translate them into collages using tracing paper and film photographs. The finished collages will be added to an ongoing archive that aims to influence the city’s future regeneration plans.
The workshop responds to Is This What We Have Left? exhibited at Hyde Park Book Club in 2024, focused on current dialogues about creatives and space.
You can find out more information about the collaborators of this event here:
Leeds Eastside Vision supported by Leeds Civic Trust, Urban Wilderness & Friends
No Space Left to Play and the Lost Spaces Map
Sign up today for this unique opportunity to shape the future of Leeds!
Tickets HERE
Welcome to The Long and Short!
The Long & Short is an evening of true and personal storytelling, where ordinary people with a tale to tell share their stories related to a theme. This monthly event first started in Squamish, British Columbia and is making its way to Leeds on January 31st.
The theme is: Turning Over a New Leaf
This month we're celebrating New Year's resolutions gone wrong, periods of dramatic change and self improvement (cult stories are always welcome). Maybe this year’s 'new year new you' involves sharing your first story in front of a friendly audience! You do not need to be an expert, just come with a good bit of enthusiasm and something to share.
Interested in telling a tale? We have a few simple rules to follow:
Stories must:
- be true
- have happened to you
- be under 5 minutes long
- be connected to our theme - turning over a new leaf
SIGN UP by emailing el.parnham@outlook.com or sign up on the night.
And since a story isn’t a story without anyone to listen to it, you are also welcome to come along and listen.
Tickets HERE
Have you ever been riding a homosapien and asked (internally) 'omg am I squashing this person like a double decker bus?'? Or stumbled mentally upon, 'please lord, let me have shaved my nipples'? (free the hairy nips.) That right there is sex anxiety, but not the kind where you can’t get interested in sex- just the kind where you’re afraid they’ll be offended by the smell of your fanny. Join Ellie as she navigates a class of 30 adolescents asking her anything about sex; and what happens when they go home?
Does My Fanny Look Big in This? Tackles sex education, validates sexual anxiety, and deals with sexual trauma while answering questions you’ve always been a little too embarrassed to ask. Let’s explore the sexual world through spoken word, uncomfortable noises, an inflatable sex doll, (bad) singing, anxiety and a limerick.
Tickets HERE
The event will include an In-Conversation between Marion Harrison from HPAC and our artist Julia McKinlay plus DJ set from Speede Bump.
HPAC is delighted to announce our next exhibition at our loved home @hydeparkbookclub which will open with an artist in conversation with Julia McKinlay and Curator Marion Harrison and a set by DJ Speed Bump.
‘Slip Across These Planes’ will be a solo presentation of works by Leeds based artist @Julia_McKinlay.
McKinlay’s practice is a process of discovering a language of sculptural forms. Her work explores the boundaries of the human made in relation to organic and lithic matter. McKinlay’s practice is spatial, she is interested in how objects and images interact in space and form connections with the viewer, sometimes creating imagined worlds for the viewer to explore.
For McKinlay’s solo presentation here at Hyde Park Art Club, work shifts away from external subject matter towards capturing specific shapes colours and forms that linger in the artists mind.
‘These forms are a language specific to my practice and my way of processing of the world as I experience it, a conglomeration of moments concretised into something solid’
This new collection of bold printed and drawn matter responds to materials and offers a bodily utterance that can be felt as well as seen. An embodied articulation of McKinlay’s inner visual language which, seeks to interact and form further connections with the viewer and the space in which they are presented.
‘In ’Slip Across These Planes ‘ I am presenting a group of new drawings and prints, working principally with paper, pigments and sheet material to explore shape, surface, weight and colour. The artworks will explore the narrow spatial field of flat materials and how they can be cut, embossed, incised and polished into something that feels absolute.’
Musician and poet Kurtis Brade celebrates the release of his debut spoken-word poetry album, ‘Kurtis Brade reads First Time’ with a special live event at Hyde Park Book Club.
Tickets are PAYF and donations are encouraged.
‘First Time’ is Kurtis’ debut collection of poetry and was published via Moor Publications in late 2024. Esco Romanesco Records released the recorded spoken word version on Jan 5th 2025.
PAYF Tickets HERE
Start the New Year off right with an evening of boardgames with Cards or Die.
I’ll be there to teach and recommend from a massive variety of modern classics and retro
favourites. So, whether you fancy playing battleship and downfall or Cascadia and
Forbidden Desert, we’ve got games to suit every interest, age, ability and mood!
From co-op to brutally competitive – we’ve got you covered.
Get in touch with requests.
Solo gamers are encouraged. Please get in touch if there is anything I can do to help
with your visit.
YAK! is an open and communal reading group exploring radical histories through conversation and text. Journeying into worlds of protest, art, and writing, we take inspiration from poetry, prose, letters, journals, speeches, and plays to better understand those that came before us and the world we live in today. Meant as a forum through which our artistic practices are read, YAK! seeks to offer clarity, introspection, and dialogue for understanding the processes and praxis of our art making. It is a nomadic reading group, facilitating conversations in towns and cities across the UK, hosted in non-institutional spaces.
YAK! is an ongoing alternative education project led by writer and curator Alexander Stubbs.
Alexander is a writer and curator based in Hull. Working primarily in text-based practice, his writing explores the world through imaginary landscapes in order to deconstruct and decode memory, grief, and language. Alexander has a particular interest in community-building practices, and shared and embodied knowledge through collaboration. He works often with artist-led organisations to deliver workshops, reading groups, and mentoring to a wide range of groups, and regularly works in collaboration with other artists. He enjoys working with young people and artists at all stages of their careers, especially in settings outside of mainstream education.
As a collaborative exercise, YAK! invites artists and curators into the conversation, responding appropriately to the space the groups are hosted in and the moment in which they happen.
This iteration of YAK! has been curated in collaboration with Wes Foster, and is being hosted by Hyde Park Book Club and Hyde Park Art Club.
Wes is a practitioner based in Leeds, UK. His image making is focused on the relationship between text and image, communities and social space and culture. His commercial practice focuses on photography and video of workshops, the arts, space and happenings. He is a digital communications specialist as well as writer, and his writing has been published in numerous places both in print and online, and focuses on collaborative relationships and culture.
Tickets HERE
2 shows 10am -11, and 11.30am- 12.30
Mr Shooz is on his uppers. Nobody wants to buy his footwear anymore! Then something magical starts to happen
Someone, or something is making amazing shoes in the middle of the night and leaving them on his workbench every morning.
Who are the midnight cobblers and how can he say thank you in return?
The elves and the Shoemaker is a sole-full treat suitable for children aged 3 - 7 (and people with size 11 shoes too)
Shoe-horned full of delightful puppet characters and magical surprises it's a perfect show for the winter season.
It's 45 mins long plus you can meet the puppets afterwards!
FREE JUST TURN UP
Leeds Cineforum is re-launching, Italian style! We’re screening a 1960s Italian comedy classic that’s rarely seen in the UK: Risate di gioia / The Passionate Thief. Followed by a post-screening party featuring the best (and trashiest) Italo disco, DJ’d by our friend Mike Meter.
We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the Cineforum’s return than screening Risate di gioia. Set in swinging Rome on New Year’s Eve, the film follows struggling actors ‘Totorella’ (Anna Magnani) and ‘L’infortunio’ (Totò) through a series of parties, cabarets and mishaps as they try to infiltrate the upper echelons of Roman society.
Join Fings, in celebration of their 2nd birthday. A small repayment thank you. Fings has grown far great than a sustainable clothing brand; there now comes a wide community of beautifully like-minded humans surrounding it. That deserves a party!! Clothing, drinks, music and a room full of magically creative humans. Come slow down your wardrobe, and your day, with Fings.
Tickets HERE
Join Jess for an all-levels yoga flow at Hyde Park Book Club.
Mats provided but feel free to bring your own
£5 / £4 students
All welcome including total beginners :)
Instagram @yog.raga
Tickets HERE
Join us for 2 festive hours of making fun. You will learn how to make a traditional moss based wreath with mixed foliage and berries. We will talk you through the whole process and give you any tips and assistance you may require. We will also bring a bag of festive additions for you to make your wreath really shine ready for your door!
Tickets HERE
Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Join us for a haunting storytelling experience as adult storyteller Sasha Parker brings to life the untold tales of the five Women killed by Jack the Ripper. This unique performance delves deep into the lives and struggles of these women, presenting their stories from a perspective never heard before.
Step into the shadows with Sasha, where horror and trauma intertwine with flickers of light and hope. Sasha Parker, an evocative storyteller, invites you to witness the resilience of these women as they share their truths and return from the grave for one night only to cast light on what actually happened to them.
Prepare to be captivated, moved, and perhaps even find a light at the end of the night.
Join us for a night of storytelling that promises to resonate long after the final word is spoken!
FEMME FATALE FAERYTALES REVIEWS:
"It's like the women are speaking through you."
"Lyrical and stylish."
"A poetic bedtime story."
"Truly inspiring."
FREE JUST TURN UP
The event is a celebration for the release of Aran Harris' book 'Esprit De La Ruche'. We are hoping to see plenty of Leeds and the North's creative faces for a night of socialising and catching up. He will be there selling a few of his copies and some prints, along with some drinks and a quick 'thank you' speech at 8pm. Start time will be 6pm but anyone is welcome to come at any time. The event is open invite!
Tickets HERE
Join artists James Thompson, Kate o'Neill and Marta Dyczkowska in conversation about their current show 'IS THIS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT' and how their rich and conversant practices form a tale of two cities that has resonant effect.
Our current show is focused on the wider current dialogues we are having as creatives around space in our city, and this event will give you a chance to engage in discussions with artists from another city on the same theme. This is part of a series of events to accompany this exhibition. It will take place at Holding Patterns, a sister space to Hyde Park Art Club. At a time when our city mourns the loss of creative venues and space, we invite you to join us in celebrating this new addition to the cultural scene, and to join the conversation about what spaces mean to you in our city.
Drop-in architectural frottage (rubbings) workshop with ‘Is This What We Have Left?’
artist James Thompson on Monday 25 th November between 2pm and 5pm based in
the snug space at the Hyde Park Book / Art Club.
The workshop gives you the opportunity to recorded architectural details of desire
from spaces across the Hyde Park Book Club using a similar architectural frottage
on paper technique used to produce one of the works in exhibition. James will be on
hand to provide support and demonstrate the process as you experiment with a
range of different media to capture an essence of the space.
Basic workshop materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring along your
own drawing materials or paper to experiment with.
No Ticket required. Drop in.
Tickets HERE
Sunday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club
Come join us for a sunday yoga at Hyde Park Book Club. Open level class. perfect for anyone looking to unwind and stretch out on a Sunday. Move your body, flow to feel good and create stillness in your mind. Stick around for a coffee or brunch after - the perfect Sunday afternoon!
Please bring a yoga mat if you have one, however we will be able to provide some :) Liv X
Instagram @liv__moves
Tickets HERE
Join Jess for an all-levels yoga flow at Hyde Park Book Club.
Mats provided but feel free to bring your own
£5 / £4 students
All welcome including total beginners :)
Instagram @yog.raga
£5 / £4 students
All welcome including total beginners :)
Instagram @yog.raga
Tickets HERE
Event details:
This panel brings together the experience of activists, social entrepreneurs, academics and cooperatives to discuss how cultural and community spaces can be created, cultivated and preserved. This event is open to all, in particular those curious to learn about the socio-cultural spaces in Leeds and Bradford and those with practical questions on how to get started, run and enjoy working collaboratively to create spaces to play and be together.
What are the challenges these organisations face?
What strategies do these organisations implement?
What are the similarities and differences?
What can they learn from each other?
How can we get involved?
Speakers:
Jack Simpson
Harry Jelley
Carys Fieldson
Zoe Pettave
Paul Chatterton
Tickets HERE
‘Go Rock Grrrl!!’ is back, period.
Partnered with freedom4girls, Go Rock Grrrl!! presents a night of interactive zine making accompanied with live acoustic performances from talented local musicians in Leeds, to fight against period poverty.
Join us at Hyde Park Book Club on Friday 15th November from 7pm and listen to Until Joy, sadsongs4sadwomen and Elena Maya while creating art with the community, all in support of putting the power back in period.
For entry admission, we will be accepting packs of period pads, which will be donated to freedom4girls.
