A retrospective look at David Suchet’s career will have you witness some of his most beloved performances in a new and intimate light. Take your seat at this once-in-a-lifetime event, as we go behind the screen and curtain with a legend .

Take a journey into the curious, unexpected, and downright surreal origins of the words we use every day.

A fly-on-the-wall type event inspired by Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library with Emi Howe (Sociologist, Body Therapist and TEDx speaker), Leana Hughes (Councellor, major accident survivor), and Gregory Starbuck (Integrative Counsellor).

Join the contributors of Unlocked: Writing from the Cheshire Prize for Literature 2020 as they celebrate the launch of the Anthology with readings from the collection.

Join Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie A. Carter (Black Girls Book Club) in a Q&A that explores their writing process and all the events leading up to the release of their book – Grown: The Black Girls’ Guide to Glowing Up.

Love, literature, friendship, music, carnival, travel, dance, work, nature, food – Black Joy can be found in so many places.

A panel discussion event on childlessness (not by choice) in literature. Hear from four guests talking about a book which could be factual, a memoir, or fiction.

Get up, get active and advocate! Now more than ever, the importance and critical role community plays has become apparent. With 2020 highlighting the long-standing issues of racial justice, this event will leave with you feeling reflective but ready to take action.

Join Britain’s Got Talent finalist Dave Wardell, the UK’s most famous Twitter cop Harry Tangye and internationally recognised comedian Arthur Smith for an evening of talking cops and comedy.

Body Positive Community Development Worker, Colin Avery talks to fellow members of Silver Rainbows on the theme of ‘What does it take to be your authentic self?’

A panel event that explores how to write the story you are MEANT to write rather than the one that sounds good or you feel has mass appeal. Open to all.

Against the backdrop of pandemic politics, ageing parents, and an endless droning culture war, Luke Wright holds a squat party in his ‘poor old heart.’ So come on, put your name on the guest list.

Join number one bestselling author and I’m A Celebrity’s Queen of the Castle, Giovanna Fletcher, for a conversation about writing and her brand new book, Walking On Sunshine.

Come and join the discussion as members of Young Storyhouse chat with Sara Barnard, Kell Cowley and K.C. Finn about Young Adult fiction.

Spend an evening with internationally-renowned food writer and TV cook Nigella Lawson as she shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen.

What does the future of Nigerian Literature look like? Join the New York Times Best Seller Abi Daré in conversation with Founding Editor of AFREADA Nancy Adimora.

A panel of local people telling their story, each person is living with a disability. Four first-person 10 minute stories…

In this event you will hear some short, engaging stories from unpaid carers telling you their own stories’ including Welsh television and radio broadcaster Beti George.

Who’d have thought that Italian shepherds busking at Christmas could impact on seasonal music more broadly?  There are a number of historic accounts demonstrating its influence on composers through to the 19th century.

It’s Christmas in Hollywood, and all Dad wants is a little bit of redemption. This lecture goes back to the 90s to take a festive look at fatherhood on film.