Open from 10am-5pm each day. The latest Storyhouse digital commission is an immersive installation that will see a five-meter square…

Young poets of Chester: come and read a poem – either one we have at the library, or one you’ve written yourself – to our special Poet-Tree to help it grow!

Poet, artist and filmmaker Imtiaz Dharker is 2019’s Chester Literature Festival Guest Director and Artist in Residence. Her poems and…

A space for people to talk whether its for five minutes while you have a brew, or for an hour…

Listen to a short reading from a local author, poet or storyteller to start the Literature Festival day.

1hr 41 Dust off your Stetson and polish those cowboy boots – Calamity Jane is coming to the cinema!

1 hr 41 [AD] Ken Loach follows up I, Daniel Blake with a film about the gig economy and the toll zero-hour contracts placed on hard-working families.

A chance for the whole family to pull up a beanbag, get comfy and listen to a wide variety of storytellers and tales.

1 hr 52 | [AD] | True story of British Intelligence whistle-blower Katharine Gun, who leaked a top-secret memo to journalist Martin Bright.

Novelist and historian Mary Chamberlain, dance-storyteller Akeim Toussaint Buck and award-winning journalist and novelist Michelle Jana Chan discuss the theme of displacement in fiction and storytelling.

Workshop led by Louise Dudley, as she aims to build a community of women to explore feminist values and take action in a simple but powerful way.

Neil Oliver was born to love Great Britain. During his 20 years travelling to every corner, and whilst filming BBC2’s Coast, he’s fallen in love all over again.

Akeim Toussaint Buck’s autobiographical solo blends dance, song and spoken word to explore ancestral memory and the shifting, increasingly urgent politics around the movement of people.

The internet and online job hunting has transformed the way we look for jobs, making our searches quicker, easier and…

Digital Buddies is a user led opportunity to get online – work with college and uni students to get help…

Bring your baby to this session filled with rhyme and fun. Two weekly sessions every Friday (exc. Bank Holidays): 10.15…

A gathering of like-minded people who are keen to build and develop the #storyhousewomen community.

1 hr 41 | [AD] | Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones play Victorian hot air balloonists on a mission to predict the weather.

This one-hour travel writing workshop will cover generating ideas, writing pitches and approaching commissioning editors (with plenty of insider top tips).

Talk about an agreed book, get to know each other and have a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.