Hull UK City of Culture 2017 have unveiled details about Seasons Two and Three of their year-long cultural programme with 42 new commissions and world premieres, 24 festivals and 13 […]
Sheffield Creative Guild – New Board of Directors
Here’s all you need to know about who’s on the new Board of Directors at the Sheffield Creative Guild. Max Cunningham I have been a board member since the initiation […]
Make Good Livelihoods
Ruskin in Sheffield have released a packed schedule of Make Good Livelihoods events happening this month. Mostly based at the Millennium Gallery, a whole range of free crafts activities and […]
Sheffield Creative Guild
Sheffield will soon be introducing its very own Creative Guild, which will promote, connect and support creative people across the city by providing a platform for them to work across, […]
Chris Jones
After the release of his prestigious poetry collection, Skin, Chris Jones has firmly carved his name onto the growing list of established English poets. On the eve of his performance […]
High Above Wide Lands
Art and poetry inspired by landscapes and dreamily delivered The spoken word scene in Sheffield is happily a crowded one with a tight knit and dedicated following, so much so […]
Distant Lands
Working with five local poets, we have commissioned five new pieces of work themed around a distant land renowned for its relationship with Sheffield steel and the city’s industrial heritage. […]
Remi Kanazi
Spoken word poet Remi Kanazi will perform at Coffee Revolution at Sheffield University Students’ Union on 4th December as part of the Flash! series of events. Remi will perform his newest […]
Poems On The Trams
We were recently commissioned by imove, Yorkshire’s cultural olympiad programme to run a new literature project called ‘Poems On The Trams’. Funded by Legacy Trust and supported by the […]
Northern Elements
Northern Elements Word Life was selected by the Arts Council as one of their partners on a regional live literature development scheme entitled ‘Northern Elements’. Alongside literature organisation Bad […]
Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am
Monday 24th October, 7:30pm. Riverside Bar. Following our previous post on the rather fabulous LaDIYfest we thought we should tell you about this equally fabulous event in the run up. […]
LaDIYfest Sheffield – Get Involved
LaDIYfest Sheffield is an inclusive, DIY, anti-capitalist, community-based feminist festival taking place on 12th-13th November 2011. That’s quite a mouthful we know, but it’s good to be specific! All proceeds […]