Horror Out Loud, Leeds Big Bookend, 26 October

Coming up this weekend in Leeds

Horror Out Loud with Lucie McKnight Hardy, Saturday 26 October, 3.30pm at the Leeds Library. Book your tickets now for Horror Out Loud: prose open mic featuring Lucie McKnight Hardy & Alison Littlewood. Book now! Tickets are selling fast. Book Here Northern Short Story Festival presents an afternoon of chilling horror with a folk-horror flavour. Join featured readers Shirley Jackson Award winning author Alison Littlewood (Best of British Horror), and Dead Ink author Lucie McKnight Hardy (Best of British Short Stories), for an afternoon of horror stories that will stun, scare, and startle! This event will be held in The Leeds Library (on Commercial St NOT Central Library) which was founded in 1768, and is the oldest surviving example of a membership subscription library in the British Isles. Legend says the Library is haunted by a former Librarian, Vincent Sternberg who still browses the stacks at night, along with other ghostly apparitions. We cannot promise sight of these during your visit but you might feel a chill or two as you wander around the Library. Limited Open Mic slots are available for your own stories. To book one of these from Tuesday 1st October, email northernshortstoryfestival@gmail.com. All stories must be under 5 minutes long. Halloween fancy dress encouraged, with prizes! Tickets are £6 + Eventbrite booking fee and can be booked here. Doors at 3pm for a 3.30pm start. There will be a bar serving refreshments. We are able to offer reduced price Horror Out Loud tickets on Oct 26th for people on benefits, on zero hours / PT hours, or anybody on a low income. Please email us (northernshortstoryfestival@gmail.com) if you would like one. The Northern Short Story Festival is part of Leeds Big Bookend, and is supported by Arts@Leeds and Leeds City Council. Copyright © 2019 The Leeds Big Bookend, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: info@bigbookend.co.uk

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