Digital drop-ins at Leeds Libraries help you to get online and overcome barriers to using digital technology. You can bring your smartphone, tablet, laptop or log into a library computer. Our friendly librarians can help you with a specific problem and provide guidance and resources for improving your digital skills.
Looking for a laid-back space to share your creativity? Join Leeds Libraries in partnership with Launchpad for an Open Mic Night at Leeds Central Library.
Switch off, settle in, and read together at our monthly quiet reading hour. Bring a book or borrow one, relax, and stay afterwards for a friendly book chat if you wish.
As part of our Story Explorers exhibition, drop in to your local library across Leeds and help us find eight cunning creatures who have hidden amongst the shelves!
Take a fantastical trip to the far reaches of outer space, the depths of the jungle and the bottom of the ocean floor in a free family experience that we’ve created with the British Library.
Join us at Leeds Central Library for this live and interactive version of our popular Family History workshop, for a friendly introduction to key concepts and resources for complete beginners.
Calling all Leeds-based songwriters aged 15 to 18!
Leeds Library and Cloth Cat invite you to a FREE six week song writing course to help you develop your craft and artistry.
A bi-annual event sharing legacy songs publicly and meeting others who have also written Swan Songs. Each song is introduced by it's writer (Or a family member if the writer has since passed away), then listened to together. We will mostly be listening to the recorded versions of the songs but may have some live performances too.
Join us at local libraries across Leeds for fun sessions of sharing stories and rhymes with time to play in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
A great opportunity to meet with others and join the library as part of your visit. Free event for under fives and their grown ups, just turn up.
Seven by Seven is a friendly Leeds based open decks vinyl playing session. Bring along and play 7 of your 7” 45rpm vinyl singles! No DJ skills required The ethos of Seven by Seven is no pressure, no competition, and no egos.
For more information visit their website: https://7by7.club/
How does an octopus tell its story? How does a whale hunt in the dark? Dive in with a real-life marine biologist and come on a journey from the ocean shallows to the deep sea where we will be asking the question - how do marine organisms communicate?
