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SJ Bradley: Short Story Workshop Ideas are Everywhere!

SJ Bradley: Short Story Workshop, Ideas are Everywhere! Sat 6th June @ 1.00pm – 2.30pm Leeds Church Institute, LS1 6DG £3, max of 12 places. Tickets from http://www.bigbookend.co.uk/events/ In this practical, fun workshop, you will discuss ways of pulling short story...

Big Bookend Events at Leeds Church Institute

As a major partner in the Leeds Big Bookend Festival, the Leeds Church Institute (LCI) is hosting a stream of socially engaged and participatory literary events for the festival. Come and join us for a thought-provoking day that celebrates the rich diversity of Leeds....

Drink with a Chimp

Have you ever made a monkey of yourself? Premiere of Drink with a Chimp at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds with the launch of the Leeds Big Bookend Festival Thursday 4th June 7pm Tickets £8/6 from 0113 224 3801 or online at www.leeds.gov.uk/carriageworks

Eight Pictures of Marriage

Exploring distinctively Christian understandings of marriage Professor Adrian Thatcher explored Christian understandings of marriage drawn from the Bible, tradition and contemporary theology at the study day ‘Making Sense of Sex and Marriage’. He outlined eight models...

Hospitality and Sanctuary

Hospitality and Sanctuary: Redemptive gift in the suffering of the stranger By Inderjit Bhogal Last year, 51 million people were forcibly displaced globally. Over the next 20-30 years we will see huge movements of people as a result of environmental degradation,...