Words in the Winter at Bradford City Centre

An uplifting mini-programme of events taking place at venues across the city. Join us as we celebrate the literature and poetry of 2019, offer a platform to new voices, and invite families and children of all ages to take part in making and storytelling with a festive twist!

On Saturday 7 crafter extraordinaire Morwenna Catt will be at The Broadway Shopping Centre running free festive family craft sessions from 10am to 5pm.

An “B-Lit” poetry and open mic event will be held at Bread & Roses on North Parade on the Saturday from 5pm to 7pm. It will offer the chance for poets aged between 14 and 19 to perform their work in public.

On Sunday 8 at 7pm there will be a Now That’s What I Call Poetry event held at Kala Sangam.

Names announced for the event so far include artist, writer and “Instapoet” Nikita Gill, who has over 500,000 followers on Instagram, and T.S. Eliot Prize nominee Roger Robinson.

More names will be announced before the event, which will be “pay as you decide.”