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Photos from Off the Shelf 2022
Autumn in Sheffield is pretty much synonymous with literary delights, as Off the Shelf Festival of Words hosts a programme packed with talks and readings from world renowned authors and poets, famous folk off the telly, and a few knowledgable locals.
Each year, the festival absorbs audiences in topics ranging from pop music to politics, fine art to feminism.
Look out for our top picks from the 2024 Off the Shelf programme in the coming months.
A British-Somali poet born and raised in Sheffield. Winner of the 2018 New Poets Prize, Warda is dedicated to her craft and encouraging young people to reap the benefits of writing.
A South Yorks poet, whose candid, vulnerable and vigilant work will leave you open-mouthed.
The writer – and DJ, journalist and mentor – talks to Annalisa Toccara about being inspired by ordinariness, making space for change, and curating the Black Women Write Now strand at Off the Shelf Festival 2020.
A chalkboard out front invites “stuff fans” into this small but stacked secondhand bookshop on the independent high street of Sharrow Vale Road.
