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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Inspiring greatness, preserving traditions.

Alim Kamara is a British-Sierra Leonean rapper and storyteller. As a child living in Sierra Leone, Alim would listen to Djelis (storytellers), admiring the way they weaved lessons through their tales. He set up Storie Storie to inspire through engaging storytelling workshops and performances based on these traditional Sierra-Leonean folk tales.

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Write a Novel: Developing your Plot

Sat. 27 April 2024

The Writers Workshop, 14 Craft Workshops, Orchard Square, S1 2FB

Join The Writers Workshop for an intensive masterclass with authors Russ Thomas and Susan Elliot Wright, looking at some of the many different ways of telling a story.

Where We Find Ourselves: A Co-Listening Practice

Multiple dates

Bloc Projects

Drawing on the work of experimental composer Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016), artist Ian Nesbitt invites you to come together, reflect and listen. Connecting with ideas of deep listening as a transformative collective practice.

Rhyme and Reason

For over two decades this colourful, charming shop has specialised in books for children. In recent years it’s expanded into a place where adults too can treat themselves to a new read.

Eliza Clark: Penance. A Conversation with Holly Williams

Thu. 23 May 2024

The Mowbray, 118 Mowbray Street, Neepsend, S3 8EN

Join the folks from Juno Books as they host Newcastle-born Eliza Clark for the launch of her second novel Penance. The novel invites us to question our voyeuristic love for true crime and explores the secret inner worlds of teenage girls.