Join award-winning poet Carole Bromley for a guided walk through the hidden passages, ancient alleyways and atmospheric corners of York that inspired her new book, Ghosts and Ginnels. The walk ends at the Poetry Pharmacy, where you can have books signed, and browse the shelves.

Ticket price includes the guided walk and a discount of £5 off a signed copy purchased on the day.

Suitable for adults and older children with an interest in poetry, stories and York's rich history. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Join poets Becca Drake and Erica Hesketh for an evening of poems that reflect on the place of humans in the more-than-human world, and that look for new ways to speak about our environment and the climate crisis. Becca and Erica will discuss and read from their recent pamphlets, Unstill Landscapes and To an Unknown Receiver: Sonnets & Cascades, both published by Guillemot Press.

Explore the chemical, the botanical and the medicinal -all deadly- poisons with poet Louise Warren.

From arsenic to venom, fungi to fugu, delight in dark and deathly stories of unfortunate spouses, professional poisoners and how innocent plants can hide deadly secrets!

With reading from the collection Poison published by Tuba Press.

Tickets include a complimentary glass of Devils Botany absinthe!

Explore the magic and ecology of bogs and other peatlands—and discover how poetry and stories can protect these vital landscapes.

Join us to step into a world of magic and beauty as Anna Chilvers and Clare Shaw - creators of The Book of Bogs - guide you through moors, bogs and other peatlands.

Blending science and poetry, folklore and ecology, we'll explore their vital role in carbon sequestration; the habitat they offer for astonishing life forms and red-listed species; and the role that literature can play in protecting these threatened ecosystems.

* All proceeds from ticket sales go to the Peatland Alliance (Stop Calderdale Wind Farm)

Acclaimed poets Katherine Towers and John Challis read from their new Forward Prize longlisted collections.

Katharine Towers and John Challis read from their acclaimed new collections, The Worrying Rose (Picador) and The Green Parcel (Bloodaxe).

Poetry Pharmacy’s launch of Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana’s Skinship (Salt Publications) and Mary Mulholland’s The Dodo Stories (Nine Arches).

Mary and Alex will discuss and read from their newest collections, reflecting on themes of cultural inheritance, identity, home and motherhood.

Join us with award-winning poet Carole Bromley for a ghoulish reading from her new book,Ghosts and Ginnels. Explore through words the hidden passages, ancient alleyways and atmospheric corners of York that inspired her new book. She will be joined with poetry readings from Word Up's wonderful Nicky Kippax and Charlotte Oliver.