Sheffield’s independent bookshops have come together to create something special…
A weekend made by booksellers, for book lovers.
Taking place for the first time in 2026, Sheffield Indie Book Festival will celebrate stories, and the shops and publishers who keep them alive.
The festival is organised by the folks behind some of the city's much loved booksellers: Graphic Novel Reading Room, Hillsborough Bookshop, Juno Books, La Biblioteka, and Novel.
Just like the bookshops, its speakers showcase the best of contemporary fiction, non-fiction, children’s fiction and graphic novels from publishers large and small.
The event will take place on Sunday 26th April in two stunning, neighbouring Neepsend venues, The Mowbray and The Victoria.
There'll be a market-place for local bookshops and indie makers in The Mowbray, 10am–5pm. The Victoria, meanwhile, will host author talks, workshops and signings, with the Graphic Novel Reading Room creating a relaxing reading space upstairs at the Lodge at the Victoria.
Delicious food, cocktails and coffee will be available throughout the day in both venues.
The lineup so far:
- Children's drawing workshop with Bethan Woollvin (These Are My Rocks, Robin Hood, Little Red, I Can Catch a Monster)
- Witches and folklore with Anna Caig (The Wise Witch of Orkney), Molly Aitken (The Island Child and Bright, I Burn) and Sally O’Reilly (Hagtale)
- Into the Ancient Woods with Luke Barley
- Children's Graphic Novel Workshop with Steve Webb (Peng and Spanners)
- Britain's Forgotten Frontierlands with Hazel Sheffield
- Women of Jacaranda Press with Kavitha Rao, Musih Tedji Xaviere and Njambi McGrath
- A New Yorker in the North with Manya Wilkinson (Lublin)
- Unfiltered: Life, Writing and Queer Culture with Michelle Tea (Valencia, Black Wave, Against Memoir, Little F)
Keep an eye on Sheffield Indie Book Festival's Instagram for more updates.
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