off the shelf Festival of writing & reading 

8th – 29th October 2011

Tickets for all the events below can be booked at the Showroom Box Office on 0114 275 7727, or online.

For more information, please see http://www.offtheshelf.org.uk/

about off the shelf

Now in its 19th year, Sheffield's Off the Shelf Festival of Writing and Reading is well established as one of the major events in Sheffield and the region's cultural calendar. The festival has grown into one of the largest, most popular and exciting events in the North of England attracting some of the best known names in literature and the media.

The festival offers a wide range of events for audiences of all ages including readings, workshops, storytelling, exhibitions, talks, walks, poetry and much more. Previous festivals have included appearances by Tony Benn, John Pilger, St Arnold Wesker, Kate Adie, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Ben Okri, Rose Tremaine, Claire Tomalin, Sarah Waters, Nick Hornby, Simon Armitage, Benjamin Zephaniah, Doris Lessing, Michael Frayn, Hilary Mantel, Ian Rankin, Jamie Oliver, Michael Rosen, Anthony Browne, Jacqueline Wilson and Stephen Fry to name just a few.

The 2011 festival will offer an enticing line up of writers including Claire Tomalin, Carol Ann Duffy, Jeremy Paxman, Polly Toynbee, Ian Kershaw, Mark Logue and Peter Conradi, Alison Weir, Wendy Cope, Sir John Hegarty, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jon Ronson, Simon Armitage, Dalgit Nagra and many more. Some events are currently on sale at Showroom including David Erdal, for MADE : The Entrepreneur Festival and Sir Christopher Lloyd.

The Showroom is delighted to work in collaboration with Off the Shelf Festival of Writing and Reading, presenting an exciting and extensive programme of guest speakers.