# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poems for Parents: Toria Garbutt | Leeds Storytelling Festival 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am – Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: These relaxed events are for parents with babies (pre-walkers/pre-talkers) to enjoy grown-up poems about parenthood and everything else life throws at us. It's an opportunity to unwind and escape through the power of words, in a relaxed space designed for new parents. 
 
Toria Garbutt is a poet and spoken word performer from Knottingley, West Yorkshire. Her work, rooted in themes of class, identity and personal experience, has been featured on BBC platforms and widely across national stages. She has published two collections with Wrecking Ball Press – The Universe and Me and Another Time in Space. Toria works within the criminal justice system, using poetry as a tool for connection, reflection and rehabilitation. She was writer-in-residence at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in 2020. 

toriagarbutt.net 
Instagram: @toria.garbutt

Poems for Parents is presented as part of Leeds Storytelling Festival. LSF is produced in partnership between Leeds Libraries, Wrongsemble, and LIVEwire Poetry. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England 

A Pay-what-You-Decide event recommended for parents with babies. ​

This is a Leeds Libraries event, to keep up to date with further events please follow us on social media @leedslibraries and sign up to Leeds Libraries Newsletter for Children and Families: bit.ly/FamilyLibraryNews
We are always happy to welcome you, find your closest library or get in touch: libraries.leeds.gov.uk
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leeds/poems-for-parents-toria-garbutt-|-leeds-storytelling-festival-2026/200029686742938
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Festivals, performances, Workshops, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Leeds
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Seven Arts Leeds
- **lat**: 53.827925828908
- **long**: -1.5374128038324
- **full address**: Seven Arts Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poems for Parents: Toria Garbutt | Leeds Storytelling Festival 2026 being held?
  - **A:** Poems for Parents: Toria Garbutt | Leeds Storytelling Festival 2026 takes place on Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am to Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am at Seven Arts Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Poems for Parents: Toria Garbutt | Leeds Storytelling Festival 2026?
  - **A:** Poems for Parents: Toria Garbutt | Leeds Storytelling Festival 2026 is organized by LIVEwire Poetry.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Poems for Parents: Toria Garbutt | Leeds Storytelling Festival 2026 is ideal for festival lovers, culture enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a vibrant, immersive community experience. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Leeds, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Poems for Parents: Toria Garbutt | Leeds Storytelling Festival 2026 sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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