 The front cover of "Sparks from Sheffield Smoke: A Perthshire Poet's Legacy Revisited", by S.K. Buchanan
Nineteenth-century Scottish poet Francis Buchanan published his second volume of poetry in Sheffield in 1882. "Sparks from Sheffield Smoke: A Series of Local and Other Poems" offers rhyme inspired by settings such as Wincobank Hill, Sheffield Manor, Haddon Hall and Ecclesall Churchyard.
A selection has been revived by his great-great-grandaughter S.K. Buchanan in this fascinating insight comprising local history, bygone celebrated poets, the Duftys of Sheffield, and war poems.
Stocksbridge Library, Monday 5th August, 2.30pm. Free
 Exhibition panels telling the story of DJ Winston Hazel
Central Library is currently hosting the Beyond the Bassline exhibition, a collaboration with the British Library that celebrates 500 years of Black British music. We also have a special focus on the career of Winston Hazel, a local DJ and electronic music pioneer who has been a part of Sheffield’s music scene for over 40 years.
Beyond the Bassline runs until the end of October and is free to visit.
 Part of the cover of Teatime at Peggy's, showing an interior decorated in an Anglo-Indian style
If you missed our "Teatime at Peggy's" event in July, never fear, there will be another opportunity to catch it at the end of August!
For 15 years, Sheffield journalists Clare Jenkins and Stephen McClarence visited Jhansi, a town in central India, to talk to - and take tea with - members of the fast-disappearing Anglo-Indian community there.
Hear their stories: from Monsoon Toad Balls (where 'the ugliest, most hideous-looking man' would win the prize) to moonlight picnics in the jungle, dancing bears and pet mongooses, and Anglo-Indian cookery that embraced goat's brain curry, Mulligatawny soup and toad-in-the-hole.
Carpenter Room, Sheffield Central Library, Thursday 29th August, 11am. Free
 The front cover of NeuroQueer and two pictures of the author, who has piercings and brightly dyed hair
Join us for an evening with CJ DeBarra, author of "NeuroQueer: a neurodivergent guide to love, sex and everything in between". CJ draws on academic research and personal experience to explore the raw realities of heartbreak, love and sexuality, and delve into the complexities of desire.
Carpenter Room, Sheffield Central Library, Wednesday 18th September, 6.30pm. Free
Please note this event may content mature content.
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