Bone Down is free to attend and will take place between 6.30pm and 9pm on Wednesday 29 April 2026 meeting at the West Park Orchard (LS16 5HT). Follow the events on Instagram @bonedownlag (link to profile https://www.instagram.com/bonedownlag for online version).
Making a Spring return, poetry and community event Bone Down will take place on 29 April 2026, heading up to the orchard on West Park.
Attendees are encouraged to picnic out on poetry and community between 6.30pm and 9pm.
Bone Down is organised by Alex Callaghan, a West Leeds writer and resident.
Describing themselves as writing about the “absurb and whimsical,” their debut poetry pamphlet For All The Winter Through was published by Written Off Publishing in 2025, who describe it as Described as a “cosy and calm” selection of adult rhymes for difficult times that “will make you smile” (writers note, it is a very enjoyable collection).
Bone Down takes place in public spaces across Leeds, all the way from Dartmouth Park in Morley, Woodhouse Ridge, and Beckett Park, as well as Kirkstall Abbey and Leeds Dock. Bone Down is a literary affinity group, an inclusive home for community and poetry.
As a reflection of the particularly strong Leeds and Yorkshire poetry scene, previous Bone Down events have seen considerable talent perform. The picnic on 29/04/2026 will be no different, with Talluhah Howarth and John Delvin in the spotlight.