HIF+
Year Round, Harrogate
About
Our HIF+ outreach and education programme offers you the opportunity to engage with top class professionals, published authors and passionate musicians, if you’ve ever wanted to try something new, get involved or learn more about the arts then HIF+ is the place for you.
The 36 bus travels daily between Ripon and Leeds and each holds a Library 36 shelf with new gifted books curated and donated by the Harrogate International Festivals. Reading can make a huge difference to people’s well-being, reducing stress, lowering blood pressure and heart-rate and preventing cognitive decline due to age. In addition, we know that providing an opportunity to step away from the digital screen means our free books are an easy and free way to try a new read.
Are you a book worm or simply an occasional reader? Visit our You’re Booked site and join in literary conversations, find your next read and hear from the world’s best authors all without having to travel a single footstep.
Have you ever wanted to learn more about the book you’re reading? Need a push to start and finish a book? Want to discuss why it ended the way it did and how you feel about that dastardly character? Well the Big Read, our giant book club gives you just that. Click here for more information.
Are you ages 7-25, love music and literature and want to try out events for free…? Then Library of Live is the thing for you.
Taking music to the villages. Global Villages is a series of free half-term workshops in the villages surrounding Harrogate for children aged 8 to 13.
We are passionate about encouraging children to read and write – a child who writes may become an adult who writes and the next big thing in publishing. Our Big Write worked with over 600 children in 2018 bringing the joy of words, imagination and writing to the district.
