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OTS 2022
Series, 63 Events
Off the Shelf

Off the Shelf

Films and podcasts from Sheffield's Festival of Words - a celebration of books, reading, ideas and conversations.

Ruskinland book cover
Video, 30 mins

Ruskinland by Andrew Hill

26 Oct 2019 19:00
Sheffield General Cemetery
Podcast, 28 mins

Hidden Histories

17 Sep 2020 13:00
Cows in a field
Podcast, 40 mins

The Land that Made Us

18 Sep 2020 13:00
People walking through a flooded area with plastic coverings around their legs and feet
Podcast, 31 mins

Floods in Contemporary Graphic Novels

9 Oct 2020 10:00
Book jacket for Rethinking Capitalism by Michael Jacobs and Mariana Mazzucato (eds.)
Podcast, 30 mins

Rethinking Capitalism

9 Oct 2020 10:00
A window with 'NHS' and rainbows painted on it
Podcast, 40 mins

Folkloric Customs in the Time of Covid-19

9 Oct 2020 10:00
Artwork from the cover of 'White Ink Stains' by Eleanor Brown
Podcast, 33 mins

Poetry with Eleanor Brown

9 Oct 2020 10:00
Desiree Reynolds on stage holding a microphone and smiling
Podcast, 30 mins

Seduce

9 Oct 2020 10:00
Pond in Endcliffe Park Sheffield
Podcast, 18 mins

Sheffield Round Walk

9 Oct 2020 10:00
Film still of Simon Armitage on a bridge
Video, 9 mins

Poems by Simon Armitage

9 Oct 2020 10:00
A group of young people who produced work for The Youth Word Up! project
Podcast, 40 mins

The Youth Word Up!

9 Oct 2020 10:00
A corridor within a prison
Podcast, 53 mins

The Pains of Police Detention

9 Oct 2020 10:00
A vegan minced meat alternative, fruit and vegetables lay on a table top
Podcast, 22 mins

The Future of Food

9 Oct 2020 10:00
A neon light in the shape of an Instagram 'like' graphic
Podcast, 15 mins

Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures

9 Oct 2020 10:00
A group of people working on laptops and watching a woman present ideas on a whiteboard
Podcast, 22 mins

Motivational Factors Influencing Entrepreneurship

9 Oct 2020 10:00
The word 'security' displayed on a screen
Podcast, 12 mins

Public Perceptions of Data Gathering

9 Oct 2020 10:00
Typewriter keys
Podcast, 35 mins

Justice and Punishment in Executioners’ Memoirs

9 Oct 2020 10:00
Westminster lit up at night
Podcast, 35 mins

Who Enters Politics and Why?

9 Oct 2020 10:00
A handwritten letter with a fountain pen and purple flowers
Video, 59 mins

Dear Sister

17 Oct 2021 16:00
Illustration of a dog and their owner
Video, 5 mins

The Canine Care Project

18 Oct 2021 18:45
A map focused in on the Netherlands
Podcast, 20 mins

Is Our National Story in Crisis?

21 Oct 2021 18:45
Susanne Masters swimming
Video, 45 mins

Wild Waters – Susanne Masters

21 Oct 2021 21:00
The exterior of The Crucible
Podcast, 50 mins

Building The Crucible - Tedd George in conversation with Ashley Barnes

22 Oct 2021 13:00
An NHS logo with love heart design on the pavement
Podcast, 15 mins

Developing a New Generation of Leaders for Sheffield’s NHS

22 Oct 2021 18:45
Loxley by Peter Machan (book cover)
Video, 45 mins

Loxley: Wanderings in a Curious Valley – Peter Machan

23 Oct 2021 12:00
Off the Shelf 30th edition logo
Video, 40 mins

Whose (Hi)story, Whose Words?

24 Oct 2021 17:00
The Crucible and Lyceum theatres lit up at night
Podcast, 45 mins

Writing for the Crucible Stage – Chris Bush and Ashley Barnes

25 Oct 2021 13:00
The Northern Line by Judy Simons (book cover)
Video, 40 mins

The Northern Line – Judy Simons

26 Oct 2021 19:00
A young child turning the page of a book written in multiple languages
Podcast, 30 mins

An Un/familiar Space

27 Oct 2021 18:45
Still from VR artworks by Paul Evans for Festival of the Mind
Video, 35 mins

Sci-Art: The Very Big and the Very Small

28 Oct 2021 18:45
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour & Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (book covers)
Video, 50 mins

In Conversation: Mateo Askaripour and Jason Mott

29 Oct 2021 21:00
Warda Yassin in Orchard Square
Video, 5 mins

A Sonnet for Sheffield - Warda Yassin

30 Oct 2021 13:00
A bench on Haworth Moor
Video, 55 mins

Walking the Invisible: Following in the Brontës’ Footsteps – Michael Stewart

31 Oct 2021 11:00
Ed Miliband sat on a set of steps
Video, 1 hr

Ed Miliband MP in conversation with Paulette Edwards

25 May 2022 19:00
The Crucible Theatre in Tudor Square
Podcast, 1 hr

Crucible at 50 - Tanya Moiseiwitch

6 Oct 2022 12:00
The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh (book jacket)
Video, 1 hr

The Long Knives: Irvine Welsh in conversation with Nick Ahad

14 Oct 2022 20:30
Digital artwork for Words, Vision & Sound
Podcast, 15 mins

Words, Vision & Sound

18 Oct 2022 13:00
An over the shoulder shot of a woman sat on a step holding a smartphone
Podcast, 15 mins

Learning Hereditary Cancer on Social Media – Dr Stefania Vicari

18 Oct 2022 14:00
Two rows of trees lining either side of a road
Podcast, 30 mins

The Politics of Street Trees

21 Oct 2022 12:00
The Crucible and Lyceum theatres lit up at night
Podcast, 35 mins

Crucible@50 – Ashley Barnes and Tedd George in conversation with Robert Hastie

23 Oct 2022 12:00
A movie reel
Podcast, 30 mins

Australian Gothic: A Cinema of Horrors

25 Oct 2022 12:00
An old-style painting of a skull, a candle holder, a globe and a letter laid out across a table.
Podcast, 25 mins

How to Die Like a Romantic Poet

27 Oct 2022 12:00
Sheffield city skyline
Podcast, 30 mins

Positive Urban Transformations

28 Oct 2022 12:00
Logo illustration of a family with young children
Podcast, 25 mins

It All Kind of Links Really

29 Oct 2022 12:00
The Clockwork Eyeball by Steven Poore (book cover)
Video, 30 mins

Dyslexia Friendly Reading - Alistair Sims and Steven Poore

17 Jan 2023 10:00
Danae Wellington
Video, 2 mins

Danaë Wellington - 'The Blue Jeans Ask Her'

20 Jan 2023 10:00
An illustration of Joseph Coelho with accompanying text reading: 'Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022 - 2024'
Video, 5 mins

Watch: Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho reads 'The Children on the Throne'

7 Feb 2023 10:00
Artwork for Words, Vision and Sound
Video, 5 mins

Words, Vision and Sound with Akeem Balogun

21 Feb 2023 12:00
Leyla Josephine on stage performing poetry at Off the Shelf 2022
Video, 3 mins

Sounds About Write with Leyla Josephine

6 Apr 2023 12:00
Open book on old wooden table
Video, 42 mins

Invasion of the Spirit People with Juan Pablo Villalobos

3 May 2023 09:00
A large boulder sitting among trees in a forest
Video, 13 mins

S33 by Harriet Tarlo

16 Oct 2023 18:00
A stack of old paper folders on a shelf
Podcast, 17 mins

Wynter's Paper: Insanity or Warning?

28 Oct 2023 19:30
Cake with surprise centre of smarties, made by Rahul
Event, 35 mins

Showstopping Cakes – Rahul Mandal

5 Feb 2024 09:00
Skyline Sheffield south Yorkshire England UK
Video, 30 mins

Ear to the Street

26 Apr 2024 09:00
Photo of Middlewood Hospital
Podcast, 49 mins

Middlewood of the Mind

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Photo of a camera man filming a press conference
Podcast, 44 mins

Journalism as the Forth Emergency Service

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Crowd at a concert
Podcast, 47 mins

Analysing Taylor Swift with Sheffield's Tortured Poets Department

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Depiction of Waka Poetry
Podcast, 28 mins

Moonlit Verses: Unveiling the Secrets of Waka Poetry

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Image of plastic pollution
Podcast, 26 mins

Plastic: Unwrapped - Episode 1 - Plastic Planet

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Image of plastic pollution
Podcast, 21 mins

Plastic: Unwrapped - Episode 2 - System Solutions

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Image of plastic pollution
Podcast, 20 mins

Plastic: Unwrapped - Episode 3 - The Human Problem

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Image of a colourful yellow bird
Podcast, 26 mins

In Search of the Perfect Bird

14 Nov 2024 15:00
Image of a person creating a heart gesture with their hands and an LGBT Pride Flag in the background
Podcast, 15 mins

Impossible Bodies: Queer Writing Now

14 Nov 2024 15:00