This October, the second annual Love Arts Festival in Leeds will be raising awareness of the importance of mental health and well-being. As part of the campaign, Leeds Libraries will be running an interactive project called Hearty Words, all about raising awareness of mental health issues, and talking about what books make people feel uplifted or consoled.
As part of Hearty Words, Knit a Bear Face will be knitting bookmarks of all different colours and designs. Throughout October, these will be placed in books in Leeds Central Library. Each book will be chosen by the knitters for its relevance to Hearty Words, and each bookmark will come with a tag explaining why the book has been chosen – readers are then welcome to keep the bookmarks, or return them with the book with their own thoughts attached, or put them in a book that is important to them.
If you would like to contribute a bookmark, get in touch! Also, all are welcome to come along to our fortnightly knitting get-togethers at the Victoria Hotel pub in Leeds – upcoming dates are in the top-left corner.
Throughout October, you can also get involved in Hearty Words through Love Arts Festival, and by joining the conversation throughout October on which books are important to you on Twitter - #heartywords – and Leeds Libraries.
