Here's word of our next film evening! We'll be discussing and then screening 'The Drop', 4th July (7pm) at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central). Starring James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy, it's based on Dennis Lehane's brilliant source novel. Tickets £5

We're looking forward to welcoming Chris to Hull! It's free to join us, 20th May at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online), 7pm 🙌

Congratulations to all the authors on the longlist! We recommend you vote for one of the three who've visited us in the last year* 📚 *vote for who you like, they're all brilliant 😀

PSA - This is across the pond, but it will be streamed, so ... I believe England is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time, 8 hours ahead of Pacific Time in the U.S. Just in case ... 🤔

We're thrilled our next guest will be @brookmyre.bsky.social. Chris will be talking about 'Quite Ugly One Evening', 20th May (7pm). It's free to attend @hulllibraries.bsky.social or via the online stream. All the info on the link below 📚

We're thrilled our next guest will be @brookmyre.bsky.social. Chris will be talking about 'Quite Ugly One Evening', 20th May (7pm). It's free to attend @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) or via the online stream. All the info on the link below 📚

Huge thanks to you all for joining us last night! It was wonderful to hear from @sarahhilary.bsky.social. As always, thanks to @hulllibraries.bsky.social and @jebookshull.bsky.social for their help in making it happen. We'll see you in May!

You'll find us in the Children's Library on the ground floor of Central Library for @hullnoir.bsky.social again this month. If it's your first visit, library staff will be point you in the right direction. @sarahhilary.bsky.social will tell us about 'The Drowning Place' from 7pm 📚

If you're thinking of joining us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) next week (22nd April) to hear from @sarahhilary.bsky.social, it would really help us if you could reserve your free space. That way, we can make sure we're set up in the right room. Thanks!

Thanks so much for joining us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social last night to see 'Double Indemnity' and hear from Natalie Marlow. We appreciate the support! Film night will return in July. (Photos by us, @jebookshull.bsky.social and @sarahbabsmorgan.bsky.social). 📸

#Hull has lost one of its greats, the founder of the New Adelphi club. The terraced house has hosted bands who've gone on to headline stadiums and festivals, given a chance to kids in the city, and even allowed our Nick Q on stage to attempt a reading in almost darkness. #RIPJacko

Here's how April through to June looks for us. Thrilled to be welcoming @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @brookmyre.bsky.social and @jaystringer.bsky.social to @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online) 📚🙌

A couple of snaps from last week's event with Harriet Tyce. We packed almost 200 of you into @hulllibraries.bsky.social! 📚

TOMORROW EVENING 🙌 Just a reminder that we are at capacity for Harriet's visit. However, you can still join the free livestream if you wish. The cafe will be open from 6.30pm and J. E. Books have stock of 'Witch Trial' to sell before and after the event.

Just over a week until we welcome Harriet to @hullnoir.bsky.social at Hull Central Library. We are at capacity so please, if you can't make it, let us know. You can still join us via the livestream www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...

Our next event and it's turned into a monster! We're absolutely at capacity for in-person at @hulllibraries.bsky.social with Harriet Tyce, but the online stream is still available. If you have a ticket and find you can't use it, please let us know and we'll reallocate it 🙌

Here's the lowdown on our next film night! 🎬 We'll be talking all things 'Double Indemnity' with Natalie Marlow at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central), 11th April, before we screen the classic noir film. Tickets £5 via the link👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...

A reminder as you settle down to watch #TheTraitors final ... we've got the brilliant Harriet Tyce visiting us at @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social (Central and online), 18th March (7pm). It's free to reserve your space 👇#hull www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...

We're thrilled our next guest will be Carolyn Kirby. Carolyn will be talking about 'Ravenglass', 11th February (7pm). It's free to attend at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) or via the online stream 📚

Thanks to everyone who joined us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social and online last night to hear from @tariqashkanani.bsky.social. A great way to kick off 2026's book events!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social and online last night to hear from @tariqashkanani.bsky.social. A great way to kick off 2026's book events!

It’s TODAY! Heading down south now for this fantastic event. Really looking forward to chatting about The Midnight King and The Night Watcher shortly. Still time to grab a ticket!!

TOMORROW EVENING! Hope you can join us 👇

NEWS! I'm sure we've got a lot of fans of 'The Traitors' on here? Our March guest, Harriet Tyce, is a contestant in the new series which starts tonight on BBC1, 8pm 😍 Harriet even gave us a clue with her author photo! All the details on the programme in the comments (no spoilers, so we're all safe)

Not one, but two events coming up at @hulllibraries.bsky.social in January! Hope you can join us 📚📽️

Can’t wait to head down to Hull Noir in the new year! Looks like it’ll be loads of fun 🤩

With the help of @hulllibraries.bsky.social, we livestream our monthly author events. It's free to join. Link to January's event with @tariqashkanani.bsky.social below 📚

Thanks so much for all the support this year - we've had a brilliant time welcoming authors to #Hull. We return, 21st January, with the brilliant @tariqashkanani.bsky.social at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online) 📚

And that's 2025 done with a great talk from @nicolaupson.bsky.social! A big thank you to @hulllibraries.bsky.social, The James Reckitt Library Trust, all the authors who've joined us and our brilliant audience. See you in 2026! 📚

We're delighted our next film evening will feature a screening of 'The Odessa File', 10th Jan (7pm/£5) at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central). Our special guest is @tonykentwrites.bsky.social, who co-wrote 'Revenge of Odessa' with Frederick Forsyth. Ticket link in the comments 🎬

Coming soon!

Hear all about The Christmas Clue when Nicola visits @hullnoir.bsky.social on December 10th at Hull Central Library

We're thrilled our final guest of 2025 will be @nicolaupson.bsky.social. Nicola will be talking about 'The Christmas Clue', 10th December (7pm). It's free to attend at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) or via the online stream. We'll bring the mince pies!🎄 Please reserve via the links below.

Thanks to all who joined us last night at @hulllibraries.bsky.social and online. It was great to hear all things espionage from Merle Nygate 📚

HULL NOIR events are amazing! As an author youre guaranteed a great time and as a reader, you'll see varied and superb writers hosted by thr awesome Two Nicks!

We're thrilled our next guest will be Merle Nygate. Merle will be talking about her thrillers, 19th November (7pm). It's free to attend at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) or via the online stream. Please reserve your space via the link below.

Thanks to all who joined us @hulllibraries.bsky.social to hear from the brilliant JJ Connolly and then watch his equally-brilliant film, 'Layer Cake'. Film night returns January '26 🎥

Here's how we're looking for October to December!

Unfortunately, Neil Broadfoot can no longer join us this Wednesday evening. However, our @nickquantrill.bsky.social and @nicktriplow.bsky.social will present 'Three Book Wednesday'. We hope you can still join us for what will be a lively evening of book chat at @hulllibraries.bsky.social 📚

We're thrilled our next film evening at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) will be a showing of 'Layer Cake', 4th October, 7pm. We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen. Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...

NEXT WEEK! 📚

This will be -- as all @hullnoir.bsky.social events are -- excellent! (Also Layer Cake got kind of lost in the big British Crime Film boom, but it was so much better than most of them)

We're thrilled our next film evening at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) will be a showing of 'Layer Cake', 4th October, 7pm. We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen. Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...

Here's our next Hull Noir event : thrilled @nlbro.bsky.social is joining us at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online), 17th September. Also! Keep 4th October free for our next film evening. We've gone more recent this time with a banger from 2004. More soon!

A quick trip to @jebookshull.bsky.social to pick up a signed copy of #TheFridayGirl from Julie. I couldn't make it to @hullnoir.bsky.social on Wednesday but caught some of it on the livestream. Thanks to @russeldmclean.bsky.social for signing my copy

Such fun @hullnoir.bsky.social last night. Can't believe they sold out of stock! Fellow writers, if they ask you to go to Hull, say yes!

Tomorrow evening! It's free to join us always. Our guest this month is Russel McLean. News of our next film screening coming soon ...

So looking forward to this, especially as it's run by the brilliant @hullnoir.bsky.social crew!