Tickets are now on sale for the first Leeds Independent Presses Poetry Festival (LIPPfest) due to take place in The Carriageworks theatre, Leeds on 24 September. There will be readings from 25 top-class poets from all over the UK and from a broad range of presses, including Fiona Sampson, Peter Sansom, Amanda Dalton, Kei Miller, Ian Parks, Helen Mort, Clare Shaw, Allison McVety, Pat Borthwick and Mike Barlow. There will also be six workshops, symposiums and publishing talks. An independent presses book fair will give people the chance to browse and purchase literature from a range of literature not stocked on the shelves of your average bookshop.There will also be a special reading by young poets as part of The Cadaverine Presents series and a showcase to celebrate 25 years of Leeds' Peepal Tree Press presented by Peepal Tree editor Jeremy Poynting.