Crime Central
Performance SpaceCRIME CENTRAL RETURNS 25 JUNE 2025 With the brilliant Rachel Wolf, H Critchlow and Antony Johnston! Bringing the best from all over! Featuring the best and brightest crime writing talent […]
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Author Event
An Evening with V. E. Schwab
Performance SpaceWe are hugely excited to welcome bestselling author V.E. Schwab to Manchester Central Library as we celebrate the publication of her new genre-defying, unforgettable novel Bury Our Bones in the Midnight […]
Jo Hamilton: The Post Office Scandal
Performance SpaceBlink Publishing and Manchester Libraries present an evening with Jo Hamilton at Central Library. 'My first big discrepancy came in the shape of a £2,000 shortfall that just made no […]
Featured
John Robb: ‘Live Forever: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Oasis’ – Oasis Week Q&A
Henry Watson Music LibraryFor those in the mood for a Talk Tonight, on 15th July, expect to find esteemed Northern music journalist and frontman of the Membranes / Goldblade JOHN ROBB in-conversation about […]
Attica Locke
Performance SpaceThis is the best kind of thriller: as literate and thoughtful as it is fast-moving. Attica Locke has bags of style, and sings the blues on every page’ - Mick […]
LOVE STORIES etc FESTIVAL 2025
Performance SpaceLove Stories Etc… launched in 2024 with a one-day festival held at Manchester Central Library, with panels, workshops and book signings, aimed at encouraging romance readers to discover new authors. […]
An Evening with A.F. Steadman
Performance SpaceJoin us for what promises to be a brilliant Q&A event with internationally bestselling author A.F. Steadman to celebrate the release of Skandar and the Spirit War, the fifth and final book in the […]
Crime Central Returns!
Performance SpaceGet it in your diaries!! Crime Central returns 24th September with a monster! Jo Furniss, Louisa Scarr, KJ Whitle and Michael Wodd will all be joining Rob Parker at Manchester […]
Manchester Literature Festival presents Simon Armitage
Performance SpacePoet Laureate and Festival favourite Simon Armitage returns to Manchester Literature Festival to read from his two new collections, Dwell and New Cemetery. In Dwell, inspired by the Lost Gardens […]
Manchester Literature Festival presents Sarah Hall & Daisy Johnson
Performance SpaceJoin us for a captivating afternoon with two of Britain’s most original literary talents, Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson, as they discuss their haunting new books exploring nature, myth, folklore […]
Manchester Literature Festival presents Jennie Godfrey & Andrev Walden
Performance SpaceMLF are sorry to announce that due to unavoidable personal reasons Jennie Godfrey is now unable to take part in this event. The event will however still be going ahead […]
Manchester Literature Festival presents Stories From Sweden: Lisa Ridzén & Agnes Lidbeck
Performance SpaceExplore the work of two of Sweden’s most acclaimed contemporary writers, Lisa Ridzén and Agnes Lidbeck, as they discuss their powerful debut novels and the shared themes of care, memory […]
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