• An Evening with TJ Klune

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    Queer Lit and Manchester Libraries present a truly special evening as we welcome T.J. Klune – the international bestselling author and legend in queer literature – for an intimate conversation at Manchester […]

  • Crime Central

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    Bringing the best from all over! Featuring the best and brightest crime writing talent both locally and from around the country - the big names are all coming to Manchester! […]

  • Crime Central

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    Bringing the best from all over! Featuring the best and brightest crime writing talent both locally and from around the country - the big names are all coming to Manchester! […]

  • Book Launch: Forbidden Waters by Rob Parker

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    Join us to celebrate publication of the second in Rob Parker's Cam Killick series: Forbidden Waters! We are thrilled to celebrate the launch of Rob Parker's Forbidden Waters on the 15th of […]

  • K-Queer: Intimacies of the Invisible

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    Join South Korean queer writer Kim Bong-gon for a talk and Q&A exploring themes of intimacy, invisibility and queer life through contemporary Korean literature. Kim Bong-gon emerged at a moment […]

  • Crime Central

    Performance Space

    Bringing the best from all over! Featuring the best and brightest crime writing talent both locally and from around the country - the big names are all coming to Manchester! […]

  • Crime Central

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    Crime Central is the monthly crime and thriller fiction event at Manchester Central Library. Bringing the best from all over! Featuring the best and brightest crime writing talent both locally […]

  • Manchester Literature Festival presents Satoshi Yagisawa & Emi Yagi

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    A celebration of contemporary Japanese fiction, this special event brings together Satoshi Yagisawa and Emi Yagi to discuss storytelling, love and loneliness. From the tender life-affirming novel Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, to the joyful, queer love story of When the Museum […]

  • Crime Central

    Crime Central is the monthly crime and thriller fiction event at Manchester Central Library. APRIL'S BUMPER GUEST AUTHORS ARE ISABELLE BROOM, LUCY ANDREW, HEIDI AMSINCK AND JAMIE WEST!! Bringing the […]

  • Crime Central

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    Crime Central is the monthly crime and thriller fiction event at Manchester Central Library. AUTHORS APPEARING IN MAY ARE ZOE SHARPE, SIMON MICHAEL AND DAVID PENNY!! Bringing the best from […]

  • Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones

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    One of the most irresistible voices in contemporary fiction Tayari Jones discusses her highly anticipated new novel Kin. Born days apart, Vernice and Annie share loss and friendship. Growing up in segregated America, their paths diverge, […]