Book Launch: Nail on the Head by Paul Cookson
Performance SpaceFLAPJACK PRESS PRESENTS: Nail on the Head A COVID-19 Poetry Diary, Vol. 4 Written daily throughout the UK’s restrictions to combat coronavirus, Nail on the Head takes us from the […]
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Book Launch
Titanic: A Maritime Mistake?
Performance SpaceA thrilling new take on the 1912 tragedy, as those tasked to keep the secret safe go on the run from an elite group of political figures. When Lancashire author […]
David Gaffney ‘Out of the Dark’ Book Launch
Performance SpaceA young man has rented a flat at the top of a high rise block in Birmingham where he watches the same video over and over again, an old British […]
TO PARADISE – Hanya Yanagihara in conversation with Kamila Shamsie
Performance SpaceHanya Yanagihara, author of the million-copy bestseller A Little Life, introduces her incredible new novel TO PARADISE. About this event We're thrilled to be welcoming Hanya Yanagihara, author of the […]
£10 – £25
Okechukwu Nzelu – HERE AGAIN NOW Book Launch
Performance SpaceJoin us at Manchester Central Library for the launch of Okechukwu Nzelu's new book HERE AGAIN NOW. About this event We're delighted to be working with Blackwells Books to host […]
£3.60 – £16.31
Crime Festival
Performance SpaceA CELEBRATION OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS IN MANCHESTER Wednesday 16th March - Cath Staincliffe, Joseph Knox and Karen Woods. Thursday 17th March - Mandasue Heller, Alex Caan, Chris Simms […]
£2.50 – £4.00
Crime Central with Russ Thomas, Lesley Kara and Stephanie Sowden!
Performance SpaceJoining Rob Parker this month is Lesley Kara, Sunday Times Top Ten author of ‘The Rumour’, Stephanie Sowden, Manchester based debut author of ‘After Everything You Did’ and Russ Thomas, […]
£2 – £8
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan – Workshop and Book Launch
Performance SpaceSuhaiymah Manzoor-Khan is a writer, poet, educator and activist, disrupting ideas of history, race, knowledge and violence, co-author of A Fly Girl’s Guide to University (Verve Poetry Press, 2019) and […]
An Evening with Ella Mills
Performance SpaceManchester Libraries, Waterstones Booksellers and Hodder Books present this special evening with bestselling food writer Ella Mills. Join inspirational bestselling food writer Ella Mills, founder of Deliciously Ella, for a special event to celebrate […]
£10 – £20
Tsitsi Dangarembga: Black and Female
Performance SpaceTsitsi Dangarembga will be in conversation with Naomi Frisby. Being categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more than merely blackness and femaleness. […]
£5 – £9.99
An Evening with Don Paterson
Performance SpaceManchester Libraries, Faber Books and Blackwells Bookshop are proud to present An Evening with Don Paterson to celebrate the publication of TOY FIGHTS - an exquisitely sharp, deeply humane and […]
£3 – £16.99
Sebastian Barry in Conversation with Kit de Waal
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival is delighted to welcome Sebastian Barry back to Manchester to discuss his beautifully crafted new novel, Old God’s Time. Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the […]
£8 – £10
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