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An Evening with Sarah Butler

Celebrate #LibrariesWeek with Manchester Libraries and acclaimed author Sarah Butler. Sarah is a writer and literature activist who lives in Manchester. She has three novels published by Picador in the […]

An Evening with Colm Tóibín

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MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL ‘I can make no sense of the present. It is all confusion. I know nothing about the future.’ In his extraordinary new novel, The Magician, Colm Tóibín conjures […]

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CANCELLED: Malika Booker, Vahni Capildeo & Jason Allen-Paisant

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 Due to unforeseen circumstances this Manchester Literature Festival event is cancelled Join us for an afternoon with three fabulous, inventive poets who raise questions about our relationships with language, landscape […]

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Word Central Open Mic Night

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Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word. Hosted by Tony Curry with special guest Ben Willems. Our special guest for the first Word Central […]

Crime Festival

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A 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

WORD CENTRAL Open Mic Night

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Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry. Presented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries. Next event: Tues 22nd March, 6.00pm (doors 5.30pm) with special guest Mantz Yorke. […]

Word Central

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WORD CENTRAL RETURNS TUESDAY 31 MAY 2022 James Hartnell is a poet, newspaper columnist and writer who has been published globally. He is presently editor of Current Accounts, the international […]

Word Central – Now We Are Six! Birthday Special!

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Word Central Open Mic Night Hosted by Tony Curry Presented by Manchester Libraries & Flapjack Press Join us at Manchester Central Library on Tues 26th July for our Now We Are […]

Word Central

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Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry With special guest David Viney Tues 30th August, 6.00pm - 7.45pm (doors […]

Word Central

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Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word presented by Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press Tues 25th October, 6.00pm - 7.30pm (doors open 5.30pm) Free entry Hosted by Tony Curry […]