Come and join Connie Glynn for a new term at Rosewood Hall at an event in celebration of Princess In Practice, the hotly-anticipated sequel to Undercover Princess. Connie will be talking about the world of THE ROSEWOOD CHRONICLES and modern fairy tales, her experiences as an author, and answering your burning questions about the new […]
Come and meet Ben Thornley and Gary Neville who will be signing copies of Tackled at Manchester Central Library on Thursday 6th December from 4pm. Who was the standout player when the Class of '92 won the FA Youth Cup? David Beckham? Paul Scholes? Ryan Giggs? Think again. Ben Thornley: The Class of '92 Star […]
Come and meet Dani Dyer signing What Would Dani Do? at Manchester Central Library on Saturday 6th April from 3pm. ABOUT THE BOOK: Dani Dyer stole the nation’s heart with her genuine warmth and honest personality when she won Love Island this summer. She proves that you don't need to succumb to peer pressure, be […]
MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL ‘How did we get here? Where might we go?’ Is the future ‘a screen onto which we project our fantasies and terrors’? What can the past tell us about the future? Are we all doomed? And what’s gender got to do with it? Jeanette Winterson’s latest book 12 Bytes considers our relationship with […]
MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL ‘Later I saw that change came as change always comes, from a chain of events with a long history, too long to see from back to front, till it come.’ In The Mermaid of Black Conch, Monique Roffey’s Costa Book of the Year winner, the life of David, one of the island’s […]
MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL A fig tree with a tale to tell; a grieving teenage girl who wants to know her family’s story; two sets of lovers hiding from society. In her enchanting new novel, The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak considers how the story of humans and the natural world are entwined. Set in London […]
MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL Much-loved former Labour MP Alan Johnson makes a welcome return to MLF. Following his series of successful memoirs – This Boy, In My Life, The Long and Winding Road and Please, Mr Postman, Alan has turned to fiction, joining us to discuss his thrilling debut novel The Late Train to Gypsy Hill. Featuring a Ukranian waitress mixed up in […]
MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL Celebrating a landmark new series curated by Booker Prize winning writer Bernardine Evaristo, Black Britain Writing Back re-introduces lost or hard-to-find books by Black writers who wrote about Black Britain and the diaspora across the Twentieth Century. Joining Bernardine is Jacqueline Roy whose novel The Fat Lady Sings tells the stories of Gloria and […]
Manchester 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 the release of her latest book, How to Go Plant-Based. In How to Go Plant-Based, Ella debunks the common myths surrounding a plant-based diet, shares her experiences of cooking […]
Crime Central is back with a bang on Thursday 16th February! Joining your wonderful host Rob Parker will be... Lia Middleton, author of the massive debut thriller 'When They Find Her'. Her new novel 'Your Word or Mine' came out in September 2022 to more rave reviews! Elliot Sweeney, who's debut novel is entitled 'The […]
Manchester 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 quiet of his new home, a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his […]
We’re delighted to welcome Harlan Coben to Manchester Central Library to celebrate the publication of his new novel I Will Find You. From the bestselling author of The Match and Tell No One comes a twist-laden page-turner of the highest order as a man wrongly convicted of killing his son escapes from prison to find out the truth. With more than […]
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