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Colson Whitehead

Performance Space

‘You can change the law but you can’t change people and how they treat each other.’ American author Colson Whitehead won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Underground Railroad. […]

£8

Banned Books Week: Walled In

Seminar Suite, Floor Two

THIS IS A LIVE SCREENING FROM THE BRITISH LIBRARY Writers consider walls in literature and in our lives With David Hare and Ben Okri. Chaired by Samira Ahmed. David Hare […]

Down and Out in Scotland

Meeting Room 1

Dr Chris Paton explores some of the areas of ancestral hardship, to allow us to truly understand the situations that our forebears had to endure and overcome. An Anglo-Scottish Family […]

She Kreativ

Performance Space

European expat women share their experience of being a woman, an immigrant, and a business leader in creative industries. We will welcome 4 European expat women who run a creative […]

Capturing the Crescents

Performance Space

A Photographic Journey through Hulme in the 1980's - 90's, and how I survived and thrived by Richard Davis A talk and book signing by photographer Richard Davis.... 'I arrived […]

An Evening with Tom Kerridge

Start the new year in great shape and join us for an evening with Michelin-starred chef, bestselling author and BBC presenter Tom Kerridge as we celebrate the launch of his […]

£5 – £22

Behind The Scenes at Manchester Central Library

What do George V, Gypsy Rose Lee and Bernard Bresslaw have in common? Which musician was once thrown out of the Language and Literature Library? What would you find now […]

£12.50

Unspeakable: John Bercow – In Conversation

Blackwell's Manchester and Manchester Libraries are honoured to be hosting JOHN BERCOW at Manchester Central Library on Tuesday 18th February. The former Speaker of the House of Commons will be […]

£8.90 – £26.92

Xian Xinghai: The People’s Composer

Performance Space

Xian Xinghai (1905-1945) is one of the most famous Chinese composers of the 20th century. Thanks to his hardworking nature and international education, he composed numerous music pieces ranging from […]