Paper Piano Exhibition
Henry Watson Music LibraryPaper Piano – A Retrospective For the last 10 years, Paper Piano have been creating music related artwork and packaging. More recently they have focused on hand-made books; this combination […]
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Marketing the Manchester Ship Canal 1919-1939
Archives+ Ground FloorThis new exhibition showcases a range of original publicity material and print adverts created as marketing for the Port of Manchester. This saw a revolution in publicity with modern ideas […]
Elif Shafak: My Life in Books
Performance SpaceMuch loved Turkish-British novelist and regular MLF guest Elif Shafak joins us for a very special event. Elif will discuss some of the writers and poets that have influenced and inspired her […]
£14
Christie Watson & Lorraine Candy
Performance Space'THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES' ‘Is this the beginning of the end? Or the end of the beginning? How many women like me are changing like […]
£12
When the Dust Settles – Exhibition
Archives+ Ground FloorThere are currently thousands of refugees in the UK waiting for decisions on their family reunion applications. Forced migration and the traumatic consequences of separation, as well as of the […]
Annie Macmanus
Performance Space‘To be honest with you, I want to make music.’ In Annie Macmanus’ absorbing second novel The Mess We’re In it’s the early noughties and 21-year-old Orla Quinn has made her way […]
£12
Paper Piano Presents: DJ Goalpost
Henry Watson Music LibraryAnyone who has visited the Paper Piano exhibition may have wondered who or what DJ Goalpost is. To answer that, and to mark the end of the exhibition, Paper Piano […]
Terrance Hayes, Anthony Anaxagorou & Selina Nwulu
Performance SpaceThree dynamic poets perform work from their latest collections, exploring identity, heritage and injustice. Terrance Hayes returns to MLF with his blistering new work So to Speak. Exploring what it means to be […]
£10
Robert John Watson: The Sky Above Her
First Floor Exhibition HallExhibiting work spanning 20 years, Robert Watson (one of the country’s leading documentary and contemporary photographic artists) returns to Central Library. This free exhibition features images of Manchester Pride and […]
Little Reads Family Day with Nathan Bryon & Dapo Adeola
Performance SpaceAuthor Nathan Bryon and illustrator Dapo Adeola’s loveable character Rocket has already taught us about space in the award-winning Look Up! Then she tackled ocean pollution in Clean Up! Now, […]
£5
Gaia Vince in Conversation
Performance SpaceEVENT POSTPONED: Please note that due to travel disruptions we are having to postpone this event. Details of the new date will be confirmed shortly and our box office will […]
£12
Simon Armitage
Performance Space‘Perhaps have something that the poems don’t. Or perhaps they don’t have something that the poems do’. Where do song lyrics and poetry converge? Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has always […]
£14
From dedicated performance spaces to stairwells, screens, nooks and domes, Central Library might directly inspire your next event or intervention. Contact us to arrange a tour.
