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SUMMARY:Jan Carson & Louise Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Two award-winning stars of Irish writing join us to discuss their acclaimed novels. Jan Carson’s The Raptures is a playful\, inventive whodunnit set in the small town of Ballylack. Hannah’s classmates are dying of a mystery plague to which she’s immune. As each of the dead children visit her\, Hannah begins to question her religious upbringing as the adults fall apart. Louise Kennedy’s beautifully vivid Trespasses tells of an affair between Catholic primary teacher Cushla and Michael\, a Protestant lawyer nearly twice her age. Set in and around Belfast against a backdrop of the Troubles\, lives are changed forever. \nJan’s second novel\, The Fire Starters\, won the EU Prize for Literature. Her stories have won the Harpers Bazaar short story competition and been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Louise has been twice shortlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award and is the author of the acclaimed collection The End of the World is a Cul de Sac. Hosted by Caroline Magennis\, Reader in 20th & 21st Century Literature at University of Salford. \nTickets £8 / £6. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/jan-carson-louise-kennedy/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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SUMMARY:Kit de Waal
DESCRIPTION:‘I live with the dread that one day when my young muscles rebel\, can take no more stillness and the brutal confinement of my very self\, I will stand and strip naked and burst out of my skin.’ Without Warning and Only Sometimes is Kit de Waal’s memoir of a childhood of opposites and extremes. Raised in Moseley\, Birmingham\, with her siblings\, food was scarce. Their Irish mother worked multiple jobs and believed the world would end in 1975. Their Caribbean father’s paradise was home – St Kitts – and when he wasn’t splurging on fancy clothes and a car\, he was saving to build his dream house there. Eventually teenage Kit found a route that led to her becoming an award-winning writer. \nKit is the author of three previous books. My Name Is Leon won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the year\, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and has been adapted for TV by Lenny Henry’s production company. The Trick to Time was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Hosted by broadcaster and Literary Editor Ellah P. Wakatama. Presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \n\nTickets £10 / £8. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below \n\n\n  \n\n\n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/kit-de-waal/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Paterson Joseph in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:It’s 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man\, especially one who has escaped slavery. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King\, write and play highly acclaimed music\, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery? In his captivating debut novel\, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho\, much-loved actor Paterson Joseph tells a story hidden for 300 years. An attempt ‘to correct the colour-balance that has allowed an historical distortion of British history to exist’ and ‘to add to the growing canon of Black Historical Fiction’ as entertaining as any of the revered classics. \nA star of stage and screen\, Paterson is best known for his roles in Casualty\, Peep Show and Green Wing amongst many others. He recently appeared in the BBC series Vigil and as Kamal Hadley in the adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses. Hosted by broadcaster and Literary Editor Ellah P. Wakatama. \nTickets £12 / £10. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/paterson-joseph-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221010T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221010T203000
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SUMMARY:Damon Galgut in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:One family\, four decades\, four funerals\, one unfulfilled promise. Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize\, Damon Galgut joins us to discuss his masterpiece The Promise\, a gripping\, beautifully written family saga based around a farm in South Africa. Through the members of the Swart family\, Damon explores personal and political change as the family splinters and apartheid ends\, questioning whether reparations for Black South Africans can ever be sufficient. The Promise was a Book of the Year in The Guardian\, The Observer\, The Daily Telegraph\, The Sunday Times and the New Statesman. Author of nine novels and four plays\, Damon was previously twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize with The Good Doctor and In a Strange Room. Hosted by broadcaster and Observer critic Alex Clark and presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \nThis event will be BSL interpreted \nTickets £12 / £10. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/damon-galgut%e2%80%afin-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Monica Ali
DESCRIPTION:The bestselling and much-loved author of Brick Lane\, Monica Ali visits MLF to celebrate her brilliant new novel Love Marriage\, her first book in a decade. Yasmin’s engaged to fellow Junior Doctor Joe\, but when they bring the two families together – one love-matched\, long-married Bengali immigrants who thrive on home cooking and the other a single white middle-class feminist academic writing on porn who gets the caterers in for parties – cracks appear in everyone’s lives and stories that have long been told have to be rewritten with significant consequences. \nMonica Ali is the author of five novels which have been translated into 26 languages. Her debut\, Brick Lane\, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and led to her being chosen as one of Granta’s 2003 Best of Young British Novelists. A television adaptation of Love Marriage is in development. \nTickets £12 / £10. Book on 0343 208 0500
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/monica-ali/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Nihal Arthanayake: Let’s Talk
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning BBC broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake brings a defibrillator to our ailing ability to connect through conversation. In Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations\, Nihal considers what’s happened to discourse\, both public and private\, over recent years. How Brexit\, lockdown and social media have led to division\, monologues\, and a lack of in-person discussions. Through skills honed by his career on radio and\, ultimately\, the beauty of connection shown to him by his mother\, Nihal shares with us all how we can become better conversationalists\, bridge divides\, and become less lonely. \nNihal has built a platform of 1.2 million listeners a week on BBC Radio 5 Live who regard him as one of the best people of his generation at having public conversations. He is the winner of two Sony Gold Awards\, a BBC Radio and Music Award for Interview of the Year and was inducted into the Radio Academy’s Hall of Fame in his 40s. Hosted by poet and writer Andrew McMillan. \nTickets £10 / £8.  Book on 0343 208 0500
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/nihal-arthanayake-lets-talk/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:From Millworkers to Millennials: Jean Hobson
DESCRIPTION:From Millworkers to Millennials: paintings\, drawings and screen prints by Jean Hobson \n\n\nWhen Jean Hobson started drawing Manchester’s old buildings in 2007\, she did not realise she was charting a pivotal moment in the City’s history. \n\n\nThis new body of work explores the story of Manchester’s second renaissance. It looks at how the city’s rich architectural heritage shares its space with the bold new buildings which make the city such an exciting place in which to live\, work and relax. \n\n\nJean takes an original and colourful look at Manchester’s vibrant transformation\, she hopes visitors will take a fresh look at their surroundings\, appreciating the past and celebrating the present. \nFree – please consider making a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/from-millworkers-to-millennials/
LOCATION:First Floor Exhibition Hall
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Little Reads Family Day
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a fun way to introduce children to important environmental issues? Sarah Roberts\, author of the acclaimed Somebody Swallowed Stanley\, will be sharing her latest beautifully illustrated book Somebody Woke Wilson. For millions of years\, Wilson has slept toasty deep underground\, along with billions of other carbon atoms. But when Wilson is suddenly woken\, he is swept away on a startling adventure. \nSarah will be joined by our wonderful Little Reads artist Nanya Lad providing a big fun craft session making recycled craft to take home. You can also go on an adventure around Central Library with our Earth Activity Trail. Collect your activity sheet and follow the big footprints to learn about the world around you. Collect your prize at the end! \nSuitable for ages 3 – 6 (please note all children must be accompanied by a responsible adult) \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/little-reads-family-day/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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SUMMARY:Nick Hornby: Dickens & Prince
DESCRIPTION:At first glance\, it seems unlikely that the white English Victorian writer Charles Dickens and the Black American musician Prince Rogers Nelson have anything in common. But as two of Nick Hornby’s ‘artists who have shaped me\, inspired me\, made me think about my own work’ he set out to see whether there was anything he could learn from these two great artists and their prolific bodies of work. What did they do with their phenomenal talent? Did it damage them in some way\, personally\, professionally? Is there any way of knowing where it came from? Did it kill them? \nWith wit\, curiosity and deep admiration Nick Hornby traces their extraordinary lives – from their difficult beginnings to the women they fell for to their limitless energy for work\, to their money and the movies – and brilliantly illuminates their very particular kind of genius. Come along and find out more. Nick is the bestselling author of eight novels including Just Like You\, High Fidelity and About a Boy and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written several award-winning screenplays including Brooklyn\, Wild and State of the Union. Nick will be in conversation with broadcaster and Observer critic Alex Clark. This event is sponsored by Weightmans. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/nick-hornby-dickens-prince/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221018T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221018T203000
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SUMMARY:After Sylvia
DESCRIPTION:With Moniza Alvi\, Romalyn Ante\, Rebecca Goss\, Ian Humphreys & Carola Luther\nOne of the most dynamic and admired American writers of the 20th Century\, Sylvia Plath’s legacy as a fiercely intelligent\, confessional feminist poet and novelist continues to inspire generation after generation. After Sylvia: Poems & Essays in Celebration of Sylvia Plath marks the 90th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s birth. At this special event\, poets Moniza Alvi\, Romalyn Ante\, Rebecca Goss\, Ian Humphreys & Carola Luther will perform new work inspired by and responding to Sylvia Plath’s work and legacy\, drawing on the themes of Rebirth\, Womanhood\, Magic\, Mothers & Fathers and Nature. \nMoniza Alvi has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize three times with her collections The Country at My Shoulder\, Europa and At the Time of Partition. Romalyn Ante is the author of Antiemetic for Homesickness which was shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Rebecca Goss is the author of four poetry collections. Her Birth was shortlisted for the 2013 Forward Prize for Best Collection. She is winner of the Sylvia Plath Prize 2022.  Carola Luther is the author of three poetry collections. Her most recent collection On the Way to Jerusalem Farm is shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. Ian Humphreys is a writer and editor. His debut collection Zebra was nominated for the Portico Prize and his work has been highly commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry. He is the producer and co-editor of After Sylvia. \nPresented in partnership with Manchester Poetry Library. \nThis event will be BSL interpreted \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/after-sylvia/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221020T190000
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SUMMARY:Mariana Enriquez & Max Porter in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:‘“Is it true?” Gaspar had asked. “Is it true that the dead travel fast?” His father had finally looked up and said\, simply: “Some do.”’ Argentinian mistress of dark literature\, Mariana Enriquez joins us in Manchester to discuss her superb\, brutal novel Our Share of Night (translated by Megan McDowell). Gaspar is six years old when the Order first come for him. For years\, they have exploited his father’s ability to commune with the dead and the demonic\, presiding over macabre rituals where the unwanted and the disappeared are tortured and executed\, sacrificed to the Darkness. Now they want a successor. The novel spans the brutal decades of Argentina’s military dictatorship and its aftermath\, offering a critique of its rule. \nMariana is the author of the short story collections Things We Lost in the Fire and The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (also translated by Megan McDowell)\, which was shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. Our Share of Night was awarded the prestigious Premio Herralde de Novela. Mariana will be in conversation with Max Porter\, award-winning writer of Lanny and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/mariana-enriquez-max-porter-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221021T130000
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SUMMARY:creative:connection
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to partner with the award-winning charity Create once again. The creative:connection project brings together disabled and non-disabled children to create\, build connections and break down barriers. Children from four schools in Manchester and Salford joined forces with top class musicians to write songs and create new pieces of music inspired by nature and the environment\, which they will perform at this special celebration event. \nTickets are free – booking essential. Email miriam@manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/creativeconnection-3/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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SUMMARY:Susanna Clarke & Max Porter in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Piranesi lives in the House. Having no memory of how he arrived or even who he is\, Piranesi keeps careful records of the labyrinth of halls\, the many statues and the weather. Once a week he meets his friend the Other\, but he has no contact with any other living person until someone begins to leave him messages and the possibility arises that this perfectly constructed existence could crumble from within. \nPiranesi won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021\, the Red Tentacle prize at the Kitschies and was declared a Book of the Year in numerous publications. Susanna Clarke’s bestselling debut Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell won the British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year\, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award. It was turned into an acclaimed BBC television series. Susanna will be in conversation with Max Porter\, award-winning writer of Lanny and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers\, for her only in-person event this Autumn. Presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/susanna-clarke-max-porter-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221023T140000
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SUMMARY:Natalie Haynes
DESCRIPTION:Stone Blind\, Natalie Haynes’ latest feminist mythological retelling\, is the story of how a young woman became a monster. And how she was never really a monster at all. It’s the story of Medusa\, the mortal raised by her Gorgon sisters\, mistreated by Poseidon\, and hunted by Perseus. It’s a version that sheds light on who’s really angry\, who’s privileged\, who’s wronged\, who’s content\, and who’s an arrogant brat; turning the story you think you know on its snake covered head. \nNatalie is the author of three previous novels\, The Amber Fury\, shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize; The Children of Jocasta and A Thousand Ships\, and non-fiction books The Ancient Guide to Modern Life and Pandora’s Jar. She is the writer and performer of the BBC Radio 4 show\, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015\, she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience. Hosted by Naomi Frisby\, writer and co-host of Late To It podcast. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/natalie-haynes/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221023T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221023T170000
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SUMMARY:George Saunders in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:‘The best short story writer in English – not “one of”\, not “arguably”\, but the best’ – Time. In his latest short story collection\, Liberation Day\, George Saunders considers what it means to be human and a member of communities whose actions impact each other. Through inventive scenarios including an underground amusement park and a household with reprogrammed humans\, George comments on current society\, questioning whether this is the right way to live. Join us for what promises to be an unmissable conversation with a master of short stories on his first visit to the UK in five years\, and his only event outside of London. George is the author of ten books including the Booker Prize winning Lincoln in the Bardo\, Tenth of December and his recent exploration of Russian short stories\, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. Hosted by writer Kate Feld. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/george-saunders-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221025T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221025T193000
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Word Central\nOpen Mic Poetry and Spoken Word presented by Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press \nTues 25th October\, 6.00pm – 7.30pm (doors open 5.30pm) Free entry \nHosted by Tony Curry with guest poet Stevie Turner \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 11th October via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list \nEvent host Tony Curry is a performance poet\, playwright and workshop facilitator\, who runs literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. \nTony’s solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy\, Complicit Relations\, Moving and The Odyssey\, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. His play\, The Teddy Bear\, was staged at Manchester’s Contact Theatre and his work has been exhibited at the city’s art gallery and museum. His latest collection\, We Kid Ourselves\, was published by Flapjack Press in 2021. \nSeptember’s special guest Stevie Turner is a political and passionate poet whose work often pushes boundaries. Their debut collection Lost Decades was published this summer by Bent Key Publishing and is a personal yet relatable account of life without restrictive lines\, examining the deep human connections we make throughout life. Stevie performed with the Northern Poetry Takeover at this year’s Brighton and Camden Fringe festivals and launched a new poetry event\, Absinthe Nights\, at Northern Monk earlier this month.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-5/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221026T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221026T170000
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SUMMARY:History of Carnival Workshops by Linford Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:The history of Caribbean Carnivals is much more complex than many realise.  Carnival has origins based in colonialism and religious conversion\, but it has now become a festival and celebration tied to freedom and emancipation from slavery.  Learn about how established African-Caribbean communities transferred the traditions associated with carnival to Manchester as we explore the roots of the different aspects of carnival. \n\nWednesday 26 October at 2pm for families – suitable for age 10+\n\nBook via www.racearchive.org.uk/events/black-history-month/
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/history-of-carnival-workshops-by-linford-sweeney-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221027T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221027T190000
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SUMMARY:We Are Carnival! Party
DESCRIPTION:Explore historical carnival memories through archives via an exhibition\, film provided by North West Film Archive\, music by Manchester Carnival affiliated DJ and host Kemoy Walker\, a family arts workshop by local artist Tina Ramos Ekongo\, spoken word performances by Young Identity and delicious Caribbean food courtesy of Buzzrocks Caribbean Restaurant. \nBook via www.racearchive.org.uk/events/black-history-month/
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/we-are-carnival-party/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221028T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221018T075954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T101933Z
UID:6595-1666944000-1669741200@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Manchester Loving Earth Project - Textile Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition of over 70 Loving Earth Project textile panels will be at six city centre venues in Manchester. Central Library is one of these venues and has 10 panels on display. \nEach panel is individually crafted and depicts places\, creatures and other things that the maker loves\, but which are threatened by growing climate crisis and destruction. \nMore than 200 panels were displayed at COP26 in Glasgow and this Manchester exhibition will take place during COP27 in Egypt. Go to Archives\, City (lending) and Music Libraries to see 2-3 panels in each location. \nAlso look out for leaflets about the whole city centre trail and a Reflections Book for your comments on the exhibition as well as the growing climate crisis. \nFree – please drop in \nPlease consider making a donation to support our Library Live programme\, either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-loving-earth-project-textile-exhibition/
LOCATION:Ground Floor
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221101T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221101T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20220927T170916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T170916Z
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SUMMARY:Dominic Berry & John Darwin Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries invite you to the book launch of new poetry collections of two of Manchester’s finest. \nJohn Darwin: Ultrasilence \nFrom the provincial peccadilloes of Prestwich in Manchester to coffee houses and bars by the Bosporus in İstanbul\, John Darwin explores life’s three stages of arriving\, staying for a bit\, and then leaving.\nA poetic reflection on the ennui of the everyday\, intermittent pleasures\, and the quest to understand love and belonging from the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2021 Best Spoken Word Performance Award winner. \n“Gets to grips with the parts of life we’d rather forget.” – Dave Morgan\, Write Out Loud Co-founder \n“From early doors to last orders\, John Darwin’s poetry leaves us drunk on its honesty and thirsty for more.” – Tony Walsh AKA Longfella\, Poet \nDominic Berry: YES LIFE \n“How can I be now?”\nThis is a book charting one journey from challenging times to friendship and joy. To euphoric excitement and blissful rest\, from old He-Man toys\, choose-your-own-adventure books\, moving music in grin-packed pubs and fantastic festivals\, sublime seaside solitude\, and many different ways for a person to play.\n“Love is who we are.” \n“Rhythmic\, vibrant\, and gentle\, Yes Life is a love letter to the many ways in which we get to see the world.” – Desree\, spoken word poet & educator \n“A homage to youth\, to growth\, and to growing up. Whether it be the Latin rhythms of the paperback dancefloor or the 8-Bit energy of the nineties\, Berry comes in full force.” – Alex Vellis\, poet \nAUTHOR PERFORMANCES\, AUDIENCE Q&A\, BOOK SIGNING – FREE ENTRY. \nContent warning: Adult themes and language.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/dominic-berry-john-darwin-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221103T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221103T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20220927T114459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T072428Z
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SUMMARY:Crime Central
DESCRIPTION:Crime Central returns in November with three more amazing writers! \nLauren North – writes psychological suspense novels that delve into the darker side of relationships and families. Lauren’s love of psychological suspense has grown since childhood and from her dark imagination of always wondering what’s the worst thing that could happen in every situation. \nRoger Price – spent over 30 years as a Detective Inspector in the Lancashire Police Force\, the Regional Crime Squad and the National Crime Squad before leaving to concentrate fulltime on writing best selling crime novels. \nLaure Van Rensburg – is a French writer living in the UK and an Ink Academy alumna. Her stories have appeared in online magazines and anthologies such as Litro Magazine\, Storgy Magazine\, The Real Jazz Baby\, Best Anthology\, Saboteur Awards 2020). \nHosted by the wonderful Rob Parker. \nPLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis. They range from £2 – £8 plus the Eventbrite booking fee. \nAll tickets allow the same access to the event. This is a just a pricing system to accommodate for individual financial circumstances.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/crime-central-4/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221107T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221107T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221028T124839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T124843Z
UID:6623-1667842200-1667849400@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Launch of the Grass Roots Books Archive
DESCRIPTION:Grass Roots Books was Manchester’s radical bookshop from 1971 to 1990\, becoming the largest outside London and a worker’s co-operative. Former workers have collected memories and archive material about it. At this launch you will have the chance to see radical books and ephemera from the period. Archive material will also be on display in the library throughout November. We are seeking recollections from customers who visited the shop. Send your memories to grbhistory@gmail.com. \nFree – just drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/launch-of-the-grass-roots-books-archive/
LOCATION:Archives+ Ground Floor
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221112T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221231T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221111T105023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T105023Z
UID:6684-1668240000-1672506000@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:BBC100 in Greater Manchester
DESCRIPTION:This year the BBC celebrates its centenary. Archives+ has partnered with the BBC Archives and Greater Manchester’s ten archives services to select interesting local items from the BBC’s radio and TV archives. You can explore the new content on the Greater Manchester Place interactive at Archives+ showing content for each of the ten local authorities. The exhibition is supported by local and online activities around Greater Manchester. \nFree – please consider making a donation if you can either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/bbc100-in-greater-manchester/
LOCATION:Archives+ Ground Floor
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221114T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221101T160709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221101T160709Z
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SUMMARY:Cosgrove Hall Classics & Lupus Films on Loop
DESCRIPTION:Join Manchester Animation Festival for a selection of special free animation screenings on loop. Jump into classics from the iconic Manchester studio Cosgrove Hall such as Danger Mouse & The Wind in the Willows; and family favourites from Lupus Films like The Snowman and The Snowdog\, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and The Tiger Who Came To Tea. \n14 November\, 1–7pm\n15 & 16 November\, 9.30am–7pm\n17 November\, 9.30am–4.30pm \nFree – drop in – please consider making a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/cosgrove-hall-classics-lupus-films-on-loop/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221114T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221101T161249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221101T161249Z
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SUMMARY:Animated Immersive Experiences
DESCRIPTION:As part of Manchester Animation Festival 2022\, some of the best immersive animated films and experiences from around the world are on offer. This programme is full of virtual reality and 360 films that showcase brave new worlds for animation fans to explore. \n14 November\, 1–7pm\n15 November\, 12 noon–7pm\n16 November\, 10am–7pm\n17 November\, 10am–4pm \nFree – drop in – please consider making a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/animated-immersive-experiences/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221114T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230103T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221115T150957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T151318Z
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SUMMARY:Rooms of Our Own
DESCRIPTION:A National Lottery Heritage Funded project to reveal the hidden ‘herstory’ of the Pankhurst Trust. Delivered in partnership with Manchester Histories. This exhibition displays the Pankhurst Trust’s organisational archive\, now preserved for the public to access for the first time in Archives+. It will also premier a film Is the Fight Over? made by four young creatives in response to the archive. \nFree – please drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/rooms-of-our-own-exhibition/
LOCATION:Lwr Ground Floor – Manchester Histories Hub
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221122T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221122T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221101T165710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T162641Z
UID:6650-1669140000-1669143600@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Male beauty vlogging in China: a masculinities perspective
DESCRIPTION:Male beauty vlogging is flourishing in China despite fears of a masculinity ‘crisis’\, sissyphobia and LGBT crackdowns. Key questions arise: To what extent does male beauty vlogging challenge the notion of a crisis of masculinity and offer new\, positive gender expressions for men? To what extent does it reinforce hierarchical and oppressive formations of gender and sexuality? This talk\, part of a series of talks from the Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester\, analyses three male beauty vloggers’ promotion of a ‘fake-natural look for straight men’ involving non-visible makeup and examines another vlogger’s critique of the feminization of visible makeup-wearing men. \nFree – book here \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/male-beauty-vlogging-in-china-a-masculinities-perspective/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221126T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221126T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221114T135639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T135639Z
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SUMMARY:Fly On The Wall Press Christmas Celebrations!
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate four years of northern indie publishing with Fly on the Wall Press – bring your best Xmas outfit for a chance to win a prize! \nThe four year celebration of Fly on the Wall Press invites all members of the public both new and much-loved to be a part of our Christmas antics at Manchester Central Library. \nThere will be two rooms in the library’s performance space. One will be dedicated to workshops run by Fly on the Wall Press authors (paid\, sign up in advance)\, the other a free space with book tables (FOTW books and publisher friends announced below) and a performance space\, with an all day running schedule of poets and fiction writers. \nWe will be running a raffle for the chance to win a selection of free books and a competition for best dressed Christmas-themed outfit! \nAt the end of the day there will be a short talk from Managing Director of Fly on the Wall Press\, Isabelle Kenyon\, and a film. \nDetail to be added as events develop but current running order of the afternoon… \nRoom 1: \nPublisher tables: Saraband\, Young Identity\, Stairwell Books\, Northodox\, Hidden Voice Publishing\, Fly on the Wall Press and Fawn Press. \n1.35-1.55pm Fat Roland and David Hartley bring spoken word night ‘Bad Language’ vibes and ‘Fauna’ (longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize) has an outing! \n1.55-2.05pm York much-loved publisher Stairwell Books’ Clint Wastling will perform poetry from Quiet Flows the Hull \n2.05-2.15pm – Manchester award-winning publisher Saraband has a special appearance with author Adam Farrer \n2.15-2.20pm – Bethany Rivers performs from 2019 chapbook\, ‘the sea refuses no river’ \n2.20-2.40pm – Mancunian Ways Anthology: Performance medley from contributors Penny Sharman\, Alicia Fitton\, Fiona Boylan\, David Keyworth\, Joseph Darlington\, Sarah Pritchard \n2.40-2.50pm – Claire HM performs from ‘How To Bring Him Back’\, part of our 2021 shorts season \n2.50pm- 3.00pm Tom McColl reads from ‘Grenade Genie’\, a 2020 full poetry collection \n3.10-3.20pm Louise Finnigan performs from ‘Muscle and Mouth’\, part of our 2021 shorts season \n3.20pm – 3.30pm Demos Rising Anthology: Dipika Mummery\, Caitlin Kendall \n3.30-3.40pm Jiye Lee performs from ‘Aftereffects’ \n(Everyone now bundled into the other room for FOTW film showcase and slides – also includes prizes for best dressed Xmas outfit and raffle being drawn) \nRoom 2: \n1.35pm – 2.15pm Ruth Brandt Workshop: ‘Starting with Place’ (Suitable for both fiction writers and poets! Bring a pen and paper.) Starting with Place – Places inspire us\, evoke emotions and memories\, restrict our behaviour\, create conflict – core elements of stories and poems. Using written exercises\, this workshop will help you investigate place as the starting point for your writing. \n2.25pm – 3.05pm Graeme Hall and Clare Reddaway Workshop on building character (Come with a character you are currently working on developing for these exercises!) Writing is all about great characters\, right? Explore ways to deepen your characters’ worlds and make them more three dimensional. \n3.15-3.35pm Publisher Drop In (20 mins) – Pre-booked (full) consultation \n3.45pm – 4.10pm – FREE – Isabelle Kenyon talk and short film featuring FOTW’s international authors \n4.10-4.30pm – last chance to buy books before we close! 🙂
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/fly-on-the-wall-press-christmas-celebrations/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Fair,Workshops,Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221128T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221128T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T101432Z
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SUMMARY:Explore Your Archives Week film screening
DESCRIPTION:Film screening of Two and a Half Questions\, followed by Q&A with director Clovis Lowe and producer Marsha Lowe. How has your race shaped your life and dreams? Two and a Half Questions is an exploration of the lives and aspirations of the Windrush generation and those who came after them. Working with a group of young people\, filmmaker Clovis Lowe captured interviews with people of Caribbean and African heritage from all walks of life\, from lawyers and dancers\, to politicians\, social workers and entrepreneurs. More info at twoandahalfquestions.com \nFree – book your place here \nPlease consider making a donation to support our Library Live programme\, either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/explore-your-archives-week-film-screening/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221130T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221130T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T181716
CREATED:20221019T103013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T092944Z
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SUMMARY:Tiki Black - EVENT CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED \nAward-winning musician and author Tiki Black released her sophomore album this year\, which is entitled “The Sound Of The Broken Wand.” The  Manchester-based artist\, via Paris and Cameroon\, has drawn inspiration from some of the best names in the industry worldwide to create memorable albums. The acclaimed second album received an Outstanding Legacy Award from The Akademia Music Awards as well as critical praise alluding to its timelessness\, authenticity and quality. Entropy Mag (USA) underscores its “spellbinding beauty” and “grace.” Liverpool Sound and Vision (UK) calls it “influential\,” “charming\,” “uplifting\,” and “outrageously cool.” Fatea magazine (UK) speaks of a “phenomenal album\, full of soulful and haunting melodies that will capture your heart.”. \nThe author also bares her soul with her first book of the same name. This unique accompaniment to her second album is a collection of heartfelt poems and one essay. She weaves the wealth of her life into each line\, from bouncing around the world to experiencing different peoples and settings\, while evoking a sense of magic. Her unique voice blends Western and African cultures in a soothing way evoking both inner strength and fragility. \nTiki Black has been hailed as a true visionary for her writing and for her “bewitching” (Edgar Allan Poets)\, authentic and honest (The Next Gig – Netherlands\, Entropy) performances. She now shares part of her innermost self as she launches her book and CD at Central Library. \nImage credit: Lucy Ridges Photography
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/tiki-black/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music
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