Down and Out in Scotland
Meeting Room 1Dr 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 […]
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Family Reading Day
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Join us for a day of fictional fun! Enjoy FREE arts and […]
Roving Robots Coding Workshop
Media LoungeDo you want to learn how to code? Come along to our new series of coding workshops for all. Families, adults, grandparents, in fact anyone aged 8 years and above […]
Heather Morris: Cilka’s Journey
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... ‘She was the bravest person I ever met’ – Lale Sokolov. Heather […]
£8
It’s Not About the Burqa
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Raifa Rafiq, Salma El-Wardany, Yassmin Midhat Abdel-Magied & Afshan D’souza Lodhi In 2016, former Prime Minster, David Cameron, said he considered Muslim women to be traditionally […]
£8
Jackie Kay Presents
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Exceptional times call for exceptional writers. Scottish Makar, poet, and novelist Jackie Kay introduces her selection of ten of the most exciting BAME (black, Asian and […]
£8
She Kreativ
Performance SpaceEuropean 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 […]
A morning with Jacqueline Wilson
Performance SpaceSORRY, THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. Join us for this very special event with best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson. Celebrating publication of her new book, We Are The Beaker Girls, […]
£14.50
Living Library
Media LoungeA campaign that aims to change the record on ageing - Talking About My Generation - hosts people aged 50 and over, from different walks of life, who will share […]
Vaster than Empires – Poems about Vegetables
Performance SpaceGrey Hen Press invites you to the book launch of 'Vaster then Empires' their latest poetry anthology. Love them, sometimes loathe them, vegetables are such a part of our daily […]
Sunday Spooktacular
As part of Manchester’s Halloween in the City weekend, we are celebrating with a totally Spooky Sunday at Manchester Central Library. We have many tricks and treats planned for those children brave […]
£3.50
Black Then, Black Now: Black History Month 2019
Performance SpaceThe Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust and Big People Music present 3 days of history, 3 days of futurity on the 1st, 28th and 30th October. Come and experience black […]
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