Dark Blue World – Czech Film Screening
Performance Space80 Years of VE Day: Czechoslovak RAF Pilots on Screen and in Real Life. image credit: photo © Biograf Jan Svěrák Please join us for a film screening of Dark […]
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Creative Archive Workshop Series: Rivers, Industrial Heritage, Regeneration
Ground Floor (Handling Tables)‘So from the river we acquire an idea of human community. That is one of its most salutary features, so deeply imbued that we scarcely notice it.’ (Ackroyd, 2007: 11) […]
Word Central with Dominic Berry
Seminar Suite, Floor TwoWord Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word. Doors open 5.40pm and free entry. Hosted by Tony Curry with special guest Dominic Berry. Book your open mic slot from noon […]
Kevin Barry
Performance Space‘A true wonder’ – Max Porter Tom Rourke, poet, doper, drinker is struggling to make a life for himself amongst the Irish migrant workers seeking to make their fortunes in […]
Laura Bates
Performance SpaceAI-powered technologies are revolutionising our lives and putting women and girls in danger. In her urgent and gripping new book The New Age of Sexism, Laura Bates delves into our future […]
Creative Archive Workshop Series: Rivers, Industrial Heritage, Regeneration
Ground Floor (Handling Tables)‘So from the river we acquire an idea of human community. That is one of its most salutary features, so deeply imbued that we scarcely notice it.’ (Ackroyd, 2007: 11) […]
Colm Tóibín
Performance SpaceTHIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT We are delighted to welcome Colm Tóibín back to Manchester to discuss his latest novel Long Island. Set twenty years after the events of Brooklyn, Eilis […]
Attica Locke
Performance SpaceThis is the best kind of thriller: as literate and thoughtful as it is fast-moving. Attica Locke has bags of style, and sings the blues on every page’ - Mick […]
LOVE STORIES etc FESTIVAL 2025
Performance SpaceLove Stories Etc… launched in 2024 with a one-day festival held at Manchester Central Library, with panels, workshops and book signings, aimed at encouraging romance readers to discover new authors. […]
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.
