Behind the Scenes Tour (Cultural Welcome Week)
Calling all students! Get to know your Central Library inside out with this behind the scenes tour. Which musician was once thrown out of the Language and Literature Library? What […]
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Board Games Club (Cultural Welcome Week)
Ground Floor (Handling Tables)Are you a wizard at Ticket to Ride? A fan of tableau building games? Come along a special Cultural Welcome Week edition of our free weekly boardgames sessions. Open to […]
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The Windrush Prize: Playwriting Tips & History of Black Theatre
Performance SpaceBrought to you by the Windrush prize in collaboration with Dr Kate Dorney, Senior lecturer in drama at Manchester University. Join us for our fifth workshop! We're taking it to […]
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Vivienne Westwood – Unseen Photography Exhibition by Paul Wolfgang Webster
First Floor Exhibition HallExhibition of unseen photographs of Vivienne Westwood by Paul Wolfgang Webster
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Tony Wilson – The Man Who Put Manchester On The World Stage
First Floor Exhibition HallExhibition of photographs of Tony Wilson in 1996
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2hr Music Production Workshop at Central Library
Henry Watson Music LibraryJoin us for a hands-on music production and DJ workshop at Central Library this October. Part of our Cultural Welcome Week programme. Welcome back your host and tutor Niah Jemijog […]
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Manchester Literature Festival 2026
Manchester Literature Festival brings another blockbuster programme of events to Library Live at Central Library this October. The Festival will be showcasing over 120 authors, poets, and thinkers from across […]
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Vintage & Vinyl Fair
Henry Watson Music LibraryGet ready for the Central Library Vintage & Vinyl Fair this Autumn! Part of the Cultural Welcome Week at Central Library, this new fair promises to be a vibrant forum […]
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Manchester Literature Festival presents Emily St. John Mandel
Performance SpaceBestselling Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel joins us to discuss her electrifying new novel Exit Party – exploring parallel worlds, political unrest and blurred realities. In a near-future Los Angeles emerging from conflict, Ari Walker and her […]
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Manchester Literature Festival presents Ian McMillan
Performance SpaceBeloved poet, broadcaster and performer Ian McMillan launches his moving and inventive new collection Red River Valley. Drawing on family life, everyday absurdities and the impact of austerity on the South Yorkshire village where he has lived […]
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Exhibition: Vivienne Westwood Unseen Photography Exhibition by Paul Wolfgang Webster
First Floor Exhibition HallExhibitor Wolfgang Webster: 'My experience of working with Vivienne Westwood remains a rare and significant chapter in my photographic journey. It revealed a powerful connection between fashion, culture, inclusivity and […]
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Exhibition: Tony Wilson-The Man who put Manchester on the World Stage
First Floor Exhibition HallExhibitor Wolfgang Webster: 'In 1996, I had the opportunity to photograph Tony Wilson - the man many called Mr Manchester. Hacienda FAC51 impresario, television presenter, record label owner and one […]
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