Name: Manchester Poetry For All
Start: 2026-02-07T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-07T16:00:00+00:00
Location: Performance Space

January 2026
Boardgames Club

January 21 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Join our free weekly boardgames sessions! Try new games, rediscover old favourites and make new friends. Open to all ages and abilities. Boardgames provided - just bring yourself. Free, no […]
Bridge of Sunflowers – Exhibition

January 24 @ 8:00 am - February 26 @ 5:00 pm

Ground Floor and Reading Room

Drop by the Reading and Ground Floor Oculus area to see this compelling exhibition composed of artwork by young Ukrainian artists from the city of Lviv. This unique collection explores […]
Talk English Circles

January 27 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Recurring

Ground Floor (Handling Tables)

Come along to Talk English Circles at Manchester Central Library to practise speaking English and meet other people. Learn English, build skills and step into ESOL with this programme funded […]
The Temperance Movement: What Did #QuitLit Look Like 100 Years Ago?

January 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Performance Space

Long before today’s sober-curious conversations, Bookstagram posts, and bestselling quit-lit titles, people were already using words, stories, and literature to challenge drinking culture. This talk explores the original temperance movement, which […]
Boardgames Club

January 28 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Join our free weekly boardgames sessions! Try new games, rediscover old favourites and make new friends. Open to all ages and abilities. Boardgames provided - just bring yourself. Free, no […]
French Storytime

January 31 @ 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Children's Library

Join us for French Storytime to listen to stories in French and English, learn new words and make new friends!. Suitable for children aged 4-7 Free - please drop in […]
K-Queer: Intimacies of the Invisible

January 31 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Performance Space

Join South Korean queer writer Kim Bong-gon for a talk and Q&A exploring themes of intimacy, invisibility and queer life through contemporary Korean literature. Kim Bong-gon emerged at a moment […]
February 2026
Town Hall Lectures: ‘Wooden it be nice’ – Restoring our Doors and Floors

February 3 @ 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Performance Space

Manchester Town Hall closed in 2018 for major restoration to repair and upgrade the building to modern standards. The work includes conservation of many original heritage features. The Heritage Lectures […]
Boardgames Club

February 4 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Join our free weekly boardgames sessions! Try new games, rediscover old favourites and make new friends. Open to all ages and abilities. Boardgames provided - just bring yourself. Free, no […]
Crime Central

February 4 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Performance Space

Bringing the best from all over! Featuring the best and brightest crime writing talent both locally and from around the country - the big names are all coming to Manchester! […]
Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds: Artist talk and UK book launch

February 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Performance Space

Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds by Alan J. Ward is an artist book in the fullest sense: a work conceived, shaped, and authored through artistic practice. Developed through sustained collaboration […]
Manchester Poetry For All

February 7 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Performance Space

A free event, suitable for budding listeners of poetry or those keen to try out some of their own poetry. Listen to a selection of Manchester Writers from a 2025 […]

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