THE MINISTRY OF LOST AND FOUND
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONED THE MINISTRY OF LOST & FOUND — A SECRET DEPARTMENT TASKED WITH PROTECTING THE MOST CURIOUS AND PRECIOUS OBJECTS EVER LOST OR FOUND. Calling all […]
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Banned Books Week: Walled In
Seminar Suite, Floor TwoTHIS IS A LIVE SCREENING FROM THE BRITISH LIBRARY Writers consider walls in literature and in our lives With David Hare and Ben Okri. Chaired by Samira Ahmed. David Hare […]
Swinging 60’s Party
Performance SpaceSORRY, THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. You are invited to a poptastic afternoon celebrating Older People's Day and everything 1960’s.. Featuring the fabulous Poppy Holiday! Downtown These Boots are […]
Food Mania!
Performance SpaceLet our expert Speed Mentors help you turn your new food business into a tasty success The UK’s food and drinks sector is going from strength to strength with developments […]
Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word
Performance SpaceHosted by Paul Neads with special guest poet Gerry Potter. October’s guest Gerry Potter is a poet, playwright, director, actor, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva, […]
Clementine Ford: Boys Will Be Boys
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... ‘The status quo might revere men as a class, but it destroys […]
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Dashehra Diwali Lantern Making Workshops
City LibraryIn preparation for the Dashehra Diwali celebration on 12 October, we will be holding lantern making workshops for those wishing to be a part of the lantern parade on the […]
Cathy Newman: Bloody Brilliant Women
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Bloody Brilliant Women, Channel 4 journalist Cathy Newman’s fascinating history of British […]
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Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... It really is a man’s world. In her latest book Invisible Women, […]
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Celeste Ng in Conversation
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Celeste Ng, author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Everything I Never Told […]
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An Evening with Jim Kay: The Art of Harry Potter
Performance SpaceJim Kay will be talking about his inspiration behind the art for the book and what it was like to illustrate J.K. Rowling’s words. Jim will reveal some of the […]
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Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, Abigail Parry & Serafina Vick
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Celebrated Cuban writer, Legna Rodríguez Iglesias launches her bi-lingual poetry collection A […]
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