Dashehra Diwali Celebration
Visit Central Library during the afternoon to start the celebrations off with performances, crafts and much more. Free for everyone. No need to book just drop in.
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Deborah Levy
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... ‘You are history.’ In her stunning new novel, The Man Who Saw Everything, Deborah Levy considers duality: duality of time, of place, of people. She explores how those dualities might affect our perspective – personally and politically […]
£10
Mona Eltahawy: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Leading feminist activist Mona Eltahawy (Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution) is on a mission to arm women and dismantle the patriarchy. Through her new manifesto, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women […]
£10
Deaf Education & Audiology: A Journey through Artefacts, Archives and Creativity
First Floor Display CasesThe histories and lived experiences of deafness are rich and complex. Extraordinary technological advances have been made in the exploration of hearing, alongside a better appreciation of the social and psychological impact of sensory perception on learning. The materials displayed offer an insight into the varied historical and contemporary approaches in deaf education and audiology, from […]
Jung Chang
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... ‘One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country’. International bestselling Chinese author, Jung Chang discusses her gripping new biography Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China. The […]
£10
Howard Jacobson
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Is it possible to find love in your nineties? In Howard Jacobson’s hilarious new novel Live a Little, nonagenarians Beryl Dusinbery and Shimi Carmelli reflect on their lives. Beryl’s problem is that she’s forgetting things – particularly […]
£10
Deborah Moggach
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... In her witty and poignant new novel, The Carer, much loved novelist and screenwriter Deborah Moggach tells the tale of James, his new carer Mandy, and his middle-aged children, Phoebe and Robert. Has the arrival of Mandy […]
£8
creative:connection
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... In partnership with Create, disabled and non-disabled students from Chatsworth High School & Community College, Grange School, Loreto High School and New Park Academy will come together to take part in an award-winning music project designed to […]
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 History Society event.
Family Reading Day
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... Join us for a day of fictional fun! Enjoy FREE arts and crafts in our marketplace, and let your imagination run wild in our special story den… Ready Steady Lift Off!: 10.30 – 11.30am Navigate, sing, paint […]
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 is welcome to join us in learning how to code these cute and friendly robots. Free – please drop-in
Heather Morris: Cilka’s Journey
Performance SpaceManchester Literature Festival presents... ‘She was the bravest person I ever met’ – Lale Sokolov. Heather Morris’s debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, became an international bestseller as it moved and uplifted readers across the world. New Zealand author, Heather joins […]
£8
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.
