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SUMMARY:Susanna Clarke & Max Porter in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Piranesi lives in the House. Having no memory of how he arrived or even who he is\, Piranesi keeps careful records of the labyrinth of halls\, the many statues and the weather. Once a week he meets his friend the Other\, but he has no contact with any other living person until someone begins to leave him messages and the possibility arises that this perfectly constructed existence could crumble from within. \nPiranesi won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021\, the Red Tentacle prize at the Kitschies and was declared a Book of the Year in numerous publications. Susanna Clarke’s bestselling debut Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell won the British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year\, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award. It was turned into an acclaimed BBC television series. Susanna will be in conversation with Max Porter\, award-winning writer of Lanny and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers\, for her only in-person event this Autumn. Presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/susanna-clarke-max-porter-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:creative:connection
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to partner with the award-winning charity Create once again. The creative:connection project brings together disabled and non-disabled children to create\, build connections and break down barriers. Children from four schools in Manchester and Salford joined forces with top class musicians to write songs and create new pieces of music inspired by nature and the environment\, which they will perform at this special celebration event. \nTickets are free – booking essential. Email miriam@manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/creativeconnection-3/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221020T190000
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SUMMARY:Mariana Enriquez & Max Porter in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:‘“Is it true?” Gaspar had asked. “Is it true that the dead travel fast?” His father had finally looked up and said\, simply: “Some do.”’ Argentinian mistress of dark literature\, Mariana Enriquez joins us in Manchester to discuss her superb\, brutal novel Our Share of Night (translated by Megan McDowell). Gaspar is six years old when the Order first come for him. For years\, they have exploited his father’s ability to commune with the dead and the demonic\, presiding over macabre rituals where the unwanted and the disappeared are tortured and executed\, sacrificed to the Darkness. Now they want a successor. The novel spans the brutal decades of Argentina’s military dictatorship and its aftermath\, offering a critique of its rule. \nMariana is the author of the short story collections Things We Lost in the Fire and The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (also translated by Megan McDowell)\, which was shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. Our Share of Night was awarded the prestigious Premio Herralde de Novela. Mariana will be in conversation with Max Porter\, award-winning writer of Lanny and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/mariana-enriquez-max-porter-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221018T190000
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SUMMARY:After Sylvia
DESCRIPTION:With Moniza Alvi\, Romalyn Ante\, Rebecca Goss\, Ian Humphreys & Carola Luther\nOne of the most dynamic and admired American writers of the 20th Century\, Sylvia Plath’s legacy as a fiercely intelligent\, confessional feminist poet and novelist continues to inspire generation after generation. After Sylvia: Poems & Essays in Celebration of Sylvia Plath marks the 90th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s birth. At this special event\, poets Moniza Alvi\, Romalyn Ante\, Rebecca Goss\, Ian Humphreys & Carola Luther will perform new work inspired by and responding to Sylvia Plath’s work and legacy\, drawing on the themes of Rebirth\, Womanhood\, Magic\, Mothers & Fathers and Nature. \nMoniza Alvi has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize three times with her collections The Country at My Shoulder\, Europa and At the Time of Partition. Romalyn Ante is the author of Antiemetic for Homesickness which was shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Rebecca Goss is the author of four poetry collections. Her Birth was shortlisted for the 2013 Forward Prize for Best Collection. She is winner of the Sylvia Plath Prize 2022.  Carola Luther is the author of three poetry collections. Her most recent collection On the Way to Jerusalem Farm is shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. Ian Humphreys is a writer and editor. His debut collection Zebra was nominated for the Portico Prize and his work has been highly commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry. He is the producer and co-editor of After Sylvia. \nPresented in partnership with Manchester Poetry Library. \nThis event will be BSL interpreted \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/after-sylvia/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Nick Hornby: Dickens & Prince
DESCRIPTION:At first glance\, it seems unlikely that the white English Victorian writer Charles Dickens and the Black American musician Prince Rogers Nelson have anything in common. But as two of Nick Hornby’s ‘artists who have shaped me\, inspired me\, made me think about my own work’ he set out to see whether there was anything he could learn from these two great artists and their prolific bodies of work. What did they do with their phenomenal talent? Did it damage them in some way\, personally\, professionally? Is there any way of knowing where it came from? Did it kill them? \nWith wit\, curiosity and deep admiration Nick Hornby traces their extraordinary lives – from their difficult beginnings to the women they fell for to their limitless energy for work\, to their money and the movies – and brilliantly illuminates their very particular kind of genius. Come along and find out more. Nick is the bestselling author of eight novels including Just Like You\, High Fidelity and About a Boy and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written several award-winning screenplays including Brooklyn\, Wild and State of the Union. Nick will be in conversation with broadcaster and Observer critic Alex Clark. This event is sponsored by Weightmans. \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/nick-hornby-dickens-prince/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Little Reads Family Day
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a fun way to introduce children to important environmental issues? Sarah Roberts\, author of the acclaimed Somebody Swallowed Stanley\, will be sharing her latest beautifully illustrated book Somebody Woke Wilson. For millions of years\, Wilson has slept toasty deep underground\, along with billions of other carbon atoms. But when Wilson is suddenly woken\, he is swept away on a startling adventure. \nSarah will be joined by our wonderful Little Reads artist Nanya Lad providing a big fun craft session making recycled craft to take home. You can also go on an adventure around Central Library with our Earth Activity Trail. Collect your activity sheet and follow the big footprints to learn about the world around you. Collect your prize at the end! \nSuitable for ages 3 – 6 (please note all children must be accompanied by a responsible adult) \nBook on 0343 208 0500 or ‘book now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/little-reads-family-day/
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CATEGORIES:Family
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SUMMARY:Nihal Arthanayake: Let’s Talk
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning BBC broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake brings a defibrillator to our ailing ability to connect through conversation. In Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations\, Nihal considers what’s happened to discourse\, both public and private\, over recent years. How Brexit\, lockdown and social media have led to division\, monologues\, and a lack of in-person discussions. Through skills honed by his career on radio and\, ultimately\, the beauty of connection shown to him by his mother\, Nihal shares with us all how we can become better conversationalists\, bridge divides\, and become less lonely. \nNihal has built a platform of 1.2 million listeners a week on BBC Radio 5 Live who regard him as one of the best people of his generation at having public conversations. He is the winner of two Sony Gold Awards\, a BBC Radio and Music Award for Interview of the Year and was inducted into the Radio Academy’s Hall of Fame in his 40s. Hosted by poet and writer Andrew McMillan. \nTickets £10 / £8.  Book on 0343 208 0500
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/nihal-arthanayake-lets-talk/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221011T190000
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SUMMARY:Monica Ali
DESCRIPTION:The bestselling and much-loved author of Brick Lane\, Monica Ali visits MLF to celebrate her brilliant new novel Love Marriage\, her first book in a decade. Yasmin’s engaged to fellow Junior Doctor Joe\, but when they bring the two families together – one love-matched\, long-married Bengali immigrants who thrive on home cooking and the other a single white middle-class feminist academic writing on porn who gets the caterers in for parties – cracks appear in everyone’s lives and stories that have long been told have to be rewritten with significant consequences. \nMonica Ali is the author of five novels which have been translated into 26 languages. Her debut\, Brick Lane\, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and led to her being chosen as one of Granta’s 2003 Best of Young British Novelists. A television adaptation of Love Marriage is in development. \nTickets £12 / £10. Book on 0343 208 0500
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/monica-ali/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Damon Galgut in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:One family\, four decades\, four funerals\, one unfulfilled promise. Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize\, Damon Galgut joins us to discuss his masterpiece The Promise\, a gripping\, beautifully written family saga based around a farm in South Africa. Through the members of the Swart family\, Damon explores personal and political change as the family splinters and apartheid ends\, questioning whether reparations for Black South Africans can ever be sufficient. The Promise was a Book of the Year in The Guardian\, The Observer\, The Daily Telegraph\, The Sunday Times and the New Statesman. Author of nine novels and four plays\, Damon was previously twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize with The Good Doctor and In a Strange Room. Hosted by broadcaster and Observer critic Alex Clark and presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \nThis event will be BSL interpreted \nTickets £12 / £10. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/damon-galgut%e2%80%afin-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Paterson Joseph in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:It’s 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man\, especially one who has escaped slavery. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King\, write and play highly acclaimed music\, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery? In his captivating debut novel\, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho\, much-loved actor Paterson Joseph tells a story hidden for 300 years. An attempt ‘to correct the colour-balance that has allowed an historical distortion of British history to exist’ and ‘to add to the growing canon of Black Historical Fiction’ as entertaining as any of the revered classics. \nA star of stage and screen\, Paterson is best known for his roles in Casualty\, Peep Show and Green Wing amongst many others. He recently appeared in the BBC series Vigil and as Kamal Hadley in the adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses. Hosted by broadcaster and Literary Editor Ellah P. Wakatama. \nTickets £12 / £10. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/paterson-joseph-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Kit de Waal
DESCRIPTION:‘I live with the dread that one day when my young muscles rebel\, can take no more stillness and the brutal confinement of my very self\, I will stand and strip naked and burst out of my skin.’ Without Warning and Only Sometimes is Kit de Waal’s memoir of a childhood of opposites and extremes. Raised in Moseley\, Birmingham\, with her siblings\, food was scarce. Their Irish mother worked multiple jobs and believed the world would end in 1975. Their Caribbean father’s paradise was home – St Kitts – and when he wasn’t splurging on fancy clothes and a car\, he was saving to build his dream house there. Eventually teenage Kit found a route that led to her becoming an award-winning writer. \nKit is the author of three previous books. My Name Is Leon won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the year\, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and has been adapted for TV by Lenny Henry’s production company. The Trick to Time was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Hosted by broadcaster and Literary Editor Ellah P. Wakatama. Presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \n\nTickets £10 / £8. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below \n\n\n  \n\n\n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/kit-de-waal/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Jan Carson & Louise Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Two award-winning stars of Irish writing join us to discuss their acclaimed novels. Jan Carson’s The Raptures is a playful\, inventive whodunnit set in the small town of Ballylack. Hannah’s classmates are dying of a mystery plague to which she’s immune. As each of the dead children visit her\, Hannah begins to question her religious upbringing as the adults fall apart. Louise Kennedy’s beautifully vivid Trespasses tells of an affair between Catholic primary teacher Cushla and Michael\, a Protestant lawyer nearly twice her age. Set in and around Belfast against a backdrop of the Troubles\, lives are changed forever. \nJan’s second novel\, The Fire Starters\, won the EU Prize for Literature. Her stories have won the Harpers Bazaar short story competition and been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Louise has been twice shortlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award and is the author of the acclaimed collection The End of the World is a Cul de Sac. Hosted by Caroline Magennis\, Reader in 20th & 21st Century Literature at University of Salford. \nTickets £8 / £6. Book on 0343 208 0500 or via ‘Book Now’ link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/jan-carson-louise-kennedy/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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SUMMARY:History of Carnival Workshops by Linford Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:The history of Caribbean Carnivals is much more complex than many realise.  Carnival has origins based in colonialism and religious conversion\, but it has now become a festival and celebration tied to freedom and emancipation from slavery.  Learn about how established African-Caribbean communities transferred the traditions associated with carnival to Manchester as we explore the roots of the different aspects of carnival. \n\nWednesday 5 October at 5.30pm – suitable for age 14+\n\nBook via www.racearchive.org.uk/events/black-history-month/
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/history-of-carnival-workshops-by-linford-sweeney/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220909T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220909T235900
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SUMMARY:RETRO SILENT DISCO IS BACK!!!
DESCRIPTION:You may have been living on a prayer that our super popular Silent Disco was ever going to return\, but we were never gonna give you up!  \nIf you’re desperate to strut your funky stuff to the best retro pop\, rock and soul\, Central Library is the place you wannabee. Since you’ve been gone\, the fab DJ John has been creating some magic new mixes for you to get bootylicious to and reach for the stars! \nSo\, don’t stop believin’ and get booking those tickets now. \nTickets range from £6 (+ booking fee) to ‘4 tickets for the price of 3’ bundles! \nWe can’t wait to see you on 9th September!
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/retro-silent-disco-is-back/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music,Party
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220908T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220908T193000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Claire Mooney and Special Guests
DESCRIPTION:Join Claire Mooney and special guests at Central Library for a night of music and poetry like no other. \nClaire Mooney is a singer songwriter with numerous albums and international airplay to her credit. Described by NME as ‘a real talent’ and Music Week as ‘a people’s songstress’ Claire mixes the political with the playful and blends it all together into a performance of serious fun. \nFor personal reasons\, Dave Puller is now unfortunately unable to perform at this event\, but we are delighted to announce that Claire will be joined by award winning playwright and poet Alex Keelan and Manchester based writer and poet Marie Crook.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-claire-mooney-and-dave-puller/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220831T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220831T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T093431Z
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SUMMARY:Tsitsi Dangarembga: Black and Female
DESCRIPTION:Tsitsi Dangarembga will be in conversation with Naomi Frisby. \nBeing categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more than merely blackness and femaleness. Writing assures me I am. \nThis paradigm shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in an illuminating exploration of internationally acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga’s complex relationship  with race and gender. \nAt once philosophical\, intimate and urgent\, Dangarembga’s landmark essays address the profound cultural and political questions that underpin her novels for the first time. \nFrom her experience of life with a foster family in Dover and the difficulty of finding a publisher as a young Zimbabwean novelist\, to the ways in which colonialism continues to disrupt the lives and minds of those subjugated by empire\, Dangarembga writes to recentre marginalised voices. \nBlack and Female offers a powerful vision towards ‘re-membering’ – to use Toni Morrison’s word – those whose identities and  experiences continue to be fractured by the intersections of history\, race and gender. \nBlackwells Bookstore will be selling copies of Tsitsi’s new book and back catalogue on the night.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/tsitsi-dangarembga-black-and-female/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220830T180000
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central \nOpen Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry \nWith special guest David Viney \nTues 30th August\, 6.00pm – 7.45pm (doors 5.30pm) \nA free event every month at Manchester Central Library\, St Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD \nOur special guest for August is David Viney\, a multiple poetry slam winner\, playwright\, workshop facilitator and youth worker from Stretford. He has been poet laureate for Kendal Calling festival\, written for and performed on BBC radio\, written and performed two shows at Salford’s Lowry Theatre as part of Working Verse Collective\, and in 2019 was commissioned to write and perform at the opening and closing ceremonies of the World Taekwondo Championships. His second solo collection\, In Orbit\, Back Soon\, is out now. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 16th August via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-4/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220825T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220825T203000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Ella Mills
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries\, Waterstones Booksellers and Hodder Books present this special evening with bestselling food writer Ella Mills.\nJoin inspirational bestselling food writer Ella Mills\, founder of Deliciously Ella\, for a special event to celebrate the release of her latest book\, How to Go Plant-Based. \nIn How to Go Plant-Based\, Ella debunks the common myths surrounding a plant-based diet\, shares her experiences of cooking as a family and emphasises the importance of making the plant-based diet accessible for all ages. How to Go Plant-Based is not just a simple cookery book\, but a guide that incorporates scientific research and data to help families put together balanced meals with family friendly recipes.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-ella-mills/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220823T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220823T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading Challenge - Bridge Building Challenge
DESCRIPTION:How strong is paper? Could you make a bridge out of newspaper? Why not come along and take our challenge? Find out if you can make a structure strong enough to hold a heavy weight. Surprise yourself and amaze your friends in this fun activity. \nSuitable for 7-12 year olds \nFree – just drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/summer-reading-challenge-bridge-building-challenge/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220819T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220819T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220718T112624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220718T112624Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading Challenge - Circus skills
DESCRIPTION:Come and try your hand at spinning plates\, diablo\, feather balancing and juggling with The Circus House. The friendly team will be on hand to help you learn some new skills! \nSuitable for all ages and abilities \nFree – to book contact 0161 234 1983
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/summer-reading-challenge-circus-skills/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220815T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220815T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220711T135513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220711T135513Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading Challenge - Amazing Flying and Flapping Creations
DESCRIPTION:Join Jill to make some wonderful flying creatures\, butterflies\, bats\, birds\, whatever you wish to create.  Why not drop and have a go at making your own. Suitable for families with children aged 12 and under. \nFree – drop in – please consider making a donation if you can either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/summer-reading-challenge-amazing-flying-and-flapping-creations/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220812T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220812T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220711T133637Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Reading Challenge - Musical Science
DESCRIPTION:Experimenting with simple upcycled electrical junk\, we will build little noisy contraptions\, learn how they work and make some lovely noise together. Engineer an old speaker to sound like a robot chicken\, and tap a slinky for powerful laser blasts! No need to book just drop in. Suitable for families. \nFree – drop in – please consider making a donation if you can either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/summer-reading-challenge-musical-science/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220727T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220727T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220706T093921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T094103Z
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SUMMARY:Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan - Workshop and Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan is a writer\, poet\, educator and activist\, disrupting ideas of history\, race\, knowledge and violence\, co-author of A Fly Girl’s Guide to University  (Verve Poetry Press\, 2019) and author of Postcolonial Banter (Verve Poetry Press\, 2019). In the afternoon from 2pm she will be leading a workshop for young people aged 16+ centred around her new book Tangled In Terror\, Uprooting Islamophobia (Pluto Press\, 2022); the workshop will explore concepts such as identity and belonging. \nThe workshop will be followed in the evening from 6pm by a reading and book launch of Tangled In Terror with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan\, chaired by Dr Nisha Kapoor\, Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Warwick and author of Deport\, Deprive\, Extradite – 21st Century State Extremism\, and ending with a Q&A session with Suhaiymah. \nBoth events are free and can be booked through Eventbrite: \nWorkshop (starts at 2pm): https://SuhaiymahWorkshop.eventbrite.co.uk \nReading and book launch (starts at 6pm): https://SuhaiymahBooklaunch.eventbrite.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/suhaiymah-manzoor-khan-workshop-and-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220726T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220726T194500
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220629T094909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220629T094909Z
UID:6210-1658858400-1658864700@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Word Central - Now We Are Six! Birthday Special!
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Night\nHosted by Tony Curry\nPresented by Manchester Libraries & Flapjack Press\n\nJoin us at Manchester Central Library on Tues 26th July for our Now We Are Six Birthday Special\n6.00pm – 7.45pm (doors open 5.30pm)\nFree entry\n\nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th July via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk\nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer\nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day\nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-now-we-are-six-birthday-special/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Monthly event,Performance,Readings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220630T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220630T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220530T143805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220530T161658Z
UID:6104-1656612000-1656617400@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Crime Central with Russ Thomas\, Lesley Kara and Stephanie Sowden!
DESCRIPTION:Joining Rob Parker this month is Lesley Kara\, Sunday Times Top Ten author of ‘The Rumour’\, Stephanie Sowden\, Manchester based debut author of ‘After Everything You Did’ and Russ Thomas\, Sunday Times bestselling author of the DS Adam Tyler series. \nLesley Kara’s debut ‘The Rumour’ was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been published in 18 countries and optioned for TV. ‘The Rumour’ was the highest selling crime fiction debut of 2019 in the UK and a Kindle No. 1 bestseller. Her second novel\, ‘Who Did You Tell?’ was also a Sunday Times bestseller. Her third novel\, ‘The Dare’ is out now and her fourth\, ‘The Apartment Upstairs’ will be published in June 2022.Lesley worked for many years as a lecturer and manager in a large college of further education in London. She now lives in Suffolk and writes full-time. \nA real page turner. An engrossing and suspenseful tale with absorbing characters and plenty of shocking twists. Susan Lewis. \nStephanie Sowden grew up in Manchester. While studying History and Politics at Durham University\, she focused her degree on America in the 20th Century and has always found it an irresistible setting when writing. A fascination with the psychology behind crime and why people do bad things is also a driving nature in her work and her debut novel\, After Everything You Did\, was published by Canelo in 2022\, exploring the question of whether killers are born or made. \nAn Incredible debut. Mel Sherratt. \nRuss Thomas was born in Essex and now lives in Sheffield. After a few ‘proper’ jobs (among them: pot-washer\, optician’s receptionist and supermarket warehouse operative) he discovered the joys of bookselling\, where he could talk to people about books all day. His highly-acclaimed debut novel\, Firewatching\, was the first in the DS Adam Tyler series. His brilliant third DS Adam Tyler novel\, Cold Reckoning was published last month. \nA rollercoaster ride of a thriller . . . will keep you hanging on by your fingertips until the tense final moments. Peter Robinson. \nPLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis. They range from £2 – £8 plus the Eventbrite booking fee. \nAll tickets allow the same access to the event. This is a just a pricing system to accommodate for individual financial circumstances. \n \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/crime-central-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Monthly event,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220619T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220619T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220519T134225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220519T134225Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday Funday – See Myself in Books
DESCRIPTION:Join in a range of family-friendly activities celebrating the joy of books and stories celebrating diversity. Relax in the story tent with our storyteller sharing stories with characters and authors/illustrators of colour. Listen to music from a range of cultures and spend some time getting creative with a selection of craft activities for families. \nFree – drop in – please consider making a donation if you can either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/sunday-funday-see-myself-in-books/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220618T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220618T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220519T133251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220519T133251Z
UID:6089-1655557200-1655568000@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Trailblazers! Women of Manchester and the North West
DESCRIPTION:This Festival of Libraries event celebrates pioneering women throughout Manchester’s history. Come and join us for family-friendly activities\, including badge-making\, memorial walks\, and an archive-handling workshop. There will be short talks on influential women\, including Louise Da-Cocodia and Ellen Wilkinson. Kate Green MP will give the Margaret Ashton Memorial Lecture on ‘Women and Politics’\, and there will be a performance by the feminist band LittleSheGirls. \nFree – booking required
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/trailblazers-women-of-manchester-and-the-north-west/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220616T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220616T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220519T103930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220519T103930Z
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SUMMARY:Inspired By Libraries with Lemn Sissay
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Festival of Libraries\, join poet Lemn Sissay OBE for an exciting talk for young people on how libraries have inspired him in his life. Lemn says: “A library is the loudest place on the high street\, because books are bursting with very loud ideas! Yet it is where you can go for peace and quiet; among all that is happening in our world\, peace and quiet has great value. Libraries change the world because people who use libraries change the world.” \nAges: young people / all ages welcome \nPay what you can – £2\, £6 or £10
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/inspired-by-libraries-with-lemn-sissay/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220610T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220610T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220517T085649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T085649Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change is a Race and Migration Issue
DESCRIPTION:This panel presentation and discussion will look at the history of migration\, and how environmental refugees have always been there but have been increasing drastically over recent decades. Manchester’s history of activism on migration will be at the fore-front of this event\, looking at how this activism may need to further evolve in the future. Panel members will include researcher and writer Alex Randall from the Climate & Migration Coalition; creative producer\, artist and filmmaker Kooj Chuhan; musician and activist Emmanuela Yogolelo from DR Congo; visual researcher and activist Rabia Begum; and the antiracist activist Peninah Wangari-Jones who directs the Racial Justice Network. \nFree – please make a donation if you can
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/climate-change-is-a-race-and-migration-issue/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220610T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220610T143000
DTSTAMP:20260407T155849
CREATED:20220516T120904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T085933Z
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SUMMARY:David Adetayo Olusoga OBE
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday 7 June 2020\, protestors marching to support the Black Lives Matter movement in Bristol tore down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston and threw it in the city’s harbour. This dramatic action thrust the city onto the global stage and put it at the forefront of an ongoing and bitter culture war. Broadcaster and historian David Olusoga will explore how the commemoration of individuals from our historical past remains a matter of continued and highly contested importance. \nFree – booking required
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/david-adetayo-olusoga-obe/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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