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SUMMARY:Family Reading Day
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nJoin 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… \nReady Steady Lift Off!: 10.30 – 11.30am \nNavigate\, sing\, paint and play your way through astronaut training in this immersive theatre show for families\, with live performance\, music and storytelling. Once you’ve decorated your rocket\, orbited space\, encountered strange creatures and overcome cosmic catastrophes\, you can fly your rocket home. Warning: Don’t wear your best party clothes! \nSuitable for ages 3 to 8. Tickets £5 \n  \nThe Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Time: 11.45am – 12.15pm & 1.30 – 2pm \nIt’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 50th birthday! Eric Carle’s world-famous story is the most read children’s book in Britain. Celebrate this well-loved book with a range of crafts\, games and story reading by our expert storyteller. \nSuitable for ages 2 to 5. FREE – booking advised \n  \nChris Haughton: 12.30 – 1.15pm \nJoin Chris Haughton for a fun-packed afternoon of stories\, funny trailers\, clever props\, dancing and drawing games. An exciting new voice in children’s literature\, Chris is the acclaimed picture book creator of A Bit Lost\, Oh No George!\, Shh! We Have a Plan and Goodnight Everyone. Children and adults alike will delight in his cast of quirky characters. \nSuitable for ages 3 to 5. Tickets £5 \n  \nGiraffes Can’t Dance 20th Anniversary Dance Party: 2 – 2.45pm \nWould you bet on a long-legged\, wobbly-kneed giraffe to win a dance contest? We know we wouldn’t! Come and join us at the Jungle Dance as we celebrate 20 years of Giles Andraea’s bestselling book\, Giraffes Can’t Dance. Unleash your inner animal and dance like your favourite jungle character with Annabel Newfield. \nSuitable for ages 2 to 5. Tickets £5  \n  \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/family-reading-day-3/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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SUMMARY:creative:connection
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nIn 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 build confidence and break down barriers. Working with professional musicians\, the young people will work together to write and perform original songs at this special celebratory event. \nTickets FREE – booking advised \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/creativeconnection/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191017T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
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SUMMARY:Deborah Moggach
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nIn 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 prompted a change in James\, or did Phoebe and Robert simply not know him that well in the first place? \nDeborah considers family\, aging\, and the stories we construct to protect ourselves and others. She is the author of 19 novels\, including Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\, as well as film and television adaptations\, including the BAFTA-nominated Pride & Prejudice. Hosted by Rachel Cooke. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/deborah-moggach/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191015T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191015T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
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SUMMARY:Howard Jacobson
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nIs 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 about her lovers – while Shimi remembers everything and clings to a moment of shame from his childhood. Can they find healing and redemption in each other? \nA much-loved Manchester writer\, Howard is the author of 16 novels including the Booker Prize-winning The Finkler Question\, and won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic literature with Zoo Time. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/howard-jacobson-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191014T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191014T203000
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SUMMARY:Jung Chang
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \n‘One loved money\, one loved power and one loved her country’. \nInternational 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 book tells the story of the three extraordinary Soong sisters from Shanghai who\, via their own and their husbands’ positions of power\, shaped the course of 20th century China\, leaving an indelible mark on history. \nJung is the acclaimed author of three previous non-fiction books including Wild Swans\, which has sold 20 million copies and is banned in mainland China. Hosted by Alex Clark. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/jung-chang/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191013T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191013T173000
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SUMMARY:Mona Eltahawy: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nLeading 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 and Girls\, Mona plans to teach women and girls to harness their power through embracing the sins they’re not supposed to commit: to be angry\, ambitious\, profane\, violent\, attention-seeking\, lustful and powerful. Join her at Manchester Literature Festival to be part of the feminist revolution. \nMona is an Egyptian-American author\, broadcaster and social commentator.  She has been acknowledged as spearheading the #MosqueMeToo movement and has won a number of prizes including the Women’s Media Centre Speaking Truth to Power Award. Hosted by Mariam Khan\, Editor of It’s Not About the Burqa. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/mona-eltahawy-the-seven-necessary-sins-for-women-and-girls/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191013T140000
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SUMMARY:Deborah Levy
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \n‘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 – and how time might not be linear at all. \nAn acclaimed British playwright\, novelist and poet\, Deborah has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize with her novels Swimming Home and Hot Milk.  Her superb recent ‘living autobiographies’ Things I Don’t Want to Know and The Cost of Living explore what it means to be a woman and a writer in the 21st century. Hosted by Kate Feld. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/deborah-levy/
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CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191010T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191010T200000
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SUMMARY:Elif Shafak
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nDoes anyone care about a sex worker\, murdered and abandoned in a bin in Istanbul? Tequila Leila’s friends do. In her superb new novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World\, Elif Shafak considers the meaning of family – the one we’re born into and the one we create – the restrictions society places on anyone deemed different\, and what it really means to live. \nElif is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist (Honour\, The Bastard of Istanbul) and the most read female author in Turkey. An advocate for women’s rights\, LGBTQ+ rights and freedom of speech\, Elif is an inspiring public speaker. Presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/elif-shafak/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191009T183000
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SUMMARY:Kerry Hudson: Lowborn
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \n“I decided that I’d start to try to acknowledge the strength it had taken for me to get through\, and over\, my upbringing and become the woman I am today.” \nKerry Hudson grew up in a succession of council estates and B&Bs in some of the UK’s poorest towns. In her timely and heart-breaking memoir\, Lowborn\, she recounts her experiences of growing up in poverty in the 80s and 90s\, returning to each of the places she was raised in – from Aberdeen to Canterbury – to see the effects of Tory austerity in the present day. Kerry is the author of two award-winning novels\, Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma and Thirst. She will be in conversation with Naomi Frisby. \nTickets FREE – booking advised \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/kerry-hudson-lowborn/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191009T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191009T143000
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SUMMARY:Legna Rodríguez Iglesias\, Abigail Parry & Serafina Vick
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nCelebrated Cuban writer\, Legna Rodríguez Iglesias launches her bi-lingual poetry collection A little body are many parts. Legna has won a number of prestigious national and international prizes including the Premio Paz for her collection\, Miami Century Fox. Her intense\, often confrontational\, poetry irreverently skewers the hypocrisies of the Catholic church\, and challenges social mores with an uncomfortable focus on the human body. Legna will read alongside Abigail Parry\, who will share English translations of Legna’s poems\, and they will be joined in conversation by bridge-translator Serafina Vick. Presented in partnership with the Poetry Translation Centre. \nTickets FREE – booking advised \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/legna-rodriguez-iglesias-abigail-parry-serafina-vick/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191008T183000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Jim Kay: The Art of Harry Potter
DESCRIPTION:Jim 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 stories behind his work\, the artists that have inspired him and how he goes about creating images of the key characters from the Harry Potter novels. This is a chance to get a fascinating insight in to Jim Kay’s work directly from the artist himself. \nJim Kay’s inspired reimagining of J.K. Rowling’s classic series has captured a devoted following worldwide. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire brings more breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters to life – including Cedric Diggory\, Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour\, this full-colour edition will captivate fans and new readers alike as Harry\, now in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry\, finds himself competing in the legendary Triwizard Tournament and facing death-defying tasks\, dragons and Dark wizards. \nJim will be signing copies of the books after the event but due to time restrictions we ask that anyone attending doesn’t ask for illustrations or doodles in their book. An exclusive dragon print by Jim Kay will be available free to everyone attending each event.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-jim-kay-the-art-of-harry-potter/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191007T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191007T203000
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SUMMARY:Celeste Ng in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nCeleste Ng\, author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere\, joins us to talk about her work. Her gripping novels explore themes of race\, class and privilege through family dynamics\, and ideas of home and exile\, both in 1970s America and the present day. Celeste questions what it means to belong\, asking what happens if long-held beliefs are challenged by new events. A writer of short fiction and essays\, as well as a multi-award-winning novelist\, Celeste will discuss her craft\, her literary influences and what it’s like to have your work adapted for television. Hosted by Anita Sethi. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/celeste-ng-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T180000
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SUMMARY:Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nIt really is a man’s world. In her latest book Invisible Women\, writer and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez (Do It Like a Woman) considers how the perspective we have of the world has been recorded and shaped by men\, leaving silence and gaps when it comes to the stories and needs of women. From the temperature in the office and the height of shelves\, to smartphones and fitness monitors\, work-related cancers and crash-test dummies\, Caroline reveals how the data bias impacts in hidden ways on women’s health\, well-being and how we live our everyday lives. \nCaroline’s most notable campaigns have included getting Jane Austen – the first woman other than Queen Elizabeth II – to appear on Bank of England banknotes\, and successfully campaigning for a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett to be erected in Parliament Square. Caroline will be in conversation with host Alex Clark. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/caroline-criado-perez-invisible-women/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T153000
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SUMMARY:Cathy Newman: Bloody Brilliant Women
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nBloody Brilliant Women\, Channel 4 journalist Cathy Newman’s fascinating history of British women\, asks two important questions: what were the sources of female power in the 20th century?\, and what have women used this power to achieve? Cathy introduces us to women who’ve been long overlooked – from bookbinder Emma Paterson (founder of the Women’s Protective and Provident League) to engineer Beatrice Shilling\, who invented a brass collar to prevent fuel flooding RAF plane engines. From journalist Claudia Jones (founder of Notting Hill Carnival) to those who are leading the march onwards in the 21st century. Cathy will be in conversation with host Alex Clark. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/cathy-newman-bloody-brilliant-women/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191004T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191004T200000
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SUMMARY:Clementine Ford: Boys Will Be Boys
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \n‘The status quo might revere men as a class\, but it destroys them as individuals.’ In Boys Will Be Boys\, Australian feminist Clementine Ford’s furious and funny new book\, she considers why toxic masculinity isn’t just bad for women\, it’s also bad for men and boys. Through research\, culture and anecdotes\, Clementine looks at our approach to gender\, and how it represses children and the adults they become. Rather than discussing how to arm and protect girls\, Clementine flips the question and asks how should we protect boys from masculine stereotypes and raise them to be feminist allies? Hosted by Anita Sethi. \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/clementine-ford-boys-will-be-boys/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
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SUMMARY:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Paul Neads with special guest poet Gerry Potter. \nOctober’s guest Gerry Potter is a poet\, playwright\, director\, actor\, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva\, Chloe Poems. A favourite son of Manchester and his home town Liverpool\, he trained at Everyman Youth Theatre and National Museums Liverpool lists him amongst the city’s leading LGBTQ+ icons. The portrait documentary My Name is Gerry Potter premiered at Homotopia in 2015 and his published works are included in both the poetry and philosophy collections at Harvard University. Gerry (and Chloe) has nine collections of poetry and plays published by Flapjack Press\, the most recent being Manchester Isn’t the Greatest City in the World: The Rise and Rise of The Bourgeois Zeitgeist (2018). A new collection is due in 2019. \nYou can book your open mic slot from Thursday 12th September via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk. \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes maximum and allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. If the open mic slots are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list. \nIn association with Flapjack Press and Manchester Library & Information Service. \nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk | www.facebook.com/WordCentral | www.twitter.com/@WordCentralMcr \nManchester Central Library\, St. Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD. 6pm – 8pm [doors open 5.30pm] – Free Entry.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-poetry-and-spoken-word-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T190000
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SUMMARY:Food Mania!
DESCRIPTION:Let our expert Speed Mentors help you turn your new food business into a tasty success \n\n\nThe UK’s food and drinks sector is going from strength to strength with developments in street food and markets\, pop-up catering\, hospitality and myriad innovative new product launches all contributing to our growing reputation as a nation of foodies. With almost 7\,000 micro\, small and medium businesses in the food and drinks manufacturing sector last year\, there’s certainly no shortage of new brands eager to take a bite out of the market. \nWhether you’ve got an idea for a new product or service that will shake-up the sector\, or you’re already small business owner in the sector with ambitions to take a bigger piece of a profitable pie\, don’t miss this opportunity to chat to our seasoned food sector experts. \nThis fun and informal event brings together a team of experts in the food\, drink and hospitality sectors to provide insight\, support and guidance on everything from funding to flavour\, product to packaging and seasoning to sales! \nMentors include: \nEdwin Booth CBE\, Chairman & CEO of Booth’s supermarkets \nEmma Wren from Geordie Seoul\, Korean street food \nJoe Harper from Just Bee Drinks \nJason Bailey from Grub Manchester \nYetti Tabai\, founder of Yetti’s Kitchen (Caribbean fusion restaurant) and author of Food Business From Home \nClaire Kelsey from Ginger’s Comfort Emporium \nRachel Gilkes\, Senior Enterprise Co-ordinator Back On Track \nNick Jeffs from Plant Meats Food \nAlex Shaw from Kickback Coffee \nIf you’re a food business owner with an appetite for success\, don’t miss this event.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/food-mania/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190928T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190928T150000
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SUMMARY:Swinging 60's Party
DESCRIPTION:SORRY\, THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. \nYou are invited to a poptastic afternoon celebrating Older People’s Day and everything 1960’s.. \n \nFeaturing the fabulous Poppy Holiday! \nDowntown\nThese Boots are made for Walking\nMy Boy Lollipop\nStupid Cupid\nJimmy Mack\nand many more… \nSo get your beehives perfected\, platforms polished and get ready to shimmy\, twist\, frug and hitch-hike the afternoon away! \nTickets are limited so please book early by calling us on 0161 234 1932. \nGROOVY BABY!
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/swinging-60s-party/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190910T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190910T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190902T134502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190902T134502Z
UID:3905-1568138400-1568145600@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Spy Kids
DESCRIPTION:Spy Kids\, the last feature Robert Rodriguez ever shot on film\, tells the tale of Carmen and Juni Cortez who must save their parents from danger upon discovering they are secretly ex-spies. The 2001 film\, which features stars such as Antonio Banderas\, Alan Cumming and Danny Trejo\, grossed more than triple its budget at the worldwide box office and resulted in a memorable trilogy.  \nJoin us for a special screening introduced by film journalist and self-proclaimed Spy Kids fanclub president Millicent Thomas\, to celebrate the unique creativity of this modern classic. \nDoors open at 5:30pm. Film starts at 6pm.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/spy-kids/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190905T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190905T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190829T160200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T160200Z
UID:3890-1567706400-1567713600@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Melanie Rees with special guest poet copland smith. \ncopland smith\, a mathematician and ecologist\, is a poet (three times being amongst the runners-up in The National Poetry Competition)\, fiction writer\, songwriter\, playwright\, translator\, essayist\, naturalist and photographer. Born and adopted in Liverpool\, brought up in Wallasey and North Wales\, he now lives in Manchester\, where he runs Manchester Poets. \nOpen mic slots for September are fully booked\, but to get your name on the reserve list please email mail@flapjackpress.co.uk. \nIn association with Flapjack Press and Manchester Library & Information Service. \nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk | www.facebook.com/WordCentral | www.twitter.com/@WordCentralMcr \nManchester Central Library\, St. Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD. 6pm – 8pm [doors open 5.30pm] – Free Entry.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-poetry-and-spoken-word/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190828T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190828T201500
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190802T114145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190802T114743Z
UID:3684-1567018800-1567023300@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Colson Whitehead
DESCRIPTION:‘You can change the law but you can’t change people and how they treat each other.’ American author Colson Whitehead won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Underground Railroad. We’re thrilled to welcome him with Manchester Literature Festival to discuss his stunning new novel The Nickel Boys. In Jim Crow era Florida\, teenager Elwood Curtis is about to start taking advance classes at college when he’s prosecuted for a crime he didn’t commit. Sent to Nickel Academy reform school\, Elwood tries to hold on to the words of Martin Luther King\, but soon he has to learn how to survive in a school that’s trying to break him. Colson Whitehead will be in conversation with author Dave Haslam. \nImage copyright: Chris Close
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/colson-whitehead-the-nickel-boys/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190817T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190817T153000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190604T100603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190604T100603Z
UID:3604-1566050400-1566055800@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ellen's Longest Night
DESCRIPTION:Ellen’s Longest Night dramatises the amazing life\, thoughts and achievements of “Red” Ellen Wilkinson: one of Manchester and Britain’s best loved\, most iconic\, personalities. \nFrom poverty stricken Ancoats to one of the world’s most influential women\, we visit great events in Ellen & our city’s history. Particularly 7th November 1923 at The Free Trade Hall– built on the site of Peterloo. 3000 Mancunians crowd in to see two extraordinary\, charismatic politicians. Ellen\, stunted by poverty and illness\, yet commanding a fierce intellect and fun loving empathy that endeared her to the public. A relentless commitment to social justice and female equality making her our first woman Minister for Education & Shapurji Saklatvala. Scion of the fabulously wealthy Tata dynasty of India. Politicised by the terrible lives of Manchester workers\, “Sak” was elected as Britain’s only Communist MP in October 1922. Later imprisoned for incitement in a Trafalgar Square speech for the General Strike 1926; banned from his birth land India and had a Spanish Republican Regiment named after him. \nDuring the performance there will be AV elements with Images and video of the great events with which they were involved. \nWritten & Directed by Nakib Narat who previously worked with Royal Exchange Theatre\, Home\, BBC  Radio 4 and Granada Television. \nAges: 13+
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/ellens-longest-night/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190815T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190815T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190624T082802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190624T082802Z
UID:3643-1565892000-1565895600@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Peterloo Page and Screen. Professor John Belcham and Dr Jacqueline Riding In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Historians Jacqueline Riding and John Belchem explore the events and characters behind Mike Leigh’s epic feature film ‘Peterloo’ and the process of transferring history from books and archives to the big screen. \n\n\nJacqueline Riding was the production historian and head of research on Mike Leigh’s ‘Peterloo’ (2018) and author of the highly acclaimed tie-in narrative history ‘Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre’ (hardback 2018\, paperback May 2019) described by The Guardian as “Gripping … quite simply magnificent: splendidly researched\, thoroughly well written\, and very difficult to put down.” She is also the author of the award-winning ‘Jacobites: A New History of the ’45 Rebellion’ (Bloomsbury 2016) and is currently writing a biography of William Hogarth. \nJohn Belchem is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Liverpool\, chair of the Society for the Study of Labour History and a member of the Mayor’s Task Force for the Liverpool World Heritage Site. He has published and broadcast extensively on the history\, culture and character of his adopted city where he aspires to the title of honorary scouser. The bicentenary of Peterloo\, however\, has prompted him to return to his initial area of research expertise: popular radicalism in the early 19th century. His biography of ‘Orator’ Hunt: Henry Hunt and English working-class radicalism\, first published in 1985\, was reprinted in 2012. For those prepared to sit through to the bitter end\, you will notice his name in the credits for Mike Leigh’s ‘Peterloo’. \nImage: Jacqueline Riding speaking to the “Manchester Female Reformers” during filming of ‘Peterloo’. Photo: Simon Mein © Thin Man Films \nFree – booking required
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/peterloo-page-and-screen-professor-john-belcham-and-dr-jacqueline-riding-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190815T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190815T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190520T112155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190528T130527Z
UID:3356-1565874000-1565884800@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Peterloo Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for relaxed screenings of the Peterloo Film every month from June – August. \nThe Peterloo Massacre was a defining moment in British democracy which also played a significant role in the founding of The Guardian newspaper. Written and directed by Mike Leigh\, Peterloo is an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the 1819 Peterloo Massacre\, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. Each month we’ll be screening Mike Leigh’s Peterloo to mark 200 years since this watershed moment. \nSuitable for ages 12+ \nPay what you can – £3 / £5 / £8
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/peterloo-film-screenings/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190813T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190813T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190517T134108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190517T134108Z
UID:3319-1565686800-1565715600@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:1819-1981 Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Linda Brogan\, Excavating The Reno\, who excavated the Reno cellar club in Moss Side MCR\, and Manchester Histories have joined forces to present 1819 – 1981. This one day exhibition (running on Sat 15 June\, Thurs 18 July and Tues 13 Aug) will tell the stories of the memoirs of police and communities from the 1981 Moss Side riots to give voice to the long dead 1819 Hulme Hussars and the Peterloo protesters. \nAt the end of each day people will be invited to have discussions about the issues provoked by the exhibition\, and the Peterloo story of deprivation\, laws\, the people’s journey to fight for their rights\, the conflict\, aftermath\, and how it relates to today. \nFree – please drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/1819-1981-exhibition-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190810T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190810T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190604T084911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190604T084911Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Carolyn O’Brien
DESCRIPTION:Carolyn O’Brien’s novel\, The Song of Peterloo tells the powerful story of Manchester mill-worker\, Nancy Kay.  Desperate to provide for her ailing mother and sensitive son\, Nancy is drawn into the agitation for reform. But as she risks everything to attend a great assembly on St Peter’s Field\, Nancy is unaware the day will go down in history not as triumph\, but as tragedy; the Peterloo massacre. \nCarolyn will be in conversation explaining her inspiration for the novel and exploring its central theme of change\, as well as taking questions and book-signing. \nCarolyn was born and brought up in Manchester and studied English at St Catharine’s College\, Cambridge before qualifying as a solicitor.  Her short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies\, magazines and on-line. The Song of Peterloo is her debut novel.  It is published by Legend Press on 1 August 2019.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/in-conversation-with-carolyn-obrien/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190808T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190808T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190603T143556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T144111Z
UID:3585-1565283600-1565290800@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Song of Peterloo: A Performance
DESCRIPTION:Carolyn O’Brien’s novel\, The Song of Peterloo tells the powerful story of Manchester mill-worker\, Nancy Kay. Desperate to provide for her ailing mother and sensitive son\, Nancy is drawn into the agitation for reform. But as she risks everything to attend a great assembly on St Peter’s Field\, Nancy is unaware the day will go down in history not as triumph\, but as tragedy; the Peterloo massacre. \nA result of a collaboration between Carolyn O’Brien and fellow Mancunians – composer\, Shane Cullinan and soprano\, Claire O’Brien – The Song of Peterloo: a Performance will combine readings from the novel with music from the time\, together with newly-created work inspired by Nancy’s story and the brave reformers of 1819. \nAs the therapeutic power of music unites two of the novel’s central characters\, the performers will be joined on piano by Brigitte Schwarting\, a therapist from Nordoff Robbins\, the national music therapy charity. The event is held in aid of this remarkable charity. Carolyn will be signing copies of the book after the performance.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-song-of-peterloo-a-performance/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190806T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190806T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190603T140903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T141512Z
UID:3579-1565101800-1565119800@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Peterloo Poems by Manchester People
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this special event where we’ll have poets reading their own poems on the themes of Peterloo\, with an audience to cheer them on. \nOr if you are a mum with a young child bring them in the afternoon to our fun rhyming session  ‘We’re Going to St Peters Fields.’ \nThis event is organised by Seven Arches Publishing
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/peterloo-poems-by-manchester-people/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190803T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190803T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190603T135225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190715T112241Z
UID:3565-1564826400-1564848000@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:The International ArtActivistBarbie Flashmob Day
DESCRIPTION:Come and see Central Library transformed into the International ArtActivistBarbie FLASHMOB DAY headquarters. Featuring “ArtActivistBarbie”\, an activist who draws attention to inequality and injustice by posing in museums and galleries around the globe. See her work on Twitter @BarbieReports. \nThe space will live stream “ArtActivistBarbie” in action\, as it happens across 72 countries. Everyone can post photographs of their activism on a special Twitter hashtag for the day. \n“ArtActivistBarbie” workshops: \n11am – 1pm – Book Now \n2pm – 4pm – Book Now \nYou can also drop in and join the “ArtActivistBarbie” workshops to become an activist for the day. We will take “ArtActivistBarbie” into Manchester’s cultural spaces to pose for pictures\, ask questions and make a comment. Feel free to bring your own activist doll along. \nLed by an international collective of artists\, educators and academics in partnership with NSEAD and InSEA (International Society for Education through Art). By activist Sarah Williamson\, University of Huddersfield. With the support of Canadian Connections. \nPhoto: ArtActivistBarbie by Sarah Williamson \nFree – no booking required
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-international-artactivistbarbie-flashmob-day/
LOCATION:Performance Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190801T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190801T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T123123
CREATED:20190603T133058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T133853Z
UID:3554-1564682400-1564687800@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Road to Peterloo
DESCRIPTION:Musical concert performance of street ballads written around the time of the Peterloo Massacre\, telling the story of the underlying circumstances\, the events of the day\, and the aftermath. Songs are performed by folk musicians Pete Coe\, Brian Peters and Laura Smyth\, with a variety of acoustic instruments.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-road-to-peterloo/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Music
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