What’s On

Manchester City of Literature is inspired by the possibilities from our city to bring people together to celebrate stories. You’ll find everything that’s going on here, whether you’re a reader, a writer, you want to support independent publishers or are looking for something to entertain you or young children. Don’t forget that you can add your own events here too, if you’re an organiser. 

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Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery

Location: The Whitworth Art Gallery
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Young Identity Workshops at Old Trafford

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Lost Wor(l)ds Exhibition: Intersemiotic Translations by Peter Constantine

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An Evening with Gary Stevenson: The Trading Game

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MACFEST 2024: Food and the Fine Arts of Healing

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Firth Lecture – Professor Alpa Shah

Location: Samuel Alexander Building
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Roger McGough: Alive and Gigging

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MACFEST 2024: First Moroccans in Manchester

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Roger McGough’s The Sound Collector

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Imagine Liberation – Creative Writing Workshop, Performance and Open Mic

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A Guianese Night

Location: Samuel Alexander Building
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Global Stories with filmmaker Yasmin Fedda

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Love, Loyalty and Deceit

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Jeremy Deller In-Conversation

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Percival Everett in Conversation

Location: Manchester Central Library
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Conversations with Comic Authors: Marta Cartu

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Stockport Stories

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Northern Lights Writers’ Conference 2024

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Live Literature: poets Rachel Mann and Rory Waterman read from their new collections

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Online Talk: Wives and Daughters – A TV Classic

Location: Elizabeth Gaskell's House
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Verbose X Band on the Wall featuring Esther Koch and Zena Barrie

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MACFEST 2024: Eid Celebration and Multilingual Mushaira and Poetry

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David Nicholls in Conversation

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Lost and Found in a Book: Creative Writing Workshop

Location: Instituto Cervantes
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Word Central

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An Evening With John Bowers KC: Downward Spiral

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Can we hear race? Now you see me, now you hear me: Raciolinguistic identity

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Conversations with Comic Authors: Amanda Baeza

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Storytime: ‘Otra vez Don Quijote’

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2024 Northern Publishers’ Fair

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Online Talk: The Life of Charlotte Brontë – An Introduction

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Female Writers in the Spanish Golden Age: Erauso

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Olivia Laing: The Garden Against Time

Location: Manchester Central Library
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MACFEST 2024: Comedy with Ola Labib: The Art of Living a Double Life

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Reading… Luis Alberto de Cuenca

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Online Talk: Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë – A Friendship

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Online Talk: Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë – Fame and Fortune

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MACFEST 2024: Stories and Storytelling in Islamic Manuscripts

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Storytime: ‘El Perro Picatoste’

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The effect of linguistic attitudes on the adoption of features

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Conversations with Comic Authors: Laura Pérez Granel

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MACFEST 2024: Islam and Caring for The Natural World

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Online Talk: Cynthia V Molly: ‘Love me as I am, sweet one, for I shall never be better.’

Location: Elizabeth Gaskell's House
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MACFEST 2024: Books with Sefi Atta

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Online Event: Villette V Ruth: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell

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MACFEST 2024: David Hirsch: Comic Books – Hello from Dubai!

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Online Event: As Seen on Screen – Costume in TV Adaptations

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MACFEST 2024: Books, books, books! From Spark to Story: The Journey of Samira Surfs

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Online Talk: Charles Darwin – Literary Science in Wives and Daughters

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Female Writers in the Spanish Golden Age: María de Zayas

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Online Event: Wives and Daughters V Mansfield Park – The Domestic Novel

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Female Writers in the Spanish Golden Age: Santa Teresa

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Online Talk: Manchester in Victorian Literature – Lancashire Day

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