Explore our projects

Find out more about what we do here at City of Literature. Whether it’s our big events like Festival of Libraries or International Mother Language Day celebrations, or projects produced in partnership with literary organisations around the City, you’ll find everything you need here.

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A City Connects

In March 2020, Manchester went into the first national lockdown, and would remain in a state of lockdown until the following year. At that time, the Manchester City of Literature team had only been working together…

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Made in Manchester Community Poem

On Monday 10 June 2019, a record-breaking multilingual community poem was launched at Manchester Central Library, attended by over 100 special guests and contributors to the poem. Made in Manchester is a collaborative project led by Read…

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