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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Deconstructing The Signature of All Things: The Books Behind the Story

30 April - 31 July 2026

Location: The Portico Library

Organiser: The Portico Library (Host) Susana Sanchez-Gonzalez (curator)

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Coffee and Poems Club: Extended Cut

6 May - 1 July 2026 Location: SEESAW Organiser: Louis Glazzard & SEESAW find out more

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Northern Lights Writers’ Conference 2026

9 May 2026 Location: Waterside Arts Organiser: Creative Industries Trafford find out more

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MIA Book Club: Reading the Islamic World – Gazing at Mecca and Medina

10 May 2026 Location: Online Organiser: MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) find out more

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KESHED: Stu Hennigan in conversation with Thom Cuell

11 May 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

Long-running Events

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Holding Space: Poetry Workshop Series
1 January - 31 December 2026
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Coppice Library Readers’ Groups
3 March - 10 June 2026
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Everything and Nothing: What makes a 220-year-old library?
20 March - 3 October 2026
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Once Upon A Time
21 March - 5 September 2026
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Queer Fiction Short Story Course with Chloe De Lullington
25 March - 19 August 2026
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Elemental: Manchester Poetry Library Summer Exhibition by Jean Sprackland
20 April - 31 October 2026
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Storytimes at Stockport Libraries
20 April - 13 June 2026
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The Forgotten Library: Enriqueta Rylands and her books
11 June - 30 October 2026
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Robin Ince at International Anthony Burgess Foundation

11 May 2026 Location: International Anthony Burgess Foundation Organiser: International Anthony Burgess Foundation find out more

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SOLACE HOUSE: Will Maclean in conversation

12 May 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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Anxiety in the Modern World with Joshua Fletcher

13 May 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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An Evening of Love and Romance with Cathy Bramley and Izzy Broom

13 May 2026 Location: Serenity Booksellers Organiser: Serenity Booksellers (Romiley) find out more

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Online Reading Course: The Gothic – Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

13 May 2026

Location: Online

Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House

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Rose &Renzo: Carolyn O’Brien in conversation with Louisa Reid

14 May 2026 Location: House of Books and Friends Organiser: House of Books and Friends find out more

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IMLD26: Manchester – One City, Many Voices

14 May 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: Manchester Lit&Phil and MACFEST & MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) find out more

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AUTHOR EVENT: ‘Rose and Renzo’ with Carolyn O’Brien

14 May 2026 Location: House of Books and Friends Organiser: House of Books and Friends find out more

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Sarah-Clare’s Literary Salon

15 May 2026 Location: Chorlton St Ninian’s Organiser: Sarah-Clare Conlon find out more

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The Poetry of Suicide: J.T. Welsch in conversation with Nikolai Duffy

15 May 2026

Location: Manchester Metropolitan University

Organiser: Manchester Poetry Library

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Eid Celebration with Multilingual Mushaira and International Poetry

17 May 2026 Location: Online Organiser: MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) find out more

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Verbose MCR 18th May event with Bad Betty

18 May 2026 Location: King's Arms Salford Organiser: Verbose MCR find out more

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LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT: Lauren J. Joseph in conversation

18 May 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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An Evening with John Patrick McHugh

19 May 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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How to Kill a Language: Sophia Smith Galer in conversation

19 May 2026

Location: Blackwell's Bookshop

Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop

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Meet Ben Miller

20 May 2026 Location: Simply Books Organiser: Simply Books find out more

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Online Talk: South and North Rather than North and South: Ellen Wilkinson, Elizabeth Gaskell and the ‘Big Strike’ Novel

20 May 2026 Location: Online Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House find out more

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The Sun Inn Poets – Community Consultation

21 May 2026 Organiser: Manchester Cathedral find out more

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‘Malc’s Boy’ – Shaun Wilson in conversation with Tony Walsh.

21 May 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: Manchester Libraries find out more

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Fieldwork as a Sex Object: Meena Kandasamy in conversation

21 May 2026

Location: Blackwell's Bookshop

Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop

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Book Launch: Are You A Running W*nker?

21 May 2026 Location: B For Butterfly Books Organiser: B For Butterfly Books find out more

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I Drink and I Know Things: An evening with James Bailey, Brian Groom, Morag Rose & Jamie Woodward

22 May 2026 Location: Serenity Booksellers Organiser: Serenity Booksellers (Romiley) find out more

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Oldham Wakes! by Sophie Tyrrell

23 May - 5 September 2026 Location: Gallery Oldham Organiser: Oldham Libraries find out more

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Books & Beats

23 May 2026 Location: House of Books and Friends Organiser: House of Books & Friends find out more

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Look For A Book 2026

25 May - 1 June 2026 Organiser: Manchester City of Literature

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Green Libraries Flag Exhibition

25 May - 21 June 2026 Location: Ashton Library Organiser: Greater Manchester Green Libraries Consortium find out more

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New Storytelling Zone at People’s History Museum

25 May - 3 January 2027 Location: People's History Museum Organiser: People's History Museum find out more

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Celebrating Caroline Aherne with David Scott

25 May 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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In Translation: Miha Mazzini and Celia Hawkesworth in conversation

26 May 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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Manchester Literature Festival presents Douglas Stuart

26 May 2026

Location: Contact Theatre

Organiser: Manchester Literature Festival

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Benengeli 2026. A Conversation about Libraries in Literature

27 May 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: Instituto Cervantes Manchester find out more

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The Vivisectors: Missouri Williams in conversation

27 May 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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Ocean Vuong in conversation at Stoller Hall

27 May 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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The HOBAF Book Club – Baby Friendly Session

28 May 2026 Location: House of Books and Friends Organiser: House of Books and Friends find out more

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Goyle, Chert, Mire Book Launch with Jean Sprackland

28 May 2026

Location: Manchester Metropolitan University

Organiser: Manchester Poetry Library

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An Evening with Robin Ince

28 May 2026 Location: Serenity Booksellers Organiser: Serenity Booksellers (Stockport) find out more

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Critical Muslim Issue 57

28 May 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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One Yellow Eye – an evening with Leigh Radford

29 May 2026 Location: Serenity Booksellers Organiser: Serenity Booksellers find out more

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An Evening with Gareth Brown

29 May 2026 Location: Simply Books Organiser: Simply Books find out more

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The Comics Lab

1 June - 31 July 2026

Location: Oldham Libraries

Organiser: The Comics Lab

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Art Bubble Danish Comics Exhibition

1-30 June 2026 Location: Forum Library Organiser: Manchester Libraries find out more

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We Should be Friends Forever: Manchester x Odesa Pop-up Exhibition

1 June - 30 August 2026 Location: Manchester Poetry Library Organiser: Manchester Poetry Library find out more

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Manc Holes and Beyond

1-30 June 2026 Location: Urmston Library Organiser: The Manchester Man Hole Collective find out more

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Elias Canetti, a Jewish Emigré in Britain: People, Places, Impressions 1939-1988

1-30 June 2026 Location: Didsbury Library Organiser: Swansea University find out more

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Exhibition: KFOR and Kosovo +25

1-30 June 2026

Location: Sale Library

Organiser: Heartstone & KFOR (The Kosovo Force)

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Barcelona Scenes

1 June - 31 July 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: Institut de Cultura de Barcelona find out more

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Joan Brossa Exhibition

1 June - 31 July 2026 Location: Instituto Cervantes Organiser: Instituto Cervantes find out more

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Fanzeen Jordanian Comic Exhibition 2026

1-30 June 2026 Location: Bolton Library Organiser: Bolton Libraries find out more

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Exhibition: Between Life and Death: Stories of Rescue During the Holocaust

2-30 June 2026 Location: Eccles Library Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Author Event: ‘The New Fatherhood’ Kevin Maguire in conversation with Sacha Lord

2 June 2026

Location: House of Books and Friends

Organiser: House of Books and Friends

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Poetry Encounters: Abraham Gragera in discussion with Brian Sneeden

2 June 2026 Location: Instituto Cervantes Organiser: Instituto Cervantes Manchester find out more

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Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones

2 June 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: Manchester Literature Festival find out more

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Author Event: ‘Literally’ with Ella Willis

3 June 2026 Location: House of Books and Friends Organiser: House of Books and Friends find out more

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An Evening with Shannon Chakraborty

3 June 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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What Poets Wear: Fashion Exhibition and Poetry Night

3 June 2026

Location: Longsight Art Space

Organiser: Cultureword

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Retold: Kat Dunn and Elle Machray in conversation Top Organizer

3 June 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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Online Talk: Cranford – A TV Classic

3 June 2026 Location: Online Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House find out more

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First Story: Greater Manchester Connect

4 June 2026 Location: Manchester Poetry Library Organiser: First Story find out more

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The One Day You Were My Husband – Rosie Walsh in conversation with Hannah MacDonald

4 June 2026 Location: Serenity Booksellers Organiser: Serenity Booksellers (Romiley) find out more

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I’ve Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell Exhibition in Rochdale

5-30 June 2026

Location: Rochdale Central Library

Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House

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Lunchtime Lecture – Chris Moss ‘Lancashire: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World’

5 June 2026 Location: House of Books and Friends Organiser: House of Books and Friends find out more

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Trafford Local Author Showcase at Urmston Library

6 June 2026 Location: Trafford Libraries Organiser: Trafford Libraries and Urmston Bookshop find out more

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Roundview: Sustainable Words (and Actions) for a Better World

6 June 2026 Location: Heald Green Library Organiser: Stockport Libraries & The University of Manchester find out more

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Roots & Reverence: Poetry from the Punjabi Sufi Tradition

6 June 2026 Location: Online Organiser: MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) find out more

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Little Bookworms Book Club June 2026

7 June 2026

Location: House of Books and Friends

Organiser: House of Books and Friends

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At the Edges of Languaging

8 June 2026 Location: Manchester Poetry Library Organiser: Manchester Poetry Library find out more

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The Wrong Man – Chris McDonald in conversation with Natalie Chandler

8 June 2026 Location: Serenity Booksellers Organiser: Serenity Booksellers (Romiley) find out more

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Writing for Wellbeing at Manchester Libraries

9 June 2026 Location: Chorlton Library Organiser: The University of Manchester find out more

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The Storygarden at Irlam Library

10-12 June 2026 Location: Irlam Library Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Festival of Libraries 2026

10-14 June 2026 Organiser: Manchester City of Literature

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Storynook at Little Hulton Library

10-12 June 2026 Location: Little Hulton Library Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Poetry and Planting for Children: Growing Words, Growing Worlds

10 June 2026 Location: Dukinfield Library Organiser: University of Salford find out more

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Transition Reads in Bury

10 June 2026 Location: Bury Libraries Organiser: Bury Libraries & Read Manchester find out more

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Build A Business in Greater Manchester Libraries

10-15 June 2026 Organiser: Build A Business GM find out more

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Knitting and crochet group at Altrincham Library

10 June 2026

Location: Altrincham Library

Organiser: Trafford Libraries

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The Quest for Planet P at Wigan Library

10 June 2026 Location: Wigan Libraries Organiser: The Knotted Project & Hawk Dance Theatre find out more

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Olive Branch by Vanhulle Dance Theatre in Stockport

10 June 2026 Location: Adswood and Bridgehall Library Organiser: Vanhulle Dance Theatre find out more

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Great Big Green Event

10 June 2026 Location: Bolton Library Organiser: Bolton Central Library find out more

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The Castle of Stories – Afternoon Tea with Matt Cain and Freya North

10 June 2026 Location: Serenity Booksellers Organiser: Serenity Booksellers (Romiley) find out more

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LEGO Club at Height Library

10 June 2026

Location: Height Library

Organiser: Salford Community Libraries

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Bookish Family Crafts at Rochdale Libraries

10-13 June 2026 Location: Rochdale Libraries Organiser: Rochdale Borough Libraries find out more

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Eccles Library Art Club

10 June 2026 Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Jamaican Patois/Patwah (Creole) On the Map

10 June 2026 Location: Old Trafford Library at Limelight Organiser: Creative Manchester find out more

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How Not to Save the World: Anthea Lawson in conversation

10 June 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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Chris Norris – Crime Author Talk at Festival of Libraries.

10 June 2026

Location: Reddish Library

Organiser: Stockport Libraries

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Author Event – Carolyn O’Brien Rose & Renzo

10 June 2026 Location: B For Butterfly Books Organiser: B For Butterfly Books find out more

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Storynook at Swinton Library

11 June 2026 Location: Swinton Library Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Transition Reads in Bolton

11 June 2026 Location: Bolton Library Organiser: Bolton Libraries & Read Manchester find out more

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Join author Farhana Islam as part of the ‘See Myself in Books Festival’ on tour in Wigan

11 June 2026 Location: Leigh Library Organiser: Read Manchester find out more

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The Quest for Planet P at Bolton Central Library

11 June 2026

Location: Bolton Library

Organiser: The Knotted Project & Hawk Dance Theatre

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Join author Ashley Thorpe as part of the ‘See Myself in Books Festival’ tour in Salford

11 June 2026 Location: Pendleton Library Organiser: Read Manchester find out more

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Tasting Children’s Literature – An Edible Readathon

11 June 2026 Location: Z-Arts Organiser: Creative Manchester find out more

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Storytelling & Moving Image Showcase: A Schools Takeover

11 June 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: SNE Studios find out more

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GO! Baby

11 June 2026 Location: Gallery Oldham Organiser: Oldham Libraries find out more

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Hale Library Readers’ Group

11 June 2026

Location: Hale Library

Organiser: Trafford Libraries

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Inspiring New Writing with Europeana.eu – a free resource you can start using today

11 June 2026 Location: Online Organiser: Beth Daley find out more

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Manchester City of Learning: Grow Your Future

11 June 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: MMU find out more

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Manchester City of Learning: DJ Workshop at Wythenshawe Forum

11 June 2026 Location: Forum Library Organiser: Reform Radio find out more

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Walkden Library Knit and Natter

11 June 2026 Location: Salford Community Leisure Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Height Library Creative Writing Group

11 June 2026

Location: Height Library

Organiser: Salford Community Libraries

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Manchester City of Learning: Ask Me Anything Careers Event

11 June 2026 Location: Avenue Library and Learning Centre Organiser: Yes Manchester find out more

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Manchester City of Learning: Spin the Wheel at Beswick Library

11 June 2026 Location: Beswick Library Organiser: The Kings Trust find out more

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Writing for Wellbeing at Stockport Libraries

11 June 2026 Location: Cheadle Library Organiser: Centre for New Writing find out more

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Children’s Craft Club at Platt Bridge Library

11 June 2026 Location: Platt Bridge Library Organiser: Wigan Borough Libraries find out more

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Irlam Library Arts and Crafts Club

11 June 2026

Location: Irlam Library

Organiser: Salford Community Libraries

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Kids Creative Writing Club at Stretford Library

11 June 2026 Location: Stretford Library Organiser: Trafford Libraries find out more

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Comic Creativity Galore in Salford

11 June 2026 Location: Walkden Library Organiser: Manchester City of Literature find out more

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Book Fest at Leigh library

11 June 2026 Location: Leigh Library Organiser: Wigan Borough Libraries find out more

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Maggie Grant – Author of Messy Heartfelt Love Stories

11 June 2026 Location: High Lane Library Organiser: Stockport Libraries find out more

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Census by Malandra Jacks at Trafford Libraries

11 June 2026

Location: Trafford Libraries

Organiser: Malandra Jacks

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Transition Reads in Rochdale

12 June 2026 Location: Rochdale Libraries Organiser: Rochdale Borough Libraries & Read Manchester find out more

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Eccles Library Little Builders

12 June 2026 Location: Eccles Library Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Book Exchange at the John Rylands Library

12 June 2026 Location: John Rylands Research Institute and Library Organiser: The John Rylands Research Institute and Library find out more

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Join author Farhana Islam as part of the ‘See Myself in Books Festival’ on tour in Salford

12 June 2026 Location: Pendleton Library Organiser: Read Manchester find out more

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Join author Ashley Thorpe as part of the ‘See Myself in Books Festival’ on tour in Wigan

12 June 2026

Location: Leigh Library

Organiser: Read Manchester

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Manchester City of Learning: Floral Buttonhole and Craft Taster Session at Central Library

12 June 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: Trafford Skills and College Group find out more

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Sashiko Visible Mending Workshop at Timperley Library

12 June 2026 Location: Timperley Library Organiser: Trafford Libraries find out more

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Olive Branch by Vanhulle Dance Theatre in Tameside

12 June 2026 Location: Droylsden Library Organiser: Vanhulle Dance Theatre find out more

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Census by Malandra Jacks in Bolton

12 June 2026 Location: Droylsden Library Organiser: Manchester City of Literature find out more

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Cinema Club Workshop at Wigan Library

12 June 2026

Location: Wigan Libraries

Organiser: Wigan Borough Libraries

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ImageWork Visioning Workshop at Atherton library

12 June 2026 Location: Wigan Libraries Organiser: Wigan Borough Libraries find out more

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Table Talk FM at Wigan library

12 June 2026 Location: Wigan Libraries Organiser: Wigan borough libraries find out more

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Manchester City of Learning: Band Session at Wythenshawe Forum

12 June 2026 Location: Forum Library Organiser: Music Evermore find out more

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Height Library Knit and Natter

12 June 2026 Location: Height Library Organiser: Salford Community Libraries find out more

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Eccles Library Comic Club

12 June 2026

Location: Eccles Library

Organiser: Salford Community Libraries

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Haunted Homes: A Horror Writing Workshop

12 June 2026 Location: Salford Community Leisure Organiser: University of Salford find out more

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Christopher Isherwood: An Illustrated Talk by Andrew Biswell

12 June 2026 Location: The Portico Library Organiser: Portico Library find out more

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Six Strikes: Crime Book Talk by Antonia Grave

12 June 2026 Location: Great Moor Library Organiser: Stockport Libraries find out more

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New York: A Literary Anthology – J. Michelle Coghlan in conversation

12 June 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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Manchester Literature Festival presents An Evening with Asako Yuzuki

12 June 2026

Location: Contact Theatre

Organiser: Manchester Literature Festival

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Dads and Diddies at Lamberhead Green Library

13 June 2026 Location: Lamberhead Green Library Organiser: Wigan Borough Libraries find out more

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Lego Club at Trafford Libraries

13 June 2026 Location: Trafford Libraries Organiser: Trafford Libraries find out more

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Manchester City of Learning: Music Session at Chorlton Library

13 June 2026 Location: Chorlton Library Organiser: Billy and Andy's Music School find out more

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Children’s Creative Writing Club at Leigh library

13 June 2026 Location: Leigh Library Organiser: Wigan Borough Libraries find out more

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Family Fun Day at Avenue Library

13 June 2026

Location: Avenue Library and Learning Centre

Organiser: Manchester Libraries

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The Quest for Planet P at Levenshulme Old Library

13 June 2026 Location: Levenshulme Old Library Organiser: The Knotted Project & Hawk Dance Theatre find out more

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Olive Branch by Vanhulle Dance Theatre in Bolton

13 June 2026 Location: Bolton Library Organiser: Vanhulle Dance Theatre find out more

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Buzz at Urmston Library

13 June 2026 Location: Trafford Libraries Organiser: Trafford Libraries find out more

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Comic Creativity Galore in Tameside

13 June 2026 Location: Droylsden Library Organiser: David Fickling Books and The Phoenix Comic find out more

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Children’s Crafty Club at Lamberhead Green Library

13 June 2026

Location: Lamberhead Green Library

Organiser: Wigan Borough Libraries

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Storytelling: Los sueños de Ilán

13 June 2026 Location: Instituto Cervantes Organiser: Instituto Cervantes find out more

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Festival of Libraries Family Fun Day at Forum Library

13 June 2026 Location: Forum Library Organiser: Manchester Libraries find out more

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Buzz at Sale Library

13 June 2026 Location: Sale Library Organiser: Trafford Libraries find out more

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Gorton Library Funday

13 June 2026 Location: Gorton Library Organiser: Manchester Libraries find out more

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The Mind’s Eye in Reading

13 June 2026

Location: The Portico Library

Organiser: University of Salford & The Portico Library

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Books Left Behind

13 June 2026 Location: The Portico Library Organiser: Susana Sanchez-Gonzalez (on behalf of the Portico Library) find out more

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Census by Malandra Jacks at Manchester Libraries

13 June 2026 Location: Forum Library Organiser: Malandra Jacks find out more

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Rising Sun Film Documentary

13 June 2026 Location: Levenshulme Old Library Organiser: Manchester City of Literature find out more

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Author Talk with Matt Cain

14 June 2026 Location: Bolton Library Organiser: Bolton Library and Museum Service find out more

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Caroline Aherne: Rebel in Disguise – David Scott in conversation with Terri White

15 June 2026

Location: Serenity Booksellers

Organiser: Serenity Booksellers (Romiley)

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Lines of Love and Resistance – An Evening of Ukrainian Poetry

15 June 2026 Location: Manchester Cathedral Organiser: Manchester City of Literature find out more

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Manchester Literature Festival presents Natalie Haynes

15 June 2026 Location: Manchester Central Library Organiser: Manchester Literature Festival find out more

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Helen of Knowhere: Makenna Goodman in conversation with Lara Williams

16 June 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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An Evening with Katherine Arden

17 June 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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Online Talk: Step into the Garden – The Language of Flowers in Cranford and other novels

17 June 2026

Location: Online

Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House

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In Conversation with Gab Torr

18 June 2026 Location: Sandbar Withington Organiser: The Grey Area find out more

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Author Event – Nicholas Royle ‘Finders, Keepers’: The Secret Life of Second Hand Books

19 June 2026 Location: The Bubble Room Organiser: B For Butterfly Books find out more

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Shared Reading at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

21-24 June 2026 Location: Elizabeth Gaskell's House Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House and The Reader find out more

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Exploring the Legacy of Islamic Empires with Justin Marozzi

21 June 2026 Location: Online Organiser: MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) find out more

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Manchester Literature Festival presents Andrew Sean Greer

23 June 2026

Location: Waterstones Deansgate

Organiser: Manchester Literature Festival

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Minor Black Figures: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

24 June 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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Online Talk: Cranford For Beginners

24 June 2026 Location: Online Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House find out more

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An Evening with Lucy Steeds

25 June 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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The Book Hive MCR x An Evening with Shani Akilah

25 June 2026 Location: Blackowned Studios Organiser: The Book Hive MCR find out more

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The Nerve presents Dave Eggers in Conversation: Contrapposto

2 July 2026

Location: International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Organiser: The Nerve

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THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

3 July 2026 Location: Blackwell's Bookshop Organiser: Blackwell's Bookshop find out more

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An Evening with Bobby Palmer and Claire Daverley

7 July 2026 Location: Simply Books Organiser: Simply Books find out more

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A 12th Century Novel: Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān by Ibn Tufail, Andulusian novelist

12 July 2026 Location: Online Organiser: MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) find out more

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An Evening with Veronica Roth

14 July 2026 Location: Waterstones Deansgate Organiser: Waterstones find out more

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Love Stories Etc: Romantic Fiction Festival

17-18 July 2026

Location: Manchester Central Library

Organiser: Alice Murphy-Pyle and Sara-Jade Virtue

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Organiser: Intelligence Squared Presents

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Organiser: Elizabeth Gaskell's House

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