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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Coffee and Poems Club: Extended Cut

Location: SEESAW
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An Evening with Katherine Arden

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A British Childhood – Frank Cottrell-Boyce in conversation

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

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An Evening with Rob Rinder

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Long-running Events

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An Evening with Peter F. Hamilton

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In Conversation with Gab Torr

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Kyle Lucey – Get My Good Side

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Eva Gore-Booth: Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer

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

Location: The Bubble Room
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Hannah’s Bookshelf Midsummer Special

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Shared Reading at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

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Exploring the Legacy of Islamic Empires with Justin Marozzi

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Folktales Short Story Course

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Manchester Literature Festival presents Andrew Sean Greer

Location: Waterstones Deansgate
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Minor Black Figures: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

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Online Talk: Cranford For Beginners

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An Evening with Lucy Steeds

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A Football Odyssey – in conversation with Rob Potts

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The Book Hive MCR x An Evening with Shani Akilah

Location: Blackowned Studios
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Agatha Christie Day

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many beautiful acquaintances, Cloth House, & Love is a Cat – Launch

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Robin Ince – Let the Quiet Ones Rise book launch

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Think, Feel, Write – Brief Hauntings: A Free 2-Part creative writing workshop on ghosts, haunting and the uncanny

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Brown & Booked – June Book Club

Location: Mollie's Diner
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Author Event: ‘Natural Disaster’ by Lisa Owens

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An Evening with Mark Foster

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AUTHOR EVENT: ‘Who’s the Real Dad?’ with Doug Sharples, Sanjay Sood-Smith, and Amber Stein

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Celebrate Heartstopper 6: Quiz Night

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The Nerve presents Dave Eggers in Conversation: Contrapposto

Location: International Anthony Burgess Foundation
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An Evening With David Larbi

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The Manchester Small Press Fair

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THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

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In Our Words: South Asian poetry open mic

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An Evening with Bobby Palmer & Claire Daverley

Location: Simply Books
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An Evening with Bobby Palmer and Claire Daverley

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Meet The Heirs with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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

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Alistair McGowan – Like Never Before book launch

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An Evening with Veronica Roth

Location: Waterstones Deansgate
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Online Event: Harriet Martineau – ‘Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare’

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An Evening with Chris Chibnall

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Love Stories Etc: Romantic Fiction Festival

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Big Books Quiz Night

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A Tiny Speck Of Black And Then Nothing: Emily Midorikawa in conversation

Location: Blackwell's Bookshop
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An Evening with Andrea Mara and Shari Lapena

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An Evening with Andrea Mara and Shari Lapena

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A Conversation with Novelist Diana Abu-Jaber

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An Evening with Charles Cumming

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An Evening with Susie Dent

Location: Simply Books
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AUTHOR EVENT: ‘Carnaval Fever’ by Yuliana Ortiz Ruano and Madeleine Arenivar

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Manchester Literature Festival presents an Evening with Mieko Kawakami

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Leeds Writing Festival 2026

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Elizabeth Gaskell’s Gothic Fiction: An Introduction

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Anthony Scaramucci: The All The Wrong Moves Tour

Location: Aviva Studios
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Enter ‘THE CASTLE’ with Jon Ronson

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Manchester Literature Festival presents An Evening with Marina Hyde

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Mothers of the Gothic – Writing the Supernatural

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Online Talk: Mothers of the Gothic – Writing the Supernatural

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Online Talk: Mary Shelley Beyond Frankenstein

Location: Online
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Online Talk: The Shadows of Salem: Myth V. Reality in Lois the Witch and Other Tales

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Elizabeth Gaskell V Anne Brontë – Monsters and Madmen

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Online Talk: Victorian Gothic – Haunted Houses and Night-time Terrors

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Online Event: Elizabeth Gaskell V George Eliot – The Moorland Cottage V The Mill on the Floss

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