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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Kevin Barry at Manchester Literature Festival

Location: Manchester Central Library
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Robert Macfarlane at Manchester Literature Festival

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Pedestrian by Emma Blackburn

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Pick and Mix

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MACFEST 25: Eid Celebration with Multilingual Mushaira and International Poetry

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Manchester Literature Festival presents Laura Bates

Location: Manchester Central Library
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HOSTING A LITERATURE EVENT?

If you are arranging or hosting a literature event in Manchester which is open to a public audience, and would like us share via our network, please get in touch.

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Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free

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Look For A Book 2025

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Mini books, big stories

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Get Green! Get Creative! Get the RoundView! at Farnworth Library

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Stryi the Legend – Ukrainian Film Screening

Location: Manchester Central Library
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Festival Bookstart Baby and Bookstart Bear Club

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Craft Group Taster Session at Balderstone Library

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Ancestry Group Taster Session

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Book Bunting Family Craft

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Learn My Way Taster Session

Location: Milnrow Library
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Festival of Libraries 2025

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Reform Radio Interactive DJ Workshop at Abraham Moss Library

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Art Bubble Danish Comic Art Exhibition

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Billy & Andy’s Music School

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Watercolour Taster Session

Location: Heywood Library
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The Embassy of Utopia 2025

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Festival Toddler Tales

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Art Bites at Manchester Central Library

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Friends and Neighbours Group Taster Session

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Creative Café: Crafting Connections – A Heritage for Wellbeing Toolkit

Location: Bolton Library
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Connecting Communities of Women Through Comedy

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Heywood Scribblers Taster Session

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Pop Poetry at Irlam Library

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Art Emergency at Central Library!

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What’s in a Word, and What’s in a Dictionary?

Location: Manchester Cathedral
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Art Club at Eccles Library

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Blackout the Jargon

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Inspired By Libraries with Jordan Stephens

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Comedy Queens on the TV Screen: Manchester’s Working-Class Write Back

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Wishes for Water: Dynamics, Flow, and Transformations

Location: Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre
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Defeat the Librarian

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Inspired by Libraries with Frank Cottrell Boyce

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Out of This World! (Schools Event)

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Music Evermore CIC Music Workshop

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Pankhurst Centre Museum Learning Workshop

Location: The Pankhurst Centre
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‘threads’ by Coalesce Dance Theatre (Schools Performances)

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Carbon Ruins at Manchester Central Library

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Go Baby

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Festival of Libraries Silent Disco for All

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Acting for Fun Workshop

Location: Chorlton Library
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Therapeutic Thursdays Taster Session

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Manchester Central Library’s Conversation Club

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Knit & Natter at Walkden Library

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Reading Group Taster Session

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Knitting Group Taster Session at Castleton Library

Location: Castleton Library
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Knitting Group Taster Session at Wardle Library

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Writing for Wellbeing at Walkden Library

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Book Wands Family Craft

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Chess Club Taster Session

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Ukulele Storytime

Location: Langley Library
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Movies for the Mind

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The Podcasting Phenomenon: How do you get started, and how do you keep going?

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Book Fest at Leigh Library

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Songs the Morning Sang: Public Opening

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One Way to Make a Book

Location: Chorlton Library
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Author Talk and Creative Writing Workshop with Reshma Ruia

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Inspired by Libraries with Bobby Joseph (Schools Event)

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Shark Night at Bolton Central Library

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The Poetry of Humphry Davy

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Victoria Wood in the Library

Location: Bury Library
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Craft Group Taster Session at Milnrow Library

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Coffee Morning at Castleton Library

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Little Builders

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Reform Radio Interactive DJ Workshop at Gorton Library

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Singing Group Taster Session

Location: Heywood Library
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Friendship Group Taster Session

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Writing for Wellbeing at Oldham Library

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Pop Poetry at Urmston Library

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Vanessa Bell’s Monuments

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Kaffeeklatsch Taster Session at Middleton Library

Location: Middleton Library
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Get Green! Get Creative! Get the RoundView! at The Heatons Library

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Knit & Natter & Crochet Chatter Taster Session

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Blokes Club Taster Session

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The Shady Bunch Taster Session

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Death Cafe

Location: Heywood Library
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Plastic Not So Fantastic

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Comic Club

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Visualising Urban Greening

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Inspired by Libraries with Yasmin Evans

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The Roads to Rome with Catherine Fletcher

Location: The Portico Library
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Rochdale in Stitches Taster Session

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LEGO Club Taster Session at Castleton Library

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Super Saturday at Trafford Libraries

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LEGO Club Taster Session at Norden Library

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Chatterbooks

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Out of This World! at Ramsbottom Library

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Go Explorers

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Remake Reuse Replay: Game Jam

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LEGO and Model Painting Club Taster Session at Milnrow Library

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Gruffalo-themed Family Craft Session

Location: Balderstone Library
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Creative Writing Workshop / Autobiography

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125 Years of the Rylands

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Festival of Libraries Family Fun Day at North City Library

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Get Green! Get Creative! Get the RoundView! at Stretford Library

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Get Green! Get Creative! Get the RoundView! at Wigan Library

Location: Wigan Library
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Draw Along and Storytime with Neil Clark & Penny Neville-Lee at Rochdale Library

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Writing for Wellbeing at Middleton Library

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Pop Poetry at Edgeley Library

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Mexican Storytime & Crafts

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Art Club at Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre

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The Tulip Zither Ensemble

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Small Cinema: Robin Hood (U)

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Out of This World! at Farnworth Library

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Festival of Libraries Family Fun Day at Forum Library

Location: Forum Library
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Festival of Libraries Family Fun Day at Gorton Library

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Macrame Phone Tether Workshop

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‘threads’ by Coalesce Dance Theatre at Manchester Central Library

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Z-access Day at Z-arts

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Out of This World! at Urmston Library

Location: Urmston Library
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Festival of Libraries Family Fun Day at Manchester Central Library

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Out of This World! at Manchester Central Library

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2025 Manchester Writing School Summer Festival

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Colm Tóibín at Manchester Literature Festival

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