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With My Ear to the Wall
Contact Theatre | 9 October 2022

With My Ear to the Wall is a tactile audio installation of tumblers, placed to the wall. Inciting empathy, curiosity and a sense of closeness, With My Ear to the Wall is an opportunity to eavesdrop on the tender insights of the lives of strangers. Created with local people.

Amy Vreeke: Glowing
Contact | Until 22 October 2022

Candid, ferocious, funny and loud, Glowing debunks the myths that pregnant women are having the time of their lives and new mothers spend their days softly singing nursery rhymes to sleeping babies.

Launch of ‘Respect the Mic’ Anthology with Founder Peter Kahn
Manchester Poetry Library | 21 June 2022

Join Manchester Poetry Library for the launch of ‘Respect the Mic: Celebrating 20 Years of Poetry from a Chicagoland High School’, edited by the legendary founder of Respect the Mic, Peter Kahn.

Leading in Spoken Word: Workshop with Peter Kahn
Manchester Poetry Library | 21 June 2022

Teachers, librarians and other poets/educators are invited to join Peter Kahn at the Manchester Poetry Library for an intimate and practical workshop.

‘Writing About Labour Rights’: Workshop with André Naffis-Sahely
Manchester Poetry Library | 28 June 2022

This workshop will take place before our celebration of André Naffis-Sahely’s most recent collection, High Desert

High Desert: André Naffis-Sahely
Manchester Poetry Library | 28 June 2022

Join Manchester Poery Library to celebrate André Naffis-Sahely’s most recent collection High Desert.

Radna Fabias and Kim Moore: Ways of Seeing
Manchester Poetry Library | 30 June 2022

Dutch-Antillean poet Radna Fabias joins Kim Moore to read from their latest work at this special event.

The Lands Heart is Greater Than Its Map
HOME | Until 12 June 2022

Join a guided tour of a distant city where nothing seems to make sense. Its people are silenced and its landscape is disappearing.

Inspired by Libraries with Lemn Sissay
Manchester Central Library | 16 June 2022

Join Poet Lemn Sissay for an exciting talk on how libraries have inspired him in his life, taking place at Manchester Central Library as part of the Festival of Libraries.

Fly on the Wall Press Showcase with Manchester Poetry Library
Contact | 4 June 2022

A powerful afternoon of poetry and spoken word performance with Fly on the Wall Press and Manchester Poetry Library.

Hand Stitched Banner Making Workshop for adults
Manchester Central Library | 13 June 2022

Leading up to Refugee Week, Manchester Libraries will be holding a series of banner making workshops with artist Ibukun Baldwin.

Hand Stitched Banner Making Workshop for ages 8+
Manchester Central Library | 30 May 2022

Leading up to Refugee Week, Manchester Libraries will be holding a series of banner making workshops with artist Ibukun Baldwin.

Hand Stitched Banner Making Workshop for ages 8+
Manchester Central Library | 1 June 2022

Leading up to Refugee Week, Manchester Libraries will be holding a series of banner making workshops with artist Ibukun Baldwin.

Hand Stitched Banner Making Workshop for adults
Manchester Central Library | 16 June 2022

Leading up to Refugee Week, Manchester Libraries will be holding a series of banner making workshops with artist Ibukun Baldwin.

The Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss
Royal Northern College of Music | 15 June 2022

Finalists from the School of Vocal Studies and Opera perform individually selected programmes from Strauss’ extraordinary collection of repertoire