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The bestselling and much-loved author of ‘Brick Lane’, Monica Ali visits MLF to celebrate her brilliant new novel ‘Love Marriage’, her first book in a decade.
Part of Manchester Literature Festival
For the 2022 Anthony Burgess Lecture, and in the centenary year of TS Eliot’s poem ‘The Waste Land’, we are delighted to welcome the acclaimed poet and critic Robert Crawford to deliver a specially commissioned talk on TS Eliot and literary biography. TS Eliot was a formative influence on Anthony Burgess, who returned to Eliot’s […]
Part of Manchester Literature Festival
A.M. Homes joins Manchester Literature Festival to discuss her new novel ‘The Unfolding’ about how that night led us to where we are now.
Part of Manchester Literature Festival
BBC Presenter Razia Iqbal hosts an evening with prize-winning writer Kamila Shamsie.
Part of Manchester Literature Festival
Manchester Literature Festival is a celebration of imagination, ideas, stories, and voices from around the world.
A special in conversation with David Olusoga, the British historian, broadcaster, presenter and author of ‘Black and British: A Forgotten History’.
Part of Manchester Literature Festival
Join music journalists and writers Ted Kessler and Jude Rogers in conversation with Terri White at Blackwell’s.
Kehinde Andrews will be talking about how genocide, slavery and colonialism are the key foundation stones upon which the West was built.
Join Thea Lenarduzzi in conversation with the Centre for New Writing’s Kaye Mitchell at Blackwell’s this September.
Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central, a free monthly event at Central Library. With special guest David Viney.
Kamila Shamsie hosts and in conversation with much-loved author Maggie O’Farrell as part of Manchester Literature Festival.
This book sale is held regularly on the second Sunday of every month at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. Described as ‘Manchester’s best second-hand book sale’ by one visitor it is a popular and favourite destination for book lovers.
When Our Worlds Collided author Danielle Jawando joins writer and lecturer Liz Flanagan in conversation at Blackwell’s.
Pen Portraits is a night of promenade theatre about the lives of the Gaskell circle, performed within Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.
This book sale is held regularly on the second Sunday of every month at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. Described as ‘Manchester’s best second-hand book sale’ by one visitor it is a popular and favourite destination for book lovers.