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QuietManDave Prize 2022 – celebration and award ceremony
Manchester Poetry Library | 27 October 2022

A celebration of the 2022 QuietManDave Prize including the announcement of the Flash-Fiction and Flash Non-Fiction Prize winners.

I want to break free – Matt Qvortrup in conversation
Blackwell's Manchester | 8 November 2022

Blackwell’s welcome Matt Qvortrup to the shop to launch his latest book, I want to break free

Mozart and the Wolf Gang book launch
International Anthony Burgess Foundation | 20 October 2022

The launch of Anthony Burgess’s Mozart and the Wolf Gang, the seventh book in the Irwell Edition series. With live music and free wine.

An Evening with Ian Rankin
Royal Northern College of Music | 12 October 2022

Jackie Kay hosts and evening with Scottish crime writer with Ian Rankin at Royal Northern College of Music.

Edward Enninful & Bernardine Evaristo in Conversation
Royal Northern College of Music | 23 October 2022

Edward Enninful in conversation with fellow game-changer Bernardine Evaristo about his life, work, experiences in the world of fashion and commitment to inclusion and representation.

Jon McGregor
International Anthony Burgess Foundation | 18 October 2022

Jon McGregor is the author of two short story collections and five novels and he stops by The Anthony Burgess Foundation.

George Saunders in Conversation
Manchester Central Library | 23 October 2022

Join George Saunders in Conversation at Central Library as part of this year’s Manchester Literature Festival.

Rob Delaney: A Heart That Works
Royal Northern College of Music | 19 October 2022

Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to present a special in conversation with Rob Delaney.

Roger Robinson & Johny Pitts – Home Is Not A Place
Manchester Poetry Library | 17 October 2022

Award-winning poet Roger Robinson and acclaimed photographer Johny Pitts rented a red Mini Cooper and went in search of Black Britain.

Nick Hornby: Dickens & Prince
Manchester Central Library | 17 October 2022

With wit, curiosity and deep admiration Nick Hornby traces the extraordinary lives of two artists who have shaped and inspired him.

Juan Pablo Villalobos & Paulo Scott
International Anthony Burgess Foundation | 16 October 2022

The history of walls – as a way to keep people in or out – is also the history of people managing to get around, over and under them.

Nihal Arthanayake: Let’s Talk
Manchester Central Library | 13 October 2022

Award-winning BBC broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake brings a defibrillator to our ailing ability to connect through conversation.

Jan Carson & Louise Kennedy
Manchester Central Library | 9 October 2022

Manchester Literature Festival is joined by two award-winning stars of Irish writing, Jan Carson & Louise Kennedy.

Kit de Waal
Manchester Central Library | 9 October 2022

Kit de Waal discusses ‘Without Warning and Only Sometimes’ a memoir of a childhood of opposites and extremes.

Paterson Joseph in Conversation
Manchester Central Library | 9 October 2022

In his captivating debut novel, ‘The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho’, actor Paterson Joseph tells a story hidden for 300 years.

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