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Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, Damon Galgut discusses his masterpiece ‘The Promise’, a gripping, beautifully written family saga.
Two electrifying performers, Inua Ellams and Yomi Sode return to MLF to share work from their acclaimed poetry collections.
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.
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 […]
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.
BBC Presenter Razia Iqbal hosts an evening with prize-winning writer Kamila Shamsie.
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’.
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.