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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.
Talking Place is a three-day symposium of talks and presentations about place and creativity at International Anthony Burgess Foundation.
Manchester Metropolitan University presents The Illustrated Woman: the art of tattoo a day of special events to launch Helen Mort’s latest poetry collection.
Join jury chair, celebrated novelist, columnist and activist Fatima Bhutto at Contact as she hosts the presentation of the UK and Ireland’s most coveted poetry prizes The Forward Prizes are an unmissable fixture on the literary calendar – a celebration for all who want to discover and enjoy the best contemporary poetry. All of the […]
Manchester launch of Camilla Grudova’s Children of Paradise – a surreal, discomforting debut novel. Camilla will be in conversation with host Naomi Frisby.
Ted Hughes Award winner Hollie McNish is a poet whose live readings are not to be missed.
Join Anita Sethi and explore themes of place, nature, journeying and how writing can bring a sense of belonging.
Celebrate the book launch of 101 brand new monologues written for actors who are either from the Global Majority and/or deaf and disabled. Contact and HOME are proud to have been a part of Hear Me Now Audition Monologues (Volume 2) book! This book launch will feature performances and panel discussions from Manchester’s vibrant artistic […]
Join Our Shared Cultural Heritage for a poetry workshop exploring taboos and untouched topics within South Asian culture and community.
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.
Teachers, librarians and other poets/educators are invited to join Peter Kahn at the Manchester Poetry Library for an intimate and practical workshop.
This workshop will take place before our celebration of André Naffis-Sahely’s most recent collection, High Desert
Join Manchester Poery Library to celebrate André Naffis-Sahely’s most recent collection High Desert.
Dutch-Antillean poet Radna Fabias joins Kim Moore to read from their latest work at this special event.