What’s On

Manchester City of Literature is inspired by the possibilities from our city to bring people together to celebrate stories. You’ll find everything that’s going on here, whether you’re a reader, a writer, you want to support independent publishers or are looking for something to entertain you or young children. Don’t forget that you can add your own events here too, if you’re an organiser. 

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2025 Next Generation Short Story Awards

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Textile Art celebrating Trailblazing Women Exhibition

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The story of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from dereliction to delight Exhibition

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The Portico Sadie Massey Awards

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The Portico Art of the Book Award

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The dark side of sugar

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If you are arranging or hosting a literature event in Manchester which is open to a public audience, and would like us share via our network, please get in touch.

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Coffee and Poems Club

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Hannah’s Bookshelf Imbolc Special

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Finding Inspiration: A Writing Workshop with Tom Conaghan

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PROTO_Creative Network Meet-up’s (Stockport & Leigh)

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The Dog Sitter Detective Plays Dead – in conversation with Antony Johnston

Location: Serenity Booksellers
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The Face in the Well by Rebecca Watts: Carcanet Online Book Launch

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Stockport Noir – Crime Fiction Festival

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Glen James Brown Reads

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Writing Intimacies: Free Workshop for South Asian Writers

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The Antique Hunter’s: Death on the Red Sea – C. L Miller in conversation

Location: Serenity Booksellers
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Base Notes – Adelle Stripe in conversation with Terri White

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International Mother Language Day 2025

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IMLD 25: Manchester Multilingual City Poets Launch

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IMLD 25: Manchester in Translation

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Fundamentally – Nussaibah Younis in conversation with Tawseef Khan

Location: Serenity Booksellers
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Writing & Writing: A Creative Writing Meet Up

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Between Worlds: Book Launch

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IMLD 25: Community & Care: a Fuse poetry night

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IMLD 25: Not all accents are created equal: A discussion of accentism within British teacher training

Location: Manchester Museum
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IMLD 25: Family Funday at Manchester Central Library

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IMLD 25: Looking for Languages – Family friendly trail at Manchester Museum

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IMLD 25: LibraryLab: Mother Language Day

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IMLD 25: Mother Tongue Day – Screening at the Portico Library

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IMLD 25: Multilingual Open Mic

Location: Manchester Poetry Library
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IMLD 25: Table ronde | Des langues de parole

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IMLD 25: Undertow – The Future is Multilingual

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IMLD 25: Family Funday at North City Library

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IMLD 25: Meet the Changemakers

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IMLD 25: Storytelling – Samara y la gran pregunta

Location: Instituto Cervantes
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IMLD 25: Family Funday at Forum Library

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IMLD 25: Family Funday at Longsight Library

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IMLD and MACFEST 25: The Global Literary and Poetic Journey

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IMLD 25: Why Bilingualism in Any Language is Important in our Globalised World

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MACFEST and IMLD 25: Language and Power: Voices and Experiences

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The Kellerby Code – Jonny Sweet in conversation

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IMLD 25: Cities of Languages Conference

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Other People’s Houses – Clare Mackintosh in Conversation

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An Evening with Milly Johnson and Veronica Henry

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Her Sister’s Killer – Mari Hannah in Conversation

Location: Serenity Booksellers
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Children’s Books with Shirin Shamsi. Hello from the USA!

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Susan Barker and Lucy Rose at Serenity Bookshop

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Online Tour: Restoring Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

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Sleeve Notes

Location: International Anthony Burgess Foundation
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Literature: Osman Yousefzada

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MACFEST 25: Living Better Together

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Online Talk: Writing Home – Elizabeth Gaskell

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Online Talk: Literary Locations – Finding Elizabeth Gaskell

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Egging – a new play by Adam Kotwal at Octagon Theatre, Bolton

Location: Octagon Theatre
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MACFEST 25: Eid Celebration with Multilingual Mushaira and International Poetry

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MACFEST 25: Siobhan Lambert-Hurley – Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage

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MACFEST 25: Discovering Islamic Poetry and Manuscripts

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MACFEST 25: The Ecological Wisdom of the Islamic Gardens of Paradise

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MACFEST 25: Narrating the Unknown: Arabic Travel Literature and Cultural Discovery

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MACFEST 25: “By the Fig and the Olive”: Ecology, Poetics and the Muslim Culinary Tradition

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Online Talk: At Home with Elizabeth Gaskell

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Online Talk: The Lady of the Lamp – Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Gaskell

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