Past events
Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones
Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to welcome bestselling author Tayari Jones to discuss he...
Manchester Literature Festival presents Douglas Stuart
We’re delighted to welcome back to Manchester Literature Festival Booker Prize-winning novelist Do...
Jeanette Winterson (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
Forty years after her era-defining debut Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns...
Mimi Khalvati: Rylands Poetry Reading (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading, this year delivered by one of our best-loved poets Mi...
The Poems of Seamus Heaney (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
Don’t miss this special evening celebrating the life and work of Seamus Heaney, as five acclaimed...
Marcus du Sautoy (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
In this fascinating talk, celebrated mathematician and leading scientist Marcus du Sautoy invites us...
Sayaka Murata (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
Sayaka Murata, the internationally acclaimed author of Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings, joins...
Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
Join us for a captivating afternoon with two of Britain’s most original literary talents, Sarah Ha...
Manchester Literature Festival: Attica Locke
‘This is the best kind of thriller: as literate and thoughtful as it is fast-moving. Attica Locke...
Manchester Literature Festival: Colm Tóibín
PLEASE NOTE: Due to popular demand, Colm Tóibín’s event has been moved from Central Library to U...