Past events
In Conversation – Centre for New Writing Writer Fellows 2025: Daisy Hildyard and Padraig Regan
Join us for an evening of readings and discussion with the Centre for New Writing's 2025 Writer Fell...
THE WASTES - Roy Claire Potter in conversation with Gareth Gavin
Welcome to Roy Claire Potter to Manchester for the launch of THE WASTES. Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45...
John McAuliffe in conversation with Lucy Burns
Blackwell’s Bookshop is excited to host the Manchester launch of John McAuliffe’s sixth poetry c...
MLF 2024: Richard Powers
Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers (The Overstory) makes a rare visit to the UK in support of his...
Modern Manchester Unveiled: Exploring the Cultural Tapestry
Join us for a very special panel discussion, event as we explore the cultural tapestry that make up...
MLF 2024: An Audience with Rebecca F. Kuang
Bestselling global sensation, Rebecca F. Kuang is the author of the ‘Hard to put down, harder to f...
MLF 2024: Andrew O'Hagan with Dave Haslam
‘Andrew O’Hagan has made more than a great book – he has made a social miracle.’ Joshua Cohe...
MLF 2024: Joe Boyd
“New technologies may divert our attention, but music created in the moment can still be found whe...
MLF 2024: Gillian Clarke poetry masterclass
Poet, playwright and educator Gillian Clarke is one of the most acclaimed and widely read poets of r...
Manchester Literature Festival 2024 poetry reading with Gillian Clarke
‘Clarke has a direct line to the natural world. She paints the Welsh landscape without idealising...