Past events
MLF 2024: Humanise with Thomas Heatherwick
18:00 - 19:15 8 October 2024
‘Humanise is a masterwork.’ Alain de Botton One of the world’s most prolific designers, Thoma...
Manchester Literature Festival: Lindsey Hilsum
15:30 - 16:45 6 October 2024
‘I was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words of a...
Manchester Literature Festival: David Peace at HOME
18:00 - 19:15 6 October 2024
Limbs and hearts may be broken, but the spirit remains. Their message is that the club is not dead....
Manchester Literature Festival 2024: Caroline Lucas
13:30 - 14:45 5 October 2024
‘Engaging, illuminating and ultimately uplifting, Another England opens the path to a renewed coun...
MLF 2024: Jackie Kay: A Life in Poetry and Protest
18:00 - 19:15 5 October 2024
Festival favourite Jackie Kay (Red Dust Road) returns to celebrate her new poetry collection May Day...
SCAFFOLDING and THE ORANGE ROOM: Lauren Elkin & Rosie Price in conversation
17:30 - 19:00 10 July 2024
We're delighted to be hosting the Manchester launch of Lauren Elkin's SCAFFOLDING and Rosie Price's...
Writing for Wellbeing (Festival of Libraries 2024)
10:00 - 12:00 15 June 2024
Expressing yourself and crafting an object have long been studied and considered a way to relieve st...