Past events

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Karen Solie: Rylands Poetry Reading

18:00 - 19:15 22 October 2026

This year’s annual Rylands Poetry Reading is delivered by Karen Solie. Her latest collection Wellw...

CTIS Research Seminar - Reimagining Subtitling: A reception study of a new Enhanced Subtitling practice

13:00 - 14:30 21 October 2026

Over the past decade, audiovisual content has expanded across multiple languages, featuring more cre...

Prof Jeff Wasserstrom (UC Irvine), China in Five Bookshops: A Quintet of Travel Tales

15:00 - 17:00 21 October 2026

China in Five Bookshops: A Quintet of Travel Tales Prof Jeff Wasserstrom (UC Irvine) Wednesday, Oct...

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Lady Hale and Lara Feigel

18:00 - 19:15 21 October 2026

Lady Hale, the first female President of the UK Supreme Court and author of the Women’s Prize long...

Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Min Jin Lee

18:30 - 19:45 21 October 2026

Acclaimed Korean American author Min Jin Lee, internationally celebrated for the bestselling Pachink...

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Sufiyaan Salam and Monika Radojevic

16:00 - 17:15 18 October 2026

Discover two fresh and uncompromising voices from Stormzy’s #Merky Books as Sufiyaan Salam and Mon...

WCLC: Tom Hicks

12:10 - 12:50 15 October 2026

Guernsey-born pianist Tom Hicks, hailed for his magnificent pianism and engaging personality, is a Y...

Mark Ravina (University of Texas at Austin), Interactive Cartography: Saving the World one Map at a Time

11:00 - 12:30 14 October 2026

Mark Ravina (University of Texas at Austin), Interactive Cartography: Saving the World one Map at a...

Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Yann Martel

18:30 - 19:45 14 October 2026

Booker Prize-winning author Yann Martel, internationally acclaimed for the modern classic Life of Pi...

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Patrick Radden Keefe

18:30 - 19:45 12 October 2026

A gripping evening with Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing....