Creative Manchester

Research Café: Economy of Arts and Development

11:45 - 14:00 4 October 2023
Join us for an informal lunch event exploring the intersection between the arts and soci-economic progress In a world increasingly defined by rapid technological advancements and nuanced…

Deborah Levy (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:00 7 October 2023
‘I projected myself into her and she became music.’ In August Blue, the latest novel by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, virtuoso pianist Elsa M. Anderson sees a woman in a flea market…

Max Porter presents Shy (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:30 7 October 2023
MLF Members can book advance tickets on Wednesday 21 June. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 23 June. MLF Get Closer Membership starts at £20 pa. To buy an MLF Get Closer Membership…

Natalie Haynes (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:00 11 October 2023
Rock star classicist, author and broadcaster Natalie Haynes returns to?MLF?to celebrate the publication of her latest non-fiction book,?Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth. Meet Athene,…

New Commission: Jason Allen-Paisant

14:00 14 October 2023
‘It is beautiful, oh my god it is.’ To mark the 200th anniversary of Manchester Art Gallery, award-winning poet Jason Allen-Paisant has created a trio of exquisite, luxurious, sensual…

Gaia Vince in Conversation

14:00 15 October 2023
‘Have no doubt, we are facing a species emergency – but we can manage it. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before…

New Commission: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

14:00 15 October 2023
‘Ólafsdóttir’s specialty is the small journeys we take to save ourselves and the ones we care for. She is the heart’s finest map-maker.’– Sjón Icelandic novelist, poet and lyricist…

The Book of Beijing

16:00 15 October 2023
How does a city as complex as Beijing shape or inspire its authors and artists? Wen Zhen in her story ‘Date at the Art Gallery’ (translated by Jack Hargreaves) tells the story of a…

PNR at 50 (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:00 19 October 2023
7pm (Drinks Reception from 6pm) Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading and raise a toast to PN Review, celebrating 50 years of publishing…

Jeanette Winterson (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:30 22 October 2023
Who’s afraid of ghosts, ghouls and the occult? While our lives have become digital, exposed and always on, ghosts have been finding new ways to connect to us, to reach us, to haunt…

Doon Mackichan in Conversation (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:00 20 November 2023
British actor, comedian and writer Doon Mackichan joins us to launch her memoir,?My Lady Parts: A Life Fighting Stereotypes. Through the roles she’s played on TV, in the theatre and…

Naomi Alderman in Conversation (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:00 29 November 2023
The future is coming. The Future is here. When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media…

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