Book launch

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…

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…

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…

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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