Past events
Manchester Literature Festival: Attica Locke
‘This is the best kind of thriller: as literate and thoughtful as it is fast-moving. Attica Locke...
Little Belters and Absolute Belters’ Summer Concert 2025
The Little Belters and Absolute Belters are excited to return to the stage for their highly anticipa...
Creativity + AI: Fashion
Presented in partnership by Creative Manchester, Digital Futures and the Turing Innovation Catalyst...
Online Talk: Sewing, Slavery and Social Change: Ruth and its Political Moment
In 1853 when Elizabeth Gaskell brought out her novel Ruth about a teenage seamstress, her city of Ma...
Creativity + AI: Publishing
The rapid expansion of AI is impacting and changing the publishing industry. We will be asking a pan...
Manchester Literature Festival: Colm Tóibín
PLEASE NOTE: Due to popular demand, Colm Tóibín’s event has been moved from Central Library to U...
Spontaneous Memorials: Contemporary perspectives on their sociocultural, psychological and organisational impact
International Conference, Manchester, 12-13 June 2025 In-person and Online https://www.spontaneous...
Rowe Irvin and Gurnaik Johal in conversation with Kaye Mitchell
We are thrilled to welcome Rowe Irvin and Gurnaik Johal to the shop to discuss their stunning debut...
Manchester University Music Society: Sing the Musicals Sing-a-long Relaxed Performance
Calling all West End and Broadway wannabes to our FREE sing-a-long event. Sing your favourite song...
Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction
Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90% of species that ever existe...