Events
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Tasting Children's Literature - An Edible Readathon
10:00 - 11:00 11 June 2026
Join us for a family-friendly, immersive session exploring foods in children's literature. From the apple that Snow White should not have bitten and the drink that makes Alice’s trip to Wonderland possible to the feast gobbled by the very hungry little caterpillar in Eric Carle’s now classic 1969 story and the nut that the mouse finally gets...
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Writing for Wellbeing
15:00 - 16:00 11 June 2026
Creative writing workshop for the Festival of Libraries 2026 Expressing yourself and crafting an object have long been studied and considered a way to relieve stress and emotional turbulence. We are told that “talking helps” and that making “something out of nothing” can make us feel better. Writing is a form of speech. And so, as part...
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Creative Health Research Symposium: Social Care and Creative Practice
12:30 - 16:00 16 June 2026
Creative Manchester’s creative health and social care symposium focuses on arts and creative practices this year related to social care. This year, Creative Manchester’s creative health and social care symposium focuses on arts and creative practices developed by various regional organisations. Come and hear from researchers and practitioners...
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Frederick Douglass: A Global Life (SOLD OUT)
18:30 - 20:00 18 June 2026
Exploring the legacy and continued relevance of this remarkable abolitionist campaigner and advocate for social justice. Join us for the Inaugural Frederick Douglass Lecture, presented in a partnership between the Manchester Lit & Phil, The University of Manchester and CARISMA. Context In 2021, the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society...
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Solstice and Equinox series: Cosmic Titans – in conversation with David Olusoga
19:00 - 22:00 19 June 2026
Join Creative Manchester and Jodrell Bank for an evening that moves between science, art and philosophy to ponder what it means to imagine the universe when what we know is only ever partial. Reflecting on Cosmic Titans – an exhibition of sculpture, installation and photographic work created through collaborations between contemporary artists...
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