Past events
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Tasting Children's Literature - An Edible Readathon
09:00 - 10:00 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...
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Writing for Wellbeing
14:00 - 15:00 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....
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Roots, Resistance, Reinvention: Exploring Jamaican Patois/Patwah (Creole)
16:30 - 18:00 10 June 2026
A workshop celebrating Jamaican Patwa / Patwah / Patois, sometimes also called ‘Creole’. As part of our Festival of Libraries Programme. A workshop celebrating Jamaican Patwa / Patwah / Patois, sometimes also called ‘Creole’. What is Jamaican Patois/Patwah? How much variation is there between...
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Research Café: Housing with care and creativity with older LGBTQ people
9 - 15 June 2026
Join us to celebrate the findings of "Housing with care: co-producing research with older lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people" This is an interdisciplinary pilot research project exploring the experiences, needs, and aspirations of older LGBTQ people. Over the past 10 months, we observed the process...
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Writing for Wellbeing
13:00 - 14:00 9 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....
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Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones
2 - 15 June 2026
Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to welcome bestselling author Tayari Jones to discuss her highly anticipated new novel Kin. Born days apart in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, Vernice and Annie grow up inseparable, bound by a shared loss: neither will ever know her mother. Coming of age in segregated...
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SALIENT LUNCH & LEARN Webinar - Professor Andrew James
11:00 - 11:30 28 May 2026
Join our next SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar featuring Professor Andrew James (Manchester Institute of innovation Research, UoM) Thursday 28th May 2026, 12.00–12.30pm Talk: BUILDING RESILIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION: RESEARCH SECURITY, ACADEMIC AWARENESS & BEHAVIOUR CHANGE We...
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Manchester Literature Festival presents Douglas Stuart
26 May - 15 June 2026
We’re delighted to welcome back to Manchester Literature Festival Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart, to discuss his profoundly moving new novel John of John, set on the Isle of Harris. Returning home after his art school years on the mainland, John-Calum Macleod is drawn back into a tightly...
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Future of Opera: Human-AI Improvisation
15:00 - 18:00 19 May 2026
An experimental workshop exploring digital inclusion and innovation through human–AI improvisation. This workshop, part of Tuning into Opera, a research and engagement initiative from English National Opera and The University of Manchester, and the OperAI: Future of Opera series, invites you to experience...
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CreaTech Connect: Accelerating University–Industry Partnerships
15:30 - 17:00 18 May 2026
On 18 May, Creative Manchester are delighted to present CreaTech Connect 2026: Accelerating University–Industry Partnerships in the Sister (Renold) Building, at the centre of the Innovation District. CreaTech as described by the Creative Industries Council (CIC), "is where creativity meets technology....
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