Events
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Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Min Jin Lee
19:30 - 20:45 21 October 2026
Acclaimed Korean American author Min Jin Lee, internationally celebrated for the bestselling Pachinko, discusses her long-awaited new novel, American Hagwon. Spanning decades and continents, this sweeping contemporary epic follows three generations of one family as they navigate migration, identity, sacrifice and the enduring pursuit of a better...
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SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Lady Hale and Lara Feigel
19:00 - 20:15 21 October 2026
Lady Hale, the first female President of the UK Supreme Court and author of the Women’s Prize longlisted With the Law on Our Side, joins acclaimed writer Lara Feigel, author of Custody: The Secret History of Mothers, for a compelling conversation on law, family and power. Drawing on real cases and lived testimony, Lady Hale opens up the legal...
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[Exhibition] A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2025: Celebrating presence
1 - 30 October 2026
Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: A History of Black Theatre, 1827–2025: Celebrating Presence Until 30 October Glass Corridor, Samuel Alexander Building. Open to the public 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. To celebrate Black History Month, this exhibition explores the legacies of people of African and African-Caribbean...
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SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Karen Solie: Rylands Poetry Reading
19:00 - 20:15 22 October 2026
This year’s annual Rylands Poetry Reading is delivered by Karen Solie. Her latest collection Wellwater, exploring the profound impact of economic and environmental crises on human culture alongside vivid childhood memories of growing up in rural Canada, won both the T.S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2025. Don’t miss...
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SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents An Afternoon with Elif Shafak
15:00 - 16:15 25 October 2026
Join us for a special afternoon with one of today’s most influential and much-loved literary voices. Internationally-acclaimed novelist Elif Shafak returns to celebrate her extraordinary new novel, In One Brief Moment All Eternity. Spanning decades and continents, from revolutionary 19th-century France to Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, this luminous...
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