Literary-art Events in Manchester

Check out happening literary-art events all around Manchester, EN

Ancient Futures with Fonda Lee, Soraya Bouazzaoui & A. S. Tamaki

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 5

Universally Manchester Festival

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK

Universally Manchester Festival

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am University Place Free

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

Jazz Sabbath - Manchester UK

 Thu, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm Band on the Wall

Amelia Coburn / YES Pink Room, Manchester / Fri 4 Dec

 Fri, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm YES

Blizzard Comedy's Mini-Fringe All-Dayer

 Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm Gullivers NQ

Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

 Sat, 01 Aug at 06:30 pm The Stoller Hall, Manchester GBP 28

An evening with Clint Boon - Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 01 Sep at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

CLINT BOON: The Manchester Chronicles True Tales of Music, Madness & Mayhem

 Fri, 13 Nov at 06:30 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 15 to 17

Make It Lovable | Manchester

 Sat, 20 Jun at 12:15 pm Roscoe Building | The University of Manchester Free

An Evening with Terry Deary - Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

QUEER CON- 4th July- Cruz 101

 Sat, 04 Jul at 11:00 am Cruz 101

LOVE STORIES etc FESTIVAL

 Fri, 17 Jul at 10:00 am Manchester Central Library GBP 25 to 35

The Slow Day

 Fri, 18 Sep at 07:30 pm Club Academy Manchester

Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase 2026

 Fri, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm Aviva Studios, home of Factory International GBP 17 to 44

An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 13

Festival of Fantastic Films 2026 - Manchester

 Fri, 23 Oct at 04:00 pm Pendulum Hotel GBP 30 to 120

An Evening with Chris Carter - Manchester Deansgate

 Sun, 02 Aug at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

An Evening with Steve Cavanagh - Manchester Deansgate

 Sat, 01 Aug at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

What Should Be Done With A Royal Assassin? Killing Victoria

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Track Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom GBP 14

An Evening with Peter F. Hamilton - Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

An Evening with Katherine Arden - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

An Evening with Sufiyaan Salam - Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

MUSIC Q&A: ‘IT’S TIME THE TALE WERE TOLD: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE SMITHS’

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

MINOR BLACK FIGURES: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 19

The Nerve presents Dave Eggers in conversation: Contrapposto

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 12

THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

 Fri, 03 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 22

Claire Daverley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave & Hannah Macdonald - Arndale

 Wed, 08 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5

The Slow Day

 Fri, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm Manchester Academy

Celebrate Paint Me Like Your Dead Girls with Cynthia Murphy - Deansgate

 Sat, 25 Jul at 03:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Manchester - Strange Britain’s Unsolved - True Crime Night

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:30 pm The Peer Hat GBP 12

SpitNights | poetry meets improv jazz

 Sat, 27 Jun at 06:30 pm 25 Swan St, The Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 5JZ

THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER: An evening with Stephen Graham Jones

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 11

An Evening with the Map Men - Manchester Deansgate

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 14

Inspired by Libraries with DJ Paulette

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

Storytelling & Moving Image Showcase: A Schools Takeover

 Thu, 11 Jun at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Trailblazers Open Mic Night

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:00 pm Renold Building GBP 5 to 10

Meet The Heirs with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Manchester

 Thu, 09 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

DEAD BUT DREAMING: Paul Tremblay in conversation with Neil McRobert

 Fri, 23 Oct at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 19

An Evening with Rachel Gillig - Waterstones Deansgate

 Sun, 20 Sep at 04:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

Albatross Lecture 2026: Nature and Climate Justice

 Wed, 24 Jun at 02:00 pm Manchester Art Gallery Free

Indie Lit Con - Manchester 2026

 Sat, 15 Aug at 10:00 am Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel GBP 0 to 33

You Choose Party with Nick Sharratt & Pippa Goodhart - Deansgate

 Sun, 30 Aug at 03:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 15

MANCHESTER MUST DANCE. An in conversation with MIKE PICKERING

 Sun, 15 Nov at 02:00 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 20 to 22

Manchester Infection Conference

 Thu, 10 Sep at 09:00 am Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Free

TBR BOOK FESTIVAL

 Sat, 12 Sep at 11:00 am Band on the Wall GBP 12

Louder Than Words Festival 2026: Weekend Passes

 Fri, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 106 to 762

Northern Indie Author Summit

 Sat, 21 Nov at 09:00 am Manchester Art Gallery GBP 49 to 89

Undead, Unmanned: A Screening of Y7’s 'Undead Internet Theory'

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm esea contemporary GBP 3

SEE MY WORLD: Pan-African Legacies Heritage Trail

 Fri, 12 Jun at 03:30 pm Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

The Red Lion - Kings Presents

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm The Kings Arms

Niamos Jam

 Wed, 27 May Chichester Road, M15 5EU Manchester, United Kingdom

The Indispensable Recruiter

 Fri, 12 Jun at 08:30 am The Edwardian Manchester Hotel GBP 100

Queer Salon MCR #2 : Show & Tell

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Impiety Hour Free

Heritage, Health & Harmony Open Days @ The Monastery

Sun, 21 Jun at 10:00 am The Monastery Manchester

Hispanic Film Club Screening: Soldados de Salamina

 Wed, 15 Jul at 05:45 pm Biblioteca Central de Mánchester Free

All Made Up Podcast LIVE! || Creatures Tour Show

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Creatures Comedy Club

HOW NOT TO SAVE THE WORLD: Anthea Lawson in conversation

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

Neurodivergent Creative Writing Workshop

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm SEESAW GBP 9

MULTIPLATFORM 2026: Poetry in Games / Games in Poetry

 Thu, 11 Jun at 09:00 am Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Writing in the Wild

 Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am Chorlton Ees Nature Reserve GBP 7 to 14

A New Way to Listen

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 9 to 14

Open Mic @Gullivers Manchester - £500 Grand Prize

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:00 pm Gullivers GBP 55

Publishing Insights Day 2026

 Thu, 11 Jun at 10:00 am Geoffrey Manton Building GBP 39 to 49

Zine and Collage Workshop

 Tue, 23 Jun at 06:30 pm Track Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom GBP 17

KISS, SLAY, REPLAY: An Evening With Rachel Harrison

 Mon, 05 Oct at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 12

Crime Central

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 2 to 6

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 15 to 22

The Red Lion -Kings Presents

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:30 pm The Kings Arms

Agriculture

 Mon, 22 Jun at 06:00 pm Rebellion Manchester

Southern Cemetery Guided Tour

 Sun, 05 Jul at 03:00 pm The Lodge, Southern Cemetery GBP 17

John Rylands Library and...expert guided tour.

 Wed, 01 Jul at 11:15 am Meet outside St Ann's Church Free

Play A Bigger Game

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Ezra & Gil GBP 10

The Spanish Civil War at 90 – collections & conversations

 Sat, 11 Jul at 11:00 am People's History Museum GBP 0 to 11

Word Central with special guest Ann Grant

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library

The Long, Riotous and Completely Disreputable Life of Mary M'Ginty, Rogue

 Thu, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm Pankhurst Centre GBP 0 to 6

Organisational Absurdity Unveiled

 Tue, 23 Jun at 09:30 am People's History Museum GBP 500 to 3,150

The Sun Inn Poets – Community Consultation 2

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Cathedral Free

FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER: Inside The Cult of HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT

 Fri, 13 Nov at 08:45 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 12 to 14

Unlimited Residency – Sophie Woolley

 Thu, 11 Jun at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Archival Lenses Film Festival

 Tue, 30 Jun at 09:30 am SODA (School of Digital Arts) Cinema Free

Four Seasons—Chinese Landscape, Poetry and Sound at Manchester Museum

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Museum Free

NEW YORK: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY - J. Michelle Coghlan in conversation

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

The Murray McLachlan Class Concert Series — Recital by His Student Pianists

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm Forsyth Brothers Limited GBP 4

SATURDAY PASS: LOUDER 2026

 Sat, 14 Nov at 10:00 am INNSIDE Manchester GBP 66 to 68

small hours by Wisteria Theatre

 Wed, 24 Jun SEESAW GBP 6

Crime Central Book Club June 2026

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library - Chief Librarian's Office Free

Timeless Bodies: Death, Grief, and Healing Across Cultures

 Mon, 29 Jun at 10:00 am The Manchester Museum Free

ERIKA EHLER & HANNAH PLATT - Work in Progress DOUBLE BILL

 Wed, 29 Jul at 07:00 pm Fairfield Social Club GBP 6

Lines of Love and Resistance - An Evening of Ukrainian Poetry

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Manchester Cathedral GBP 0 to 10

Christopher Isherwood: An illustrated talk by Andrew Biswell

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

SHARED READING in association with The Reader - Human Natures

 Tue, 19 May The Manchester Museum Free

Bunker Talk #168: Tanztheater Adrian Look

 Tue, 14 Jul at 05:30 pm The Salutation Pub (Upstairs) Free

Scripted Social MCR - June (Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill)

 Sat, 27 Jun at 10:00 am 53two Studio GBP 25

Storytelling: Los sueños de Ilán

 Sat, 13 Jun at 12:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Behind the Scenes Tour

 Thu, 21 May Manchester Central Library GBP 13

YA Panel at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5

Bunker Talk #167: Deborah Pearson

 Tue, 07 Jul at 05:30 pm SODA (School of Digital Arts) Free

Robyn Hitchcock + Emma Swift / Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester / Sat 26 Sep

 Sat, 26 Sep at 07:30 pm St Michael's Ancoats