Literary-art Events in Manchester

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

TEDxManchester 2026

Sat, 07 Mar at 10:30 am The Bridgewater Hall GBP 32 to 131

Mean Girls Live at Opera House Manchester

Mon, 23 Feb at 07:30 pm Palace Theatre & Opera House Manchester

Fiction Fest UK 26

Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am The Bridgewater Hall GBP 14 to 66

An Evening with Beth O'Leary at Waterstones Deansgate

Sat, 11 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

AI SOCIAL CLUB: The Symposium

Thu, 05 Mar at 10:00 am Sister - Renold Building GBP 33 to 131

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

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

Tim Harford: How to Make the World Add Up

Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm Stoller Hall

An Evening with Shon Faye at Waterstones Deansgate

Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 14

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Repeat)

Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

An Evening with Madeline Cash at Waterstones Manchester, Deansgate

Tue, 10 Feb at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

Voiced: Polari & Poetry in Manchester

Wed, 25 Feb at 06:15 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 4 to 8

Community & Care: A Fuse Poetry Night

Thu, 19 Feb at 06:00 pm Stage & Radio Free

Caitlin O'Ryan @ Hinterland Poetry

Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe GBP 13 to 17

The Poetry Place presents Love is, Valentine's Love Poetry and Spoken Word

Sat, 14 Feb at 07:00 pm The Gin Nest, Impossible Bar GBP 17

The NERVE presents Ece Temelkuran in conversation with Carole Cadwalladr

Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 15

Kids of Colour on JOY

Tue, 24 Feb at 06:00 pm Contact Theatre Free

FLESH: Charli Howard in conversation with Helen Mort

Wed, 11 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

An evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave at Waterstones Deansgate

Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

CroppaChoppa's Slumber Party

Sat, 21 Mar at 07:30 pm Fairfield Social Club GBP 6 to 12

Archiving Ourselves

Thu, 19 Feb at 06:00 pm The Whitworth Free

An Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky at Waterstones Deansgate

Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

Cole Stacey - Live at The Portico Library

Sat, 21 Mar at 06:30 pm The Portico Library

Cuentacuentos: Pequeña Frida

Sat, 14 Mar at 12:00 pm Biblioteca Central de Mánchester Free

Voices of the City: A Collective Performance

Sat, 21 Mar at 01:00 pm The Whitworth Free

The Poetry Edit

Tue, 10 Feb at 06:00 pm Manchester Cathedral Free

CPD Training: Somatic Toolkit for Trauma Therapy

Thu, 19 Mar at 10:00 am Bridge 5 Mill

Caitlin O'Ryan @ Hinterland Poetry

Wed, 18 Feb at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe GBP 13 to 17

John Rylands Library & More...Official Manchester Tours

Wed, 11 Feb at 01:30 pm Meet outside St Ann's Church Free

The Creative Meet Up Manchester

Wed, 11 Feb at 06:30 am Impossible - Manchester GBP 8

The Psychology of Fetish and Kink

Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Friends' Meeting House GBP 6 to 32

Tickle your Fancy cabaret

Thu, 12 Feb at 07:30 pm Edge Theatre & Arts Centre

The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs – with Dr Dean Lomax & Bob Nicholls

Sat, 21 Feb at 01:00 pm Manchester Museum GBP 5

Writing in the Wild

Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am Chorlton Ees Nature Reserve GBP 7 to 14

Michael Stewart & Yvonne Battle-Felton in conversation

Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

An Evening with James Alistair Henry at Waterstones Manchester, Deansgate

Wed, 11 Feb at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Networking For Filmmakers

Wed, 25 Feb at 07:00 pm Fairfield Social Club GBP 0 to 4

Embroidery Workshop

Sun, 15 Feb at 12:30 pm M1 2NP GBP 35

John Butcher (Solo) + Burn Into Sleep

Sat, 28 Mar at 07:30 pm St Margarets Church, Whalley Range

Portico Kitchen Afternoon Tea Number One: A Clockwork Orange

Thu, 05 Mar at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 43

The Evil Corners of Strangeways: Ed Glinert's Criminal tour

Tue, 10 Feb at 11:30 am Victoria Station Wallmap Free

Online Talk: I Blame the Mother

Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

MossWorlds: Re-storying Urban Lives

Thu, 12 Feb at 05:30 pm Samuel Alexander Building Free

Atoms to Bits: The AlphaBet of Intelligence v2.0

Wed, 25 Feb at 01:00 pm The Whitworth Free

Behind the Scenes Tour

Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 13

Bunker Talk #163: The Guardians of Living Matter

Tue, 24 Mar at 05:30 pm SODA Cinema Free

WHITE RIVER CROSSING: Ian McGuire in conversation

Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

International Mother Language Day Open Mic

Sat, 21 Feb at 02:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Bunker Talk #162: Tanztheater Adrian Look

Tue, 24 Mar at 05:30 pm The Salutation Pub (Upstairs) Free

Linguistic Landscapes in Manchester and Beyond

Sat, 21 Feb at 11:00 am Manchester Museum Free

On the Sudanese 2019 revolution till now

Wed, 11 Feb at 04:00 pm Simon Building Free

The Deadlians - Manchester

Fri, 06 Mar at 07:30 pm YES

Neurodivergent Friendly Exhibition Tour of Delaine le Bas

Thu, 19 Mar at 11:00 am The Whitworth Free

Didsbury Comedy Club, Manchester

Sun, 01 Mar at 07:45 pm St Catherine's Community Centre GBP 14

Crumpsall Folk Club feat. Tom Blackwell

Thu, 16 Apr at 07:45 pm The Cleveland, 77 Crumpsall Lane, Manchester

Slow Reading: Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things

Wed, 11 Feb at 04:30 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

You Are African First Before Anything (YAAFBA)

Sun, 15 Mar at 08:30 pm The Kings Arms

An Evening with David Szalay at Waterstones ManchesterDeansgate

Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

ADRIFT: Will Dean in conversation with Neil McRobert

Thu, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 22

The Disfluencies CoLab: Embodying Mother Languages through Poetry & Drawing

Sat, 21 Feb at 02:00 pm University of Manchester Students' Union Free

Voiced & IMLD26: Opening Event

Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Looking for Languages – Family-friendly trail at Manchester Museum

Sat, 21 Feb at 01:00 pm Manchester Museum Free

Cuentacuentos: Mi primer platero

Sat, 21 Feb at 12:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Poets Who Edit: Featuring Rachael Allen

Thu, 12 Mar at 04:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Bunker Talk #161: Selina Thompson

Tue, 03 Mar at 05:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

IES-Bibiliographical Society Digital Skills Training

Fri, 13 Mar at 11:00 am The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United Kingdom

Tue, 24 Feb at 06:00 pm Instituto Cervantes - Manchester Free

An Evening with Venetia Constantine - Manchester, Deansgate

Wed, 04 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

Charles Dickens and his Manchester Connections

Sat, 07 Mar at 05:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 12

Reflective Conversation

Sun, 08 Mar at 12:00 pm Tariff & Dale Free

Manchester Book Bonanza

Sat, 18 Apr at 11:00 am The Alan Manchester GBP 3 to 55

HOME IS WHERE THE HAUNT IS: Tobi Coventry and Róisín Lanigan

Mon, 16 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

The Pre-Raphaelites & their Circle. Expert Manchester tour.

Thu, 12 Feb at 02:30 pm Meet outside St Ann's Church Free

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

Jot: Pop Up Bookshop

Sun, 22 Feb at 11:00 am Station South Free

Instant Party

Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm Manchester Academy

An Evening for Stand Up to Racism

Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe Free

International Women's Day Walking Tour

Wed, 04 Mar at 10:30 am Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, M13 9LW Manchester, United Kingdom

Galentine’s Day - Be That Woman

Sat, 14 Feb at 12:00 pm Solido Well-being Hub.

In Search of Women at the National Gallery

Mon, 09 Feb at 04:30 pm Mansfield Cooper, G.20 Free

Reflective Conversation: Love ❤️

Sun, 08 Feb at 12:00 pm Tariff & Dale Free

SUPER NINTENDO: Keza MacDonald in conversation

Mon, 02 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

The Barking Dogs Open Mic Poetry

Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm 9A Higher Road, Urmston, Manchester

Poets Who Edit: Featuring Sarah Howe

Thu, 23 Apr at 04:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Wed, 11 Feb at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Voiced Festival Workshop: Writing and Mosaics Workshop with Lydia Hounat

Sat, 21 Feb at 11:00 am Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall

Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Manchester Museum GBP 0 to 5

Owt On Stage

Thu, 07 May at 01:30 pm Band on the Wall Free

Angel Meadow, "Victorian Hell-Hole". Official Manchester tours

Tue, 10 Feb at 02:30 pm Victoria Station wallmap Free

IWD 2026 with Creative Manchester

Wed, 04 Mar at 12:15 pm The Whitworth Free

Carlton Rhyme Time

Sun, 08 Feb at 08:00 pm The Carlton Club

THE STORY OF THE DEER WOMAN: Heidi Hinda Chadwick in conversation

Fri, 20 Feb at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

How to Teach Writing in Early Years

Mon, 02 Mar at 09:30 am The Studio Manchester

PHOENIX RISING BOOK LAUNCH

Sat, 07 Mar at 12:00 pm Maldron Hotel GBP 3 to 17