Writing Events in Manchester

Check out happening writing events all around Manchester, EN

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

LOVE STORIES etc FESTIVAL

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

An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones Deansgate

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

An Evening with Chris Carter - Manchester Deansgate

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

An Evening with Peter F. Hamilton - Waterstones Deansgate

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

An Evening with Sufiyaan Salam - Waterstones Deansgate

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

THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

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

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

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

MINOR BLACK FIGURES: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

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

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

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

Queer Salon MCR #2 : Show & Tell

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

Hispanic Film Club Screening: Soldados de Salamina

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

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

The Emotional Dimensions of Doctoral Writing: A Community Writing Retreat

 Mon, 22 Jun at 10:00 am Brooks Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

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

Umberto Eco in Britain

 Fri, 26 Jun at 03:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation Free

Scribbles Social! at HOMEmcr

 Thu, 25 Jun HOME Manchester GBP 6 to 12

Crime Central

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

The Sun Inn Poets – Community Consultation 2

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Cathedral 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

Where are you really from? - Workshop

 Sat, 27 Jun at 01:00 pm The Whitworth Free

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

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

Lines of Love and Resistance - An Evening of Ukrainian Poetry

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

Bunker Talk #168: Tanztheater Adrian Look

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

Bid Writing Course - Manchester

 Wed, 29 Apr Manchester GBP 420

YA Panel at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

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

Creative writing workshop with Jenny Lau, author of “A-Z of Chinese food"

 Sun, 05 Jul at 11:00 am Manchester Museum GBP 3

HELEN OF NOWHERE: Makenna Goodman in conversation with Lara Williams

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

Schools Poetry Competition – Globally Curious: Voices from the Earth

 Sat, 13 Jun at 03:00 pm GA.056, Nancy Rothwell Building Free

Sub Club: Poetry Workshop (Online)

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Autumn Equinox Walk in the Woods

 Mon, 21 Sep at 05:30 pm Bailey's Wood Free

A Tiny Speck Of Black And Then Nothing: Emily Midorikawa in conversation

 Thu, 23 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Creative Book Club - The Creative Act (Saturday book social Manchester)

 Sat, 27 Jun at 01:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 3 to 6

Concert: Unavoidable Happenings

 Sun, 21 Jun at 02:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 8 to 10

Annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture 2026 at the John Rylands Library

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

Lammas Walk in the Woods

 Fri, 31 Jul at 06:30 pm Bailey's Wood Free

THE BEAUTIFUL DEATH OF OZZY OSBOURNE: How Metal Teaches Us to Live

 Sat, 14 Nov at 04:00 pm INNSIDE Manchester GBP 11 to 13

WRITING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Queer Fiction Short Story Course w/ Chloe De Lullington

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm SEESAW GBP 196

Write Club Session

 Wed, 28 Jan at 12:30 pm Jean McFarlane Building Free

Identity Global Majority Writers Group

 Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

READING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Google Ads Essentials: Boost Your Marketing, 1 Day in Manchester

 Thu, 11 Dec at 09:00 am For more information on venue address, reach out to "[email protected]" GBP 488 to 651

The Space Poetic Writing Club

 Tue, 27 May at 05:00 pm Terrace NQ GBP 5