Writing Events in Manchester

Check out happening writing events all around Manchester, EN

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

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

Universally Manchester Festival

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

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

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

SUNDAY PASS: The Fall Futures and Pasts - Sunday 7th June 2026

 Sun, 07 Jun at 10:15 am Band on the Wall GBP 55

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

'Malc's Boy'. Shaun Wilson in conversation with Tony Walsh.

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 4 to 15

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

Meet Ben Miller at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

 Wed, 20 May at 01:00 pm Waterstones GBP 20

An Evening with Shannon Chakraborty - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

G. Forsyth-Read in conversation with Ally Mackintosh - Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 14

Kirsty Greenwood, Lucy Jane Wood & Laura Wood - Waterstones Manchester

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 6

MINOR BLACK FIGURES: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

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

DEAD BUT DREAMING: Paul Tremblay in conversation with Neil McRobert

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

RETOLD: Kat Dunn and Elle Machray in conversation

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 32

CRITICAL MUSLIM ISSUE 57

 Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

Crime Central

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

Dining with Jane Austen

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 31

Hispanic Film Club Screening: Soldados de Salamina

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

THE VIVISECTORS: Missouri Williams in conversation

 Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

A New Way to Listen

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

The Sun Inn Poets – Community Consultation 2

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

Meet The Heirs with Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Manchester

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

The Emotional Dimensions of Doctoral Writing: A Community Writing Retreat

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

The Sun Inn Poets – Community Consultation

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Cathedral Free

Returning to your Centre - Yoga, Breath & Writing - Afternoon Retreat

 Sat, 30 May at 02:30 pm Yoga Republic MCR GBP 40

Pride special: Safe Space to Be Weird & Wonderful workshop

 Sat, 06 Jun at 10:00 am Methodist Central Hall GBP 22 to 44

Zine and Collage Workshop

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

SOUP Slow Simmer

 Sun, 24 May at 06:00 pm The Village Hall 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

IN TRANSLATION: Miha Mazzini and Celia Hawkesworth in conversation

 Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 14

Lauryn Hamilton Murray in Conversation with Alwyn Hamilton - Arndale

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 12

Upcycling Workshops

 Tue, 12 May at 06:30 pm Bridge 5 Mill GBP 5

Poets who stopped: Laura (Riding) Jackson

 Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Bid Writing Course - Manchester

 Wed, 29 Apr Manchester GBP 420

PINK ZIP THEATRE- Write Night

Sun, 24 May at 06:00 pm The Kings Arms

An Evening with John Patrick McHugh at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 19 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 5

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

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

YA Panel at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

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

Bunker Talk #168: Tanztheater Adrian Look

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

Bunker Talk #166: Harry Wilson

 Tue, 02 Jun at 05:30 pm The Salutation Pub (Upstairs) Free

Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 am International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 0 to 27

Sub Club: Poetry Workshop (Online)

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

Lines of Love and Resistance - An Evening of Ukrainian Poetry

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

HELEN OF NOWHERE: Makenna Goodman in conversation with Lara Williams

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

Book launch : Textual Actants (Infrastructure) w/ readings and discussion

 Wed, 20 May at 04:00 pm Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University 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

The Imprisonments of Researching in a Pr*son

 Wed, 20 May at 03:00 pm Room 3.10 Williamson Building Free

Art/Creative Work Session - Manchester

 Sun, 07 Jun at 11:00 am Wellington Studios GBP 8

Schools Poetry Competition – Globally Curious: Voices from the Earth

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

Autumn Equinox Walk in the Woods

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

Lammas Walk in the Woods

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

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

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