Writing Events in Manchester

Check out happening writing events all around Manchester, EN

An Evening with Patrick Ness at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

An Evening with Beth O'Leary at Waterstones Deansgate

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

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

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

The Laughienda Comedy Club | 23rd Apr '26 | Peter Brush Headlines

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Lions Den Manchester

Meet Joe Abercrombie at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 07 May at 12:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 11

Northern Publishers' Fair 2026

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Manchester Central Library

An evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave at Waterstones Deansgate

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

Passion For Gorton | A Community Passion Play

 Fri, 03 Apr at 05:00 pm The Monastery Manchester

Programme Launch and Book Launch: Dog Star by Michael Symmons Roberts

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON: Amal El-Mohtar in conversation with Eliza Chan

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

An Evening with Paige Toon at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Three Talks on Folklore

 Sat, 25 Apr at 09:30 am Friends' Meeting House GBP 20 to 66

Centre for New Writing Fellows 2026: Inua Ellams and Gurnaik Johal

 Tue, 05 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

An Evening with Benjamin Wood at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

An Evening with David Szalay at Waterstones ManchesterDeansgate

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

noSHAMEmoreLOVE x LGBT Foundation

 Sat, 11 Apr at 12:30 pm LGBT Foundation Free

Cultureword Writers' Salon / Farewell Party!

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Chuck Gallery Free

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

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

Crime Central

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 2 to 6

One City, Many Stories

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

FINDING ALBION: Zakia Sewell in conversation

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 25

An Evening of New Writing: Kate Lord Brown and Tina Cole

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Scribbles Social! at HOMEmcr

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm HOME Manchester GBP 5 to 24

Journal Club

 Wed, 01 Apr at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe Free

Poets Who Edit: Featuring Sarah Howe

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

Pause & Reflect Journaling Club

 Sat, 28 Mar at 06:00 pm Caravan Manchester GBP 12

Bunker Talk #163: The Guardians of Living Matter

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

Writing in the Wild

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

Romani Resistance Day with Delaine Le Bas, Juice Vamosi and Gemma Lees

 Sat, 16 May at 01:00 pm The Whitworth Free

The Poetry of Suicide: J.T. Welsch in conversation with Nikolai Duffy

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Online Talk: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell- A Friendship

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT: Lauren J. Joseph in conversation

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Visiting Voice: A Poetry Writing Workshop

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am Altogether Otherwise Free

Neil Rollinson & Jon Doyle in conversation with Luke Brown

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – The Nurses’ Story and The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Scribe N Vibe

 Sun, 22 Mar at 03:00 pm Pull Up Bar Cafe GBP 10

Livi Michael on her new book Elizabeth and Ruth

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Bunker Talk #162: Tanztheater Adrian Look

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

The Poetry Edit

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Cathedral Free

Creative Book Club - We need your art (Saturday book social)

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 6

Scripted Social - Monthly Play Reading Group (New Plays in Development)

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am 53two Studio GBP 25

What’s in a Name?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Main Hall, Friends' Meeting House GBP 7 to 17

Writing Poems Through the Guidebook Form: Workshop with Anita Slater

 Wed, 18 Mar at 10:00 am Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Create & Play for Adults

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe GBP 8 to 14

Online Talk: ‘I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free’ – Emily and Anne Brontë

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Storytelling for improvisers

 Sat, 04 Apr at 10:00 am Methodist Central Hall GBP 22 to 65

Bid Writing Course - Manchester

 Wed, 29 Apr at 09:45 am Manchester GBP 420

Queer Fiction Short Story Course w/ Chloe De Lullington

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

Strange Encounters: When an Animal Walks Into a Bar

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:00 pm Flok GBP 6

INTERSEX: Iain Morland in conversation

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 22

Novelists

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Manchester Academy 3

Bunker Talk #166: Stephen Sutcliffe

 Tue, 19 May at 05:30 pm The Salutation Pub (Upstairs) Free

Online Talk: North and South across the Atlantic – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Influence in America

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Beltane Walk in the Woods

 Sat, 02 May at 05:30 pm Bailey's Wood Free

KESHED: Stu Hennigan in conversation with Thom Cuell

 Mon, 11 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

Bunker Talk #164: Be Andr

 Tue, 21 Apr at 05:30 pm The Salutation Pub (Upstairs) Free

Bunker Talk #167: Harry Wilson

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

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

Write Club Session

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

TripleC Youth Theatre

 Mon, 15 Sep at 04:30 pm 53two Free