Writing Events in Manchester

Check out happening writing events all around Manchester, EN

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

AI SOCIAL CLUB: The Symposium

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

Chorlton Comedy Club, Manchester

 Fri, 01 May at 08:30 pm Hough End Centre Chorlton

Meet Joe Abercrombie at Waterstones Deansgate

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

Just a Girl From North Manchester Book Launch & Live Performance Evening

 Sun, 08 Mar at 06:30 pm The Yard Mcr

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

Northern Publishers' Fair 2026

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

Passion For Gorton | A Community Passion Play

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

Voices in Print: Women Making a Zine

 Tue, 03 Mar at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library (Performance Space, Ground Floor) Free

Reclaiming the Internet: Sarah Wynn-Williams at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Reframing Blackness- Talk and Q&A with Alayo Akinkugbe

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm The Whitworth Free

International Women's Day x World Book Day

 Sat, 07 Mar at 11:00 am Pankhurst Centre GBP 0 to 6

Cargo Recording Studios - Author Q&A

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

An evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave at Waterstones Deansgate

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

Michael Stewart & Yvonne Battle-Felton in conversation

 Thu, 05 Mar 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

Bunker Talk #161: Selina Thompson

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

An Evening with David Szalay at Waterstones ManchesterDeansgate

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

Poets Who Edit: Featuring Rachael Allen

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

An Evening with Venetia Constantine - Manchester, Deansgate

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

Writing in the Wild

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

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

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

FINDING ALBION: Zakia Sewell in conversation

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

Scribbles Social! at HOMEmcr

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

Bunker Talk #162: Tanztheater Adrian Look

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

Poets Who Edit: Featuring Sarah Howe

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

One City, Many Stories

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

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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

The Creatives Book Club - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (time option b)

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 6

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

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

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

Japanese Beginner Level 1 - Trial lesson

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm CORE GBP 45

‘Watery Archives’: a zine workshop with Fiona Brehony

 Tue, 03 Mar at 01:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Bid Writing Course - Manchester

 Wed, 04 Mar at 09:45 am Manchester GBP 420

Bunker Talk #163: The Guardians of Living Matter

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

Journal Club

 Wed, 04 Mar at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe Free

LATE HEANEY: Nicholas Allen in conversation with John McAuliffe

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

Neil Rollinson & Jon Doyle in conversation with Luke Brown

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

Online Talk: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell- A Friendship

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

Brian Groom on These Isles - New Book

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

above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:30 pm Saul Hay Gallery Free

‘Conversations with the Irk’: A Sound and Creative Writing Workshop

 Tue, 10 Mar at 01:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

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

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

Bid Writing Course - Manchester

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

Livi Michael on her new book Elizabeth and Ruth

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

Poetry Workshop: Imagery

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:30 pm Terrace NQ GBP 9 to 14

What’s in a Name?

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

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

Bunker Talk #166: Stephen Sutcliffe

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

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

Storytelling for improvisers

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

KESHED: Stu Hennigan in conversation with Thom Cuell

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

Beltane Walk in the Woods

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

Bunker Talk #167: Harry Wilson

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

Lammas Walk in the Woods

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

Bunker Talk #164: Be Andr

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

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

Write Club Session

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

EKOH

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:00 pm Gorilla

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