What's on
At A Glance
Please note, this page is an archive of a previous year's programme. For the current programme, see the What's on page
Friday 13th September 2013
- 7.30pm Jo Nesbø
Saturday 14th September 2013
- 6.30pm Paul Muldoon & Don Paterson
Monday 7th October 2013
- 10.30am The Children's Bookshow with Jackie Kay
- 1.00pm Eoin Colfer
- 6.30pm Moniza Alvi & Nadeem Aslam
- 6.30pm An Excellent Woman: A Celebration of Barbara Pym
- 7.00pm Graphic Novels
Tuesday 8th October 2013
- 1.00pm Fiction Debuts
- 6.30pm Tash Aw
- 6.30pm Face 2 Face with Frank Cottrell Boyce
- 7.00pm Patrick Ness with The Bookshop Band
Wednesday 9th October 2013
- 3.00pm Afternoon Tea with Adam O’Riordan
- 4.30pm Thomas De Quincey’s Manchester
- 7.00pm David Morrell
Thursday 10th October 2013
- 1.00pm CK Stead & Michael Hulse
- 2.00pm The Manchester Man Walking Tour
- 6.30pm Jordi Punti
- 7.00pm Louise Doughty
Friday 11th October 2013
- 1.00pm Malorie Blackman
- 6.00pm Suzanne Joinson & Asli Perker
- 6.00pm Sarah Dunant
- 8.00pm The Great Gatsby Uncovered
Saturday 12th October 2013
- 10.00am Poetry & Medicine Workshop
- 11.00am A Highland Romance: Poetry Workshop
- 2.00pm Xiaolu Guo
- 2.00pm 'Open the Windows' Poetry & Medicine Reading
- 6.00pm Ali Smith
- 6.00pm Hey Wayne!
- 7.00pm The DNA of Bats
- 7.00pm The Big Issue in the North New Writing Award
Sunday 13th October 2013
- 11.00am Northern Classics Literary Coach Tour - 2013
- 2.00pm The Little Red Hen
- 2.00pm Elaine Feinstein
- 3.00pm Helen Fielding
- 4.00pm Neil Gaiman
- 4.00pm UFO in her Eyes
- 5.30pm Roddy Doyle 2013
- 6.00pm I Am, I Am, I Am: Reflections on Sylvia Plath
- 7.30pm Jeanette Winterson & Audrey Niffenegger
Monday 14th October 2013
- 10.00am There’s A Rumble in The Jungle
- 7.00pm AD Miller
Tuesday 15th October 2013
- 12.00pm Poetry in the City
- 2.30pm Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition 2013
- 6.30pm Michelle Green & Sara Maitland
- 7.00pm Manchester Crime Scene
- 7.00pm Young Enigma
- 7.30pm Shackleton’s Man Goes South
Wednesday 16th October 2013
- 5.30pm Owen Sheers
- 6.00pm Walter Mosley
- 7.30pm Blog North Awards
- 7.30pm The Palace of Curiosities
- 8.00pm Devil in a Blue Dress (Certificate 15)
Thursday 17th October 2013
- 1.00pm Jacek Dehnel
- 3.00pm Afternoon Tea with Rachel Cooke
- 5.30pm The Art of the Short Story
- 6.30pm Catalan Poets
- 7.30pm Ian McMillan & Owen Sheers
- 7.30pm Deborah Levy & Sarah Hall
Friday 18th October 2013
Saturday 19th October 2013
- 10.30am National Black Writers & Publishers Conference
- 12.00pm The Icebook
- 1.00pm Timelines – Where History Comes to Life
- 2.00pm Writing a Path Through Palestine
- 2.30pm Poets & Players 2013
- 2.30pm Carlos Acosta
- 5.30pm Catherine O’Flynn
- 7.30pm I Have a Dream: Lemn Sissay & Manchester Camerata
Sunday 20th October 2013
Monday 18th November 2013
- 7.00pm An Evening With Donna Tartt