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
Wednesday 25th January 2017
- 7.00pm Eileen Myles Book Now
Monday 27th February 2017
Monday 6th March 2017
Saturday 18th March 2017
Tuesday 9th May 2017
Friday 9th June 2017
Friday 6th October
Saturday 7th October 2017
- 12.00pm The Original Punk Poet Pub Tour 2017 Book Now
- 2.00pm Jon McGregor 2017 Book Now
- 2.00pm Comedy Club 4 Kids Book Now
- 3.30pm Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf & Clare Pollard Book Now
- 4.30pm Dorthe Nors Book Now
- 7.30pm An Evening with Sarah Hall Book Now
Sunday 8th October 2017
- 11.00am Listen to the Women! Walking Tour (2017) Book Now
- 2.30pm Protest: Stories of Resistance Book Now
- 3.00pm Afternoon Tea with Claire Tomalin Book Now
- 7.00pm Roddy Doyle Book Now
- 7.00pm Malika Booker Book Now
Monday 9th October 2017
Tuesday 10th October 2017
- 11.30am Do Not Enter The Monster Zoo! Book Now
- 2.15pm Do Not Enter The Monster Zoo! Book Now
- 2.30pm Manchester Cathedral Poetry Prize 2017 Book Now
- 6.30pm Anne Michaels Book Now
- 6.30pm Will Self Book Now
- 7.00pm Joanna Moorhead on Leonora Carrington Book Now
- 7.30pm Revolution Retrospective Book Now
- 8.00pm John Banville & Mike McCormack Book Now
Wednesday 11th October 2017
- 11.00am Do Not Enter The Monster Zoo! Book Now
- 1.00pm In Person: World Poets Film Screening Book Now
- 2.00pm Do Not Enter The Monster Zoo! Book Now
- 6.00pm Manchester Thinkers and Drinkers Pub Tour 2017 Book Now
- 6.30pm Qaisra Shahraz Book Now
- 6.30pm Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ & Chibundu Onuzo Book Now
- 7.00pm Alan Hollinghurst Book Now
Thursday 12th October 2017
Friday 13th October 2017
Saturday 14th October 2017
- 10.00am Family Reading Day 2017 Book Now
- 2.00pm Yiyun Li Book Now
- 2.30pm George Szirtes, Caroline Bird & ANDCHUCK Book Now
- 4.00pm Manchester Thinkers and Drinkers Pub Tour 2017 Book Now
- 7.30pm Cabaret For Freedom Book Now
- 7.30pm Viv Groskop Book Now
Sunday 15th October 2017
- 11.00am Gothic Literature Walking Tour Book Now
- 2.00pm Elif Shafak & Nadeem Aslam Book Now
- 4.30pm The Things I Would Tell You Book Now
Monday 16th October 2017
- 1.00pm Elizabeth Gaskell Walking Tour 2017 Book Now
- 1.00pm Arundhathi Subramaniam Book Now
- 6.30pm Refugee Tales: Volume II Book Now
- 6.30pm Lyndall Gordon Book Now
- 7.30pm Simon Schama Book Now
- 8.00pm Colette Bryce & Tara Bergin Book Now
Tuesday 17th October 2017
- 12.30pm The Writing Squad Book Now
- 1.00pm Gothic Literature Walking Tour Book Now
- 6.30pm Linda Grant Book Now
- 7.00pm Jon Savage Book Now
- 7.30pm Kamila Shamsie in conversation with Jeanette Winterson Book Now
Wednesday 18th October 2017
- 1.00pm Manchester in Poetry and Prose Walking Tour Book Now
- 6.30pm Samanta Schweblin Book Now
- 7.00pm Howard Jacobson 2017 Book Now
- 7.30pm George Monbiot Book Now
Thursday 19th October 2017
- 3.00pm Afternoon Tea with Tessa Hadley Book Now
- 4.00pm Handa's Surprise Book Now
- 6.00pm Manchester Radical Literature Walking Tour Book Now
- 6.30pm Michael Rosen Book Now
- 7.00pm Hollie McNish & Jackie Hagan Book Now
- 7.00pm Zaffar Kunial Book Now
Friday 20th October 2017
Saturday 21st October 2017
Sunday 22nd October 2017
- 3.00pm Shami Chakrabarti Book Now
- 7.30pm Poets of the New Generation Book Now
Wednesday 25th October 2017
Tuesday 31st October 2017
Wednesday 15th November 2017
- 7.00pm Jennifer Egan Book Now
Tuesday 5th December 2017
- 7.30pm Jackie Kay & Ali Smith Book Now