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Tracy-Ann Oberman will reprise her role of Shylock in the acclaimed production of The Merchant of Venice 1936 when it tours to Liverpool Playhouse early next year.

Throughout 2025, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is celebrating its tenth anniversary, having first opened to the public a decade ago.

Throughout 2025, the team at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is taking a deep dive into Ruth, one of the famous 19th-century author’s most shocking texts.

Rebecca Watts launches her “vibrant third collection” The Face in the Well, out with Manchester’s Carcanet Press and hosted by the University of Manchester Centre for New Writing’s Vona Groarke.

In Bradford’s year as City of Culture, More Song is back with a line-up of poets featuring Rowan Evans, Sean Roy Parker and Rebecca Lockwood, plus an open mic.

Writer and journalist Adelle Stripe is heading to Serenity Booksellers for the launch of her memoir Base Notes: The Scents of a Life, an Observer pick for 2025.

Two Yorkshire-based, Manchester-published authors are heading over th’ills to the Rainy City for his event at Blackwell’s Bookshop – S J Bradley and Rachel Bower.

Manchester’s newest library will be celebrating International Mother Language Day on Thursday 23 February with free events and refreshments provided in the library.

To celebrate this year’s Record Store Day, ten writers have teamed up with musicians for Sleeve Notes, a unique collaborative performance response creating new writing and music.