Enriqueta Rylands: behind every man is a great woman at The John Rylands Library

Explore the ways in which Manchester helped shape and reinforce the ideas of the fathers of communism, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.

This autumn Manchester Poets returns to its usual home of Chorlton Library, following its exile to Withington while renovations took place at the Carnegie HQ.

We just celebrated former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes’s birthday in the town of his birth, now head to his former home Lumb Bank for Arvon’s Story House.

Linked in with the famous and fabulous New York School of poets, Steve Malmude has a new book out with Manchester’s Carcanet Press, with a launch online.

A celebration of poetry with invited guests and ‘lucky dip’ open mic. This month, Ian Duhig, Kirsten Luckens and Henry Raby.

Various independent publishing houses set out their stalls at the Northern Publishers’ Fair at Manchester Central Library.

Rose Condo is a multi-award-winning poet and spoken word artist, who carefully blends poetry and prose to create live shows she performs with aplomb.

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

Now in its 20th year, Manchester Literature Festival is presenting a special programme of summer events.