Sarah-Clare Conlon

The Burgess Foundation presents Banned Books, an exhibition featuring nearly 50 ‘indecent’ books confiscated from Anthony Burgess 50 years ago in a row with Maltese authorities.

It’s the last That’s What She Said before a summer break, and this month the For Books’ Sake gang welcome authors Holly Ringland and Rosie Garland to their all-female line-up.

Special one-off event with food and poetry readings from Sophie McKeand, Andrew McMillan and Helen Mort, all curated by Adam O’Riordan.

Manchester Literature Festival and Northern commissioned poet Helen Mort to write about the journey from Manchester to Hebden Bridge. Courtesy MLF and Northern, you can explore the Calder Valley’s rich literary heritage with a special trail and map.

Amy McCauley will be launching her first poetry collection, Oedipa, which has just been released by Cornish publisher Guillemot Press. She will be joined at this Manchester event by poets Kate Davis and Rhys Trimble and electronic duo SALT.

Verbose is having a flash fiction special to coincide with National Flash Fiction Day, preceded by a workshop with Tania Hershman so you can write and hone those creations before getting on the open mic!

First in a new bi-monthly performance series, with readings from poets Amy McCauley, Nisha Ramayya and Alice Tarbuck.

Bad Language welcomes celebrated Glasgow-based non-fiction writer, journalist, musician and BBC Radio 4 Book Of The Week author Malachay Tallack as he celebrates the launch of his first novel The Valley at the Centre of the World.

You’re invited to an audience with Stuart Maconie: BBC Radio 6 Music DJ and bestselling author of travel, culture and social history books, including brand-new tome Long Road From Jarrow: A Journey Through Britain Then And Now.

Zarf magazine’s regular live literature night presents poetry and experiments in words – this month sees Caitlín Doherty, Ollie Evans and Azad Ashim Sharma take to the mic.

This celebration of cities across the UK and abroad brings together a line-up of iconic poets from the UK and Ireland: Paul Farley, Khadijah Ibrahim, Michael Symmons Roberts and Stephen James Smith.