Jesmyn Ward at Central Library

Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central, a free event every month featuring open mic performers and a special guest.

The third Festival Of Libraries is a five-day multi-venue celebration of Greater Manchester’s libraries happening 7 to 11 June.

Take your pick from The Little Library’s carefully curated collection of classics and new releases, adding a recently read book of your own as a replacement.

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and award-winning garden is a must-see for literature lovers, with a book sale on the second Sunday of the month.

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has already celebrated the author’s novels Cranford and North And South, and in 2023 it’s the turn of Mary Barton.

Join the Radical Reading Book Group every six weeks to discuss a book from The Reading Room Library – which you can find at Left Bank Leeds in collaboration with London-based independent radical publishers Pluto Press.

Every Thursday morning you’re invited to join the Poetry Walk with The Reader in Calderstones Park. Get into the great outdoors and escape the everyday, while exploring poetry and making the most of the beautiful surroundings in a safe and socially distanced way.

The Portico Library is running a series of Walk Write Workshops with its Rambler in Residence Anita Sethi.

Instituto Cervantes in Manchester is launching a new edition of its Latin American Literature Reading Club led by Dr Mariana Casale.

Join Manchester Cathedral’s new Writer-In-Residence Tom Branfoot for a six-week series of poetry workshops, entitled Doubt Wisely.