Lemn Sissay: Something Dark at HOME

HOME presents a brand new solo exhibition by Manchester-based artist John Cake resulting in a wild mind map of references and techniques.

Spirited, pacey and packed with joy, the treasured story of the March sisters warms up Manchester this winter.

HOME’s Playreading Group is open to all and offers an opportunity to read and discuss plays that are linked to their theatre productions.

This ultimate feel-good, festive favourite, from Oscar-winning director Frank Capra, stars James Stewart as despairing businessmen George Bailey. HOME present their annual screenings.

HOME joins cinemas across the country in a UK-wide, BFI-backed celebration of the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

HOME’s Christmas film season goes back to the 90s with of the decade’s big hits and sleeper classics.

Turner prize winner Lubaina Himid curates HOME’s newest exhibition ‘A Fine Toothed Comb’, an in-depth exploration of Manchester’s communities, geography, geology and architecture.

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.

Levenshulme Old Library has commissioned brand-new festive ghost stories from six writers for three special atmospheric lantern-lit reading events after hours in the Carnegie building.

Poetry at the Dusty Miller is a brand-new night with invited readers, organised by Carcanet-published Carola Luther and Judith Willson in the Coiners’ Room in the Mytholmroyd pub.

We’re taking one last look at the cityscape as Elizabeth Gaskell’s famous protagonist Mary Barton might have experienced it, focusing in on the Christmas scene.

With the help of some exciting contemporary poets, Fly On The Wall Press presents an online poetry panel: Paths into Poetry.

One of Manchester’s longest-running monthly spoken word and live literature events, Verbose welcomes two invited headliners to the stage each month, plus a selection of open mic performers.