Each year, the team at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House picks one of the famous 19th-century author’s texts to take a deep dive into: in 2024, it’s Wives and Daughters.

Our Tourist Telescope is set on the coast – more specifically, Morecambe Poetry Festival, back for a third year with an impressive line-up now spread over two venues: the wonderful Winter Gardens and upstairs at The King’s Arms.

We’re excited by the launch of Polkadot Wounds, the fifth Carcanet collection from Forward Prize-winning poet Anthony Vahni Capildeo. This online reading will be hosted by James Womack, whose fourth collection with Carcanet, Why Are You Shouting?, is also out this month.

The Portico Library’s latest exhibition, Weird As Folk, runs through to November and invites you to explore and reimagine folklore via texts selected from the collection, which includes 100 books of English folklore.

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.

MLF runs from 4 to 20 October and presents inspiring live literature and spoken word from international writers and home-grown talent.

Browse a varied and well curated selection of second-hand books at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester’s best second-hand book sale.

Young persons writing and performing workshops based at HOME in the heart of Manchester.

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.