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Here are the most recent events we had listed at Manchester Central Library, to give you a flavour of what goes on there
December
- Hannah Brine at Manchester Central Library
June
- Hannah Brine
April
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
March
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
February
- The Famous Manchester Pub Tour
January
- Across Borders: Tales by Sri Lankan Women Poets
June 2024
- LYR Josephine Oniyama
September 2021
- Dave Haslam - 'All You Need is Dynamite' Launch
December 2019
- City of Manchester Opera
November 2019
- Val McDermid, Denise Mina
- Tom Moore, Archie Moss
- Tom Moore, Archie Moss
October 2019
- It's Not About The Burqa
- Heather Morris - Cilka’s Journey
- Jackie Kay Presents
- Family Reading Day - The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Time
- Family Reading Day - Chris Haughton
- Family Reading Day - Giraffes Can’t Dance 20th Anniversary Dance Party
- Creative:Connection
- Deborah Moggach
- Howard Jacobson
- Jung Chang
- Mona Eltahawy
- Deborah Levy
- Elif Shafak
- Kerry Hudson - Lowborn
- Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, Abigail Parry, Serafina Vick
- Celeste Ng In Conversation
- Cathy Newman
- Caroline Criado Perez - Invisible Women
- Clementine Ford
August 2019
- Colson Whitehead - The Nickel Boys
June 2019
- Tracy K Smith, Jackie Kay
May 2019
- →Where Were You?
April 2019
- 10 Things I Hate About You (20th Anniversary)
February 2019
- 500 Days Of Summer 10th Anniversary Screening
- 2084
December 2018
- City of Manchester Opera
November 2018
- Faustus
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Sjon
October 2018
- A Celebration Of Ted Hughes
- Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Rachel Long, Momtaza Mehri
- Terrance Hayes
- Fame Is The Spur - The Manchester Of Howard Spring
- Tara Flynn, Sinéad Gleeson, Una Mullally
- Afua Hirsch
- Wally Funk's Race For Space
- Patrick Gale
- Graham Caveney, Howard Cunnell
- Family Reading Day - The Tiger Who Came To Tea Party
- Steve Antony
- Get Lost and Found Theatre
- Kid Carpet
- Slay In Your Lane - The Black Girl Bible
- Carol Ann Duffy, Suzanne Batty, Clare Shaw
- Take Ten
- Mohammed Hanif
- Pat Barker
- Azita Ghahreman, Maura Dooley
- Alexander McCall Smith
July 2018
- Barton Theatre Company
April 2018
- Jesmyn Ward
March 2018
- Twelfth Day
- Patrisse Khan-Cullors
February 2018
- Drag Queen Story Time
- We Built This City! Retro Silent Disco Returns
- Jackie Hagan
December 2017
- City of Manchester Opera Company & Orchestra
November 2017
- Jennifer Egan
October 2017
- Michael Symmons Roberts
- Hollie McNish, Jackie Hagan
- Howard Jacobson
- The Writing Squad - 6 Minute Reads
- Kamila Shamsie, Caroline Bergvall, Marina Warner
- Arundhathi Subramaniam
- Asma Elbadawi, Nafeesa Hamid, Hibaq Osman, Sabrina Mahfouz
- Elif Shafak, Nadeem Aslam
- Michael De Souza
- Family Reading Day - Kitchen Disco Storytime
- Ed Vere
- Clare Foges, Al Murphy
- Ben Faulks
- Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Harriet Harman
- Alan Hollinghurst
- Will Self
- Roddy Doyle
- Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf, Clare Pollard
September 2017
- Henry Normal
August 2017
- DJ John Ryan
- Polygon Quartet
- Clouds Harp Quartet
Manchester Central Library
St. Peter's Square
Manchester
M2 5PD
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