Events
Desi Queers: Exploring Intergenerationality in LGBTQ South Asian Cultures in Britain
How do ideas, cultures and ways of living ‘move’ across generations in queer contexts? How do queer people’s positions outside of mainstream forms of biological (nuclear family) and cultural (schooling, history, heritage) reproduction affect this movement? Moreover, how do multiple forms of marginalization due to race and ethnicity shape..
Manchester University Music Society: Sing the Musicals Sing-a-long Relaxed Performance
Calling all Westend and Broadway wannabes to our FREE sing-a-long event. Sing your favourite songs from stage and screen, in a relaxed setting. Open to everybody, Manchester University Music Society hosts this inclusive, 50-minute musical treat. This relaxed performance is intended to be welcoming for people who may not feel comfortable a..
Rowe Irvin and Gurnaik Johal in conversation with Kaye Mitchell
We are thrilled to welcome Rowe Irvin and Gurnaik Johal to the shop to discuss their stunning debut novels LIFE CYCLE OF A MOTH and SARASWATI. The authors will be in conversation with Kaye Mitchell. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy the book. About LIFE CYCLE OF A MOTH: Maya and Daughte..
Spontaneous Memorials: Contemporary perspectives on their sociocultural, psychological and organisational impact
International Conference, Manchester, 12-13 June 2025 In-person and Online https://www.spontaneousmemorials.org/conference2025/ Call for Papers We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the upcoming international conference on Spontaneous Memorials, which is organised by the Institute for Cultural Practices, University of Manchester..
Manchester Literature Festival: Colm Tóibín
We are delighted to welcome Colm Tóibín back to Manchester to discuss his latest novel Long Island. Set twenty years after the events of Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey returns to Enniscorthy, Ireland for her mother’s 80th birthday after she discovers her husband Tony has fathered a child with another woman. Her arrival disturbs the balance of the t..
Manchester Literature Festival: Attica Locke
‘This is the best kind of thriller: as literate and thoughtful as it is fast-moving. Attica Locke has bags of style, and sings the blues on every page’ - Mick Herron (Slow Horses) We’re thrilled to welcome American crime writer Attica Locke to Manchester Literature Festival for a rare UK event. In Guide Me Home, the latest of her grippi..