Past events
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Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Yann Martel
18:30 - 19:45 14 October 2026
Booker Prize-winning author Yann Martel, internationally acclaimed for the modern classic Life of Pi, visits Manchester Literature Festival for this exclusive North West event to discuss his remarkable new novel, Son of Nobody. Inspired by Homer's Iliad, Yann reimagines the Trojan War through the...
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Manchester Literature Festival presents Paul Mason: Reds
13:00 - 14:15 11 October 2026
A decade after PostCapitalism, Paul Mason returns to Manchester Literature Festival to discuss REDS: A Global History of Communism, his provocative new book exploring one of history's most powerful and contested political ideas. In his bold and unsettling re-evaluation of communism, Paul traces the...
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Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Deborah Frances-White
15:30 - 16:45 11 October 2026
Author, comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Deborah Frances-White joins us for a lively and illuminating conversation about her latest book, Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have, exploring how to navigate polarisation, disagreement and the increasingly heated debates shaping public...
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EACW Seminar: Radical Data Histories
15:00 - 16:00 8 October 2026
Prof. Lauren Klein (Emory) in conversation with EACW's own Dr. Jo Taylor about Klein's new book, Data by Design: Visualization and Power from Abolition to the Dawn of Data Science (MIT Press, Oct 2026).
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CSSC lunchtime talk: Prof. Bharti Arora (Aarhus/New Delhi): Remapping Sensualities and (Queer) Desires in Select Indian Literary Narratives
11:30 - 13:00 15 May 2026
Friday, 15th May, 12.30-2 Remapping Sensualities and (Queer) Desires in Select Indian Literary Narratives Speaker: Prof. Bharti Arora (Aarhus/U. of New Delhi) Venue: Room A4, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester All welcome!
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