Manchester Literature Festival - Shows & Events
                
            
         
     
 
    
	 
	 
	Manchester Literature Festival
Shows & Events
 
    
        
            
                                                                
                                         
                         Zadie Smith 
                    
                    
                         
                        
                                                                                                                                            
                             Tuesday 4 November 2025 
                                                        Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved writers of her generation, joins us to discuss her illuminating and keenly-awaited new essay collection Dead and Alive. Written with her usual wit and insight, Zadie takes us from an exploration of arti...
                                                        
                         
                     
                 
                
                                
                                         
                         Jeanette Winterson 
                    
                    
                         
                        
                                                                                                                                            
                             Tuesday 11 November 2025 
                                                        I can change the story because I am the story. Forty years after her era-defining debut Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with One Aladdin Two Lamps - a bold, brilliant celebration of the transformative power of...