Manchester Literature Festival

Manchester | 9 October to 25 October 2026

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Written by our Partnerships Team

Last updated 16 July 2026

What to expect

Manchester Literature Festival lights up the city from 9 – 25 October with a brilliant line up of writers, including Russell T Davies & Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak, Marina Hyde, Emily St. John Mandel and New Yorker journalist Patrick Radden Keefe.

This annual city-wide event offers unique experiences for audiences to interact with some of the finest writers and thinkers from across the globe. The Festival provides a welcoming environment where people come together to be entertained; to share their passion for literature and language; to learn and to reflect on their connections with place, politics and people.

Festival events take place in a variety of prestigious and atmospheric venues across Manchester, including Manchester Museum, The Royal Northern College of Music, Contact, HOME and the historic Central Library.

Travel to the Manchester Literature Festival with Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast travel from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly in 2 hours 6 minutes and from Milton Keynes Central in 1 hour 41 minutes.