WHAT'S ON AT THE PORTICO LIBRARY, MANCHESTER
What's On at The Portico Library, Manchester
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Most Popular Shows and Events at The Portico Library, Manchester
What's On at The Portico Library, Manchester
Voices from the Wall Family Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 23 November 2024
Explore the Romans and Romanians on Hadrian's Wall in an interactive workshop with curator and writer Bronwen Riley....Voices from the Wall: Creative Writing Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 23 November 2024
A relaxed creative writing two-hour workshop, led by writer and producer of our new exhibition ?Voices from the Wall?, Bronwen Riley....The Unbuilt Room
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 28 November 2024
Come in. Sit down. Explore. The Unbuilt Room is part-performance, part-game... an interactive journey where places create memories ? and memories create places....Oliver James Lomax
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 30 November 2024
 Described by comedian Mark Thomas as writing "poems that dance with originality and are tenderly unafraid of love and belonging," and by actor Maxine Peake as "beautifully written poems from a unique voice of integrity and spirit," Bolto...The Portico Christmas Feast
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024
The Portico Christmas Feast returns!Join us for our ever-popular yearly shindig of eating, entertainment, and merrymaking....The Portico Christmas Feast- FULLY BOOKED
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 5 December 2024
The Portico Christmas Feast returns!Join us for our ever-popular yearly shindig of eating, entertainment, and merrymaking....Portico Gothic Reading Group: Lancashire Folk
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 12 December 2024
Join us for an evening of Gothic Reading with a Lancashire lens. All texts provided to read beforehand....Carols Through Time
The Portico Library, Manchester
Friday 13 December 2024
Candlelit (style) carol concert of traditional favourites & unknown medieval gems from around Europe....Festive Folk Sing Around
The Portico Library, Manchester
Saturday 14 December 2024
Join us for a festive folk sing around under the library dome with its magnificent acoustics....The Santa Archives: From academic research to novel writing
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 19 December 2024
Folklore lecturer and creative writer Dr Ceri Houlbrook discusses the archival research that went into her debut novel Winter's Wishfall....Voices from the Wall: Dacians and Romanians in Britain - Display
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 19 December 2024
A new interactive exhibition and innovative creative-writing project,?Voices from the Wall, explores shared histories and experiences between Britain and Romania, which began nearly two millennia ago with the building of Hadrian?s Wall and ...Votes for Women Across the North of England
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Jill Liddington asks why was the Lancashire story for votes for women is so well-known and the equally dramatic Yorkshire story neglected for so long? Jill Liddington moved to Manchester area in 1974, and in 1978 her coauthored book, One Ha...An Introduction to Bookbinding
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 12 February 2025
An introductory workshop for beginners to bookbinding....Named Awards and the Influence of Kate Greenaway on Illustrations and Illustrators
The Portico Library, Manchester
Thursday 20 March 2025
How did Kate Greenway?s art reach and move generations of children? How do named literary prizes influence book sales and the publishing trade? Why does?it?seem that historical women are erased more often than men? This talk by historian an...Creating an Eco Sketchbook: Bookbinding Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Create a green eco friendly book from scratch....The A5 Travel Journal: Bookbinding Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Make your own journal for going away to keep tickets, postcards etc in through traditional techniques....A crossed structure notebook: Book Binding Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 17 September 2025
We will make an A6 crossed structure notebook - a non-adhesive binding developed by Carmencho Arregui....Making a single section hardback book: Bookbinding Workshop
The Portico Library, Manchester
Wednesday 12 November 2025
We will make a proper hardback book with a difference!...How to get to The Portico Library, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at The Portico Library, Manchester
