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Festival events

25 events

You Are Not Alone (Closed Event)

Photo of very happy man in medieval attire holding goblet and wine bottle in front of huge feast

Guest or Pest? (Ft. Stephanie Legs)

Photo of the interior of the John Rylands Library Historic Reading Room at the University of Manchester

Risky Business; Would You Be Swayed?

Game/quiz, Workshop

Photo of man working at old printing press machine, with onlookers

Pressing Ventures at the Rylands

Being Human Café

Make Your Own Zine! (Inspired by the South African DRUM Magazine)

Medical professional looking at screen with ultrasound image of tongue

Lancashire Tongues

Workshop, Discussion/talk, Family event

Photo of group of female students at Edge Hill College in late 1800s/early 1900s

What's Her Story?

Discussion/talk, Exhibition, Family event, Pop-up

Sketch of people and animals hanging upside down from branch

12 - 15 Nov 2023

The Nonsense Tree

Workshop, Family event, Game/quiz, Exhibition, Performance, Schools event

Illustration of two birds flying among trees

The Other Side of Hope

Discussion/talk, Workshop

'Hit the Road' and No Angels

Screening, Discussion/talk, Performance

Photo of old-fashioned typewriter with paper inserted

In Other Words

Yorkshire landscape with sun setting

'God’s Own Country'

Screening, Discussion/talk

Photo of old-fashioned typewriter with paper inserted

In Other Words

The ‘Little Magazines’ of the Harlem Renaissance: 100 Years of 'Opportunity'

Workshop, Discussion/talk

Sketch of people and animals hanging upside down from branch

The Nonsense Tree

Workshop, Family event, Game/quiz, Exhibition, Performance, Schools event

Photo of the Alps

'The Trouble with Nature'

Screening, Discussion/talk