Researcher Spotlight: Dr Kim Moore awarded a Cholmondeley Award for Poets
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Dr Kim Moore has been awarded a Cholmondeley Award for Poets by the Society of Authors.
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Looking back at the Crime and Justice Film Festival
Over the years the Manchester International Crime and Justice Film Festival has shown great films which spark debate on crime, justice and punishment in the 21st century.
AI Literacy Lab and Manchester Festival of Libraries – 11 June 2026
This project joins researchers, artists and organisations involved in promoting awareness around generative AI, and promoting AI literacy.
Social Justice Lecture Series : Ecological Harm Reduction: Reimagining Drug Policy with Clemmie James
In this powerful and eye-opening talk, expert Clemmie James will reveal how drug prohibition is not only failing to reduce harm, but is also quietly driving deforestation, environmental destruction, and social injustice across some of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet.
Delving Deep Inside the Bunker Talks with Evelyn Pratt
Bunker Talks invite artists and researchers to talk about who they are, what they do,…
New Resource : Performance Research Group – Granny Jackson’s Dead
Granny Jackson’s Dead is a pioneering project that demonstrates how immersive theatre can function as an impactful method for public deliberation on emerging technologies.
20th May 2026 : Visual Arts Book Launch : Adam Walker – Textual Actants
Please join us for an event celebrating the publication of Adam Walker’s new book, Textual Actants (Infrastructure) (Ma Bibliothèque). Adam will be joined in conversation by Susannah Thomson, Laura Haynes, and Nell Osborne, who will also give readings of their work.
Celebrate St George’s Day with HEY! Festival as part of The Fete of Britain
The Centre For Fiction presents Hey! a free pop-up literary festival of talks, workshops, song and discussion . Hey! is the writer led wing of a rolling series of events across the UK called The Fete of Britain.
Exhibition: Animoted
Animoted investigates how emotion can be tracked and assessed by machines - and used aesthetically in mapping decisions in interactive artworks and interfaces
New affordable housing exhibition at the Farrell Centre
Manchester School of Architecture, is co-curating an exhibition at the Farrell Centre, to explore how architectural practices and their clients use housing standardisation to achieve quality, affordable housing in the North East of England.