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New books for older children, teens & young adults

The Portico Library

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Free events with writers and groups to highlight new writing for older children and young Adults. Part of our Portico Sadie Massey Award Programme.

Eventos en esta colección

We Are Family: Six Kids and a Super-Dad
Sat, Sep 13, 11:00 AM
Desde $0.00

Writer's Talk: J. P. Rose on the Haunting of Tyrese Walker
Sat, Nov 12, 3:00 PM
Gratis
A Triptych: Melvin Burgess, Pete Kalu and Tariq Mehmood
Thu, Sep 22, 5:00 PM
Gratis

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The Portico Library

Organizador de New books for older children, teens & young adults

Still in its original 1806 building, the Portico Library celebrates both the historic and the contemporary culture of Manchester, welcoming the public, researchers and members to its unique 19th-century book collection and 21st-century events and exhibitions.

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Dining In: Eating, Cooking and Food in Manchester

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Imagen de colección para The Portico Kitchen

The Portico Kitchen

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Tracing the art of a Stolen Generation: Carrolup

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'Polite Society?' Mini Festival

No hay eventos próximos

A mini festival exploring politeness, mental health and customs through discussion and art as part of the 'Sit Down and Get Out . the Trouble with polite society exhibition', 9-12 March 2022.

Imagen de colección para Dining In: Eating, Cooking and Food in Manchester

Dining In: Eating, Cooking and Food in Manchester

No hay eventos próximos

Dining In: Exploring Manchester’s histories through our stomachs is an exhibition about the history of dining and food in the Northwest of England, how that’s changed over time, and the future of food and dining through interactive events.

Imagen de colección para Echoes - China & Hong Kong

Echoes - China & Hong Kong

1 evento próximo

Echoes invites audiences to engage with the Portico Library's collection & the communities who are reclaiming the colonial narrative written & illustrated in the Library's books. It navigates Britain’s complex colonial relations with China & Hong Kong.

Imagen de colección para In the Margins Events

In the Margins Events

No hay eventos próximos

For In the Margins, a group of artists, writers, students, and Manchester residents have come together to challenge the traditionally ‘male, stale, and pale’ reputation of historic libraries by asking: Whose voice is loud enough to be heard?

Imagen de colección para Infamous: Opium, Silk, Tea & the Mission

Infamous: Opium, Silk, Tea & the Mission

1 evento próximo

From descriptions of botany, the stealing of plant samples and trade secrets in silk manufacture to descriptions of China and people in East Asia, Infamous explores a key and difficult period in the relationship between the two nations.

Imagen de colección para Reuniting the Portico Library

Reuniting the Portico Library

1 evento próximo

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Imagen de colección para Rewriting the North

Rewriting the North

No hay eventos próximos

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Imagen de colección para The Portico Kitchen

The Portico Kitchen

1 evento próximo

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Tracing the art of a Stolen Generation: Carrolup

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