What’s On

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  • Exhibition
  • Family Friendly
  • Performance
  • Readings/Lectures
  • Workshops

Thursday Sewing Bee

Thu 10th Jan - Thu 12th Dec

Come along to our weekly sewing bee and join us in creating beautiful pieces.

Victorian Book Group – Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Thu 18th Jul

Join the Victorian Book Group to discuss Brideshead Revisited

Talk: The Silk Dress & Elizabeth Gaskell’s Writing

Thu 18th Jul

Talk: the silk dress & Elizabeth Gaskell's writing. With real Victorian dresses!

Summer Holiday Fun: Cloud Spotting!

Wed 24th Jul

Enjoy some cloud-spotting and write some cloud-poems or try some cloud-painting!

Full-day Spinning Workshop

Fri 26th Jul

Learn the ancient art of spinning in this full-day workshop

Summer Holiday Fun: Weaving

Wed 31st Jul

Make a rustic woven artwork in this family craft activity

Conservation Cleaning Talk

Thu 1st Aug

Find out about the conservation cleaning practises at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Pen Portraits

Sun 4th Aug

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Summer Holiday Fun: Sketching Nature

Wed 7th Aug

Create nature-themed artworks in our family art session inspired by John Ruskin

Sketching Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Fri 9th Aug

Mid-summer urban sketching full-day workshop

August Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 11th Aug

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Summer Holiday Fun: Making Bees!

Wed 14th Aug

Make bumble bee decorations in our family craft activity

Summer Holiday Fun: Making Lavender Bags

Wed 21st Aug

Make a lavender bag in our family craft activity

Summer Holiday Fun: Dame Wiggins & Her Wonderful Cats!

Wed 28th Aug

Make origami cats inspired by John Ruskin's whimsical children's tales

Crafternoon Tea: Introduction to Bookbinding

Sun 1st Sep

Learn the craft of bookbinding over tea/coffee and cake

Pen Portraits

Sun 1st Sep

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Discussion: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Short Fiction – The Old Nurse’s Story

Sun 1st Sep

Join us for lively discussion on one of Gaskell's shorter works of fiction

Conservation Cleaning Talk

Thu 5th Sep

Find out about the conservation cleaning practises at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

September Second-hand Book Sale

Sun 8th Sep

iction, art, gardening, photography, classics, OS maps, biographies, histories..

Story and Play: Dear Zoo

Tue 10th Sep

Story and play session for under fives

Talk: Peterloo 1819 – 2019

Wed 18th Sep

Talk: Peterloo 1819-2019

Victorian Book Group – Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann

Thu 19th Sep

Join the Victorian Book Group to discuss Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Elizabeth Gaskell’s Birthday Talk: Elizabeth Gaskell and Gossip

Sun 29th Sep

Conservation Cleaning Talk

Thu 3rd Oct

Find out about the conservation cleaning practises at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Pen Portraits

Sun 6th Oct

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Creative Writing Workshop: The Poetry of Observation

Sun 6th Oct

Afternoon creative writing workshop: poetry

Story and Play: Tabby McTat

Wed 9th Oct

Story and play session for under fives

October Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 13th Oct

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Victorian Book Group – The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Thu 17th Oct

Join the Victorian Book Group to discuss The Age of Innocence

Talk – The Travels of Cranford

Thu 17th Oct

Talk about the history of our special edition of Cranford

Performative Talk: Songs of Work in Manchester and Bangladesh

Wed 23rd Oct

Performative talk by Lancashire balladeer Jennifer Reid

October Half-term Family Crafts

Wed 30th Oct

Join us to make autumnal leaf mobiles in this family craft workshop

Full-day Weaving Workshop

Fri 1st Nov

Learn the traditional craft of weaving at this full-day workshop

Pen Portraits

Sun 3rd Nov

10 minute monologue performance from one of our volunteers.

Creative Writing Workshop: The Poetry of Observation

Wed 6th Nov

Afternoon creative writing workshop - poetry

Conservation Cleaning Talk

Thu 7th Nov

Find out about the conservation cleaning practises at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

November Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 10th Nov

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Story and Play: A Busy Day For Birds

Wed 13th Nov

Story and play session for under fives

Talk: Mary Barton’s Manchester

Wed 20th Nov

Evening talk on Mary Barton's Manchester, with glass of wine

Victorian Book Group – Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

Thu 21st Nov

Join the Victorian Book Group to discuss Fathers and Sons

iPhone Photography Workshop

Sun 24th Nov

Sunday afternoon iPhone photograph workshop

Discussion: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Short Stories – Christmas Storms and Sunshine

Sun 1st Dec

Join us for lively discussion on one of Gaskell's festive short stories

Conservation Cleaning Talk

Thu 5th Dec

Find out about the conservation cleaning practises at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Second-Hand Book Sale

Sun 8th Dec

Second-hand book sale on every second Sunday of the month.

Story and Play: Stick Man

Wed 11th Dec

Story and play session for under fives

iPhone Photography Workshop

Sun 28th Jun

Learn to take stunning photos with your iPhone at this photography workshop

“My Dear Mr Ruskin….” Friendship, Inspiration and Scandal.

A new year-long exhibition as part of The Ruskin Bicentenary.

Possibly the best second-hand book shop in Manchester

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