What’s On

  • All
  • 10-year Anniversary
  • Exhibition
  • Family Friendly
  • Performance
  • Talks
  • Tour
  • Workshops

Textile Art celebrating Trailblazing Women

22nd September - 30th March

Exhibition of textile work created by the Trailblazing Stitching group.

NEW Exhibition: The story of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from dereliction to delight

6th October - 6th July

Second-Hand Book Sale

Every second Sunday of the month

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

Online Event – Unmarried Women: A Life of Freedom?

16th October

Unmarried Women - A Life of Freedom?

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House Book Group Online

Third Thursday of the month

We read (and re-read) classic works of fiction. New members welcome.

Family Fun for October Half Term

Wed, Thurs and Sun 20th October - 3rd November

October Family Fun

Online Talk: Halloween – Writing the Female Vampire

30th October

Online Talk - Writing the Female Vampire

Online Event: Happy Birthday North and South with Sandy Welch

6th November

Online Event: North and South Birthday

Online Course: Short Stories – Lois the Witch

13th November

Short Stories - Louis the Witch

Online Tour of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

14th November

Interactive Online Tour

Online Talk: Manchester in Victorian Literature

27th November

Manchester in Literature

Online Talk: The Season of Giving? Christmas in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Time

4th December

Online Talk: Victorian Christmas

Online Course: Short Stories – The Signalman

11th December

Short Stories - The Signalman

Online Talk: Ruth – An Introduction

15th January

Online Talk: Introduction to Ruth

Online Talk: The Real Ruth – Mapping Elizabeth’s Gaskell’s Ruth

29th January

Online Talk: Ruth Locations

Online Talk: Motherhood – The Good, The Bad and The Tolerable

26th March

Online Talk: Motherhood

Online Tour: Restoring Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

2nd April

Online Tour: Restoring Elizabeth Gaskell's House

Online Talk: Writing Home – Elizabeth Gaskell

23rd April

Online Talk: Writing Home - Elizabeth Gaskell

Online Talk: Literary Locations – Finding Elizabeth Gaskell

30th April

Online Talk: Literary Locations

Online Talk: The Fallen Woman – Sex and Sin in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth

7th May

Online Talk: The Fallen Woman

Online Talk: Laughter and Literature – Comedy in Elizabeth Gaskell

21st May

Online Talk: Comedy

Online Talk: Redemption through Divine Motherhood in Ruth – Religion in Victorian Literature

4th June

Online Talk: Ruth and Redemption

Online Talk: Sewing, Slavery and Social Change: Ruth and its Political Moment

25th June

Online Talk: Ruth - Sewing, Slavery and Social Change

Online Talk: Sex and Scandal – Writing the Erotic in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Novels

3rd September

Online Talk: Sex and Scandal

Online Talk: At Home with Elizabeth Gaskell

17th September

Online Talk: At Home with Elizabeth Gaskell

Online Talk: North and South – Fashion in the TV Classic and Novel

24th September

Online Talk: Fashion in North and South

Possibly the best second-hand book shop in Manchester

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