With Oranges, Jeanette says she wanted to make an avatar of herself. She wanted to be free, untrapped, unbound. “It wasn’t just a way to get out of Accrington, but also to live a bigger life,” she says. This is why the arts is a lifeline for everyone, and why we should fight for it.
🪢Follow the journey of Vernice and Annie as their lives divert and converge in segregated America. Come see Tayari Jones discuss mothers and daughters, lifelong friendship and the truths that shape us.
📅7pm, Tue 2 Jun
📍Central Library
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🎟️ Tickets are now on general sale for our Spring & Summer events with Tayari Jones, Douglas Stuart, Satoshi Yagisawa & Emi Yagi🎉
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⛴️ A warm welcome back to Douglas! Tender, immersive and unflinching, John of John explores the weight of family expectation, the compromises demanded by love and the devastating cost of lives constrained by silence.
📅7pm, Tue 23 May
📍Contact
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Announcing our Spring & Summer events with Satoshi Yagisawa & Emi Yagi, Douglas Stuart, and Tayari Jones!
Advance tickets for these events are now available for MLF Members to buy. Tickets go on general sale on Fri 6 Feb. Can't wait? Get your membership here: www.quaytickets.com/mlf/screenlo...
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We end with Jeanette’s response to how we hold onto our imagination even as we grow up. Thank you for joining us for your regular culture fix🥰
🇯🇵 A celebration of contemporary Japanese fiction, this special event brings together two extraordinary writers; Satoshi Yagisawa and Emi Yagi as they discuss storytelling, love and loneliness.
📅7pm, Sat 14 Mar
📍Central Library Manchester
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Manifesting sunnier days to come.. with our Spring/Summer events!☀️
Next week, we can finally share with you our first events for 2026. Here are some hints for the books: can you guess who might be coming?
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