✍️ We're delighted to have teamed up with the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social for a special event dedicated to championing the art of writing and publishing...

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New Writers Poetry Competition 2026 - NewWriters.org.uk | 15 July 2026 Deadline

New Writers Poetry Competition 2026: information about the £1,400 in prizes, deadline (15 July 2026), and entry instructions.

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Step into Cranford from anywhere in the world! 🌍 Treat yourself with expert historians and insider views. 💌 Cranford for Beginners @gaskellsociety.bsky.social 🖥️ Cranford - A TV Classic @drchrislouttit.bsky.social 🌺 Step into the Garden - The Language of Flowers Buy now tinyurl.com/Cranford-Talks

Heading to the Online Event: Harriet Martineau – ‘Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare’ on July 15th. Partnership event from the wonderful @chawtonhouse.bsky.social #CharlesDickensMuseum & @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social! Houses together! www.ticketsource.com/event/EGHEKL...

Online Event: Harriet Martineau – ‘Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare’ at Online

Tickets are now available for Online Event: Harriet Martineau – ‘Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare’ at Online, Online on Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 7:00PM. Click the link for further information and to...

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📖This Sunday, join us at the home of Elizabeth Gaskell and read her work in relaxed book club setting. 🌷 No need to prepare, just come along, listen and share. 👛 FREE but space is limited so get your tickets today!

Last chance to book! 🌸 Tonight at 7pm Wed 17 June, step into the virtual garden with us and discover the hidden Victorian language of flowers in Cranford and other Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels. With Caroline Malcolm Boulton. 🎟️ www.ticketsource.com/elizabeth-ga... #NationalYearOfReading2026

A heads-up that my online talk on the Cranford adaptations on Wednesday is the start of a #Cranford summer season of online @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social talks. More info 👇

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In a world that moves too fast, pour a cup of tea and enjoy our new summer online talks on #Cranford 👒 Cranford – A TV Classic | 3 June @drchrislouttit.bsky.social 🌺 Step into the Garden: Language of Flowers | 17 June ☕ Cranford for Beginners | 24 June elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/welcome-to-t...

'I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant things are.' Cranford, 1853 📚 Online Talk: Cranford – A TV Classic 🔎 7pm Wed 3 June with @drchrislouttit.bsky.social 🎟️ www.ticketsource.com/elizabeth-ga... #NationalYearOfReading2026 #Cranford 📕

Voyage de fin d'études à Manchester pour les khâgneux optionnaires d'anglais du Lycée Condorcet. Au programme, entre autres choses: théâtre au @rxtheatre.bsky.social, promenade à Salford, et visites de la Manchester Art Gallery, du campus de l'université et de la @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social.

“Miss Jenkyns and Miss Matty used to rise up, possess themselves each of an orange in silence, and withdraw to the privacy of their own rooms to indulge in sucking oranges.” 📚 Online Talk: Cranford – A TV Classic 🔎 Wed 3 June with @drchrislouttit.bsky.social 🎟️ www.ticketsource.com/elizabeth-ga...

In a world that moves too fast, pour a cup of tea and enjoy our new summer online talks on #Cranford 👒 Cranford – A TV Classic | 3 June @drchrislouttit.bsky.social 🌺 Step into the Garden: Language of Flowers | 17 June ☕ Cranford for Beginners | 24 June elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/welcome-to-t...

Don't miss today's online talk on South and North Rather than North and South: Ellen Wilkinson, Elizabeth Gaskell and the ‘Big Strike’ novel with @bronterre1.bsky.social to mark #GeneralStrike100. Buy now for today Wed 20 May www.ticketsource.com/elizabeth-ga...

Come and join us on Thursday, 21 May BST for our monthly #womenwriters #skychat to talk Writing Events: Festivals and Readings. We promise it will be an 'eventful' discussion! @brethertonwords.bsky.social @drafttouch.bsky.social @drshannonrose.bsky.social @emilymedwards.bsky.social

Heading to the #Horror Studies Now conference next week? @horrorstudies.bsky.social Drop by the MUP stand to meet @mlhouston.bsky.social, browse our #HorrorStudies books, and find out more about our brand new *Foundations of Horror Studies* series, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

This week 1853 Charlotte Bronte visited Manchester staying with Elizabeth Gaskell, who described Bronte as having a nervous dread of strangers. Bronte had previously described Elizabeth Gaskell's House @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social as ‘a large, cheerful, airy house, quite out of Manchester smoke’

I'll be giving an online talk on Heidi Thomas's BBC adaptations of Gaskell's Cranford (2005) & Return to Cranford (2007) for @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social on Wednesday 3rd June, 7pm-8pm UK time. Sign-up via the link for some noughties nostalgia! (tickets £6)

Save the Date: Manchester Histories Festival 2026! 📅 4–6 June 2026 📍 Manchester Central Library This year marks the 10th edition of Manchester Histories Festival, celebrating the theme Civic Pride. Stay tuned for more details and ways to get involved.

16 March 1820 The trial began of Henry Hunt, Samuel Bamford and others, arrested protesting for voting reform, at what became the Peterloo Massacre Manchester.

On IWD itself Sunday 8 March join me for a walk on the theme of Criminelles, Manchester's female criminals of the long 19th Century. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...

International Women’s Day: Manchester Criminelle history walk

On this guided walk on International Women’s Day, hear stories of Manchester women of crime in the Long 19th Century.

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Excited for this four weeks today. Tickets still available so join us for an entertaining history walk about the Women of Oxford Road followed by entry to Elizabeth Gaskell's House. #Manchester #IWD2026 elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/inter...

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Discover the fascinating history of Manchester's pioneering women! Celebrate International Women's Day 2026 with this unique walking tour of Oxford Road led by expert guide @revealmcr.bsky.social, Wednesday 4 March (10.30am). Book now through our website #iwd26 #givetogain #manchester #walkingtour

Fall in love with your new favourite book at our Second Hand Book Sale this Sunday 8 February. Plus we have tea and cake. Browse fiction, crime, thrillers, classics, OS maps, biographies, history and childrens. Book now elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/secon... #cake #books #Sunday #Weekend

Discover the fascinating history of Manchester's pioneering women! Celebrate International Women's Day 2026 with this unique walking tour of Oxford Road led by expert guide @revealmcr.bsky.social, Wednesday 4 March (10.30am). Book now through our website #iwd26 #givetogain #manchester #walkingtour

BOOK LAUNCH: 16th February 6.30pm! We are delighted to be joined by Manifesto Press and Manchester Morning Star Readers and Supporters Group to celebrate the launch of Doc Ritchie’s excellent and timely new volume, Friedrich Engels in the 21st Century. Find out more: wcml.org.uk/event/book-l...

19 January 1856 Margaret Ashton was born in Manchester. Manchester’s first female councillor, she was a pacifist and suffragist. She campaigned for better wages for factory girls and improved maternal health care, helping found Manchester Babies’ Hospital.

a small toast to my new books! @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social

On Wednesday 4 March I'm collaborating with @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social for a walk about Women of Oxford Road, followed by entry to Elizabeth Gaskell House with all proceeds going to support this museum and charity elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/inter...

A huge 🌟 thank you 🌟 to Philippa @revealmcr.bsky.social for the fantastic tour of Oxford Road yesterday! We discovered so many pioneering women who have been hidden in the footnotes of Manchester's history. @oxrdmcr.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @manmetuni.bsky.social @rncmlive.bsky.social

Writers in Residence Announced! Meet the three young writers who will be immersing themselves in Elizabeth’s world as part of a #HeritageFund project @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social marking 10 years of the restoration of the House elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/writers-in-r...

I'll be giving an online talk about 'Northern Writers' on Lancashire Day, November 26th 7pm, for @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social. Book early here to avoid disappointment. elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/north/

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Another session of conservation cleaning @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social today with a bigger group than usual - but still involving ladders, light bulbs and DIY.