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Elizabeth Gaskell's House

Welcome to the home of Elizabeth Gaskell, Manchester’s very own Literary house. A truly hands-on experience that will introduce you to the world of the writer Elizabeth Gaskell and her family through historic period rooms, Victorian style garden, expert guides and changing exhibitions.
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International Anthony Burgess Foundation

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, located in a magnificent example of industrial architecture at Chorlton Mill, encourages and supports public and scholarly interest in all aspects of Anthony Burgess’s life and work.
Manchester joins global network of UNESCO Cities of Literature
The Portico Library and Gallery

A beautifully restored Georgian private subscription library founded in 1806.
Chetham's Library

A seventeenth-century library, believed to be the oldest public library in England.
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The John Rylands Research Institute and Library

A late-Victorian, neo-Gothic masterpiece
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Central Library

The magnificently refurbished Central Library is ‘not only the city’s study, but also the city’s living room’. It's a place to meet and socialise, a place to engage with cultural output, a place that invites you to think and contribute, to be entertained and provoked.
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Literature

From Marx and Engels to John Cooper Clarke, Manchester has a radical literary history - and with events such as the Manchester Literature Festival and attractions such as the John Rylands Library and Chetham's Library, there's certainly a lot to explore.

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