In Conversation
An Evening With Andy Burnham & Steve Rotheram
Join us as we welcome the Mayors of Greater Manchester & the Liverpool City Region Andy Burnham & Steve Rotheram who will be discussing their persuasive & forward thinking book “Head North”. Britain is more unequal than ever before. If we’re ever going to fix this, we must take the power out of Westminster. Looking...
Rob Parker and Stuart Turton In Conversation
Rob Parker and Stuart Turton join us to discuss their most recent novels “The Troubled Deep” and “The Last Murder At The End Of The World” Rob Parker is the author of Far From The Tree, the #1 bestselling thriller for Audible Original and the first instalment in the Thirty Miles trilogy, as well as...
An Evening with Catherine Cavendish
Catherine Cavendish joins us to discuss her thrilling book The Stones of Landane and this will be chaired by local indie horror writer James Lefebure. ‘Fear her now, fear the queen, As in her stone, she reigns supreme…’ When Jonathan agrees to accompany his girlfriend, Nadia, on a trip to Landane, he imagines a short...
An Evening with Sue Lynn Tan and Eliza Chan at Waterstones Liverpool
We are delighted to welcome Sue Lynn Tan to our store to hear all about her latest novel Immortal, the first installment in an incredible new romantasy series! From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess, comes a breathtaking new romantic fantasy filled with dangerous secrets, forbidden magic and passion. Sue...
Spencer Leigh Book Launch
The Liverpool author Spencer Leigh will be previewing his new book, 80 @80 which is being published for his eightieth birthday. It is a mixture of old and new pieces – 80 of them in fact – and many stories about the background to his music-based interviews. There will be music from The Good Intentions....
Liverpool Biennial 2025: BEDROCK
The 13th edition of Liverpool Biennial, titled ‘BEDROCK’, will take place 7 June – 14 September 2025, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay. ‘BEDROCK’ draws on Liverpool’s distinctive geography and the beliefs which underpin the city’s social foundations. It is inspired by the sandstone which spans the city region and is found in its distinctive architecture. ‘BEDROCK’...
Up Next Festival 2024
Unity Theatre’s Up Next Festival is back for 2024 for it’s annual celebration of Merseyside artists, and this year it’s bigger than ever. This Spring, join Unity for an extended two-week arts festival featuring brand-new shows from Merseyside’s most exciting artists and companies. This year’s festival includes newly commissioned works across a range of artforms...
Little Richard: Send Me Some Lovin’ by Spencer Leigh-Book launch event
Little Richard said he invented rock ’n’ roll! You could argue that the world would have been very different without ‘Tutti Frutti’, two minutes of wild exhibitionism, recorded in 1955 transforming American music and culture. Little Richard is about an influential and charismatic man, who broke boundaries, shocked and surprised us and who lived his...
Dadafest Annual Rushton Lecture with Ashok Mistry
Each year DaDa present our Edward Rushton Social Justice Lecture on the United Nations International Day for People with Disabilities, 3 December, to keep alive the passion and fire demonstrated by Rushton, a Liverpool poet, activist, abolitionist and disabled man. This year we are thrilled to announce that we have secured a fantastic and insightful...
Celebration of Mary Seacole In Performance, Poetry & Prose
St George’s Hall Charitable Trust is on a mission to create and install a statue of health pioneer, Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881). Mary was voted the greatest black Briton in 2004 and the Trust believes that her outstanding achievements, as an influential black woman, a nurse, businesswoman and healer, deserve an enduring testament to our...
