Support Us
MLF is a registered charity and depends on various sources of income to secure our future and help us reach a wider audience.
If you'd like to support us to keep our ticket prices affordable and our events accessible, there are several ways you can do this, either as a business or a fellow book lover.
Become an MLF Member – Individuals can join our MLF Get Closer Membership scheme and encourage family, friends, colleagues and bookclubs to join too. Find out more.
Donate to MLF – Make a regular or one-off donation to support our work and help us showcase amazing and diverse writers from across the globe; produce great storytelling sessions and young creatives projects; platform emerging writers. Find out more.
Sponsor an event – We love working with businesses or individuals that share our passion for literature, creativity, reading and writing, and can offer opportunities to sponsor an event, Festival strand, New Commission or project.
There are opportunities available from £2,000 and we are happy to collaborate and build a package that works for you and your company. Benefits could include tickets to special VIP events, hospitality and PR activities and the chance to meet Festival authors. Find out more below.
For information on other ways to support the festival please email Charlotte Platt.
Sponsor
Manchester Literature Festival is one of the North's most exciting and unique Literature Festivals. Over the last 18 years, MLF has distinguished itself as a Festival that celebrates and platforms inspiring conversations, performances and showcases. The city is central to its identity, taking place across some of the most prestigious and atmospheric venues it has to offer, leading to carefully curated events that match word to place for maximum impact.
Manchester Literature Festival regularly commissions writers and artists to create new work especially for us. We have partnered with a wealth of cultural organisations and businesses from Manchester Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, The Whitworth, Corridor of Light and Manchester UNESCO City of Literature to the National Trust, Canal and River Trust, Northern and Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Commissions are presented live at the Festival and often shared with a wider audience over our digital and social media platforms.
A partnership with Manchester Literature Festival can offer:
• A powerful partnership with one of the UK's most exciting and distinctive literature festivals
• The opportunity to make a high profile splash around the city
• Access to multi-channel marketing activities
• The opportunity to communicate your message to an affluent ABC1 demographic
• Excellent hospitality & PR opportunities across a diverse range of events with leading national and international writers, artists and thinkers
• B2B development opportunities through bespoke events targeting the City’s business community and professional networks and supported by our network of Patrons, sponsors and media
There are many options available from our Festival Friends scheme at £2K+VAT to tailor-made partnership proposals around a variety of programme strands and activities from commissioning brand new work to supporting our Children and Young People’s Programme.
Please get in touch to discuss the full range of opportunities available. We look forward to hearing from you!
For further information Charlotte Platt on 07791 356384
Donate
If you have enjoyed some of our live or digital events or would like to support our Creative Learning programme please consider making a donation to Manchester Literature Festival.
We need your support to help us continue our valuable work: showcasing diverse writers from across the globe; commissioning new work from emerging and established writers; platforming new regional and national voices; encouraging reading, writing and translation; and producing the great storytelling sessions and young creatives projects we run to inspire and upskill children and young people across Greater Manchester.
We really appreciate the ongoing support of our public funders, Arts Council England, GMCA and Manchester City Council but we cannot survive on public subsidy alone. Please help the festival to survive and thrive by making a regular one-off donation through our CAF Donation page by following this link:
Become a Member
Join our Get Closer Membership scheme!
MLF Members share our passion for literature, spoken word and the arts. Become a Get Closer Member and support Manchester Literature Festival to continue thriving as one of the North's most exciting and dynamic Literature Festivals.
Manchester Literature Festival is a registered charity (charity number:1121276) run by a small, dedicated team. Showcasing emerging and diverse writers, commissioning new work and delivering a programme of brilliant regional, national and international writers and thinkers is vital to our mission. Your help enables us to do this and continue our valuable work in libraries and schools across Greater Manchester, inspiring and upskilling children and young people from some of our most disadvantaged communities through storytelling and creativity.
Most of our events with high profile authors sell out in advance but you can guarantee seats with members’ only priority booking. You’ll also be the first to hear the latest MLF news and receive tips on rising stars and new authors from the Festival team.
MEMBER: £20 per year
- 48 hours advance priority booking for the 2024 Festival
- 48 hours priority booking for year-round events
- Subscription to members only bi-monthly e-newsletter featuring literature and culture news and further recommended reads from the Festival team.
- Occasional ticket offers and discounts from MLF and our partners
PREMIUM MEMBER: £50 per year
Go the extra mile and receive all Members' benefits, plus:
- Invitation to annual VIP Festival Launch event with drinks reception
- Front row seats guaranteed at unreserved seating events
To join, simply add the preferred membership to your shopping basket when you book tickets for MLF events via our Quaytickets page. We look forward to welcoming you!
Click here or call Quaytickets box office on 0161 876 2015.