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11/08/2026

Levenshulme Pride is happening this week. pandasbooksandrecords are proud to be a Gold Sponsor.

You can buy Levenshulme Pride T-shirts here.

06/08/2026

24/07/2026

Tonight at The Talleyrand - it's our second Spoken Word / Open Mic night. The first was such brilliant fun, with a fantastic range of different kinds of work. And it's FREE - please come along from 7.30 for an 8pm start!

23/07/2026

Showcasing some of our performers at Panda-Verse on Friday 24th july at the The Talleyrand

Patrick Connolly - If I believed in accidents, I’d say I was an accidental author. My first book ‘The People you meet on the Reek” has been inspired by a love affair with a mountain in the West of Ireland called Croagh Patrick. These climbs have helped me understand my Irish heritage as well as appreciate the sacrifices my ancestors made that have allowed me to journey onwards. I am very grateful to Panda’s Books and Records to help me share my story.

23/07/2026

Showcasing some of our performers at Panda-Verse on Friday 24th july at the The Talleyrand

Ryan Croughan is a writer and producer from Blackpool. Don’t judge him, he assures us there are nice bits. He is currently writing and curating weekly prose for his production company, Minor Spillage. For Minor Spillage he produces, edits and stars in podcasts, documentaries and recently, theatre productions. His award winning production of “Wedding Bells” tells the story of a gay man coming to terms with his identity as he’s about to marry a woman. His most recent show, “Big Package in the City of Chaos”, was about a man in a cardboard robot costume stopping criminals. Safe to say, he likes range.

23/07/2026

Showcasing some of our performers at Panda-Verse on Friday 24th july at the The Talleyrand

Clare Ramsaran, a writer of Indo-Guyanese/Irish heritage, holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing. Her writing has been published in Britain and the US.
Clare’s novel manuscript Kala Polari was longlisted for the 2022 SI Leeds Prize, a winner of the 2023 Book Edit Writers Prize and shortlisted for Unbound Firsts Prize (2024/25).
Clare has worked in human rights education, for the Mayor of London (Ken, not Boris…) and as a technology trainer in Silicon Valley, London and Manchester.

22/07/2026

Showcasing some of our performers at Panda-Verse on Friday 24th july at the The Talleyrand.

James Griffiths is a former music journalist for the Guardian and has written for children's TV including being on the writing teams for CBBC's 'Strange Hill High' and the 2015 reboot of 'Danger Mouse'. He now writes books about his favourite bands, his latest being 'Lights! Camera! Beatle!'.

21/07/2026

Showcasing some of our performers at Panda-Verse on Friday 24th july at the The Talleyrand

Geli Berg is a poet, singer-songwriter and actress

Geli has been writing poetry since aged eight when she won a prize from the Manchester Evening News with a poem about the countryside. She writes about nature, diverse cultures and her mixed heritage. She has been commissioned to write songs and poetry by Commonword-Cultureword and The Bridgewater Hall.

Geli also runs creative writing and storytelling workshops.