How do we perceive truth and authenticity in the age of AI?
From viral deep fakes to AI-altered videos designed to manipulate public opinion, digital authenticity is increasingly uncertain. Join multimedia artist Rachel Maclean and FACT’s Director Nicola Triscott as they discuss how artists are opening up new perspectives on the risks and opportunities that AI poses to our perception of what is true and what is fabricated.
Is digital gaming affecting what you eat?
Brands are everywhere on videogame livestreaming platforms, most often targeting young people with ads for food high in fat, sugar and salt. Rebecca Evans (University of Liverpool) will show how this marketing affects eating habits, calling for more research to help shape public health policy. Rebecca will invite you to share your experiences, asking what we should do to protect gamers from junk-food marketing. You can share your thoughts via audience votes and take part in a brand
Drop in and discover the out-of-this-world science that’s happening across the city. Meet space scientists from the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University to delve into fascinating subjects including microgravity, astrophysics and planetary defence. This is your chance to find out about the technologies that are deepening our understanding of the universe and changing our life on Earth.
Queer Book Club is an inclusive reading group open to anyone from St Helens to come together to read and discuss LGBTQIA+ literature.
Founded in Autumn 2023 by a group of local queer artists, producers and book-lovers, Queer Book Club is a space to share a love of queer novels, memoirs and writing.
This month we’re reading… Sense of Self, by James Lefebure is a queer body horror and relatable tale of the desire to be accepted, sometimes by any means necessary. Caleb has always felt like an outsider, but when a stranger pulls him back from the edge and welcomes him into a warm, accepting community, Caleb dares to hope. As he descends into a faith soaked in mystery and flesh, Caleb must confront the question that has haunted him all his life: Is being loved worth losing yourself completely? This will also be a very special book club as the author of his months book, James Lefebure will be joining us at The Book Stop while we read and discuss the book.
Queer Book Club is drop-in, meaning you don’t have to have been before to take part, but we encourage you to read the book ahead of the session.
Access
We want to make Queer Book Club as accessible to as many people as possible and therefore we will hold two pre-bought copies of the book. Either contact Britney via arthur.britney@heartofglass.org.uk or call in to The Book Stop to borrow a copy. Additionally, as a QBC reader, you also receive 20% off your copy of the chosen book this month at The Book Stop in St Helens by quoting “Queer Book Club” at the till.
Safer Spaces
These events will use Heart of Glass’ Safer Spaces Agreement to create a space that aims to be as welcoming and respectful as possible.
This event offers an opportunity to listen out loud to their audio artwork, which was co-commissioned for BEDROCK by Liverpool Biennial and At The Library. This will be a relaxed, informal gathering with refreshments and an opportunity to share with the artists and discuss the themes of their artwork.
Location: Crosby Library
Time: Saturday 13 September 2025, 11am – 1pm
Access: Captioning will be provided for the audio. The event registration form invites guests to share any access requirements. Additionally, if you’d like to speak to our access lead before the event, please get in touch with access@biennial.com.
For this special event, Vid together Studio/Lab at FACT and other experts in the field, will share insights into the world of podcast-making. We’ll explore what is involved in the process – behind the scenes from beginning to end – and will invite attendees to share their experiences too.
‘Art Against the World’ podcast is a co-production with the University of Liverpool. This event is delivered in partnership with Studio/Lab at FACT Liverpool. Location: Studio/Lab, FACT
Time: Sunday 14 September 2025, 5 – 7pm
Access: The event registration form invites guests to share any access requirements. Additionally, if you’d like to speak to our access lead before the event, please get in touch with access@biennial.com.
This special tour for our closing weekend will touch on the rich Black history of Liverpool, as we take in historic points of interest such as Liverpool’s Albert Dock, and see and discuss some of the artworks commissioned for Liverpool Biennial 2025.
The tour will consider the port history and foundational migration of the City of Liverpool – as a Bedrock for the city and its communities. Location:
Meeting at Albert Dock
Time: Sunday 14 September 2025, 10.30am – 12pm
Access: The event registration form invites guests to share any access requirements. Additionally, if you’d like to speak to our access lead before the event, please get in touch with access@biennial.com.
Join Professor Alice Roberts as she takes us on an investigative journey to establish who spread Christianity, how and why; the story of the fall of an Empire – and the rise of another.
Celebrating the publication of her new book, Domination, the narrative will lead audiences from a secluded valley in South Wales to the shores of Brittany; from the heart of the Roman Empire in a time of political turmoil to the ancient city of Corinth in the footsteps of the apostle Paul; from Alexandria in the fourth century to Constantinople.
As the Roman Empire crumbled in Western Europe, a shadow of power remained, almost perfectly mapping onto its disappearing territories. And then, it continued to spread. Unearthing the archaeological clues and challenging long-established histories, Professor Roberts tells a remarkable story about the relationship between the Roman Empire and Christianity.
Lifting the veil on secrets that have been hidden in plain sight, this story is nothing short of astonishing.
Domination is a page-turning exploration of power and its survival, and now you have the opportunity to hear more from the author in this exciting evening with Professor Alice Roberts.
The title is still under-wraps but Hollie is back with a brand-new book tour.
A Sunday Times bestselling author, chatter and poetry lover, expect strong language and adult content, gift-wrapped in her much-loved poetry as she reads from this brand-new collection about love, loss, wolves and warm morning croissants.
Hollie McNish is a poet and author based between Glasgow and Cambridge. She was the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, London and won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her poetic parenting memoir – Nobody Told Me – of which The Scotsman stated ‘The World Needs this Book’. She has published five further collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum, and Slug and Lobster, both Sunday Times bestsellers. Her latest collection, Virgin, is out October 2025. She loves writing.
Join author Jude Lennon at Kingsley & Co bookshop,
There will be –
A reading of Jude’s new book ‘Lamby and the Liver Bird’
A chance to meet Bertie Liver Bird.
A chance to ask Jude some questions about what it’s like to be an author.
Colouring!
Signed copies of the book will be available to buy.