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.
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.
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.
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.
Join local author Jude Lennon at Allerton Library for –
A reading of her new book ‘Lamby and the Liver Bird’Q & A with Jude.Some crafts and colouring sheets related to the book.
Signed copies of the book will be available to purchase.
Meet local author Jude Lennon at ALDOUS BOOKS.
Here Jude read her new book ‘Lamby and the Liver Bird’. See how many local landmarks you recognise.
Signed copies available to buy on the day.
Colouring sheets to take away.
Ever wondered how cinemas choose the films they screen? Or why some great films never make it into festivals?
Join us for The Art of Programming, a one-off workshop with Rose Butler, one of Picturehouse’s national programmers and former curator at Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema.
This two-hour session explores what it means to curate for cinema, how programmers think, how screenings are shaped, and what makes a film stand out from a programming perspective.
Expect live insight from Rose’s work in independent and national cinema, hands-on creative tasks, group discussions, and a chance to step into the mindset of a film programmer.
Whether you’re a filmmaker, actor, writer, programmer or just a film lover, this session will change the way you watch, select and present cinema.
The Bluecoat is the UK’s oldest arts centre, with a century-long history presenting contemporary art. This illustrated talk by its Director of Cultural Legacies, Bryan Biggs, explores the theme of art and nature through the lens of the building’s 300-year history and artists who have worked or exhibited there, drawing on material from the Bluecoat archive. From trees planted at the front of the building and the rear court being landscaped into a popular garden oasis in the city centre, to artists whose work exhibited at the venue explores the natural world, the arts centre’s connections to nature are revealed.
This event is part of Art History Festival 2025 organised by the Association for Art History.
Thu 18 Sep, 6pmFree, booking required
