Saturday 28 November 2026  9.30 – 6.15pm followed by an evening social

Location: City Centre Manchester (venue will be released the day before the event)

Standard all day £37  Concession all day £20  (low/no wage, student, accompanied young person over 14)  Buy tickets: https://tinyurl.com/MFBF2026   

The event is organised by Women’s Rights Network Greater Manchester

Registration from 9.30am

10.15am Joanna Cherry KC or Michael Foran

11.45am Cathy Devine or Jenny Lindsay

2pm  Marcus & Sue Evans or Nimco Ali OBE

3.30pm Michael Foran or Joanna Cherry KC

5pm Panel: Breaking Publishing’s Wall of Silence. How various tools like groupthink, cancel culture and shunning were used in the publishing industry and what are the implications for free speech going forward?

Chair: Nick Wallis

Panel Members Jenny Lindsay (Author), Nimco Ali OBE (Author, Activist and co-founder of The Five Foundation), Marnie Riches (Author, CEO and Founder of Culture Together) and Julia Williams (Co-Chair of SEEN in Publishing). 

6.15pm Close followed by evening social and stand up by Elaine Miller

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