Literature Events in the North
Sarah-Clare Conlon, Literature EditorThe autumn leaves might be falling already, but the harvest is plentiful as the live literature scene gets back into the swing of things after a summer break…
In Manchester, the new season gets underway for Poets & Players, featuring headline poet Lorna Goodison on a rare visit from America, and Manchester Poets, with Graham Mort. Meanwhile, Nikita Gill invites you into the Underworld and Jackie Kay is chatting to Literary Salon’s Damian Barr. And you don’t have to go anywhere for Carcanet’s latest online launch, when Manchester meets Manhattan.
We’re heading hillwards – north for a Verbalise special welcoming award-winning Rose Condo to Kendal and east into the Calder Valley for the return of Poetry at the Dusty Miller, with Will Harris. Arvon are hosting some special open days at Ted Hughes’s old home Lumb Bank, while in York, Rise Up! brings Ian Duhig to the mic.
In Liverpool we’re looking forward to the LiPS autumn programme, getting underway with the launch of Chris McCabe’s new Nine Arches Press book. And if fantasy is your thing, head up Smithdown Road to the hear from Dead Ink‘s latest anthology.
As festival season starts its engines, we set our sights on the first Liverpool Book Festival, the fourth Morecambe Poetry Festival and the 20th Manchester Literature Festival. And don’t forget the bi-annual Northern Publishers Fair – perfect for replenishing your bookshelves.
Leaf through our guides to Bookshops in Manchester and the UNESCO Manchester City of Literature, plus our literary places in Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Cumbria.