Head to Blackwell’s bookshop for the latest event in the Centre for New Writing live programme as Honor Gareth Gavin launches his debut novel, Never Was, reading an extract and chatting about the work with Andrew McMillan, presented in association with the University of Manchester’s CfNW and Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture.
From £3.00
Lisa Kelly launches her second collection, The House of the Interpreter, with an online reading and discussion hosted by fellow Carcanet poet Jason Allen-Paisant.
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Manchester Literature Festival welcomes back best-selling author Douglas Stuart, at Central Library in conversation with award-winning poet and novelist Helen Mort.
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Head to Blackwell’s bookshop to hear Sophie Mackintosh and Polly Barton discuss their latest books with Lara Williams of Manchester Metropolitan University, and author of The Odyssey and Supper Club.
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Regular MIF collaborators Maxine Peake, Sarah Frankcom and Imogen Knight unveil a brand-new production, They.
From £10.00
Curated by Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, What We Talk About When We Talk About Writing is an online international series virtually bringing together writers.
Free entry
The Portico Library is running a series of Walk Write Workshops with its Rambler in Residence Anita Sethi.
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Celebrated poet and musician John Hegley is back at Waterside Arts with his latest show, An American In Luton.
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Powerhouses of experimental poetry Peter Jaeger and Maggie O’Sullivan are heading to Manchester to read at Peste, and we’ve rearranged our schedules to accommodate.
Free entry
Laura Scott launches her second collection, The Fourth Sister, reading from the book of unusual love poems and chatting about it to associate publisher at Manchester’s Carcanet Press, John McAuliffe.
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As part of its spring programme, Manchester Literature Festival welcomes Booker Prize-winning author Eleanor Catton back to the UNESCO City of Literature to introduce her ‘spectacular’ new novel Birnam Wood.
From £8.00
Blackwell’s bookshop and the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing welcome Nicole Flattery and Richard Milward to read from and talk to author Luke Brown about their new novels as part of the Literature Live series.
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