Rewriting the North online at the Portico Library
In the latest event in The Portico Library’s 2022 Rewriting The North programme, writers Tabitha Lasley and Jeff Young talk about place, life writing and blurred genres.
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Carcanet online book launch: The City by Stav Poleg
Stav Poleg launches her much-anticipated debut collection The City with an online reading and discussion with fellow Carcanet poet Lisa Kelly.
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Easter at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Head to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House this April for some special family craft activities and an Easter Egg Trail.
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Poetry On Vinyl at Manchester Poetry Library
Award-winning Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic and musician Anthony Joseph has been invited to curate a selection of recorded poetry to inaugurate the audio collection at the newly opened Manchester Poetry Library.
Free entry
MLF’s FLUX at Contact
Manchester Literature Festival’s spring programme continues as the new Young Producers Collective launches FLUX, featuring digital artist Sean Clarke alongside writers and performers Keisha Thompson, Amerah Saleh and Testament.
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Manchester Writers For Ukraine at The King’s Arms
An evening of poetry, stories and performance with all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
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Literature Live: Nat Ogle, Gurnaik Johal and Saba Sams at Burgess Foundation
The Literature Live programme from the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing is back in full swing, this time welcoming graduates Nat Ogle, Gurnaik Johal and Saba Sams reading from their work and chatting to author, lecturer and literary editor Luke Brown.
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Literature Live: Natasha Brown and Will Harris at Burgess Foundation
The latest in the regular Literature Live series from the Centre for New Writing presents the spring 2022 Burgess Fellows, novelist Natasha Brown and poet Will Harris, in partnership with the International Anthony Burgess Foundation.
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Of Myths And Mothers launch at Blackwell’s
Manchester’s not-for-profit publisher Fly On The Wall Press is back at Blackwell’s for the launch of Of Myths And Mothers, a new collection of short stories exploring folklore and futurism, in which five writers from across the UK reimagine what it means to be a mother.
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Carcanet online book launch: Vinegar Hill by Colm Tóibín
Join acclaimed writer Colm Tóibín online as he launches his – remarkably – debut collection of poetry, Vinegar Hill.
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Manchester Libraries Crime Festival at Central Library
Running over three days from 16 to 18 March, Manchester Libraries’ Crime Festival celebrates some of the best crime writers in Manchester and the north.
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An Evening with Warsan Shire at Contact
The first event in the Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2022 Season is an evening with Somali-British poet and writer Warsan Shire, celebrating the launch of her first full-length poetry collection, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head, this month.
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