Award-winning Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic and musician Anthony Joseph will be introducing his selection of records to inaugurate the audio collection at Manchester Poetry Library, incorporating poetry and music.
Free entry
Led by poet Jazmine Linklater as part of Creative Industries Trafford’s ongoing artist development activity, these creative writing workshops are open to all and will be taking place in person at Waterside Arts in Sale.
From £5.00
Organised by Comma Press, one of the UK’s leading publishers of short fiction, this course of six workshops, led by Manchester author Karline Smith, will help you get a handle on short story writing.
From £100.00
Novel Voices, the online series featuring Ellah P Wakatama in conversation with debut authors helping to shape the literary landscape today, comes to a close as she welcomes her seventh guest of the 2021 season, award-winning novelist and screenwriter Femi Kayode.
From £3.00
You don’t even need to step out into the cold, dark evening to celebrate the launch of Vahni Capildeo’s latest poetry collection, Like A Tree, Walking, as Manchester’s Carcanet Press are very kindly streaming the event live to a small screen near you.
From £2.00
Join author Sarah Schofield as she reads from her brand-new collection, Safely Gathered In, published by Manchester’s Comma Press.
Free entry
The Reader’s Spoken Word evenings at the Mansion House in south Liverpool’s Calderstones Park are back, with a packed line-up this May.
From £10
This event showcases Test Signal, described as “a ground-breaking anthology of the best contemporary northern writing from Dead Ink and Bloomsbury, showcasing the wealth of literary talent in the North of England”.
From £3.00
Host Ellah P Wakatama chats to novelists Caleb Azumah Nelson and Brandon Taylor about their debuts in this special edition of Novel Voices for the digital leg of this year’s Manchester Literature Festival.
From £7.50
Poetry London will be launching its 100th issue in the UK’s major poetry libraries; key among them the brand-new Manchester Poetry Library.
Free entry
Blackwell’s autumn events programme continues afoot, with this evening celebrating two of the booksellers’ favourite novels of 2021: Jenn Ashworth’s Ghosted: A Love Story and Absorbed by Kylie Whitehead.
From £5
Join Otley Town Poet Matthew Hedley Stoppard in the Courthouse for the belated in-person launch of his second poetry collection The Garland King.
From £12
