Sarah-Clare Conlon

Join the Poetry Walk with The Reader in Calderstones Park every Thursday morning or Shared Reading groups on Tuesdays.

Featuring bestsellers, seasonal selections and captivating classics, The Little Festive Library is now open – bring along a book to swap for something new.

Poets & Players is back for the New Year, with Jennifer Lee Tsai, Kim Moore and Jo Shapcott reading, and music by Chris Davies.

This special event with one of literature’s most enchanting storytellers and one of Latin America’s greatest authors marks the beginning of the 2020 programme of Manchester Literature Festival and is presented in association with the Centre for New Writing.

Verbose hosts the Northern launch of Dunlin Press anthology Port, featuring readings from the book by poet Michael Brown and prose writers Sarah-Clare Conlon and Sarah Jasmon.

New poetry etc with the premiere of an Arts Council-funded New Matter commission from headliner Jade Montserrat and readings from Rachael Allen and Daisy Lafarge.

This year’s event in memory of Centre for New Writing student Caroline Chisholm welcomes acclaimed debut novelist Sara Collins.

Three exciting UK-based poets read from their recent, acclaimed work and latest pamphlets: Jennifer Lee Tsai, Degna Stone and Leonardo Boix. Semay Wu, a composer, sound/media artist and cellist, will provide improvised musical interludes and soundscapes to the words.

In this one-man show, R M Lloyd Parry performs two chilling and thrilling tales by ghost story expert M R James: A View From A Hill and The Treasure Of Abbot Thomas.

Celebrate 200 years of George Eliot with a special day of talks, readings and workshops at The Mansion House Calderstones Park.