Six writers came to Macclesfield one day in Autumn, each in search of inspiration. They will read the six short stories they created as a result of their visits, set against a backdrop of specially commissioned visuals, as part of the first LIT Macc weekend of stories and light.
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Grade II Listed building, used for events and worship, which is mainly traditional in format, with choir and organ music. Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.
Manchester-based poetry publishing house Carcanet marks 50 years with a ‘jubilee weekend’ of events, including the Annual Rylands Poetry Reading and a Poets & Players Carcanet special.
Free entry
Award-winning author Professor Kamila Shamsie talks to editor, critic and broadcaster Ellah Wakatama Allfrey in the third of an ongoing series, The Complete Works, this year focusing on the powerful theme of hope and resistance.
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New anthology We’ll Never Have Paris creates a portrait of the French capital through non-French eyes, exploring its bohemian and literary allure with readings from eight of the contributors.
Free entry
Author and mathematician Jonathan Swinton talks about his non-fiction book Alan Turing’s Manchester, which explores the period when the famous codebreaker and computer expert worked at the University.
Free entry
A free showcase of poetry readings from this exciting, underground chapbook press based in New Mills, featuring Tim Allen, Sally Barrett, Nikolai Duffy, Tom Jenks, James Roome, Ian Seed and Rachel Sills.
Free entry
Part of the Northern Short Story Festival taking place throughout October in Leeds, this event sees SJ Bradley and Gaia Holmes read from the Resist anthology.
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Jenn Ashworth launches Notes Made While Falling, joined at this special evening by Lee Rourke, launching his own most recent title, Glitch.
Free entry
The National Creative Writing Industry Day promises an opportunity to meet literary agents, commissioning editors and other publishing professionals as well as offering an insider’s view of how the industry works.
From £65
Lucie McKnight Hardy and Andrew Michael Hurley read from and discuss their brand-new spooky novels, out just in time for Halloween.
Free entry
Part of the Gothic Manchester Festival, running the month of October, Rural Eerie seeks to explore the “uncanny countryside” through music, sound, spoken word, poetry and visuals.
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