An evening of readings from the poetry and prose of Tania Hershman and Rosie Garland, two acclaimed Manchester-based writers who are working in the Gothic mode, which they will discuss with Dale Townshend, Professor of Gothic Literature from the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Free entry
Marking the start of the Centre For New Writing’s Live Literature programme for this university year, this event brings together two of the finest English-language poets at work today: Alice Oswald and Paul Muldoon.
From £6
Catch bestselling, much-loved author of groundbreaking series Tales of the City and LGBT activist Armistead Maupin on his first-ever UK tour.
Free entry
Chorlton Book Festival is back for a 15th time, centring around the Chorlton Library hub, with a varied line-up of readings, talks and events.
Free entry
A fusion of poetry and dance, Dancing with Words is the culmination of an innovative project that has seen dancers and poets collaborating to push boundaries, take new, exciting approaches to creating work, and explore the relationship between the two artforms.
Free entry
The newly appointed Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and one of Manchester’s singer-songwriter exports, Elbow frontman Guy Garvey, chat about writing.
From £18
Ahead of the the prize ceremony in London, hear from the poets shortlisted for the 2019 Forward Prize for Best Collection at an exclusive Northern preview.
Free entry
Award-winning writer David Constantine launches his much-anticipated fifth short story collection ‘The Dressing-Up Box and Other Stories’, out in September on Manchester’s own Comma Press.
From £3
The Northern Lights Writers’ Conference is back for a sixth day-long event for emerging and established writers, with one-to-one advice sessions, workshops, talks and panel discussions, networking possibilities and book signings, and a keynote speech and ‘in conversation’ session by author Jane Rogers.
From £25
Part of Victoria Baths’ Swim For Restoration weekend, this event will see inaugural Writer-in-Residence Sarah-Clare Conlon read some of her new work.
Free entry
Roger McGough launches his new collection joinedupwriting in his home town of Liverpool. Described as ‘exuberant’, the poems within range from forgotten friendships and the idiosyncrasies of family life to the trauma of war and contemporary global politics.
From £15
In this special commission as part of Refract festival, FaxFiction sees six writers perform six brand-new specially commissioned short stories incorporating old technologies, from Dictaphones to floppy discs.
From £6
