To mark what would have been Anthony Burgess’s 100th birthday, this event explores his unpublished letters and introduces a colourful cast of his friends and enemies including Angela Carter, Graham Greene, Stanley Kubrick and Hunter S Thompson.
From £5.00
Best-selling and award-winning crime writer Val McDermid will be chatting to Jeanette Winterson, The University of Manchester’s Professor of Creative Writing, about her career spanning 30 books.
From £10.00
The first spring event in the Literature Live series is presented in partnership with The Real Story and welcomes poet Vona Groarke and writer and academic Katherine Angel.
From £7.00
Live literature night Verbose brings words to the ‘burbs and in January celebrates its second birthday with readings from flash fiction headliners David Swann, Ashley Chantler and Peter Blair, plus the usual open mic of prose and poetry performances.
Free entry
Poet and Academic Director of the Manchester Writing School Adam O’Riordan launches his first short story collection, The Burning Ground, reading from the book and chatting about writing techniques with Dave Haslam.
Poets & Players welcome Ian Duhig, with additional readings by Fiona Benson and Becky Cherriman plus music from Chris Davies, Katy-Anne Bellis and Henry Botham.
Free entry
Pen:Chant presents a smorgasbord of local up-and-coming and established performance acts from spoken word, comedy, live music, theatre and everything in between, with an open mic to boot.
From £8.00
The Enemies Project’s six-date tour across the North West is showcasing brand-new collaborative works in performance.
Free entry
Author reading and signing for Rosie Garland’s highly anticipated new poetry collection, ‘As In Judy’ (Flapjack Press). With special guests Lisa Matthews and Geneviève L. Walsh.
Free entry
Seasonal storytelling comes to the catacombs of St George’s Hall, with a promenade performance of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol.
From £15.00
This December, First Draft will once again be sharing a special festive event with The Real Story, serving up an evening of music and storytelling to warm your cold, cold winter hearts…
Free entry
This micro-festival explores daydreaming and poetic states of mind through spoken word performance, talks, film and a live immersive audio experience from In The Dark Radio. Presented by Poet in The City and Hubbub at the Wellcome Trust.
Free entry
