Not just literature – and ideas! – the seventh festival has on offer drama, comedy, poetry, spoken word, visual arts plus children’s and young people’s shows and events to get you reading and thinking.
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The Live From Worktown festival takes over Bolton throughout October and November, encouraging creative writing and live literature with a programme of performances and workshops. Purveyor of fine flash fiction David Gaffney will be leading a course over four dates, looking at all things short story related.
From £30.00
Award-winning poet and meteorologist Rachel McCarthy performs works from her Carol Ann Duffy-lauded debut collection, Element.
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Boasting the fabulous talents of Dan Simpson and Sam Illingworth and hosted by Salford’s own Kieren King, Evidently celebrates its third birthday in October, and launches a new YouTube channel with Bark Media, aimed at geeing you up to get up on stag
Free entry
The Other Room introduce poet, essayist, editor and critic Charles Bernstein, artist Susan Bee, and Maggie O’Sullivan.
Free entry
This month the Bad Language team welcome Neil Campbell. Neil features in Best British Short Stories 2015 and 2016, and his debut novel, Sky Hooks, is out late October, with exclusive advance copies available at the event.
Free entry
Join poet, author and MBE Lemn Sissay as he closes this year’s Black & Asian Writers Conference.
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Max Porter will be discussing his debut novel – Grief is the Thing with Feathers – with award-winning poet Andrew McMillan.
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The Edge Hill Short Story Prize is ten and, to celebrate, Edge Hill University Press is publishing anthology Head Land, with a special launch event, organised by live lit stalwarts Bad Language.
From £4
Monthly live literature night Verbose is back from its summer holidays, with a treat of prose and poetry performances, including three headliners, each sharing a connection, and the usual ten-strong open mic.
Free entry
Four times TS Eliot Prize shortlistee Pascale Petit reads verse about Amazonian animals from her Manchester Poetry Prize-winner Fauverie. Support comes from Daniel Sluman, one of Huffington Post’s Top 5 British poets to watch in 2015.
Free entry
