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Twisted Tales of the North with Andrew Michael Hurley

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Twisted Tales of the North with Andrew Michael Hurley

John Rylands Research Institute and Library, City Centre
21 October 2016

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Following the success of his first novel, The Loney, which won the Costa First Novel Award 2015 and has secured a film deal, Andrew Michael Hurley will take part in this popular annual event in conversation with Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes.

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