Literature

Literature Events in Manchester and the North

Sarah-Clare Conlon, Literature Editor

Last Updated 22 June 2017

Novels, narrative non-fiction, new works… There’s a celebration of flash fiction at Verbose – the last with its hostess with the mostest. There’s data-generated poetry at FutureEverything and Bad Language. How about an evening with the Scottish Makar? Or any of the many literature events at this year’s Didsbury Arts Festival…

Here are our picks

1. Naho Matsuda for FutureEverything at Hulme Community Garden Centre

Naho Matsuda.

Naho Matsuda for FutureEverything at Hulme Community Garden Centre, Manchester, 22 June–8 July 2017, free entry - Visit now

Naho Matsuda has created an Internet of Things computer programme taking everyday data and turning it into poetry being displayed along and around Oxford Road.

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2. Verbose at Fallow Cafe

Writer Neil Campbell.

Verbose at Fallow Cafe, Manchester, 26 June 2017, free entry - Visit now

Verbose celebrates two-and-a-half years with a special flash fiction showcase, featuring Tania Hershman, Neil Campbell, Benjamin Judge and Sarah-Clare Conlon, her final outing as host.

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3. Bad Language at The Castle Hotel

Author David Gaffney. Picture by Phil Rigby (Cumbria Life).

Bad Language at Castle Hotel, Manchester, 28 June 2017, free entry - Visit now

After nearly seven years, Bad Language are leaving The Castle for pastures new and, to celebrate, they’ve invited some of the city’s best writers and former headliners back to their stage.

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4. The Haunted North with Andrew Michael Hurley at Didsbury Baptist Church

Author Andrew Michael Hurley.

The Haunted North at Didsbury Baptist Church, Didsbury, 29 June 2017, from £5.00 - Book now

The bigger-than-ever Didsbury Arts Festival literature strand includes Andrew Michael Hurley talking Morecambe Bay and reading from his novel The Loney.

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5. A Summer Evening of Poetry with Jackie Kay at YSP

Image Jackie Kay. Photo courtesy of the Scottish Government

A Summer Evening of Poetry with Jackie Kay at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 27 July 2017, from £8.00 - Book now

Poet Jackie Kay talks Yorkshire Sculpture Park show up with words responding to pictures. A one-off event, this promises to be a proper good’un.

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