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SUMMARY:Monique Roffey & Ingrid Persaud
DESCRIPTION:MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL\n\n\n‘Later I saw that change came as change always comes\, from a chain of events with a long history\, too long to see from back to front\, till it come.’ In The Mermaid of Black Conch\, Monique Roffey’s Costa Book of the Year winner\, the life of David\, one of the island’s fishermen\, is disrupted when he saves Aycayia\, a mermaid\, from her captors. While in Ingrid Persaud’s Love After Love\, Betty Ramdin invites Mr Chetan to lodge with her and her son Solo following the death of her husband/Solo’s father. The creation of a new\, unconventional\, family changes all of their lives.\n\n\n\n\nTwo award-winning Caribbean novelists join us to discuss determined women\, magical writing\, family and place. Monique Roffey is the author of seven books including The White Woman on the Green Bicycle\, which was shortlisted for The Women’s Prize. Ingrid has won both the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the BBC National Short Story Award. Hosted by writer Kate Feld.\n\n\n\n\n  \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. If you’d like to sit with friends\, please book all seats together in the same transaction. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive.
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SUMMARY:Elif Shafak in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL \nA fig tree with a tale to tell; a grieving teenage girl who wants to know her family’s story; two sets of lovers hiding from society. In her enchanting new novel\, The Island of Missing Trees\, Elif Shafak considers how the story of humans and the natural world are entwined. Set in London and the island of Cyprus\, Elif explores roots\, trauma and how understanding ourselves and our history can be healing. Elif is a British-Turkish novelist\, feminist and activist and we’re delighted to welcome her back to MLF. The author of 19 books\, translated into 54 languages\, Elif’s previous novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize\, and The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by the BBC as one of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. Elif will be in conversation with Ellah P Wakatama. \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. If you’d like to sit with friends\, please book all seats together in the same transaction. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/elif-shafak-in-conversation/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Alan Johnson
DESCRIPTION:MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL \nMuch-loved former Labour MP Alan Johnson makes a welcome return to MLF. Following his series of successful memoirs – This Boy\, In My Life\, The Long and Winding Road and Please\, Mr Postman\, Alan has turned to fiction\, joining us to discuss his thrilling debut novel The Late Train to Gypsy Hill. Featuring a Ukranian waitress mixed up in a poisoning plot and an administrator who finds himself on the run from Russian secret agents and the Met\, it’s an enthralling\, smartly written\, page turner. Alan will discuss his passion for plot-twists\, politics and writing with Ellah P Wakatama. \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. If you’d like to sit with friends\, please book all seats together in the same transaction. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-alan-johnson/
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