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SUMMARY:Attila the Stockbroker: Fiery Words for Hellish Times
DESCRIPTION:Punk poet\, latterly dub poet\, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Attila the Stockbroker exploded into public consciousness in 1982-3 via two John Peel sessions and a Melody Maker front cover\, and is now celebrating 45 years earning a living doing what he loves. \nFiery Words for Hellish Times is his most topical and incendiary publication yet. As the news goes from awful to worse\, these are poems to make you laugh\, cry\, get angry\, and above all\, think! \nPresented by Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries. \nhttps://flapjackpress.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/fiery-words-for-hellish-times-by-attila-the-stockbroker/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds: Artist talk and UK book launch
DESCRIPTION:Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds by Alan J. Ward is an artist book in the fullest sense: a work conceived\, shaped\, and authored through artistic practice. Developed through sustained collaboration with the community of Grandpré in the French Ardennes\, the book traces stories held within German WWI postcards and transforms them into a living archive of memory\, material culture\, and shared authorship. \nThe launch will take the form of an illustrated conversation moderated by an arts commissioner familiar with Ward’s practice. Ward will be joined by a small panel of academic\, artist\, and language collaborators\, alongside voices from Grandpré. Together\, the discussion will weave local histories with contemporary perspectives\, while reanimating the enduring connection between Manchester and Charleville-Mézières\, the departmental capital. \nWith the support of Alliance Française\, a special display of selected artefacts from Archives+ and the North West Film Archive has been assembled specifically for the evening. These materials document the shared histories between Manchester and the Ardennes\, and sit alongside the themes explored in the book. \nThe evening will conclude with a question-and-answer session\, offering the audience an opportunity to engage directly with the panel\, followed by the chance to purchase signed\, discounted copies of the artist book. \nFree – reserve a seat via eventbrite here
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/nothing-remained-unchanged-but-the-clouds-artist-talk-and-uk-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Forbidden Waters by Rob Parker
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate publication of the second in Rob Parker’s Cam Killick series: Forbidden Waters!\n\n\n\nWe are thrilled to celebrate the launch of Rob Parker’s Forbidden Waters on the 15th of January at Manchester Central Library! Rob will be in conversation with Luca Veste\, author of The Bone Keeper. \nDoors: 5.30pm\, starts: 6pm. \nTickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of the book in advance. \nAbout Forbidden Waters: \nIt starts with the knife. Found at the bottom of a hidden lake in the Norfolk Broads\, covered in blood and heart tissue so fresh the water hasn’t yet washed it all away. What salvage diver Cam Killick has found is a murder weapon from a very recent crime – but how do you solve a murder without a body? \nThe remoteness of the setting is itself a clue. Only a handful of people know the location of the lake\, let alone how to access it. But no sooner have Cam and DS Claire Rogers started working through this ready-made suspect pool than one of them disappears. \nThe ripples from Cam’s discovery have disturbed a dangerous predator\, one who knows the water even better than Cam himself. The question now is what they want – and how many more people will die before Cam can stop them? \nAbout the author: \nRob Parker is the author of Far From The Tree\, the No. 1 bestselling thriller for Audible Original and the first instalment in the Thirty Miles trilogy\, as well as eight novels for independent publishers. He is the host of both Crime Central Manchester\, a monthly showcase of emerging crime writing talent and blockbuster bestsellers\, and the Blood Brothers podcast. Rob lives in Warrington with his wife\, three children and their dogs\, and was inspired to write The Troubled Deep by years of holidays in the Norfolk Broads – during which he has never\, he is pleased to say\, found a dead body. Forbidden Waters is the second in the Cam Killick series. \nIf you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of the book\, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call 0161 274 3331.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/crime-writer-rob-parker-in-conversation-with-luca-veste/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Spit & Sawdust by Kieren King
DESCRIPTION:Join Great Northern Poetry Slam Champion Kieren King for the launch of his new collection. Including an author performance\, interview\, Q&A\, and book signing. \nPull up a stool\, mind your pint\, and drink in perfectly pitched poetry from the Great Northern Slam champion and four-time UK National Slam finalist. \nWith poems of pubs\, politics\, love\, and life in Salford\, Kieren King’s first solo collection is funny\, fearless\, and unapologetically Northern – poetry that belongs as much in the bar as on the bookshelf. \nFREE EVENT\, EVERYONE WELCOME. \n“Stunning.” Adam Farrer \n“Wonderful.” Mike Garry \n“Beautiful.” Oliver James Lomax \n“Alive with craft\, wit\, and spirit.” Reece Williams \n“The best of working-class poetry.” Louise Fazackerley \nFlapjack Press: flapjackpress.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/book-launch-spit-sawdust-by-kieren-king/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance,Poetry
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SUMMARY:An evening with Katherine Rundell
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome bestselling author Katherine Rundell to Manchester to celebrate the release of The Poisoned King! \nThe mesmerising follow-up to Rundell’s Waterstones Book of the Year 2023-winning Impossible Creatures finds Christopher embroiled in an elaborate rescue mission as he returns to the magical world of the Archipelago. \nKatherine joins us at Manchester Central Library for a talk\, audience Q&A and signing. Please note that Katherine will sign all books bought from Waterstones on the day of the event\, but due to time restraints and to make sure that all readers have a chance to get their book signed\, Katherine will only be able to sign one book brought from home \nAbout The Poisoned King \nThe dragons call out\, and the ratatoskas tell of murder. \nCome with us now. There is justice to be done.\n\n\n\nReturn to the Archipelago – the secret place in our world where all the creatures of myth still live and thrive\, for a rescue mission like no other. The Poisoned King is the second book in the epic Impossible Creatures fantasy series from bestselling author Katherine Rundell. \nWhen Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face\, his heart leaps for joy. For months he’s dreamed of returning to the Archipelago. But he did not know it would involve a rescue mission on the back of a sphinx\, or a plan to enter a dragon’s lair. Nor did he imagine it would involve a girl with a flock of birds at her side\, a new-hatched chick in her pocket and a ravenous hunger for justice… \nAbout the author \nKATHERINE RUNDELL is a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize\, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award\, among many others. Impossible Creatures was Waterstones Book of the Year 2023\, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year and Impossible Creatures won the Children’s Fiction Book of the Year. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College\, Oxford\, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults include Super-Infinite\, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford\, late at night.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-katherine-rundell/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Family
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Kathy Reichs
DESCRIPTION:​Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs for a rare visit to the UK to celebrate over 25 years of her bestselling series. \n​Best known as the inspiration behind Fox Television’s longest-running scripted drama\, Bones\, Kathy will be in Manchester for a one-night-only. She’ll be discussing her career as an author and forensic anthropologist\, how she crafts her smash-hit stories and what it takes to plot and pen a murder. \n​Hosted by Sunday Times Best Seller\, Clare Mackintosh\, join us for an evening of stories. \n​Every book + ticket comes with a copy of Fire & Bones\, which Kathy will sign and dedicate on the day. \n​\nAbout the book: Fire & Bones\n\n\n\n​It’s never easy working fire scenes. \nCalled to Washington\, DC to analyse the victims of a mysterious arson attack\, Tempe quickly finds her misgivings justified. The fire site is in Foggy Bottom\, a neighbourhood with a colourful history\, and as the pieces start falling into place\, the property’s ownership becomes more and more suspicious. \nSensing a good story\, Tempe teams up with a new ally\, telejournalist Ivy Doyle. Delving into the past\, the duo learns that back in the Thirties and Forties\, the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy Bottom Gang. Though interesting\, this fact seems irrelevant – until the son of one of the gang members is shot dead at his farm in Virginia. \nWhen another Foggy Bottom Gang-linked property burns to the ground\, claiming one more victim\, what might have been a coincidence starts to look more like targeted attacks. As she and Ivy dig deeper\, Tempe’s instincts point towards the obvious: somehow\, her every move since coming to Washington has been anticipated in advance. And every path forward brings with it a lethal threat. \n​About Kathy Reichs\n\n\n\n​Kathy Reichs’s first novel\, Déjà Dead\, published in 1997\, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. \n​To date\, she has written twenty-four novels featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Kathy was also a producer of Fox Television’s longest-running scripted drama\, Bones\, which was based on her work and her novels. One of the very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology\, Kathy lives in Charlotte.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-kathy-reichs/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:An Evening with A.F. Steadman
DESCRIPTION:Join us for what promises to be a brilliant Q&A event with internationally bestselling author A.F. Steadman to celebrate the release of Skandar and the Spirit War\, the fifth and final book in the blockbuster Skandar series! Join us to hear all about the Skandar series and there will also be a Q&A so you can put your burning questions to the author herself! \nThe blockbuster hit series about bloodthirsty unicorns\, epic sky battles and elemental magic was crowned Waterstones Children’s Book of the Year in 2022. The series has been translated into 47+ languages and a film produced by Sony Pictures is in the works.  \nCome and celebrate the publication of Skandar and the Spirit War\, the highly anticipated fifth and final book in the Skandar series at this exclusive and unforgettable family event. \nA.F. Steadman will be signing and dedicating copies of the Skandar series after the event\, but due to time limitations A.F. Steadman will sign and dedicate one copy of Skandar and the Spirit War plus one other book per child. The book and ticket option includes a pre-signed copy of the hardback exclusive edition of Skandar and the Spirit War (RRP. £14.99) which will be available for collection at the event. \nPlease note that ticket holders 16 years of age and under must be accompanied by an adult (who must also purchase a ticket) in order to gain entry to the venue and to remain in the venue for the duration of the performance. The venue reserves the right to refuse entry to unaccompanied ticket holders who are 16 years of age and under. \nThe event may be filmed and photographed\, as an attendee you consent to footage of you being used for promotional purposes.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-bestselling-author-a-f-steadman/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:PRIVATE RITES: Julia Armfield in conversation with Jess White
DESCRIPTION:We’re are thrilled to welcome Julia Armfield back to Manchester for the paperback publication of Private Rites\, an uneasy\, water-logged tale of family\, queer love and faith at the end of the world. Julia will be in conversation with Jess White. \nTickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy the book. \nAbout the book: \nIt’s been raining for a long time now\, for so long that the lands have reshaped themselves. Old places have been lost. Arcane rituals and religions have crept back into practice. \nSisters Isla\, Irene and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their estranged father dies. A famous architect revered for making the new world navigable\, he had long cut himself off from public life. They find themselves uncertain of how to grieve his passing when everything around them seems to be ending anyway. \nAs the sisters come together to clear the grand glass house that is the pinnacle of his legacy\, they begin to sense that the magnetic influence of their father lives on through it. Something sinister seems to be unfolding\, something related to their mother’s long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always been unusually interested in their lives. Soon\, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose\, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperilled world. \nAbout the author: \nJulia Armfield is a fiction writer\, living in London with her wife and cat. \nHer work has been published in Granta\, The White Review and Best British Short Stories 2019 and 2021. In 2019\, she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award. She was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Award 2018\, and won the White Review Short Story Prize 2018 and a Pushcart Prize in 2020. She is the author of salt slow\, a collection of short stories\, which was longlisted for the Polari Prize 2020 and the Edge Hill Prize 2020. \nHer debut novel\, Our Wives Under The Sea\, was shortlisted for the Foyles Fiction Book of the Year Award 2022 and won the Polari Prize 2023. Her second novel\, Private Rites\, was longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize in 2024. \nTicket sales will end on Thursday 3rd July at 5pm. If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of a book\, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331. \nOur event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer\, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books\, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new. \nSupport your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow Blackwells on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/private-rites-julia-armfield-in-conversation-with-jess-white/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Jo Hamilton: The Post Office Scandal
DESCRIPTION:Blink Publishing and Manchester Libraries present an evening with Jo Hamilton at Central Library. \n‘My first big discrepancy came in the shape of a £2\,000 shortfall that just made no sense at all. Of all the things that kept me awake once in the thick of the nightmare that unfolded\, it was being stuck in that truly incomprehensible moment where the mere touch of a button suddenly turned £2\,000 into £4\,000 within three minutes on that cold December night in 2003.’ \nJo Hamilton was one of more than 700 sub-postmasters prosecuted between 2000 and 2014 based on information from the Post Office’s faulty Horizon accounting system. She was told to put right a wrong she hadn’t committed and pushed to the very brink of her existence – remortgaging her house\, borrowing from anyone she could in order to repay money that she hadn’t taken\, and questioning her own sanity. \nImmortalised in ITV smash hit drama\, Mr Bates v The Post Office\, this is Jo Hamilton’s extraordinary first-hand account of how she built a Post Office that was at the very heart of her community and lost it all through no fault of her own. For the first time\, beyond the headlines and the corridors of the High Court and the UK’s political institutions\, we will finally hear Jo’s full story and the human side of this scandal as well as the untold struggle she faced during the biggest miscarriages of justice in modern history. Ultimately\, this is a story of hope and the strength of community and the ability of a few to fight back against the odds. \nTickets for this event are on a pay what you can basis. All tickets have the same access\, the pricing is to make the event more accessible to people on all incomes.  \nBook tickets here or click the ‘Book Now’ button below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/jo-hamilton-the-post-office-scandal/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:An Evening with V. E. Schwab
DESCRIPTION:We are hugely excited to welcome bestselling author V.E. Schwab to Manchester Central Library as we celebrate the publication of her new genre-defying\, unforgettable novel Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. \nFrom the author of the incredible standalone novel The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue comes a spellbinding queer love story following the desires and dreams of a trio of enigmatic young women. Don’t miss the chance to hear from V.E. Schwab about this much-anticipated release\, before an extended audience Q&A. \nV.E. Schwab is the mega-selling author of over twenty books\, including the acclaimed Shades of Magic universe\, the Villains series\, the City of Ghosts trilogy\, Gallant\, The Fragile Threads of Power and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. \nThe Ticket\, Signed Book & Tote Bag bundle includes a pre-signed copy of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil and a tote bag for collection on the evening. \nPlease note that this event will not include a live book signing. \n \nIf you have any questions about this event or if you have access requests\, please do let us know how we can support your visit by emailing events@waterstones.com. \nPhoto of V.E Schwab by Jenna Maurice. \nTickets – ‘Book Now’ below or book here
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-v-e-schwab/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Dominic Berry: How Can I Be Now?
DESCRIPTION:Flapjack Press presents How Can I Be Now?\, Selected Poems by Dominic Berry.\n“Maybe I’m strange\, but I want to ask whether I’m the only one who wishes more people cried together?” \nQueer\, vegan poet Dominic Berry presents his favourite poems for performance from his collections Tomorrow\, I Will Go Dancing\, Wizard\, No Tigers and Yes Life\, along with new poetry designed to engage and inspire. \nAn extraordinary and enthralling collection exploring life\, personal development and wellbeing by the Glastonbury Festival poet in residence and two-times Saboteur Award-winning Best Spoken Word Performer. \nLGBTQIA+ and includes adult themes and language. \n“Dominic’s poetry leaves your soul grateful for its medicinal remedies.” Griot Gabriel \n“Words that penetrate your soul like surround sound.” Jenny Berry \n“Amazing. Heart-centred.” Ellerose the Unicorn \n“Dynamic\, tender and thought-provoking.” Jackie Juno \nDominic Berry is a Manchester-based performance poet renowned for his eloquent yet uncompromising stage shows and a desire to confront inequality. His work has taken him across the continents of Europe\, North and South America\, Asia and Australasia. He has been Glastonbury Festival’s poet in residence\, and has won Manchester Literature Festival’s Superheroes of Slam and New York’s famous Nuyorican Poets’ Café Slam. He has also twice been publicly voted Sabotage Review’s Best UK Spoken Word Performer. \n \nHow Can I Be Now? is published in paperback by Flapjack Press. \nFlapjack Press: exploring the synergy between performance and the page. \nShortlisted Most Innovative Publisher\, Saboteur Awards. \nShortlisted Best Northern Publisher\, Northern Soul Awards. \n“Publishes the most cutting-edge poetic performers.” Writing Manchester \n“Among the region’s most innovative and forward-thinking publishing houses.” Manchester’s Finest
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/dominic-berry-how-can-i-be-now/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Olivia Laing: The Garden Against Time
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Manchester Literature Festival. \n‘A garden is a time capsule\, as well as a portal out of time.’ \nIn her compelling new work of non-fiction The Garden Against Time\, Olivia Laing brings to life her own slice of paradise: the restoration of a garden designed by Mark Rumary of Notcutts. Alongside her own endeavours\, Olivia explores the idea of paradise and gardens\, real and imagined\, through the work of Derek Jarman\, W.G. Sebald\, John Milton\, John Clare\, William Morris and many others. She considers how gardens are political and how these slices of Eden survive war\, offer a place for rebel outposts and communal utopias\, and and bring joy during difficult times. \nSimply one of our most exciting writers’ – The Observer. Olivia is a widely acclaimed author and critic. She is the author of seven books including The Lonely City\, The Trip to Echo Spring\, Everybody: A Book About Freedom and Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency. Her first novel\, Crudo\, was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the 2019 James Tait Memorial Prize. In 2018 she was awarded a Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction and has written extensively about writers\, art and creativity\, including essays and forewords on Virginia Woolf\, David Wojnarowicz\, Cookie Mueller\, Chantal Joffe and Wolfgang Tillmans. \nPresented in partnership with Library Live\, the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/olivia-laing-the-garden-against-time/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:George the Poet
DESCRIPTION:TRACK RECORD – George the Poet in conversation with Okechukwu Nzelu \nJoin us for the Manchester launch of TRACK RECORD – the ground-breaking new memoir from acclaimed rapper and podcast host\, George the Poet. \nWe’re thrilled to be hosting the Manchester launch of George the Poet’s ‘Track Record: Me\, Music and the War on Blackness’. Part memoir\, part interrogation of politics\, capitalism and race\, Track Record is a powerful and brutally honest look at the world in which we live and a searing piece of social commentary that radically shifts the conversation around race and power. George will be in conversation with Okechukwu Nzelu (Here Again Now) \nDoors: 6.00\, starts: 6.30 \nTickets are £8 or free when pre-ordering a copy of the book. TRACK RECORD will also be available to purchase on the night and George will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you. \nAbout the book: \n‘When Grime became the soundtrack to our lives\, it gave a voice to the hustle. We were all looking for money\, but it was deeper than that; we were looking for a future.’ \nGeorge the Poet knows better than anybody the importance of understanding your surroundings. \nBorn to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael’s Estate in Neasden\, north-west London\, George Mpanga has always been aware of his community. It was both his teacher and his inspiration – giving him the language\, the experiences\, and the skills to become the person he is today. \nIn Track Record\, George unveils the power dynamics that shape our world\, shedding light on the forces that restrict Black creativity and put limits on Black excellence. By interrogating the history of colonialism and exploring capitalism’s racist legacy\, George offers a fresh perspective on the world around us. \nDelving into the music scene and crucial political and economic moments in history\, this book provides the backstory of where we are today. \nHonest\, thought-provoking\, and passionate\, Track Record is a ground-breaking memoir by one of the UK’s most unique voices.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/george-the-poet/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:David Nicholls in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT \nPresented by Manchester Literature Festival \nA welcome return to Manchester Literature Festival for one of the UK’s best loved authors. David Nicholls joins us to discuss his witty and engrossing new novel\, You Are Here. The story of two lonely people\, thirty-eight-year-old Marnie and forty-two-year-old Michael\, battered by break-ups and the loss of the futures they’d hoped for. Brought together by a mutual friend\, they embark on the Coast to Coast walk. As they travel through stunning landscapes and pouring rain\, Marnie and Michael are reminded how to open up to new people\, how to have fun in sometimes arduous conditions\, and\, ultimately\, how to love. \nDavid is the best-selling author of five previous novels including Starter for Ten\, which has recently been turned into a musical\, and One Day\, which has been adapted into a new Netflix series starring Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall. He is also a talented screenwriter\, garnering an Emmy nomination and a BAFTA win for best writer for his adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels\, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. \nPresented in partnership with LibraryLive\,  the Centre for New Writing\, Creative Manchester and Waterstones Deansgate.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/david-nicholls-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Percival Everett in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Manchester Literature Festival \n‘With my pencil\, I wrote myself into being.’ \nIn James\, Percival Everett’s thrilling retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\, the enslaved Jim is allowed to tell his story for the first time. While journeying down the Mississippi with Huck\, Jim has a series of adventures and encounters. Often terrifying but hilariously recounted\, they highlight the absurdity of white superiority and the ways in which Jim has been forced to hide his true intellect and abilities. In Hernan Diaz’s words\, James is a ‘canon-shatteringly great book’. \nDescribed by The Washington Post as ‘One of the most inimitable and distinct voices in contemporary American fiction’\, Percival is the author of over thirty books. The Trees was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. Erasure has been adapted into the Oscar-nominated film American Fiction starring Jeffrey Wright. \nPresented in partnership with LibraryLive\, the Centre for New Writing\, Creative Manchester and Blackwell’s.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/percival-everett-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:VULTURE CAPITALISM - Grace Blakeley Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to be welcoming author and jounalist Grace Blakeley to Manchester for the launch of her explosive new book VULTURE CAPITALISM – a fresh look at the problems of our late stage capitalism crisis and what we can do to stop it. \nDoors: 6.00\, starts: 6.30 \nTickets are £5.00 or free when ordering a copy of the book. VULTURE CAPITALISM will also be available to purchase on the night and Grace will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you. \nAbout the book: \n‘A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism’s “free market” logic\, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events’ – Naomi Klein \nEverything you know about capitalism is wrong. \nFree markets aren’t really free. Record corporate pro­fits don’t trickle down to everyone else. And we aren’t empowered to make our own choices – they’re made for us every day. \nIn Vulture Capitalism\, acclaimed journalist Grace Blakeley takes on the world’s most powerful corporations by showing how the causes of our modern crisis are the intended result of our capitalist system. It’s not broken\, it’s working exactly as planned. From Amazon to Boeing\, Henry Ford to Richard Nixon\, Blakeley shows us exactly where late-stage capitalism has gone wrong. \nSearing\, explosive and timely\, Vulture Capitalism is the book you need to understand what is happening in the world around you – and what you can do to change it. \nAbout the author: \nGrace Blakeley\, one of the fiercest economic thinkers her generation\, is an author\, journalist\, and political commentator. She attended University of Oxford where she graduated with a first-class honours degree in philosophy\, economics\, and politics. She has written for the Guardian\, Tribune and the New Statesman among others\, and appears regularly on television and radio\, including on ITV Good Morning Britain\, TalkTV and Jeremy Vine on Channel Five. She is the author of Stolen (Repeater) and The Corona Crash (Verso).
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/vulture-capitalism-grace-blakeley-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. \nWaterstones Manchester Arndale and Manchester Libraries are thrilled to present an evening with bestselling author Tessa Bailey as we celebrate the publication of Fangirl Down. \nThe romcom queen and author of Secretly Yours and It Happened One Summer hits a hole-in-one with this sizzling story of a grumpy golfer and his devoted fangirl that is most definitely above par. Tessa will be in conversation with fellow author Lucy Vine. \n \n#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey can solve all problems except for her own\, so she focuses those efforts on stubborn\, fictional blue-collar men and loyal\, lovable heroines. She lives on Long Island avoiding the sun and social interactions\, then wonders why no one else has called. Dubbed the ‘Michelangelo of dirty talk’ by Entertainment Weekly\, Tessa writes with spice\, spirit\, swoon and a guaranteed happily ever after. Catch her on TikTok at @authortessabailey or check out tessabailey.com for a complete list of books. \nTickets are priced at £14 – which includes a copy of Fangirl Down\, available for collection on the night – or £8/£6 general admission.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-tessa-bailey/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: PITY by Andrew McMillan
DESCRIPTION:Blackwell’s Bookshop and Manchester Libraries are excited to host the Manchester launch of award-winning poet Andrew McMillan’s PITY – his stunning debut novel which explores community\, masculinity and post-industrialisation in Northern England. \nDoors: 6.00\, starts: 6.30 \nTickets are £5.00 or free when ordering a copy of the book. PITY will also be available to purchase on the night and Andrew will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you. \n \nAbout the book: \nThe town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness\, picking and shovelling in the dust and the sleck. It was dangerous and back-breaking work but it meant something. Once\, the town provided\, it was important\, it had purpose. But what is it now? \nBrothers Alex and Brian have spent their whole life in the town where their father lived and his father\, too. Still reeling from the collapse of his personal life\, Alex\, is now in his middle age\, and must reckon with a part of his identity he has long tried to mask. Simon is the only child of Alex and had practically no memory of the mines. Now in his twenties and working in a call centre\, he derives passion from his side hustle in sex work and his weekly drag gigs. \nSet across three generations of South Yorkshire mining family\, Andrew McMillan’s short and magnificent debut novel is a lament for a lost way of a life as well as a celebration of resilience and the possibility for change. \nAbout the author: \nAndrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry\, physical\, was ‘the sort of once-in-a-generation debut that causes everyone to sit up and take notice’ according to Sarah Crown. physical was the only poetry book to ever win the Guardian First Book Award; it was also awarded a Somerset Maugham award\, an Eric Gregory Award\, the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and in 2019 was voted as one of the Top 25 Poetry Books of the Past 25 Years by the Booksellers Association. His second collection\, playtime\, won the inaugural Polari Prize. A third collection\, pandemonium\, was published in 2021 and in 2022 he co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems\, which was shortlisted in the British Book Awards. He is professor of contemporary writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/pity-andrew-mcmillan-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book launch:  Selected Plays by Cathy Crabb
DESCRIPTION:Selected Plays by Cathy Crabb \nMonday 22nd January  6pm at Manchester Central Library \nNo need to book tickets. FREE entry. Everyone welcome.  Doors open 5.40pm. \nCelebrating twenty years of productions\, award-winning playwright Cathy Crabb has selected eleven of her works for staging. Filled with humour and emotional resonance\, these texts explore themes of family\, trauma\, neurodivergence\, class and locality\, and their experiential effect on the ordinariness of life and repercussions. \nJoin Cathy and special guests for an evening of performance\, archival material\, author interview and audience Q&A at Manchester Central Library. \n“She brings real lives to the stage\, in all their depth\, delight\, danger and daftness.” John McGrath\, Factory International Artistic Director & Chief Executive \n“An unflinching and bittersweet look at life\, encompassing empathy\, humour and truth.” Helen Nugent\, Northern Soul Editor \n“I recommend any aspiring writers to read this book.” John Henshaw\, Actor \n“One of my favourite places to be is in Cathy Crabb’s awesome imagination.” Sally Carman\, Actor \n“Cathy is a local legend\, a truly unique playwright and poet\, who’s been a favourite of North West audiences for years. She has an incredible ability to write characters who are complex\, nuanced\, funny and remind you of real people you know.” Lindsay Williams\, Producer & Writer \n“She writes with such skill and honesty about people and situations. The world needs to be full of Cathy Crabbs.” Noreen Kershaw\, Director & Actor \nSelected Plays is published by Flapjack Press and available in paperback from 10th January 2024.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/book-launch-selected-plays-by-cathy-crabb/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Comedy,Theatre
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SUMMARY:How to Find Where You Belong by Rose Condo
DESCRIPTION:AUTHOR PERFORMANCE AND BOOK SIGNING WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LISA O’HARE AND SHARINA LEE SATTI. \nTwenty years since moving from Canada to the UK\, critically-acclaimed and multi-award-winning poet Rose Condo considers the features\, facets and philosophies for determining a sense of belonging. \nThis collection explores community\, identity\, personal growth and societal wellbeing through compassion\, sharp political observation and finely honed humour. It is a love letter to home\, wherever you might find it. \n“Beautifully written and deeply inspiring. Rose takes you on her journey; a journey with elements that you too have walked or felt. A book of community\, of love and friendship.” — Sharena Lee Satti \n“The deft balance of touching sentiment and formal confidence makes these poems stand tall and demand attention – but so does the verve\, the humour\, the unbridled humanity of this work.” — Kevin P. Gilday \n“Transitions from charm\, warmth and humour to quietly devastating poignancy. Filled with wonderfully honest observations on the human experience\, this book belongs on every bookshelf.” — Lisa O’Hare \nFree – drop in. Please make a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes or online
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/how-to-find-where-you-belong-by-rose-condo/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance,Readings
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SUMMARY:Crime Central
DESCRIPTION:As the nights get darker\, Crime Central returns with three amazing authors and three new books to chill your bones. Rob Parker welcomes Fiona Erskine\, Luca Veste and Neil Broadfoot to Central Library! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFiona Erskine\nEngineer by day\, writer by night. \nFiona was born in Edinburgh\, and grew up playing guitar\, riding motorbikes and jumping into cold water. After studying Chemical Engineering at University she learned to weld\, cast and machine with apprentices in Paisley before working internationally as a professional engineer. She is now based in the north east of England. \nHer latest novel\, Phosphate Rocks: A Death in Ten Objects is published by Sandstone Press in June 2021. \nFiona’s debut novel\, The Chemical Detective (2019)\, was shortlisted for the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award. Her second thriller in the Jaq Silver series\, The Chemical Reaction (2020)\, was shortlisted for the Staunch Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuca Veste\nLuca Veste is a writer of Italian and Liverpudlian heritage\, married with two young daughters\, and one of nine children. He studied psychology and criminology at university in Liverpool. He is the author of the Murphy and Rossi series\, which includes DEAD GONE\, THE DYING PLACE\, BLOODSTREAM\, and THEN SHE WAS GONE. \nPart psychological thriller\, part police procedural\, his books follow the detective pairing of DI David Murphy and DS Laura Rossi. The novels are set in Liverpool\, bringing the city to life in a dark and terrifying manner…with just a splash of Scouse humour. \n“Astringent and artfully constructed.” The Financial Times \n“A darkly impressive novel… disturbing and intelligent.” The Times \n“A chilling début from a writer to watch…” Mark Billingham \n“Gripping\, unpredictable\, genuinely shocking and impossible to put down\, Dead Gone is a remarkable début.” Steve Mosby \n“A twisty\, psychological crime debut in a gritty setting: a new favourite for police procedural lovers” Clare Mackintosh \n“Tense and darkly playful.” Chris Ewan \nHe is a former civil servant\, actor\, singer and guitarist (although he still picks it up now and again)\, and now a full-time writer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeil Broadfoot\n“Neil should be better known and more widely read. A true rising star of crime fiction.” \n– Ian Rankin \nNeil Broadfoot worked as a journalist for 15 years at both national and local newspapers\, including The Scotsman\, Scotland on Sunday and the Evening News\, covering some of the biggest stories of the day. \nFalling Fast\, which was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize\, is the first in the Edinburgh-set McGregor and Drummond series of thrillers. \nHis Stirling-set series\, which begins with No Man’s Land and features close protection expert Connor Fraser\, has been hailed as “tense\, fast moving and bloody” and “atmospheric\, twisty and explosive” with a “complex cast of characters and a compelling hero”. No Man’s Land was longlisted for the 2019 McIlvanney Award.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/crime-central-9/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch,Talks
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SUMMARY:Jesse Armstrong: Succession The Complete Scripts.
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nTo celebrate the release of The Complete Scripts\, we are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming writer and producer Jesse Armstrong to Manchester to talk about his highly acclaimed TV series SUCCESSION. Collected for the first time\, the complete scripts of Succession feature unseen extra material and reveal a unique insight into Jesse Armstrong’s writing\, creation and development of a TV sensation and a screen-writing masterpiece. Jesse will be in conversation with Terri White. \nThis event is being held at Manchester Central Library. \nDoors: 18.30\, event starts: 19.00. \nTickets are £10.00 or free when purchasing any volume of The Complete Scripts. An option to buy all 4 volumes for the discounted price of £60 is also available. You can also purchase copies of Succession: The Complete Scripts on the night and Jesse will be signing copies after the talk – please note\, due to time Jesse will only be signing copies of The Complete Scripts. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you. \nAbout the books: \nEverything I’ve done in my life is for my children. \nWhen Logan Roy\, the head of one of the world’s largest media and entertainment conglomerates\, decides to retire\, each of his four grown children follows a personal agenda that doesn’t always sync with those of their siblings — or their father. \nCollected here for the first time in four beautiful volumes\, the complete scripts of Succession feature unseen extra material\, including deleted scenes\, alternative dialogue and character directions. They reveal a unique insight into the writing\, creation and development of a TV sensation and a screen-writing masterpiece. \n“Monstrous\, near-Shakespearean perfection.” New Statesman \n“The most thrilling and beautifully obscene TV there is.” Guardian \n“Extraordinarily entertaining and incisive.” Empire \n“One of the most relentlessly paced shows on television.” Rolling Stone \nAbout the author: \nJesse Armstrong is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning TV and film writer. In 2016 it was announced HBO had commissioned a 10 part series of his media family drama Succession. The pilot was directed by Adam McKay. \nIn the UK he co-created\, co-executive produced and co-wrote 9 seasons of Channel 4’s BAFTA-winning comedy Peep Show. \nHe also co-wrote the BAFTA-winning The Thick of It and the Academy Award nominated script for the film In The Loop; the terrorism comedy Four Lions and British Comedy Award-winning comedy drama Fresh Meat. \nJesse was born and educated in Oswestry\, Shropshire\, and attended Manchester University where he studied American Studies as an undergraduate and American History for his Masters\, after which he worked as a researcher for a Member of Parliament. \nWorking as a solo writer\, Jesse wrote The Entire History of You for Black Mirror and the final episode of the first season of HBO’s Veep. \nIn 2016 Jonathan Cape published his novel set against the background of the Bosnian War\, Love Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals. The New York Times said ‘Armstrong proves to be just as maniacally funny here as he is on the screen.’
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/succession-the-complete-scripts-jesse-armstrong-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:An Evening with bestselling author TJ Klune
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Queer Lit Bookshop present An Evening with TJ Klune. \nMeet bestselling author TJ Klune for a captivating discussion about his writing process and latest works\, followed by a Q&A and book signing. \nJoin us for a book author event featuring the talented TJ Klune\, bestselling author of “The House in the Cerulean Sea\,” “Wolfsong\,” and many more beloved novels. \nDuring this event\, TJ Klune will discuss his writing process\, share insights into his creative inspiration\, and provide a behind-the-scenes look at his latest works. Whether you’re a longtime fan of Klune’s work or just discovering his writing for the first time\, this is a unique opportunity to connect with the author and gain a deeper appreciation for his craft. \nIn addition to the author talk\, attendees will have the chance to participate in a Q&A session with TJ Klune\, where they can ask questions about his books\, characters\, and writing style. The event will also include a book signing\, giving fans the opportunity to get their favorite TJ Klune novels signed by the author himself. Books with be available to buy on the night also. \nDon’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to meet TJ Klune and celebrate his incredible literary achievements. Register today to reserve your spot at this can’t-miss author event! \nDoors open at 6pm with the event starting at 6:30pm. \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-tj-klune/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Gerry Potter Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Flapjack Press presents Gerry Potter’s Li’l Book o’ small Poems (or is it?)\n“You’ll never live more life than wha’ I’m livin’ through right now…” \nJoin Gerry Potter on a voyage into social relativism and the domestic/fantastic in a punchy ‘n’ pithy yet generously discursive collection. \nContemplating both the ingrained and fleeting fears of a life enlightened through c-PTSD diagnosis\, these are li’l poems addressing big issues. \nFrom the author of Planet Young\, Bafta-winner Sophie Willan’s book of choice on BBC TV’s Between the Covers. \nGerry Potter is a poet\, playwright\, actor\, director\, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva Chloe Poems. National Museums Liverpool lists him amongst their city’s leading LGBTQIA+ icons\, and he was profiled in the documentary film My Name is Gerry Potter\, which premiered at Homotopia. \nAuthor performance and book signing. With special guests Caleb Everett and David Viney. \nAdult themes / LGBTQIA+. \nFree Entry \nPraise for the author: \n“Everything poetry should be and all too often isn’t.” Time Out \n“Gerry is about intelligence and argument and politics and protest. So must we all be.” Roger Hill \n“Enormous talent.” Gay Times \n“Intelligent\, humane and searching poetry.” Dr Jo Bell \n“Will amuse\, move\, inspire and provoke.” Polari Literary Salon \n“One of the most radical forces in performance poetry.” Designer Magazine \n“Educational.” The Times \n“One of the shining lights of the North West performance poetry scene.” Dr Andrew Moor
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/gerry-potter-lil-book-o-small-poems-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance
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SUMMARY:Sebastian Barry in Conversation with Kit de Waal
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to welcome Sebastian Barry back to Manchester to discuss his beautifully crafted new novel\, Old God’s Time. Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home\, a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul\, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. But when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case\, he finds himself pulled into the darkest currents of his past. \nOne of Ireland’s finest storytellers\, Sebastian Barry is the author of Days Without End\, A Thousand Moons\, A Long Long Way and The Secret Scripture. The Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2018-2021\, Sebastian is also twice winner of the Walter Scott Prize and the Costa Book of the Year. He will discuss his extraordinary writing and his powerful new tale of memory\, love\, mystery and reckoning with host Kit de Waal. Kit is the author of the novels My Name is Leon and The Trick to Time and the memoir Without Warning and Only Sometimes. \n“Old God’s Time is a portrait of a good man facing the failings of his past. It is wonderfully alive because Barry is so attuned to the human condition\, to the poetry in ordinary lives. Full of love and grief and heartache\, this is an unforgettable novel from one of our finest writers.” Douglas Stuart \nMLF Members can book Advance Tickets from Wednesday 1 February. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 3 February. MLF Get Closer Membership starts at £20 pa. To buy an MLF Get Closer Membership and book advance tickets visit here
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/sebastian-barry-in-conversation-with-kit-de-waal/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Signing
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Don Paterson
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries\, Faber Books and Blackwells Bookshop are proud to present An Evening with Don Paterson to celebrate the publication of TOY FIGHTS – an exquisitely sharp\, deeply humane and brutally hilarious boyhood memoir from one of the greatest writers of his generation. \nDon Paterson will be in conversation with Roma Havers\, Learning Manager from Manchester Poetry Library. \nAbout the book: \nThis is a book about family\, money and music but also about schizophrenia\, hell\, narcissists\, debt and the working class\, anger\, swearing\, drugs\, books\, football\, love\, origami\, the peculiar insanity of Dundee\, sugar\, religious mania\, the sexual excesses of the Scottish club band scene and\, more generally\, the lengths we go to not to be bored. \nDon Paterson spent his boyhood on a council housing estate. When he wasn’t busy dreading his birthdays\, dodging kids who wanted to kill him in a game of Toy Fights\, working with his country-and-western singer dad\, screwing up in the Boys’ Brigade\, obsessing over God\, origami\, The Osmonds\, stamps\, sex or Scottish football cards\, he was developing a sugar addiction\, failing his exams\, playing guitar\, falling in love\, dodging employment and descending into madness. While he didn’t manage to figure out who he was meant to be\, the first twenty years of his life – before he took a chance\, packed his guitar and boarded a train to London – did\, for better or worse\, shape who he would become. \n‘A tremendously engaging memoir\, seasoned with Don Paterson’s customary wit\, total recall and love of language. A classic of its kind.’ – William Boyd \n‘Wonderful\, aggressively wise and always – especially at its most serious – devastatingly funny.’ – Geoff Dyer \nAbout the author: \nDon Paterson was born in Dundee in 1963. His poetry has won many awards\, including the Whitbread Poetry Prize\, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize\, the Costa Poetry Award\, all three Forward Prizes and\, on two occasions\, the T. S. Eliot Prize. He was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2009. He is Professor of Poetry at the University of St Andrews and\, for over twenty-five years\, was Poetry Editor at Picador Macmillan. He also works as a jazz musician. \nRoma Havers is the Learning Manager for Manchester Poetry Library. Roma is particularly excited by the collaborative and creative possibilities of the learning programmes at Manchester Poetry Library. She is an experienced facilitator and poetry mentor and a trained Anti-Racism training Facilitator. Editor for Young Identity’s poetry press No Disclaimers\, writes and performs and sits on several youth forums and consultancy groups across Manchester. She has produced events and youth projects with Young Identity HOMEmcr\, Manchester Histories\, Amnesty International\, MIF and many others. \nDoors: 5.30\, starts: 6.00 \nTickets are £5.00 (£3.00 for Faber members / students / unwaged / 60+) or free when preordering a copy of the book. TOY FIGHTS will also be available to purchase on the night and Don will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/toy-fights-an-evening-with-don-paterson/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Tsitsi Dangarembga: Black and Female
DESCRIPTION:Tsitsi Dangarembga will be in conversation with Naomi Frisby. \nBeing categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more than merely blackness and femaleness. Writing assures me I am. \nThis paradigm shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in an illuminating exploration of internationally acclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga’s complex relationship  with race and gender. \nAt once philosophical\, intimate and urgent\, Dangarembga’s landmark essays address the profound cultural and political questions that underpin her novels for the first time. \nFrom her experience of life with a foster family in Dover and the difficulty of finding a publisher as a young Zimbabwean novelist\, to the ways in which colonialism continues to disrupt the lives and minds of those subjugated by empire\, Dangarembga writes to recentre marginalised voices. \nBlack and Female offers a powerful vision towards ‘re-membering’ – to use Toni Morrison’s word – those whose identities and  experiences continue to be fractured by the intersections of history\, race and gender. \nBlackwells Bookstore will be selling copies of Tsitsi’s new book and back catalogue on the night.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/tsitsi-dangarembga-black-and-female/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Ella Mills
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries\, Waterstones Booksellers and Hodder Books present this special evening with bestselling food writer Ella Mills.\nJoin inspirational bestselling food writer Ella Mills\, founder of Deliciously Ella\, for a special event to celebrate the release of her latest book\, How to Go Plant-Based. \nIn How to Go Plant-Based\, Ella debunks the common myths surrounding a plant-based diet\, shares her experiences of cooking as a family and emphasises the importance of making the plant-based diet accessible for all ages. How to Go Plant-Based is not just a simple cookery book\, but a guide that incorporates scientific research and data to help families put together balanced meals with family friendly recipes.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-ella-mills/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Signing
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SUMMARY:Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan - Workshop and Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan is a writer\, poet\, educator and activist\, disrupting ideas of history\, race\, knowledge and violence\, co-author of A Fly Girl’s Guide to University  (Verve Poetry Press\, 2019) and author of Postcolonial Banter (Verve Poetry Press\, 2019). In the afternoon from 2pm she will be leading a workshop for young people aged 16+ centred around her new book Tangled In Terror\, Uprooting Islamophobia (Pluto Press\, 2022); the workshop will explore concepts such as identity and belonging. \nThe workshop will be followed in the evening from 6pm by a reading and book launch of Tangled In Terror with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan\, chaired by Dr Nisha Kapoor\, Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Warwick and author of Deport\, Deprive\, Extradite – 21st Century State Extremism\, and ending with a Q&A session with Suhaiymah. \nBoth events are free and can be booked through Eventbrite: \nWorkshop (starts at 2pm): https://SuhaiymahWorkshop.eventbrite.co.uk \nReading and book launch (starts at 6pm): https://SuhaiymahBooklaunch.eventbrite.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/suhaiymah-manzoor-khan-workshop-and-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220630T193000
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SUMMARY:Crime Central with Russ Thomas\, Lesley Kara and Stephanie Sowden!
DESCRIPTION:Joining Rob Parker this month is Lesley Kara\, Sunday Times Top Ten author of ‘The Rumour’\, Stephanie Sowden\, Manchester based debut author of ‘After Everything You Did’ and Russ Thomas\, Sunday Times bestselling author of the DS Adam Tyler series. \nLesley Kara’s debut ‘The Rumour’ was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been published in 18 countries and optioned for TV. ‘The Rumour’ was the highest selling crime fiction debut of 2019 in the UK and a Kindle No. 1 bestseller. Her second novel\, ‘Who Did You Tell?’ was also a Sunday Times bestseller. Her third novel\, ‘The Dare’ is out now and her fourth\, ‘The Apartment Upstairs’ will be published in June 2022.Lesley worked for many years as a lecturer and manager in a large college of further education in London. She now lives in Suffolk and writes full-time. \nA real page turner. An engrossing and suspenseful tale with absorbing characters and plenty of shocking twists. Susan Lewis. \nStephanie Sowden grew up in Manchester. While studying History and Politics at Durham University\, she focused her degree on America in the 20th Century and has always found it an irresistible setting when writing. A fascination with the psychology behind crime and why people do bad things is also a driving nature in her work and her debut novel\, After Everything You Did\, was published by Canelo in 2022\, exploring the question of whether killers are born or made. \nAn Incredible debut. Mel Sherratt. \nRuss Thomas was born in Essex and now lives in Sheffield. After a few ‘proper’ jobs (among them: pot-washer\, optician’s receptionist and supermarket warehouse operative) he discovered the joys of bookselling\, where he could talk to people about books all day. His highly-acclaimed debut novel\, Firewatching\, was the first in the DS Adam Tyler series. His brilliant third DS Adam Tyler novel\, Cold Reckoning was published last month. \nA rollercoaster ride of a thriller . . . will keep you hanging on by your fingertips until the tense final moments. Peter Robinson. \nPLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis. They range from £2 – £8 plus the Eventbrite booking fee. \nAll tickets allow the same access to the event. This is a just a pricing system to accommodate for individual financial circumstances. \n \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/crime-central-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Monthly event,Talks
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