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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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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SUMMARY:Crime Festival
DESCRIPTION:A CELEBRATION OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS IN MANCHESTER\nWednesday 16th March – Cath Staincliffe\, Joseph Knox and Karen Woods.\nThursday 17th March – Mandasue Heller\, Alex Caan\, Chris Simms and S J Watson.\nFriday 18th March – After Dark Entertainment presents: ‘An Invitation to Murder’ Murder Mystery Night\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by the brilliant author Rob Parker.\nRob Parker lives near Warrington\, UK. The author of the Ben Bracken thrillers and the standalone post-Brexit country-noir Crook’s Hollow. \n​Rob writes full time\, as well as organising and attending various author events across the UK. Passionate about inspiring a love of the written word in young people\, he spends a lot of time in schools across the North West\, encouraging literacy\, storytelling and creative-writing. ​He is also a co-host of the For Your Reconsideration film podcast\, and a regular voice on the Blood Brothers crime book podcast. \n​Here’s some more information about the authors appearing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCath Staincliffe\nCath was brought up in Bradford then moved to work as a community artist in Manchester where she now lives with her family. \nLooking for Trouble\, published in 1994\, launched private eye Sal\, a single parent struggling to juggle work and home\, onto Manchester’s mean streets. Cath has published a further seven Sal Kilkenny mysteries. \nCath is also a scriptwriter\, creator of ITV’s hit police drama\, Blue Murder\, she was also commissioned to write the Scott & Bailey books and writes for Danny Brocklehurst’s Stone detective drama. \nShe is now writing a series of stand-alone novels where ordinary families find themselves caught up in extraordinary events. Cath is a founder member of Murder Squad\, a virtual collective of northern crime writers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Knox\nJoseph Knox was born and raised in and around Stoke-On-Trent and Manchester\, where he worked in bars and bookshops before moving to London. He runs\, writes and reads compulsively. \nSirens\, his debut novel\, was a Sunday Times bestseller\, and his work has now been translated into 18 languages. \nHis latest novel ‘True Crime Story’ was published in 2021. The Times described it as ‘Scandalously entertaining…Knox is a fantastic writer. His ambitious fourth novel satirises and celebrates the true-crime genre with glee … by turns horrific and hilarious’ – Mark Sanderson. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Woods\nKaren was born and raised in the City Of Manchester and is proud to be a Mancunian! Being raised within an inner city area inspired Karen to take an unorthodox and very well received approach within her writing. \nKaren left school without any formal qualifications and obtained her inspiration from attending an adult literacy course which was offered by her former employers. \nKaren writes from the heart and always keeps it real to life\, and she writes about subjects we can all relate too. Having lived a colourful life she uses her own experiences to write her books. Her fan base is growing every day and soon everyone will know the name Karen Woods. \nKaren believes that everyone has the power to to change their lives around with self belief and determination. “Life doesn’t give. We have to take what we can.” . \n \nMandasue Heller\nAfter moving to Manchester in the early 80’s\, Mandasue immersed herself in the underground music scene. Forced by illness to temporarily quit singing in the 90’s\, she turned her hand to writing\, using the notorious Hulme Crescents\, where she had spent her first 10 years in Manchester\, as the backdrop. \nHer first written piece concerned a real-life incident\, when a man had broken into her house in the early hours and attacked her with a claw-hammer\, fracturing her skull. But it was the psychological after-effects that affected her most deeply\, and she hoped that writing about it would exorcise the hold it still had over her. The finished piece was too personal for anybody else to read\, but she had enjoyed the process of writing\, so decided to try her hand at fiction instead – and her first book\, The Front\, was snapped up by Hodder & Stoughton. She has written 13 books since then\, and is currently working on the 14th. \nMother to 3 grown children\, and grandmother of 3\, Mandasue still lives in Manchester\, and spends her time between books and family commitments locked away in the studio\, writing and recording music albums. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Caan\nAlex Caan has spent over a decade working in Information Systems Security for a number of government organisations\, and is currently specialising in Terrorism Studies. A lifetime passion for writing was sparked by the encouraging words of an English Teacher in school\, and eventually led to Alex successfully completing an MA in Creative Writing\, and write Cut to the Bone. \nCut to the Bone has been a Kindle Number 1 bestseller\, was picked as a WH Smith ‘Everyone’s Talking About’ book of the week\, chosen as Sainsbury’s best of summer reads and was Angela Marson’s pick for crime novel recommendation of the year. Alex Caan was also a rising star on Amazon in 2016. \nFirst To Die\, the shocking sequel to Cut to the Bone\, was released June 14th 2018. \nHis latest novel The Unbroken is out now. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Simms\nChris Simms has worked in airports\, nightclubs\, post offices and telesales centres. Along with nominations for Crime Writers’ Association Daggers and the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year award for his novels and short stories\, Chris was selected by Waterstones as one of their ’25 Authors for the Future’. \nThe idea for his debut novel\, Outside the White Lines\, came to him in the early hours of the morning while broken down on the hard shoulder of the M40. \nHis series of DI Spicer novels – psychological thrillers set very firmly in Manchester – follow the police detective’s fortunes as he pursues mad\, bad and deadly individuals through the city’s ever-evolving landscape. \nIn October 2012\, Scratch Deeper was launched – a new series featuring Detective Constable Iona Khan of Manchester Police’s Counter Terrorism Unit. This was followed-up by another DC Khan novel\, A Price To Pay. \nDark Angel\, the 9th DI Spicer novel was published in January 2021. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nS J Watson\nS J Watson’s first novel\, Before I Go To Sleep\, became a phenomenal international success and has now sold over 6\,000\,000 copies worldwide. It won the Crime Writers’ Association Award for Best Debut Novel and the Galaxy National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year and has been translated into more than 40 languages. \nThe film of the book\, starring Nicole Kidman\, Colin Firth and Mark Strong\, and directed by Rowan Joffe\, was released in September 2014. S J Watson’s second novel\, Second Life\, a psychological thriller\, was published to acclaim in 2015. His new novel Final Cut is out now.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-libraries-crime-festival/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch,Performance,Readings
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SUMMARY:Okechukwu Nzelu - HERE AGAIN NOW Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Manchester Central Library for the launch of Okechukwu Nzelu’s new book HERE AGAIN NOW.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nWe’re delighted to be working with Blackwells Books to host the launch of Okechukwu Nzelu’s latest book HERE AGAIN NOW – a heart-breaking and immensely uplifting novel about lovers\, fathers and sons which shows the power of family – both the one into which we are born and those we choose for ourselves. Okechukwu will be in conversation with Andrew McMillan. \nAbout the book: \nAchike Okoro feels like his life is coming together at last. His top-floor flat in Peckham is as close to home as he can imagine and after years of hard work\, he’s about to get his break as an actor. He’s even persuaded his father\, Chibuike\, to move in with him\, grateful to offer the man who raised him as a single parent a home of his own. \nBetween filming trips\, Achike is snatching a few days in London with Ekene\, his best friend of twenty years\, the person who makes him feel whole. Achike can put the terrible things that happened behind him at last; everything is going to be alright. Maybe even better. \nBut after a magical night\, when Achike and Ekene come within a hair’s breadth of admitting their feelings for each other\, a devastating event rips all three men apart. In the aftermath\, it is Ekene and Chibuike who must try to rebuild. And although they have never truly understood each other\, grief may bring them both the peace and happiness they’ve been searching for… \nAbout the author: \nOkechukwu Nzelu is a writer and teacher. In 2015 he was the recipient of a New Writing North Award. In 2020 his debut novel\, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney\, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize\, the Desmond Elliott Prize\, and the Polari First Book Prize. He lives in Manchester and is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Lancaster. \nThis event is being held at Manchester Central Library. \nDoors: 18.00\, event starts: 18.30 \nTickets are £3.00 or free when pre-ordering a copy of the book. HERE AGAIN NOW will also be available to purchase on the night and Okechukwu will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact Blackwell’s Books on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/okechukwu-nzelu-here-again-now-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220223T200000
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SUMMARY:TO PARADISE - Hanya Yanagihara in conversation with Kamila Shamsie
DESCRIPTION:Hanya Yanagihara\, author of the million-copy bestseller A Little Life\, introduces her incredible new novel TO PARADISE. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nWe’re thrilled to be welcoming Hanya Yanagihara\, author of the modern classic A Little Life\, to Manchester for one of just four UK dates celebrating the release of her phenomenal new book TO PARADISE – a bold\, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment\, about lovers\, family\, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. Hanya will be in conversation with Kamila Shamsie. \nAbout the book: \nIn an alternate version of 1893 America\, New York is part of the Free States\, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor\, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic\, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older\, wealthier partner\, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093\, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule\, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him – and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. \nThese three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony\, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness\, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family\, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful\, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise\, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters\, but these Americas\, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness. \nTo Paradise is a fin-de-siecle novel of marvellous literary effect\, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love – partners\, lovers\, children\, friends\, family and even our fellow citizens – and the pain that ensues when we cannot. \nThis event is being held at Manchester Central Library in partnership with the Centre for New Writing. \nDoors: 18.00\, event starts: 18.30 \nTickets are £10.00 or £25.00 including a copy of the book. TO PARADISE will also be available to purchase on the night and Hanya 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/to-paradise-hanya-yanagihara-in-conversation-with-kamila-shamsie/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:David Gaffney 'Out of the Dark' Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:A young man has rented a flat at the top of a high rise block in Birmingham where he watches the same video over and over again\, an old British film noir called Out Of The Dark. This film holds some important information for him\, something which will help him deal with his recent tragic events.  But what is he looking for in this corny black and white B flick?  Who is the mysterious woman who is bedridden after falling down the stairs? And why does a strange neighbour want to buy up all the garages on the street? \n  \nOut Of The Dark is an unsettling story of grief\, obsession and duplicity told using a puzzle box of stories within stories that twist and turn at every opportunity. It is also about film noir itself and as the young man dissects the recurring motifs of his favourite film genre he reveals more about himself than he does about the movie.  The edges of the film and real life begin to blur. Is he being pulled into a similar whirlpool of deceit\, corruption and violence? \n  \nPraise for Out Of The Dark \n  \n‘A twisted and darkly funny neo-noir that somehow channels the restless spirits of both David Lynch and Shane Meadows while remaining intensely literary. In Out Of The Dark David Gaffney has produced a book with real propulsive energy\, one that produces surprises on nearly every page.’  Stephen May\, Costa prize shortlisted author of Life! Death! Prizes! \n  \n‘ Out Of The Dark is an ingenious\, idiosyncratic and unnerving noir\, in which Ballard meets Jim Thomson meets Mike Leigh in a high rise block next to a motorway in the Black Country. ‘ Luke Brown\, editor\, critic\, and author of novels My Biggest Lie and Theft. \n  \nAbout David \nDavid Gaffney was born and brought up in Cleator Moor\, west Cumbria and now lives in Manchester. He is the author of the novels Never Never (2008) and All The Places I’ve Ever Lived ( 2017) plus the flash fiction and short story collections Sawn-Off Tales (2006)\, Aromabingo (2007)\, The Half-Life of Songs (2010) and More Sawn-Off Tales (2013). He has written articles for The Guardian\, Sunday Times\, Financial Times and Prospect magazine\, and was a judge for the Bridport Prize. His graphic novel with Dan Berry\, The Three Rooms In Valerie’s Head\, was published in 2018 on Top Shelf\, and David and Dan’s latest graphic novel Rivers is out now\, also on Top Shelf. David’s new novel\, Out Of The Dark\, is out in January 2022. \nThe Guardian said: ‘One hundred and fifty words by Gaffney are more worthwhile than novels by a good many others.’ \n\n\n\nAlso at the event we are delighted to present Melissa Wan reading her story Art Decade\, from an exciting upcoming book from Confingo called Waiting For The Gift – an anthology of short stories influenced by David Bowie’s seminal seventies album\, Low. \n\n\n\nSee www.davidgaffney.org for more
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/david-gaffney-out-of-the-dark-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Titanic: A Maritime Mistake?
DESCRIPTION:A thrilling new take on the 1912 tragedy\, as those tasked to keep the secret safe go on the run from an elite group of political figures.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Lancashire author Alan Veale began research for his latest novel ‘The Titanic Document’\, he built a story around the 1912 disaster.\n\n\nThey do say truth is stranger than fiction\, and as the plot and characters developed\, so too did Alan’s perception of historical events. Now he shares the surprising evidence he uncovered which points to a curious conclusion on how the great ship met her fate. \nJoin the author at this free afternoon event where he will present material from his research and also be reading from the novel.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/titanic-a-maritime-mistake/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Nail on the Head by Paul Cookson
DESCRIPTION:FLAPJACK PRESS PRESENTS: \nNail on the Head\nA COVID-19 Poetry Diary\, Vol. 4 \nWritten daily throughout the UK’s restrictions to combat coronavirus\, Nail on the Head takes us from the anniversary of the first lockdown\, through the easing of regulations\, and up to our grand reopening on so-called ‘Freedom Day’. \nHumorous\, compassionate\, and with a principled\, political edge (and more than a passing interest in the European Football Championships\, as you’d expect from the National Football Museum’s poet-in-residence)\, this is Paul’s fourth and concluding documentation of a nation’s resolve and wellbeing. \nIllustrated by Chris Riddell OBE (Children’s Laureate / Observer)\, Korky Paul (Winnie and Wilbur / Sir Scallywag) and Martin Chatterton (Winter of the White Bear / Bluenoses). \nCover by Martin Chatterton. \n“A fresh collection of Cookson’s verse. If it’s laughter you’re after you could do worse.” – Dr John Cooper Clarke\, poet \n“Pithy blinders\, heartfelt and moving\, marvellously inventive and original … quite brilliant. When looking at the national landscape\, its wounds and doughty perseverance generated by its grief besieged citizens\, Paul Cookson is their sparse voice\, their collective bewilderment and courage.” – Stewart Henderson\, poet \n“Paul Cookson is a special poet. He is a human being. Rare in this game.” – Mike Garry\, poet
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/book-launch-nail-on-the-head-by-paul-cookson/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance
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SUMMARY:Writing the North - James Clarke and Luke Brown in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Lancashire authors James Clarke and Luke Brown at this very northern online book event held in partnership with Manchester Libraries. \nMonday 27th July at 6.30pm \nManchester Libraries\, And Other Stories and Serpent’s Tail are proud to bring you this online opportunity to meet two of the most exciting new writers in the UK. \nJames Clarke’s second novel Hollow in the Land is a compound eye view of a post-industrial community in East Lancashire. A journey through the rich\, interconnected lives of the locals in all their strangeness and intimacy. James is the winner of the 2019 Betty Trask Prize. He lives in Manchester. \nIn Theft\, Luke Brown’s exhilarating howl of a second novel\, the narrator travels between east London and Fleetwood\, Lancashire\, torn between the town he thought he had escaped and the city that threatens to chew him up. Theft is longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. Luke teaches at the Centre for New Writing at University of Manchester. \nJoin these two authors at a free event in which they’ll discuss the influence of the north on their writing and outlook on life\, and whether the region receives the prominence it deserves in fiction published recently. \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/writing-the-north-james-clarke-and-luke-brown-in-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Simon Armitage
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT \nSimon Armitage presents a new collection of poems\, Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic. \nBook launch followed by book signing. \nCelebrated as ‘the most popular and prolific British poet of his generation’ (The Times) and ‘the first poet of serious artistic intent since Philip Larkin to have achieved popularity’ (Sean O’Brien)\, Simon Armitage has been involved in an astonishing assortment of projects\, commissions\, collaborations\, residencies and events over the course of his writing career. The resulting poems stand outside of his mainstream publications\, but now form a substantial body of work in their own right\, and are collected here together for the first time. \nThe contents vary from single set-pieces such as ‘Zodiac T Shirt’\, performed at the launch of Beck’s Song Reader\, to the suite of ten poems commissioned to mark the bicentenary of Branwell Bronte’s birth. Several are site-specific\, such as the Stanza Stones sequence carved into the Pennine landscape\, and the world’s first catalytic poem\, ‘In Praise of Air’\, suspended from a building at the University of Sheffield. Others developed from collaborations with film directors and visual artists\, or from large-scale literary projects such as the poet’s troubadour journeys across the UK recounted in his prose books Walking Home and Walking Away. Together they cover an eclectic array of subjects including sculpture\, the environment\, travel\, drama\, music and the media\, documenting Armitage’s wide range of interests and his unique versatility as a writer. \nAs well as representing the nature and scale of his output\, Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic demonstrates Armitage’s commitment to collaboration\, his role as poet of public engagement and his belief in poetry as an act of communication. \n‘Boundary-breaking . . . poems of emotional weight and musical grace from the fabric of our everyday lives.’ Carol Ann Duffy\, Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2018 statement \n‘A poet whose work is ambitious\, accomplished and complex as well as popular.’ Sunday Telegraph \n‘Armitage is so good with the stiletto and scalpel of the vernacular he has to hand . . . image-ripe and clever\, satiric\, dystopian\, and sometimes laced with sorrow.’ Sydney Morning Herald \n‘His verse is immediate\, entertaining\, engaged with the world.’ Independent on Sunday \n‘The poet of his generation.’ Melvyn Bragg
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-simon-armitage/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Meet Angie Thomas
DESCRIPTION:With over 2 million copies sold worldwide\, countless awards and accolades and a major movie adaptation\, The Hate U Give has been a complete sensation as author Angie Thomas’ debut novel. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement\, it told the story of a young girl named Starr who was the only witness to the death of her childhood friend\, unarmed at the hands of a police officer. It’s been on the New York Times Bestseller list since it published\, and among its many award wins\, was named Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winner in 2018. \nBack in the UK on an exclusive trip to launch her second novel\, On The Come Up\, Angie is here to discuss the inspirations behind her new book. This time we follow Bri\, an aspiring rapper stepping in the footsteps of her father\, who was on track to hit the big time until he was shot dead by a local gang. When Bri’s mum loses her job and bills start piling up\, poverty threatens their family\, and Bri’s dreams start to feel like their only way out. But how much of herself is she willing to sacrifice to make it? \nDon’t miss out on the chance to hear this ground-breaking\, inspirational author speak and get your hands on her fantastic new novel. \nTickets £5 general admission or £10\, includes entry and a copy of On the Come Up RRP £7.99 (booking fees included) \nSuitable for ages 13+ \nIf you have any questions please contact events@waterstones.com
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/meet-angie-thomas/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Peterloo: Voices\, Sabres and Silence
DESCRIPTION:Join author Graham Phythian for an evening of readings and music to celebrate the launch of his new book. Graham has drawn extensively on archives\, published works\, and interviews with descendants of people who were present at Peterloo. He has spent over three years researching the topic\, revisiting well known sources – as well as tracking down several less obvious ones – to create a new narrative of the massacre and its aftermath. \nGraham is a retired teacher who has a great interest in local history. He has written a local history column for the South Manchester Reporter and is a regular contributor to Soccer History magazine. He is the author of eight books on regional and sport history\, including and Manchester at War (2014) and Blitz Britain: Manchester & Salford (2015)\, both published by The History Press. He lives in Chorlton. \nCopies of the book will be available for purchase at the event \nFree but booking required
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/peterloo-voices-sabres-and-silence/
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