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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 
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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
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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
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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
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