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SUMMARY:Word Central with special guest Jolivia Gaston
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word  \nPresented by Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press \nCelebrating Black History Month\nTuesday 24th October\, 6pm Free entry\nHosted by Tony Curry with special guest Jolivia Gaston\n\nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 10th October via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk\n\nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer – it is essential that you stay within this timeframe.\nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time\nIf they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-with-special-guest-jolivia-gaston/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word. Presented by Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press Tuesday 26th September\, 6.00pm – 7.45pm. \nHosted by Tony Curry with special guest Janine Booth \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th September via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer – it is essential that you stay within this timeframe \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time. If they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list. \nEvent host Tony Curry is a performance poet\, playwright\, and workshop facilitator. Raised in Crawley by English and South African parents\, he has lived and worked in Manchester for three decades\, running literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. Tony’s solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy\, Complicit Relations\, Moving and The Odyssey\, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. His play\, The Teddy Bear\, was staged at Manchester’s Contact Theatre and his work has been exhibited at the city’s art gallery and museum. His latest poetry collection\, We Kid Ourselves\, is available from Flapjack Press. \nSeptember’s special guest is Janine Booth\, a Marxist\, trade unionist\, Labour Party member\, socialist-feminist\, supporter of Workers’ Liberty\, autistic\, bi\, author\, poet\, disaffected middle-aged woman and Peterborough United fan. She writes and delivers trade union training\, particularly on equalities issues\, and speaks widely on socialist politics\, history\, disabled people’s rights\, autism\, and neurodiversity. Janine co-edited the anthology NeurodiVERSE for Flapjack Press and her collection of prose and poetry\, The Big J vs The Big C: Issues\, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer\, is also available now. \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-8/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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SUMMARY:Black British Book Festival on Tour
DESCRIPTION:“Manchester has been unveiled as one of cities taking centre stage in a summer tour to celebrate the Black British Book Festival this year. \nIn its third year the Black British Book Festival is Europe’s largest celebration of black literature and a fast-growing and a widely acclaimed event showcasing black authors and providing a platform for established and up and coming writers across the country. \nChampioning emerging talent\, hear from leading voices in Manchester Central Library on Sunday 17 September and discover your new favourite Black authors at this family festival that aims to banish barriers to entry. \nStorytelling\, workshops and talks\, from key black authors including Derek Owusu\, Manchester based poet Jackie Kay and author Kehinde Andrews\, British academic and author specialising in Black Studies\, will be part of the festival event taking place in Manchester Central Library. \nOre Agbaje-Williams and Lola Jaye will lead workshops\, and children and adult and children’s authors Ella Phillips and Kimberley Whittam and Jaqueline Ro will also take part in the planned events. \nManchester Libraries & Archives and Read Manchester will also promote their See Myself in Book collections on the day\, which ensure books are racially inclusive. \nTickets for the event are free.  \nCouncillor John Hacking\, Executive Member for Skills Employment\, and Leisure said: \n” We have a wealth of interesting and creative talent in Manchester across diverse communities\, so I am particularly pleased that we are hosting this family friendly festival\, of established and emerging black British authors representing all literature genres\, in Manchester Central Library.  We need to be able to reach out to all communities to make literature more accessible and engaging and break down barriers to inspire a love of reading and light the spark for future generations in the city. This is a step in the right direction.” \nThe festival has partnered with major publishers including Pan Macmillan\, Hachette\, Penguin and SAGE.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/black-british-book-festival-on-tour/
CATEGORIES:Book Fair,Family,Performance,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Paper Piano Presents: Gideon Conn
DESCRIPTION:Another “Paper Piano Presents”\, this time with Gideon Conn\, the first artist to appear on the label. Known for effortlessly blending acoustic soul\, jazz and hip hop\, Gideon has a unique performance style that makes people very happy. Thought provoking lyrics glide over catchy melodic hooks with guitar playing different from any you’ve heard before. \n\n\n‘The people of Britain may not know it yet but Gideon Conn is one of their national treasures.’ Scroobius Pip \n\nFree – just drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/paper-piano-presents-gideon-conn/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230829T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230829T194500
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word \nHosted by Tony Curry \nPresented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries \nA free event every month at\nManchester Central Library\, St Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD \nNext event: \nTuesday 29th August\, 6.00pm – 7.45pm\n(doors open 5.40pm) \nwith special guest poet Róisín Maguire
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-7/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230725T180000
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Tony Curry with special guest Winston Plowes. \nTony Curry was raised in Crawley and has lived and worked in Manchester for three decades\, running literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. His solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy\, Complicit Relations\, Moving and The Odyssey\, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. His play\, The Teddy Bear\, was staged at Manchester’s Contact Theatre. His has three poetry collections published by Flapjack Press\, The Noble Savage\, Tall Tales for Tall Men Who Fall Well Short and We Kid Ourselves. \nWinston Plowes lives in Calderdale aboard his floating home\, which doubles as lodgings for lost and wayward words. He teaches creative writing\, has been Poet in Residence for the Rochdale Canal Festival and The Hebden Bridge Arts Festival\, and worked in collaboration with The Arvon Foundation\, Glastonbury Festival\, UCLAN\, Manchester Museum and the BBC. He is also the inventor of the world’s first (and possibly last) Random Poetry Generating Bicycle\, the ‘Spoke-n-Word’. His published poetry collections include Misery Begins at Home [Rubberybubberyboy Parchment]\, Micro Chap-book Extras [Origami Press] and Telephones\, Love Hearts & Jellyfish [Electric Press]. \nFree Entry\, everyone welcome. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 11th July via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer – it is essential that you stay within this timeframe \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time.If they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-6/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Word Central with special guest Leon the Pig Farmer
DESCRIPTION:Leon the Pig Farmer [AKA Jack Horner] is a Manchester-based Yorkshire beat poet. An ex-serviceman who began writing verse to help him deal with a PTSD diagnosis\, he has an assertive take on spoken word with fast firing rhythmic verse and a sharp outlook on both his mental health recovery\, social observation and political imbalance. Leon has two collections available\, Don’t Believe the Hype and Talking Myself Out of Trouble. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 9th May via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer – it is essential that you stay within this timeframe \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list \nYou can catch up with our lockdown live streams and special guests’ sets on Word Central’s Facebook page \nWord Central Facebook Group | Twitter: @WordCentralMcr | Manc Libraries Blog | Library Live
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-with-special-guest-leon-the-pig-farmer/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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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:Word Central Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word Hosted by Tony Curry \nPresented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries \nWith special guest John Darwin \nJohn writes from the heart about the mystery of relationships\, the piquancy of location\, and the pleasure of escaping from day-to-day drudgery. He was the host of Write Out Loud’s poetry night in Sale for two years\, a member of the acclaimed national touring troupe A Firm of Poets for a couple more\, and co-host at Spoken Weird in Halifax. John now curates Crooked Poets in North Manchester and his solo poetry show Happy Hour won the Best Spoken Word Performance award at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2021. His new collection\, Ultrasilence\, was published by Flapjack Press in October 2022. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 10th January via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list \nThis event is free\, but please consider making a donation to support our Library Live programme if you can\, online\, or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-13/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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SUMMARY:Word Central with Special Guest Rev Paul!
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word Hosted by Tony Curry. \nPresented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries \nWith special guest Rev Porl \nOriginally from the swamps of Stockport\, Paul ‘Rev Porl’ Stevens has been performing as a poet since 1995. He has supported veteran punk bands the UK Subs\, GBH and the Subhumans\, and has appeared with Attila the Stockbroker and Nick Toczek. Since 2003\, he has been involved in the Speakeasy project\, bringing together the cream of Manchester Spoken Word artists with musicians from a variety of disciplines. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Mon 5th December via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nForthcoming Dates \nTues 24 January 2023\nThurs 23 February 2023\nTues 21 March 2023\nTues 25 April 2023\nTues 23 May 2023\nTues 27 June 2023\nTues 25 July 2023\nTues 29 August 2023\nTues 26 September 2023\nTues 24 October 2023 [tbc]\nTues 28 November 2023\nTues 12 December 2023
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-with-special-guest-rev-paul/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221025T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221025T193000
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Word Central\nOpen Mic Poetry and Spoken Word presented by Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press \nTues 25th October\, 6.00pm – 7.30pm (doors open 5.30pm) Free entry \nHosted by Tony Curry with guest poet Stevie Turner \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 11th October via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list \nEvent host Tony Curry is a performance poet\, playwright and workshop facilitator\, who runs literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. \nTony’s solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy\, Complicit Relations\, Moving and The Odyssey\, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. His play\, The Teddy Bear\, was staged at Manchester’s Contact Theatre and his work has been exhibited at the city’s art gallery and museum. His latest collection\, We Kid Ourselves\, was published by Flapjack Press in 2021. \nSeptember’s special guest Stevie Turner is a political and passionate poet whose work often pushes boundaries. Their debut collection Lost Decades was published this summer by Bent Key Publishing and is a personal yet relatable account of life without restrictive lines\, examining the deep human connections we make throughout life. Stevie performed with the Northern Poetry Takeover at this year’s Brighton and Camden Fringe festivals and launched a new poetry event\, Absinthe Nights\, at Northern Monk earlier this month.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-5/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220908T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220908T193000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Claire Mooney and Special Guests
DESCRIPTION:Join Claire Mooney and special guests at Central Library for a night of music and poetry like no other. \nClaire Mooney is a singer songwriter with numerous albums and international airplay to her credit. Described by NME as ‘a real talent’ and Music Week as ‘a people’s songstress’ Claire mixes the political with the playful and blends it all together into a performance of serious fun. \nFor personal reasons\, Dave Puller is now unfortunately unable to perform at this event\, but we are delighted to announce that Claire will be joined by award winning playwright and poet Alex Keelan and Manchester based writer and poet Marie Crook.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-claire-mooney-and-dave-puller/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220830T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220830T194500
DTSTAMP:20260526T151033
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central \nOpen Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry \nWith special guest David Viney \nTues 30th August\, 6.00pm – 7.45pm (doors 5.30pm) \nA free event every month at Manchester Central Library\, St Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD \nOur special guest for August is David Viney\, a multiple poetry slam winner\, playwright\, workshop facilitator and youth worker from Stretford. He has been poet laureate for Kendal Calling festival\, written for and performed on BBC radio\, written and performed two shows at Salford’s Lowry Theatre as part of Working Verse Collective\, and in 2019 was commissioned to write and perform at the opening and closing ceremonies of the World Taekwondo Championships. His second solo collection\, In Orbit\, Back Soon\, is out now. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 16th August via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-4/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220726T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220726T194500
DTSTAMP:20260526T151033
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220629T094909Z
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SUMMARY:Word Central - Now We Are Six! Birthday Special!
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Night\nHosted by Tony Curry\nPresented by Manchester Libraries & Flapjack Press\n\nJoin us at Manchester Central Library on Tues 26th July for our Now We Are Six Birthday Special\n6.00pm – 7.45pm (doors open 5.30pm)\nFree entry\n\nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th July via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk\nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer\nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day\nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-now-we-are-six-birthday-special/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Monthly event,Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220609T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220609T213000
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SUMMARY:The Wicked Problem from Ergon Theatre
DESCRIPTION:What would you put first\, the planet or your family? Set in the year 2061\, the audience act as jury for the trial of an individual who has broken a climate law created by the new authoritarian green government\, Ergon. The jury will hear from witnesses across the globe and Greater Manchester before deciding whether the defendant should be punished for what they did\, or be allowed to return home. \nFree – £3-10 suggested donation
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-wicked-problem-from-ergon-theatre/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220601T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220601T170000
DTSTAMP:20260526T151033
CREATED:20220513T130326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T084255Z
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SUMMARY:Shadow Girl
DESCRIPTION:Shadow Girl is a new adventure story about a girl called Sabrina\, who has a vivid imagination. It is a playful and adventurous show about friendship\, growing up and discovering what it means to be brave. Sabrina is growing up fast\, but her parents haven’t noticed yet. Feeling invisible and alone\, Sabrina hastily forms a plan to escape with her newfound companion\, Alf. Together they venture out into the world to discover what it means to be brave. Separated from her new friend and thwarted by powerful forces\, Sabrina discovers the power of her shadow and steps into the light. \nFor families and children aged 8 and over \nFree – to book a free place call 0161 234 1983
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/shadow-girl/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220531T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220531T194500
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:WORD CENTRAL RETURNS TUESDAY 31 MAY 2022 \nJames Hartnell is a poet\, newspaper columnist and writer who has been published globally. He is presently editor of Current Accounts\, the international magazine of Bank Street Writers\, and is a regular contributor to Worktown Words\, the writing arm of Live from Worktown\, a major community project in Bolton. \nJames created the Bolton International Writing Project which saw work in twenty-nine languages published and read at various venues in nineteen shows\, engaging more than five hundred immigrants from the Bolton community. \nHis new poetry collection\, Songs of Submission\, was published by Flapjack Press earlier this year. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 17th May via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-3/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220426T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220426T194500
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present \nWord Central Open Mic Night\nHosted by Tony Curry\nFeaturing special guest Steph Lonsdale!\nHere’s some more biog information from Steph – \n\nI was born in Salford\, in the North West of England in 1981. I live in Manchester and work in Salford\, having lived for nine years in Liverpool. I love Manchester and Liverpool equally although I still have mixed feelings about Salford. I am teacher and a mother of two children\, I am also a bit of a bitch\, but only when it is strictly necessary. \nI read my poems out loud occasionally although mostly I like to hide behind a screen. Most of my writing is observational which probably shows a great lack of imagination. I can also be found in the Whalley Range and Chorlton areas of Manchester generally hanging around and looking pretentious; most often whilst being judged by my children. \n\nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th April via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk\nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer\nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day\nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list \nFREE EVENT – EVERYONE WELCOME!
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:WORD CENTRAL Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry. \nPresented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries. \nNext event: Tues 22nd March\, 6.00pm (doors 5.30pm) with special guest Mantz Yorke. \nMantz Yorke trained as a scientist\, gaining a degree in industrial metallurgy before taking up a career in teaching. Later\, he switched to educational research. Now retired\, he has been able to spend more time writing poetry that reflects his interest in science and human behaviour as well as his enjoyment of\, and concern for\, the natural environment. His poems have been published widely\, both in the UK and internationally\, and his collections Voyager and Dark Matters are published by Dempsey & Windle. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 8th March via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk. \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer. Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day. If they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list. \nYou can catch up with our lockdown live streams and special guests’ sets on Word Central’s Facebook page. Word Central Facebook Group | Twitter: @WordCentralMcr | Library Live flapjackpress.co.uk/pages/word-centra
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-12/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220318T210000
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CREATED:20220124T113813Z
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SUMMARY:Murder Mystery Night
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nManchester Libraries Crime Festival \nAfter Dark Entertainment present: An Invitation to Murder \nWill you find a body in the library? \nWhen famous golden age detectives are invited to a remote mansion by a reclusive author they get more than they bargained for as he reveals that one of them is the mysterious thief ‘The Falcon’. Before he can reveal which one of them it is\, he ends up dead. \nCan you play detective and uncover the truth before it’s too late. Questions the suspects and discover which of these super sleuths is really a super villain?
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/murder-mystery-night/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Party,Performance,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220316T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220317T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T151033
CREATED:20220124T111301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T092744Z
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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:Word Central Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word.\nHosted by Tony Curry with special guest Ben Willems.\n\nOur special guest for the first Word Central of the year is beat-inspired performance poet Ben Willems. Ben has featured in numerous publications\, including Citizen 32\, The Recusant\, Beatification and Some Roast Poet\, as well as appearing in Flapjack Press’s The People’s Republic of Mancunia. Since 2013\, he has been working on a collection of poems for all of Greater Manchester’s railway stations and expects this to be finished around 2040. \nYou can book your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 11th January via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk.\nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer. Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day. If they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-11/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211214T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211214T194500
DTSTAMP:20260526T151033
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word Presented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries. \nHosted by Tony Curry with special guest Ben Willems. \nYou can book your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 30th November here. \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer. Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day. If they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list. \nOur special guest for the last Word Central of the year is Ben Willems. Ben writes beat-inspired performance poetry from the jumble of brain clog. He has been published by Citizen 32\, The Recusant\, Beatification and Some Roast Poet among others\, as well as appearing in Flapjack Press’s The People’s Republic of Mancunia. Since 2013\, Ben has been working on a collection of poems for all of Greater Manchester’s railway stations and expects this to be finished around 2040.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211124T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211124T193000
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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211118T200000
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SUMMARY:Dream FM presents: 'What do you dream of?'
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the in-person premiere of What do you dream of? — a special broadcast & sound work created with the people of Greater Manchester \nNight falls and metropolis mirrors the cosmos. Destinies connected by light and dust send signals\, alone\, to one another. The city glitters: On Air. \nIn August 2021\, artists Danielle Swindells and Brit Seaton asked the people of Greater Manchester what they dream of. Directed to the automated voicemail system of fictional radio station Dream FM\, members of the public picked up the phone and left their answers. \nThe sound work What do you dream of? brings together selected hotline musings of the vast metropolitan borough. Strange encounters during sleep\, visions of change for a better world and personal tales of love and loss are among a constellation of intimate responses to the question\, capturing an audio portrait of dreams spanning from simple and symbolic\, to poetic and surreal. \nWhat do you dream of? features an original score by Joshua Inyang and Joshua Tarelle\, Space Afrika\, which takes sonic cues from pre-digital airwaves\, the DIY spirit of pirate radio and musical auras of Greater Manchester’s past and present. \nJoin us on Thursday 18 November 5.30 – 8pm at Manchester Central Library for a special premiere of the broadcast \nDoors open: 5.30pm \nBroadcast begins: 6.00pm \nBroadcast duration: 1hr 30mins \nThis event is BSL Interpreted by Lizzie Wharton. \nSeating will be socially distanced and we politely encourage you to wear masks unless exempt. \nFree – booking required below – please cancel if you are unable to attend\n  \nAlso – Online Broadcast: \nWhat do you dream of? will also broadcast from www.dream-fm.com every night at 9.00pm from Thurs 18 Nov to Thurs 16 Dec 2021. \nInspired by the fading format of night-time radio talk shows\, Dream FM stages a conceptual transmission that draws on the experience of listening together while apart\, the unifying liveness of radio\, and the comfort it can bring in the lonely hours when the public\, as orator and audience\, speaks to itself. \nDream FM is tuned in to emotional connections between strangers across Greater Manchester. The sound work platforms local voices in an experimental piece of archived social history\, guided by imagination and the collective sharing of innermost thoughts. \nThis project is made possible with support from Manchester Independents. \nVisit: www.dream-fm.com \nInstagram: www.instagram.com/0161dreamfm \nTwitter: www.twitter.com/0161dreamfm \nEmail: 0161dreamfm@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/dream-fm-presents-what-do-you-dream-of/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211028T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211028T170000
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SUMMARY:And We Rise; Together. Performance and Protest Poetry
DESCRIPTION:And We Rise; Together. Performance and Protest Poetry \nA Young Identity curated event of poetry and readings from material gathered from workshops with community groups based in Moss Side. \n \n1.30 pm-3.30 pm:  A Young Identity curated event where material gathered from community workshops are woven together to produce spoken word and poetry performances by the co-facilitators. There will be readings and new works by produced by the artists that will be shared at the event and an interactive element where the audience can join in and create their own protest poetry. \n3.30 pm -5.00 pm: ‘I Predict a Riot’ two-part documentary film screening in partnership with Northwest Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University.  Both films will be shown on a rotation.  Throughout the afternoon there will be a book display\, archive handling\, a documentary screening and space for conversation. \nWhere: Performance Space \nWhen: 28 Oct 1.30 – 5.00 pm \nCost: Free
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/and-we-rise-together-performance-and-protest-poetry/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Screening,Talks
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211022T170000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T080030Z
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SUMMARY:creative:connection
DESCRIPTION:MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL \nWe are delighted to welcome national charity\, Create\, back to MLF. Create believe in the power of creativity to change lives. Their creative:connection project brings together disabled and non-disabled children to create\, build connections and break down barriers around disability. This October children from four schools in Manchester and Salford (Chatsworth High School\, Grange Academy\, Loreto High School and New Park Academy) joined forces with professional musicians to create new pieces of music\, which they will perform at this special celebration event. \nCreate (createarts.org.uk) runs dozens of projects like this across the UK\, and are expanding in the North West. If you are an artist or a partner who would like to work with them\, email hannah@createarts.org.uk \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive. \nTickets FREE – booking advised
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/creativeconnection-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211002T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211002T160000
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SUMMARY:Drag Queen Bingo
DESCRIPTION:We’re celebrating Older People’s Day in style\, with an afternoon of bingo.\nBut this is Manchester. We do things differently here!\nJoin the fabulous Angel Delight for a sparkling afternoon of fun\, including stand up bingo\, bongo bingo\, singalongs and loads more.\nPlease phone 0161 234 1932 to book your FREE tickets. \nMaximum of six people per table. \nThis event is aimed at over 50’s. \nWe’ve reduced the numbers of tickets to ensure there is still some social distancing. We are also asking that people wear face masks when they arrive. There will also be hand sanitisers available and track and trace.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/drag-queen-bingo-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210804T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210804T150000
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SUMMARY:I am not Friday
DESCRIPTION:Libraries Connected and BBC Novels That Shaped The World bring you…\n\nA new humorous and imaginative re-telling of the Robinson Crusoe story.\n\nOften regarded as the first English novel\, we’re all familiar with the basics of the Robinson Crusoe story: A man\, a shipwreck to a desert Island\, some survival skills that would give Bear Grylls a run for his money… and his faithful servant – Man Friday. But what if Robinson Crusoe got some things a bit…well\, wrong? What if ‘Man’ Friday…wasn’t? And what if it wasn’t the first novel after all?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformed by: Janelle Thompson \nWritten by: Joyce Branagh \nDirected by: Alyx Tole \nMusic by: Zara Nunn \nSound Design: Andrew Glassford \n  \nSuitable for ages 12+
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/i-am-not-friday/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Theatre
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210901T120000
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SUMMARY:Henry Normal in conversation with...
DESCRIPTION:Join Henry Normal as he chats and shares poems with award-winning wordsmiths from Flapjack Press. With audience Q&A. \nA series of live stream events\, 12 – 1pm each Wednesday from 14th July to 1st September. Brought to you by Flapjack Press\, Manchester Libraries and New Poetry Society. What better way to spend your lunchtime? \nFree but booking essential. \nHenry Normal is a poet\, writer\, TV and film producer\, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Manchester Literature Festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. Henry co-wrote and script edited The Mrs Merton Show and the spin-off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family and has collaborated extensively with Steve Coogan. Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1999\, Henry Executive Produced all and script edited many of the shows during his tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during this time include Oscar-nominated Philomena\, Gavin and Stacey\, The Mighty Boosh\, Red Dwarf\, Nighty Night and Alan Partridge. In 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to television. Since retiring\, Henry has written and performed seven BBC Radio 4 shows in his ‘occasional series’ A Normal…\, combining comedy\, poetry and stories about his life and family. \n“Shove up national treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal.” Radio Times \nYOU CAN BOOK FREE TICKETS HERE. \n  \n \nGerry Potter is a poet\, playwright\, actor\, director\, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva Chloe Poems. A favourite son of Manchester and his hometown Liverpool\, he trained at Everyman Youth Theatre and National Museums Liverpool lists him amongst the city’s leading LGBTQ+ icons. The portrait documentary My Name is Gerry Potter premiered at Homotopia in 2015 and his first volume of domestic/fantastic theatre-verse\, 2009’s Planet Young\, was championed on BBC2’s Between the Covers.\n“Will amuse\, move\, inspire and provoke.” Polari Literary Salon \n \nGeneviève L. Walsh founded Halifax’s spoken word night Spoken Weird in 2013\, was a core member of the acclaimed troupe A Firm of Poets until their 2017 swansong\, and has been a host/curator with Manchester’s Stirred Poetry collective since the same year. Walsh debuted and toured their one-person show\, A Place in the Shade\, in 2019. Their second poetry collection\, Vitriol Works\, was published in 2021.\n“A unique and passionately inclusive voice.” Steve Nash\, UK Performer of the Year \n \nThick Richard has presented BBC Radio 6 Music’s Beat of the Day\, performed on BBC Radio 4\, hosted NME parties\, and gigged with Kae Tempest\, John Hegley\, Arthur Smith\, The Fall\, Jerry Sadowitz and (sort of) Dr John Cooper Clarke. He co-curated spoken word franchise Bang Said the Gun’s Manchester events during its run at The Dancehouse Theatre\, and his one-man show\, Swear School (a crash course in everything you wanted to know about bad language – with puppets)\, toured nationally. His flamboyant use of profanity once saw the official Edinburgh Fringe radio station temporarily closed down and he has been kidnapped on two separate and unconnected occasions. His latest collection of acerbic wit and wisdom\, Read ‘em and Weep\, was published in 2020.\n“His words are rattling and brilliant and shoot life back at you in all its futility and chaos and wonder.” Kate Tempest\, poet \n \nAnna Percy co-founded Stirred\, the influential pro-feminist collective which organises poetry performances and writing workshops throughout the north-west of England. Her award-winning poetry is written for both the page and the stage\, is post-pastoral\, occasionally surreal\, and an exercise in hope for sexual equality and an advocacy of women’s rights. Her third collection with Flapjack Press\, Jumping into a Waterfall\, was published in 2020.\n“A fabulous feminist fighter.” Shirley May\, poet \n \nTony Curry is a performance poet\, playwright\, workshop facilitator\, soundsmith and enabler. He runs literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing across the north-west. His solo shows and plays have been performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange and Contact theatres\, and his work has been exhibited at the city’s art galleries and museum. Tony is also host of Word Central\, the monthly spoken word event at Manchester Central Library coordinated by Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries. His third poetry collection\, We Kid Ourselves\, was published in 2021.\n“This is our poetry. These are our poems.” Tony Walsh\, poet \n \nDominic Berry is a performance poet whose work for adults and children has taken him across five continents. He has been Glastonbury Festival’s poet-in-residence and his awards include winning Manchester Literature Festival’s Superheroes of Slam\, New York’s Nuyorican Poets’ Café Slam\, and he has twice been publicly voted Sabotage Review’s Best Spoken Word Performer. Dominic regularly performs at the Edinburgh Fringe and his TV appearances include BBC’s Greg & Celia’s Festivals Highlights\, Rhyme Rocket and Channel 4’s My Daughter the Teenage Nudist. His third collection for adults\, No Tigers\, was revised and reissued in 2020\, and his fifth poetry adventure for children\, Best Adventure Ever!\, was published in 2021.\n“Emotive\, intelligent and raw… quite delicious and totally engaging.” City Life \n \nRose Condo is a Canadian poet now based in Salford\, England. With a background in theatre\, she has been writing\, performing and teaching for over twenty years and was longlisted for the inaugural Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. Rose has won numerous poetry slams and her poetry theatre show\, The Empathy Experiment\, received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and went on to win the award for Best Spoken Word Show at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2019. Her debut collection\, After the Storm\, was published in 2020\, and contains the scripts of her three award-winning poetry theatre shows: The Geography of Me\, How to Starve and Artist and The Empathy Experiment.\n“A steadying reminder of compassion in a world tipped off its axis.” Rosie Garland\, poet & author \n \nPaul Cookson has worked as a poet for over three decades\, performing in schools and libraries\, and at literature festivals and events across the world. As well as being Poet-in-Residence for The National Football Museum and Everton in the Community\, he is Writer-in-Residence for Sing Together\, which involves 125 Lancastrian schools with over 5000 children and 400 teachers. In 2020 he was commissioned by the BBC to write and perform a poem for the Women’s FA Cup Final. Paul has more than sixty titles to his name and over a million book sales – and with a quarter of a million copies sold alone\, the anthology The Works has become a teacher’s ‘poetry Bible’. The third volume of his poem-a-day lockdown diaries\, Pig’s Ear\, Dog’s Dinner\, was published in July. A fourth and final collection\, Nail on the Head\, is due in November.\n“Every day should have a Paul Cookson moment.” Simon Mayo\, broadcaster & author \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Publishes the most cutting-edge poetic performers” – Writing Manchester\nShortlisted Saboteur Awards’ Most Innovative Publisher & Northern Soul Awards’ Best Northern Publisher
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CATEGORIES:Author Event,Online Event,Performance,Readings
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