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SUMMARY:Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Histories is excited to be working in partnership with Scary Little Girls and Greenham Women Everywhere to bring three fantastic events to Manchester Histories Hub and the Performance Space in Manchester Central Library from Monday 7 – Tuesday 8 August. Join us as Common Ground explores the stories and significance of Greenham Common protest camps. \nJoin Rebecca Morden\, Artistic Director of the feminist production hub ‘Scary Little Girls’\, as she talks about her book and the process leading to it. As a child\, Rebecca visited Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp with her mother and was part of making history with 30\,000 other women and children at the Embrace the Base action 40 years ago. In 2018 she started interviewing Greenham Women to celebrate their unique role in changing women’s roles nationally and internationally\, and she hasn’t stopped since\, turning the project into a standalone organisation: Greenham Women Everywhere! \nCommon Ground is a series of events made possible thanks to support from the National Heritage Lottery Fund as part of a project to map the impact of the Greenham Common Peace Camp on the women who inhabited it and the communities they returned to. \nFree – book a place via the Manchester Histories website
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/out-of-the-darkness-greenham-voices/
LOCATION:Lwr Ground Floor – Manchester Histories Hub
CATEGORIES:Readings
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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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SUMMARY:Dominic Berry & John Darwin Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries invite you to the book launch of new poetry collections of two of Manchester’s finest. \nJohn Darwin: Ultrasilence \nFrom the provincial peccadilloes of Prestwich in Manchester to coffee houses and bars by the Bosporus in İstanbul\, John Darwin explores life’s three stages of arriving\, staying for a bit\, and then leaving.\nA poetic reflection on the ennui of the everyday\, intermittent pleasures\, and the quest to understand love and belonging from the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2021 Best Spoken Word Performance Award winner. \n“Gets to grips with the parts of life we’d rather forget.” – Dave Morgan\, Write Out Loud Co-founder \n“From early doors to last orders\, John Darwin’s poetry leaves us drunk on its honesty and thirsty for more.” – Tony Walsh AKA Longfella\, Poet \nDominic Berry: YES LIFE \n“How can I be now?”\nThis is a book charting one journey from challenging times to friendship and joy. To euphoric excitement and blissful rest\, from old He-Man toys\, choose-your-own-adventure books\, moving music in grin-packed pubs and fantastic festivals\, sublime seaside solitude\, and many different ways for a person to play.\n“Love is who we are.” \n“Rhythmic\, vibrant\, and gentle\, Yes Life is a love letter to the many ways in which we get to see the world.” – Desree\, spoken word poet & educator \n“A homage to youth\, to growth\, and to growing up. Whether it be the Latin rhythms of the paperback dancefloor or the 8-Bit energy of the nineties\, Berry comes in full force.” – Alex Vellis\, poet \nAUTHOR PERFORMANCES\, AUDIENCE Q&A\, BOOK SIGNING – FREE ENTRY. \nContent warning: Adult themes and language.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/dominic-berry-john-darwin-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Readings
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Malika Booker\, Vahni Capildeo & Jason Allen-Paisant
DESCRIPTION: Due to unforeseen circumstances this Manchester Literature Festival event is cancelled \nJoin us for an afternoon with three fabulous\, inventive poets who raise questions about our relationships with language\, landscape and identity. Vahni Capildeo’s Like a Tree\, Walking explores ecopoetics and silence\, with poems originating from nocturnes and lullabies in hilly Port of Spain to ‘stillness exercises’ recording micro-environments around English trees. Jason Allen-Paisant’s Thinking with Trees considers what it means to be Black in natural spaces usually considered the domain of white people. Linking Black history to present day events\, he walks through the pandemic considering how the future could be. The founder of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen\, Malika Booker is a pioneer of the poetry scene and writes out of a passion for Caribbean culture\, community and bearing witness. She will be reading new and recent poems. \nVahni Capildeo is a Trinidadian poet. Their collections include Venus as a Bear\, which was the Poetry Book Society Summer Choice 2018 and was shortlisted for the 2018 Forward Prize\, and Measures of Expatriation\, awarded the Forward Best Collection Prize 2016. Jason Allen-Paisant is from a village called Coffee Grove in Manchester\, Jamaica. At present\, he’s a lecturer in Caribbean Poetry & Decolonial Thought in the School of English at the University of Leeds. Malika Booker is a British poet and theatre-maker of Guyanese and Grenadian parentage. Her poetry collection Pepper Seed was shortlisted for the OCM Botas prize and her poem The Little Miracles won the 2020 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. \nHosted by John McAuliffe and presented in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. If you’d like to sit with friends\, please book all seats together in the same transaction. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/malika-booker-vahni-capildeo-jason-allen-paisant/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Colm Tóibín
DESCRIPTION:MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL \n\n‘I can make no sense of the present. It is all confusion. I know nothing about the future.’ In his extraordinary new novel\, The Magician\, Colm Tóibín conjures up the past and the life of writer Thomas Mann. Against the backdrop of two world wars\, Colm charts Mann’s rise to prominence and the story of his family life as he grapples with deep seated feelings about his homeland of Germany and his desire for young men. Colm is the award-winning Irish author of nine novels including Brooklyn\, Nora Webster and The Testament of Mary. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and has won both the Costa Novel Award and the International Dublin Literary Award. Colm will be in conversation with poet John McAuliffe. \nPresented in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester. \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. If you’d like to sit with friends\, please book all seats together in the same transaction. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive. \n\n\n\nBook on 0343 208 0500
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-colm-toibin/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:Spanish-Language Stories: Mateo García Elizondo\, Valerie Miles & Cristina Morales
DESCRIPTION:MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL \nGranta’s second selection of Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists showcases the work of 25 of the most exciting writers in the Spanish-speaking world. Valerie Miles\, editor\, writer\, translator\, co-founder of Granta’s literary journal in Spanish joins us to discuss the selection\, which encompasses thirteen countries and territories. Two of the chosen authors will appear with Valerie; Mateo García Elizondo (Mexico)\, whose story Capsule (translated by Robin Myers) tells of a prisoner launched into space to see out his sentence\, and Cristina Morales (Spain) whose admiration of fierce women and fury at their treatment by men drives her contribution Ode to Cristina Morales (translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn). Mateo García Elizondo was born in Mexico City. He wrote the film Desierto\, and his first novel\, Una cita con la Lady\, won the City of Barcelona Award. Cristina Morales is from Granada\, Spain and works with the contemporary dance company Iniciativa Sexual Femenina. She is the author of the novels Los combatientes\, Últimas tardes con Teresa de Jesús\, Terroristas modernos and Lectura fácil. \nHosted by Mariana Casale and presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes. \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. If you’d like to sit with friends\, please book all seats together in the same transaction. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive. \nTickets are free but advance booking is advised \nBook on 0343 208 0500
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/spanish-language-stories-mateo-garcia-elizondo-valerie-miles-cristina-morales/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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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
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/henry-normal-in-conversation-with/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Online Event,Performance,Readings
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Sarah Butler
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate #LibrariesWeek with Manchester Libraries and acclaimed author Sarah Butler. \nSarah is a writer and literature activist who lives in Manchester. She has three novels published by Picador in the UK: Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love\, Before The Fire and Jack and Bet which was published in early 2020. \nIn 2007\, Sarah established the literature consultancy UrbanWords\, through which she explores the relationship between writing and place through prose\, poetry and participatory projects. \nSarah joined Manchester Metropolitan University as Lecturer in Creative Writing in June 2018. \nSaran will be in conversation and reading from her latest novel\, followed by a Q&A and the opportunity for audience questions. \nJack and Bet \nJack is a man of few words\, married to a woman of many. He and Bet have been together for seventy years — almost a lifetime — and happily so\, for the most part. \nAll Jack and Bet want is to enjoy the time they have left together\, in the flat they have tried to make their home. Their son Tommy has other ideas: he wants them to live somewhere with round-the-clock care\, hot meals\, activities. Bet thinks they can manage just fine. \nWhen they strike up an unlikely friendship with Marinela\, a young Romanian woman\, Bet thinks she has found the perfect solution — one that could change Marinela’s life as well as theirs. But this means revisiting an old love affair\, and confronting a long-buried secret she has kept hidden from everyone\, even Jack\, for many years. \nTender\, moving\, and beautifully told\, Jack and Bet is an unforgettable novel about love and loss\, the joys and regrets of a long marriage\, and the struggle to find a place to call home. \nThe event will take place via Live Webinar. We’ll send all the details on how you can join the event in the confirmation email.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-sarah-butler/
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Online Event,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200121T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200121T200000
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CREATED:20191107T101213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T101213Z
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SUMMARY:Manchester Muslim Poets Bonanza
DESCRIPTION:An evening like no other – with Elmo Ali\, Hafsah Aneela Bashir\, Kamal Kaan\, Mahboobeh Rajabi\, celebrating poetry and showcasing the works of local poets of Pakistani\, Bengali\, Iranian and Somali backgrounds. \nIntroduced by Danny Middleton and moderated by Francesca Bradley.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-muslim-poets-bonanza-2/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191112T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191112T200000
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SUMMARY:Janine Booth Book Launch: The Big J vs The Big C
DESCRIPTION:The Big J vs The Big C: Issues\, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer \nWith special guest poet Laura Taylor. \nPoet\, author and activist Janine Booth was part of the ranting poetry movement of the ‘80s\,\nperforming as ‘The Big J’. In late 2016\, she discovered a strange indentation in her right breast and\nwas subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer. In this collection of candid journal extracts\, poetry\,\nmeticulous research and substantive politics\, Janine details her journey from detection and\ndiagnosis\, through surgery\, to ‘getting over it’. \n“This book is a must for all health care workers – doctors\, nurses\, students\, caterers\, cleaners\, porters\n– the team needed by patients facing The Big C.” – Dr Coral Jones\, GP & Chair Hackney South and Shoreditch Labour Party \n“I picked up this book expecting to be educated\, entertained and amused. I put it down having ticked\nall of those boxes. The NHS is quite literally the best thing there is in the entire world. We must never\nstop fighting for it.” – Kate Smurthwaite\, comedian & activist \n“Full of clarity\, worry\, humour\, explanations about how capitalism hampers medical practice and\nlove\, praise and commitment to the NHS. It demystifies and humanises the cancer experience and\ninspires and entertains the reader.” – Morning Star \nJanine Booth is a Marxist\, trade unionist\, Labour Party member\, socialist-feminist\, supporter of\nWorkers’ Liberty\, autistic\, bi\, author\, poet\, disaffected middle-aged woman. She works on London\nUnderground and is active in the RMT trade union\, having previously represented its London\nTransport members on the union’s National Executive. Janine is Chair of the union’s Disabled\nMembers’ Advisory Committee and a member of the TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee. She writes\nand delivers trade union training\, particularly on equalities issues\, and speaks widely on socialist\npolitics\, history\, disabled people’s rights\, autism and neurodiversity. \nPublished by Flapjack Press\nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk\nShortlisted Best Northern Publisher\, Northern Soul Awards\n“Publishes the most cutting-edge poetic performers.” – Writing Manchester
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/janine-booth-book-launch-the-big-j-vs-the-big-c/
LOCATION:Meeting Room 1
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:Word Central - Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry. \nWednesday 6th November at Manchester Central Library\, St. Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD.\n6pm – 8pm [doors open 5.30pm] – Free Entry. \nWe have two special guest poets in November\, Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger\, members of\nthe Poets\, Prattlers and Pandemonialists collective in Wolverhampton. \nEmma’s debut collection Close was published last autumn and follows on from her volume of\nchildren’s poems\, I Once Knew A Poem Who Wore A Hat\, which won the Rubery Prize in 2017. \nIn the past twelve months she has won both the Making Waves poetry competition and the Shambala\nFestival poetry slam. She will also be included in the Common People anthology for emerging\nworking-class writers and is currently responsible for an ongoing\, multi-artist project by Multistory in\nSandwell\, West Midlands. \nSteve is a born story-teller. His latest collection a fine fine place was published in autumn 2017\, and\nfollowed on from the acclaimed more bees\, bigger bonnets. This year he was one of the winners of\nthe Bread & Roses poetry competition and has worked closely with the CWU on delivering spoken word and poetry for their members. Steve has entertained audiences throughout the UK and you can expect poems on subjects from the personal right through to the global\, with a wild detour via\noutrageous dreaming. \nOpen mic spots for November are available to book from Wednesday 16th October via\nmail@flapjackpress.co.uk. \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes maximum and allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis.\nIf the open mic slots are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list.\nIn association with Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press. \nwww.facebook.com/WordCentral\nwww.twitter.com/@WordCentralMcr\nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-9/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191026T160000
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SUMMARY:Vaster than Empires - Poems about Vegetables
DESCRIPTION:Grey Hen Press invites you to the book launch of ‘Vaster then Empires’ their latest poetry anthology. \nLove them\, sometimes loathe them\, vegetables are such a part of our daily lives it can be hard to take a fresh look. Within the covers of this book you will find a market stall of beauty and desirability which will change the way you look at your 5- a- day. \n‘A feast of an anthology! Funny\, educative\, sexy and thought-provoking\, a group celebration of the humble vegetable quickly turns to pure deliciousness. From aubergine to artichoke\, salsify to turnip — there’s something here for every poetry palate.’ Helena Nelson \nThe event will feature poets Alison Chisholm\, Kerry Darbishire\, Rosemary Doman and Joy Howard who will be reading from the anthology and discussing their work. \nFree event. Everyone welcome. \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/vaster-than-empires-poems-about-vegetables/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190321T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190321T200000
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CREATED:20190219T152104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190314T115158Z
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SUMMARY:Steve O'Connor 'Extrano' Book Launch for World Poetry Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate World Poetry Day at Central Library! \nFlapjack Press and Manchester Libraries are proud to present the brilliant Bradford based poet Steve O’Connor (Freed Up / Write Out Loud / Co Editor of Best of Manchester Poets anthologies) who will be launching his new collection ‘Extrano’ on Thursday 21st March with a special author performance and book signing. \nJoin Steve and his special guests at the library from 6pm. \nFREE EVENT. Doors open 5.30pm. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/steve-oconnor-extrano-book-launch/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190226T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190226T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190125T112807Z
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SUMMARY:John Darwin - I Meet Myself Returning
DESCRIPTION:Author reading and book signing. \nWith special guest Geneviève L. Walsh. \n“Whichever way I take \nI meet myself returning.” \nA poetic journey from the mills and moors of the industrial north to the meals and mosques of the Byzantine middle-east and back again. \nI Meet Myself Returning is about finding your feet in our ever-convoluted world and letting them take you to a place to call your own. \nAnd\, occasionally\, stopping off for a pint. \n“This is a book about location. Feeling at home. \nIt’s about feeling homesick when you don’t know where home is. \nMy permanent home is in Manchester. I have lived there for 28 years\, although it felt like home for many years before\, through football and music. \nI have felt at home as a very young lad in St Albans\, Hertfordshire\, where I was born… In West Wales on childhood family holidays… In Yorkshire where I grew up. \nBrief moments of joy in the arms of a loving family\, despite an unhappy education and suffering Leeds United winning trophies (well\, two) whilst my club struggled and failed. \nIt’s about finding a foreign culture which made me welcome and feeling loved… In Turkey\, the streets\, bars and bridges of Istanbul are my second home. \nIt’s about the joy of lazy summers with loved ones on the coast. \nIt’s about the accumulation of wealth\, acquisition\, the constant striving for more things; the things which make us sad.” \n– John Darwin
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/john-darwin-i-meet-myself-returning/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181128T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181128T200000
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CREATED:20181113T171751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181113T174133Z
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SUMMARY:Gerry Potter: Manchester Isn’t the Greatest City in the World: The Rise and Rise of The Bourgeois Zeitgeist
DESCRIPTION:Gerry Potter presents: Manchester Isn’t the Greatest City in the World: The Rise and Rise of The Bourgeois Zeitgeist. With special guest Dave Viney \nPart love letter to his adopted home city of Manchester\, part critique of the arts and governing bodies (both specific and societal)\, Gerry’s eighth collection of autobiographical\, domestic/fantastic theatre-verse is a socio-political\, hard-hittin’ ‘n’ thought-provokin’ collection of poetry\, prose and plays. \nAdhering to working-class and socialist principles\, this polemic discourse on the The Bourgeois Zeitgeist challenges perceptions\, misrepresentations and acceptance\, and acts as a rallying call for those seeking to confront privilege and injustice. \nFeatures 90 poems\, 2 plays\, a 20\,000 word treatise on ‘The Bourgeois Zeitgeist’ and an 8\,000 word ‘Outroduction’. \nContains adult themes throughout / LGBTQ+. \n“It really is incredibly easy to get an audience to applaud anything these days\, TED Talks and The X Factor have seen to that\, you kinda just have to tell them something Positivia-inspired dripping in Inspirationalism and they’ll unanimously roar. There seems to be a major-city patriotic jingoism manifesting too\, not just here in Manchester\, everywhere; it now appears all cities are the greatest cities in the world. While this may be more than enough for some folk\, I’m afraid it’s nowhere near enough for me.” – from ‘The Bourgeois Zeitgeist’ \nDefinitely no Inspirationalism and absolutely no Positivia! \nMonday 8th September 2018\, on the News… The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has recorded 449 deaths due to homelessness in Britain – in one year. How many mentally and physically ill\, how many right now facing homelessness\, how many dead since last recorded\, how many more will die? \nReason\, if reason was ever needed\, why no place in our greed ‘n’ perilous land can call itself the greatest city in the world. \nAnd also on the News… A clip of Theresa May at the previous week’s Tory Party Conference\, standing in front of a big blue backdrop\, emboldened with white lettering proclaiming OPPORTUNITY! \nThis book is dedicated to every one of the above and all who suffer under Conservative Austerity. \nGerry Potter is a poet\, playwright\, director\, actor\, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva\, Chloe Poems. His published works are included in both the poetry and philosophy collections at Harvard University\, and the portrait documentary My Name is Gerry Potter premiered at Homotopia in 2015. An Everyman Youth Theatre alumnus\, National Museums Liverpool lists him amongst the city’s leading LGBTQ+ icons.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/gerry-potter-presents-manchester-isnt-the-greatest-city-in-the-world-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-bourgeois-zeitgeist/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181122T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181122T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181011T143134Z
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SUMMARY:Manchester Muslim Poets Bonanza
DESCRIPTION:For an evening like no other – celebrating Muslim heritage\, join hosts Dr Emily Spiers and Zahid Hussain for the MACFEST Muslim Writers Bonanza. Showcasing local writers of Pakistani\, Turkish\, Arab\, Somali\, Bengali and Iranian background. \nWriters include: \nDr Husam Haj Omar \nNuman Azmi \nAsma Elbadawi \nWaqas Ali
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-muslim-poets-bonanza/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181115T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181115T191500
DTSTAMP:20260430T075129
CREATED:20181031T094743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181105T151905Z
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SUMMARY:Manchester Retold: A City's Journey Through History
DESCRIPTION:From Peterloo to World War Two\, discover Manchester’s pivotal moments in history. Join the History Press\, with Michael Billington as MC\, for a special evening of readings and book signings with local authors including Graham Phythian\, Joanna M. Williams\, Michala Hulme\, Sheila Brady\, Andrew Simpson.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-retold-a-citys-journey-through-history/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181021T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181021T213000
DTSTAMP:20260430T075129
CREATED:20180903T144038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180903T144159Z
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Ted Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Frequently ranked as one of the Twentieth Century’s greatest writers\, Yorkshire poet Ted Hughes produced a significant body of work\, including original poetry and translations. His early poems were rooted in nature\, detailing the beauty and violence of the landscape and its animals (The Hawk in the Rain)\, while later pieces often used or reworked mythology\, examining the dark subconscious (Crow). His final collection\, Birthday Letters\, looked at his relationship with his fellow poet Sylvia Plath. To mark the 20th anniversary of Hughes’s death\, we have invited a number of contemporary poets\, including Amanda Dalton (Stray\, How to Disappear)\, Zaffar Kunial (Us)\, Carola Luther (Walking the Animals)\, Andrew McMillan (Physical) and John McAuliffe (The Way In) to perform some of their favourite poems by the late laureate.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/celebration-ted-hughes/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:Victoria Adukwei Bulley\, Rachel Long & Momtaza Mehri Filigree: Contemporary Black British Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Inscribe / Peepal Tree\, publisher of Caribbean and Black British Literature\, invited poets to contemplate the ‘unspoken essential’ and ‘intangible tangible’ for their Filigree collection. We’re delighted to have three of the contributors perform at this special MLF event. Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a British-born Ghanian poet and writer\, who recently published the pamphlet\, Girl B. A former Barbican Young Poet\, her work is bold\, ambitious and curious. Rachel Long is a poet\, facilitator\, and the leader of Octavia\, a poetry collective for women of colour at the Southbank Centre. Her playful and moving poems have been published in numerous anthologies\, and she is currently working on her first collection. Momtaza Mehri is a Somali-British poet\, essayist and editor. She was co-winner of the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize\, and her urgent and dynamic poems landed her the role of Young People’s Poet Laureate for London. Join us for an evening celebrating contemporary Black British poetry.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/victoria-adukwei-bulley-rachel-long-momtaza-mehri-filigree-contemporary-black-british-poetry/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:She Wrote Her Own Eulogy - Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The launch of Shirley May’s first book of poetry\, ‘She Wrote Her Own Eulogy’\, published by Wrecking Ball Press. Shirley will be sharing some of the poems from her book and discussing it with the audience. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase. \nShirley is the director of Young Identity writing collective\, which primarily works with 13-25 year olds. Her own work has been published in a number of anthologies\, and she has performed not only locally in the North West but also nationally and internationally\, appearing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York and the Calabash writing festival in Jamaica. ‘She Wrote Her Own Eulogy’ is largely inspired by her family’s history and is a deeply emotional and often lyrical collection. \nFree but booking required
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/wrote-eulogy-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:Henry Normal - 'This Phantom Breath' Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:‘The Alan Bennett of poetry’ – The Scotsman\n‘Dovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit’ – The Guardian \nFlapjack Press and Manchester Libraries are proud to host the launch of Henry Normal’s new collection of poetry\, ‘This Phantom Breath’. \nWritten between August 2016 and August 2017\, the poems in this collection are concerned with love\, death\, truth and other distractions. \nHenry is co-writer and producer of some of the very biggest hits of British TV and cinema over the past decade and a half. He co-wrote Mrs Merton\, The Royle Family and much of Steve Coogan’s early output. He’s produced everything from 24 Hour Party People\, to Red Dwarf\, Nighty Night and Philomena. \nHe may be less well-known as a poet\, though he is no less esteemed. Influenced by the Liverpool poets; Adrian Mitchell\, John Cooper Clarke and ‘ranting’ poets like Steven ‘Seething’ Wells\, along with poets on the cabaret circuit like John Hegley\, Henry was a stalwart of the performance poetry scene of the 1980s\, before he was diverted into TV. He is the founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. \nSupporting Henry will be Pete Ramskill\, Nottingham-based painter / sculptor / designer / poet\, reading from his new Flapjack Press collection Selected Moments of Machine Life. \nPete has had two previous books of poems published; Strike and Personal Vendetta (the latter under his pseudonym\, John Bitumen). His more recent poems explore love and family relationships whilst there’s still a deeply political edge to works about the world we choose to tolerate. \n‘It’s no coincidence that Pete Ramskill is also a stone carver\, he brings the same tools to his poetry – a hammer and chisel…’
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/henry-normal-phantom-breath/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:Julia Davenport: 'Order and Chaos' Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The poems in this brand new book are about Love\, War\, Anti-Austerity\, Mental Health\, Domestic Violence\, Murder\, Child Abuse\, Gender Identity\, Race\, and Climate Change.\nAll Book profits are being donated to the mental health charity ‘Mind’. \nThis collection of poetry is based on and around the themes of Order and Chaos. It has been written from a Socialist standpoint\, and as a form of protest to give previously marginalised voices the centre-stage spotlight.\n“These honest\, raw and uncompromising protest poems … provoke and compel us into reflection.” – Terry Hughes\, Edinburgh Fringe First award-winning playwright\n“A collection of hard-hitting verses. Order & Chaos is fantastically reflective of chaos whilst calling for order.” – The Nubian Times\n“These are poems for today that need not only to be heard but to be acted upon – NOW!” – Naomi Sumner Chan\, Creative Director at Brush Stroke Order\n“This is strong work\, full of life and energy. At times angry and uncompromising … this is poetry that cares\, about people\, about culture\, and about the environment.” – Cathy Bryant\, ed. Best of Manchester Poets\, vols. 1-3 \nBOOK LAUNCH WITH AUTHOR READING AND BOOK SIGNING\nPLUS SPECIAL GUESTS: Hilary Walker\, Amanda Steel\, Andy N\, and Naomi Sumner Chan. \nPUBLISHED BY RAGIEL & GILL PRESS\nIn association with Manchester Libraries and Librarylivemcr
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/julia-davenport-order-chaos-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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