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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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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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
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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:20260430T085756
CREATED:20180903T144038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180903T144159Z
UID:2253-1540150200-1540157400@librarylive.co.uk
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181019T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181019T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20180903T142048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180903T142103Z
UID:2227-1539973800-1539979200@librarylive.co.uk
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181001T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181001T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20180824T142900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180824T142900Z
UID:2125-1538416800-1538424000@librarylive.co.uk
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180906T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180906T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20180802T165755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180824T145004Z
UID:2100-1536256800-1536264000@librarylive.co.uk
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180901T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180901T163000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20180815T083207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T090836Z
UID:2108-1535810400-1535819400@librarylive.co.uk
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180329T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180329T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20180314T171613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180320T124952Z
UID:1505-1522346400-1522357200@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Laureate's Choice at Central Library
DESCRIPTION:smith|doorstop Books present the Laureate’s Choice poets 2018\, four up-and-coming poets chosen by Carol Ann Duffy. \nThe poets in attendance are : \nKeith Hutson has written for Coronation Street and many well know comedians. His poetry has been widely published in journals\, and his debut pamphlet\, Routines\, was published in 2016 by Poetry Salzburg (where he is now a member of the editorial board) \nNatalie Burdett is a poet from the West Midlands. Her poetry is widely published in anthologies and magazines and has been shortlisted for The London Magazine and Bridport prizes. \nJohn Fennelly is ‘House Poet’ at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Writing School. He is a poet\, teacher\, and workshop facilitator and has been published in various magazines and commended in the Bridport and Bare Fiction Prizes. \nReading on video in a recording made specially for this event: \nHera Lindsay Bird is a poet from New Zealand. Her debut collection Hera Lindsay Bird has become a cult best-seller in her own country\, and was released by Penguin UK in 2017. She has won the 2017 Sarah Broom Prize and the Ockham Best First Poetry Book Award. \nFour fantastic poets reading from their pamphlets. We hope you can join us.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/laureates-choice-manchester-central-library/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180214T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20180111T121629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180112T163415Z
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SUMMARY:QUEER CONTACT '18 Outspoken
DESCRIPTION:Prose\, poetry and spoken word from an all-female line-up of Outspoken voices. \nAfshan D’souza-Lodhi hosts\, with readings from Seni Seneviratne\, Jackie Hagan\, Mandla Rae and Louise Wallwein. \nPlus new work from Superbia’s Manchester Chapbook project.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/queer-contact-18-outspoken-2/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180124T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20171222T133655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171222T133655Z
UID:1343-1516816800-1516824000@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Made In Manchester: Funny Business - how to make it in the Comedy industry
DESCRIPTION:Comedy is big business these days.\nHear from our experienced panel as they give a unique insight into the many facets of the world of Comedy; from Performing\, Writing\, Promoting and breaking into TV and Radio. Find how you can make a living in an often precarious career. \nHenry Normal\nHenry is a writer\, poet\, TV and film producer. As co-founder of the incredibly successful Baby Cow Productions\, hIs many credits include Gavin and Stacey\, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and Philomena. In June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to television. \nJustin Moorhouse\nJustin is a stand-up comedian\, radio DJ and actor. He appeared in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights\, Looking for Eric and Guess The Attendance. He has written and appeared in his own BBC Radio 4 sitcom Everyone Quite Likes Justin and tours regularly. \nHazel O’Keefe\, Dulcet Sounds\nHazel is the founder of Dulcet Sounds\, Laughing Cows Comedy\, Club Feminista\, The Women in Comedy Festival and is the catalyst for many other projects. A full time self employed consultant\, event manager\, curator and promotor\, who is value and principle driven. Her work was recognised by Manchester City Council who awarded her ‘Women of Arts and Culture‘\, commended by Northern Power Women and awarded comedy business of the year by the Northern Soul awards. \nModerated by Martyn Walsh from the Inspiral Carpets and Creative Industries Guru in Residence at the Business & IP Centre Manchester \nMade In Manchester is a new series of panel events discussing the business aspects of the creative industries in the city.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/made-manchester-funny-business-make-comedy-industry/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171214T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171214T194500
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20171205T102447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171205T102447Z
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SUMMARY:Project M and Introduction X Launch
DESCRIPTION:Come and celebrate the launch of Introduction X\, The Poetry Business New Poets anthology. \nIntroduction X is a gathering of outstanding poets at an early stage in their writing careers. Apart from this ‘newness’\, and talent\, and what W S Graham would call ‘the rarer gift of application’\, what these writers happen to have in common is that at some point The Poetry Business has been fortunate enough to encounter them – either through residential courses\, The New Poets Prize\, or workshops and mentoring schemes\, such as The Writing Squad. \nReaders will include Northern Writers Award Winner Jasmine Simms\, Now Then’s Word LIfe Editor Elizabeth Gibson\, Foyles Young Poet of the Year Fielding Ronshaugen\, and Gregory Kearns who was Highly Commended in this year’s Poetry Business New Poet Awards. \nProject M is a workshop of writers aged 17-21 run by The Writing Squad and Manchester Literature Festival. Over the last year they have been meeting monthly with Squad writers James Varney and Lenni Sanders. They will share some of their work as a curtain raiser to the Introduction X anthology.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/project-m-introduction-x-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171101T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171101T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
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SUMMARY:WORD CENTRAL open mic poetry & spoken word
DESCRIPTION:WORD CENTRAL is back on Wednesday 1st November at Central Library. \n6pm – 8pm [doors open 5.30pm]\, free entry \nThis month’s special guest is poet Mark Mace Smith\nGlastonbury Festival Poetry Slam Winner 2008\, BBC MediaCity Poet in Residence 2011-2015\, and author of A Fruit Filled with Bitter Ashes. \nAll open mic slots are already filled\, but if you want to book a place on the reserve list email mail@flapjackpress.co.uk [NB Open mic slots are 4 minutes maximum] \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-poetry-spoken-word/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170929T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170929T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20170815T085629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T103657Z
UID:742-1506708000-1506715200@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Henry Normal - 'Raining Upwards' Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:  \nHenry Normal is a writer\, poet\, TV and film producer\, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Manchester Literature Festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. In June 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to television. \nRaining Upwards is Henry’s first all new poetry collection in over twenty years. The poems explore relationships with science\, nature\, humanity and other vital matters we are usually too busy to think about. \nHenry co-wrote and script edited the multi-award winning 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. With Steve Coogan\, he co-wrote the BAFTA-winning Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries\,Coogan’s Run\, Tony Ferrino\, Doctor Terrible\, all of Steve’s live tours\, and the film The Parole Officer. Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1999\, Henry Executive Produced all\, and script edited many\, of the shows of its seventeen and a half year output during his tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during this time include Oscar-nominated Philomena\, Gavin and Stacey\, I Believe in Miracles\, Moone Boy\,The Mighty Boosh\, Marion and Geoff\, Red Dwarf\, Uncle\, Nighty Night\,Hunderby\, Camping and Alan Partridge. Since retiring in April 2016\, Henry has written and performed two BBC Radio 4 shows\, A Normal Family and A Normal Life\, combining comedy\, poetry and stories about bringing up his autistic son. He was recently given a Honorary Doctorate of letters by Nottingham Trent University and has also had a beer named after him in Nottingham. \nAdult poetry\, published in paperback and eBook by Flapjack Press. \nNo need to book. Everybody welcome. \nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/henry-normal-raining-upwards-book-launch/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170905T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170905T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20170814T154924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170814T154924Z
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SUMMARY:Vaudavillain by Thick Richard
DESCRIPTION:Author performance and book signing. With special guest Dave Viney. \nThick Richard has been peddling his potty-mouthed poetry since the turn of the century. He has supported John Cooper Clarke\, Kate Tempest\, Arthur Smith and The Fall\, performed on BBC Radio 4 and presented Radio 6 Music’s Beat of the Day. His one-man show Swear School premiered in 2016\, before touring nationally. \nVaudavillain is the first time his words have been securely trapped in a book. \nAdult poetry\, published in paperback and eBook by Flapjack Press. \nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/vaudavillain-thick-richard/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170810T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170810T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20170613T145621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170613T162318Z
UID:467-1502388000-1502395200@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Gerry Potter presents: The Accidental Splendour of the Splash
DESCRIPTION:We are very proud to host the book launch of Gerry Potter’s new collection of poetry and scripts The Accidental Splendour of the Splash at Central Library. \nGerry Potter is a poet\, playwright\, director\, actor\, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva and queer icon\, Chloe Poems. A favourite son of Manchester and his home town Liverpool\, he has a reputation for putting his Scouse voice on the line and is strong on poetry and strong on the causes of poetryism. \nNo need to book\, everybody welcome!
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/gerry-potter-presents-accidental-splendour-splash/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170508T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170508T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20170413T134006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170418T100503Z
UID:186-1494270000-1494275400@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:An Evening with Patrick Ness
DESCRIPTION:The bestselling author of The Rest of Us Just Live Here and A Monster Calls (now a major motion picture) will be talking about and signing copies of his new novel\, Release. \nRelease is the most personal and tender novel yet from Patrick Ness\, the twice Carnegie Medal-winning author of A Monster Calls. It’s Saturday\, it’s summer and\, although he doesn’t know it yet\, everything in Adam Thorn’s life is going to fall apart. But maybe\, just maybe\, he’ll find freedom from the release. Time is running out though\, because way across town\, a ghost has risen from the lake… This uplifting coming-of-age novel will remind you what it’s like to fall in love. \nTickets: £7 general admission\, £5 Waterstones cardholder or £17 includes entry and a copy of Release (RRP £12.99). Books will also be available to purchase at the event. \nPlease note: seating is unreserved so will be allocated on a first come\, first served basis. \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-patrick-ness/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170506T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170506T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20170413T135203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170418T100506Z
UID:191-1494093600-1494100800@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Henry Normal: Travelling Second Class Through Hope
DESCRIPTION:Better known as co-writer of award-winning TV and film shows such as The Royle Family\, The Mrs Merton Show\, The Parole Officer\, Coogan’s Run and Paul Calf\, and producer of\, amongst many others\, Oscar-nominated Philomena\, Gavin and Stacey\, Moone Boy\, Uncle and Alan Partridge\, Henry Normal started his writing career as a poet. \nBorn in Nottingham\, Henry’s writing career blossomed during his time in Manchester. He set up the Manchester Poetry Festival in the nineties\, which continues to this day having widened to become the Manchester Literature Festival. In 2016 he set up the Nottingham Poetry Festival\, now an annual event. \nIn the early eighties he performed at pop concerts\, cabaret and comedy clubs\, folk clubs\, jazz clubs\, factories\, hospitals\, schools and poetry events. Henry toured with Pulp in their early days and later with Lemn Sissay and I am Kloot’s John Bramwell\, then called Johnny Dangerously. \nHenry performed full runs at the Edinburgh Festival with Hattie Hayridge\, Linda Smith\, and his one man show ‘Encyclopedia Poetica’ – later to become a 4 part BBC Radio 4 series. \nSpotted at Edinburgh\, Henry was given a six episode Channel 4 series called Packet of Three\, co-starring Frank Skinner and Jenny Eclair. He has since worked on over 400 TV and radio shows and films\, as either script editor or producer or both. \nIn 2016 Henry was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Nottingham Trent University. \nSince his first book Is Love Science Fiction? in 1986 he had eight further books published up to 1994. In 2016\, after an absence of 22 years\, Henry published Staring Directly at the Eclipse and has begun performing poetry again at major Literature Festivals. His recent Radio 4 shows A Normal Family and A Normal Life were much acclaimed and a third Radio Show A Normal Love will be transmitted on Valentine’s Day 2018. \nTravelling Second Class Through Hope contains seventy poems personally selected from his early collections. \n“Dovetails bittersweet poetry with a sublimely observant wit” – Guardian \n“The Alan Bennett of Poetry” – The Scotsman \n“The nerd triumphant” – Manchester Evening News \n“A gentle giant of stand-up poetry” – List \n“In amongst his work lie some of the most tender\, compassionate and moving pieces I have read from a modern poet” – Artful Reporter \n“The enfant terrible of alternative poetry” – Leeds Other paper \n“Witty and uncannily accurate with his observations” – The Stage \n“Distinctly funny” – Time Out \nFREE EVENT. DOORS OPEN AT 5.30PM.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/henry-normal-travelling-second-class-through-hope/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170413T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T085756
CREATED:20170413T133642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170413T133642Z
UID:155-1492070400-1492102800@librarylive.co.uk
SUMMARY:Word Central - Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night/
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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