Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 27 September 2025, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. The event is free and everyone is welcome (no need to book tickets). Performers often bring along books and CDs to sell, please note we are only able to accept […]
Manchester’s celebrated spoken word night Bad Language sets the stage alight with a special live literature open mic. Our line-up of poets, novelists, story smiths and word wranglers will include stars of the Manchester writing scene – and you can sign up for slots on the night if you fancy a spot under the stage […]
Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 6 September 2025, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. Our headline poet is Lorna Goodison on a rare visit from Canada. Also poets Charlotte Eichler, Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal and Jack Faricy were invited to respond to a commission on […]
Join writer and editor Richard Benson (The Farm, The Valley) and Claire Malcolm (CEO of New Writing North) from the Working Class Library podcast as they seek to explore and reclaim working-class people’s contribution to English literature. Their quest is to establish a new ‘canon’ of working-class books that tell a different story to the […]
Discover new voices from Manchester and Denmark as talented young writers Elizabeth Gibson, Tallulah Howarth, Asta Birkler, Loc-An Thi Nguyen, Cody Sander and Johanne Bisgaard share new work exploring the impact of colonialism and language in our relationship to land and to each other through poetry and prose. The writers are part of ReWrite – an […]
SYP North (Into): Publishing MA Panel & Networking Are you interested in studying a Publishing MA? Want to understand what all the hype is about? Well… look no further as all your answers are waiting for you in Manchester! We have an event to gather like-minded people into one room – including Publishing MA lecturers […]
Malcolm X is one of the most well known but misunderstood figures in history. No he did not hate White people, preach violence and eventually come to his senses and join the civil rights movement. Malcolm had the clearest analysis of racism and proposed a concrete solution. Join us to launch Kehinde Andrews’ new book […]
Ian Fleming’s greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture, but Fleming’s life was more mysterious than anything he wrote. Only a writer for his last twelve years, his dramatic personal experiences and career in Naval Intelligence put him at the heart of critical moments in world history, while […]
Join Serenity Books on Wednesday 4th June at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester for a very special evening with award-winning stand up comedian Suzi Ruffell as we celebrate the release of her brilliantly funny and incredibly moving memoir Am I Having Fun Now?: Anxiety, Applause and Life’s Big Questions, Answered. Suzi will be […]
Reimagining Vintage Burgess Anthony Burgess was a writer of extraordinary range, his novels rich with linguistic invention, satire, and cultural commentary. The Vintage Burgess collection (pictured below) has introduced his works to new generations of readers, but how might these books be visually reimagined for today’s audience? This exhibition presents a fresh take on Burgess’s […]