The Archive of Dread: Documented tales of monsters, possession and the living dead. In late 2019 Robert Lloyd Parry inherited the contents of a flat belonging to a dead man that he’d never met. The property was full boxes, which were themselves stuffed with chilling documents: letters, diaries, newspaper cuttings, notebooks, postcards… Filed in disarray, […]
In his new small format book, Strawberry and the Big Apple: Grace Jones in Stockport, 1980, Dave Haslam explains a seemingly unlikely scenario: the day in 1980 when Grace Jones visited Stockport to meet A Certain Ratio, with a view to working together. The location of the encounter; Strawberry Studios. Worlds collide! At this event […]
Join Blackwell’s and Bad Language for a very special one-off event with the much-missed spoken word night BAD LANGUAGE to celebrate the release of Daniel Carpenter’s HUNTING BY THE RIVER and Glen James Brown’s MOTHER NAKED. Daniel and Glen will be reading from and discussing their work plus there’ll be support from Matt Hill (LAMB) […]
You are warmly invited to attend a Bloomsday celebration on 14 June 2024, celebrating Anthony Burgess’s favourite book, James Joyce’s Ulysses. Joyce’s novel is set in Dublin on a single day: 16 June 1904. ‘Bloomsday’ is so called because two of the book’s protagonists are called Leopold and Molly Bloom. Anthony Burgess wrote two non-fiction […]
Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 27 April 2024, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. You will find all the information you need regarding visiting the IABF on their website here. The event is free and everyone is welcome (no need to book tickets). Performers […]
Blackwell’s bookshop is delighted to be working with White Rabbit Books to bring Richard Norris to Manchester for the launch of his stunning new memoir STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING: Adventures in Music. Richard will be in conversation with Dave Haslam. This event is being held at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Doors: 6.00, starts: 6.30 […]
Come join writer and academic Caroline Magennis in conversation with Claire Lynch (author of Small, Professor at Brunel University) to celebrate the launch of her book Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women (Icon Books, 2023). In this timely and thoughtful book, Caroline Magennis looks beyond the often-divisive conversation around women who choose to be childfree […]
Blackwell’s bookshop is thrilled to be welcoming Salena Godden to Manchester for the launch of With Love, Grief and Fury – the stunning new collection full of comfort, vulnerability, rage and inspiration from one of the powerhouses of British poetry. Salena will be supported by Christine Roseeta Walker and Rebecca Hurst who will be reading […]
Come join us for a consciousness-raising evening at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation as we witness the live exorcism of Susan Fox with readings from her spellbinding book ‘The Exorcism of Susan Fox’ published by Incunabula Media. Sue wrote this book during the pandemic from 2020-2023 and in it she captures 108 myofascial trauma-release bodywork […]
Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 23 March 2024, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. You will find all the information you need regarding visiting the IABF on their website here. The event is free and everyone is welcome (no need to book tickets). Performers […]