Anthony Burgess used typewriters all his life in his spectacular production of more than sixty books and thousands of articles, reviews and essays. Our new exhibition Anthony Burgess’s Typewriters displays a selection of the many vintage typewriters that he used, and explores some of his writing about the machine that was always present in his […]
The winner of the 2022 Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism will be announced on YouTube at 3pm GMT on 25 February 2022. The Observer / Burgess Prize is a writing competition with a prize fund of £4,000 and a chance to be published in the Observer newspaper. Entrants are tasked with writing a review […]
Oneiros Books invites you to an evening of challenging readings, film and sound by Sue Fox, Christopher Nosnibor, Craig Podmore and Matt Leyshon with contributions from D M Mitchell and guests. Oneiros relaunched in 2021 as part of the Black Worm Media Kollective. We will be reprinting most of our back catalogue along with new […]
Blackwell’s bookshop is delighted to welcome Sarah Moss back to Manchester for the launch of her new book The Fell — an incredibly tense and darkly funny novel set during the November lockdown. Sarah will be in conversation with Naomi Frisby. About the book: At dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips […]
Join the Centre for New Writing and the graduating masters students as they present IX:The 2021 Manchester Anthology. Students at the Centre For New Writing present The Manchester Anthology IX –the latest edition of Manchester University’s acclaimed collection of student writing – written, edited and produced entirely by MA students. The launch event will take […]
Three brilliant contemporary Vintage poets showcase work from their excellent new collections which all explore themes of grief, lineage, and love. Latinx poet Leo Boix’s Ballad of a Happy Immigrant travels from Buenos Aires to Merseyside to London, focusing on queer experience, family, displacement, and the sea. Kayo Chingonyi’s A Blood Condition tracks an illness […]
Separated by the pandemic and having lost the will to Zoom, MANCASTER ROCKS celebrates the coming together of four distinct voices from Lancaster and Manchester who will read from their work and share their wares before joining you at the bar. Whether you fancy a tipple or not, this free event offers the perfect opportunity […]
Three superb Irish poets showcase their latest collections. In Vona Groarke’s stunning Link, the world is personified, entering a conversation with the narrator, Irish, about what it is to be human and survive, particularly during a pandemic. Victoria Kennefick explores women’s hunger whether for food, acknowledgement, or love, drawing a line between past and present, […]
Join Blackwell’s bookshop at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation as author and comedian Robin Ince launches his new book The Importance of Being Interested Adventures in Scientific Curiosity. About the book: Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty […]
Supported by The Manchester Poetry Library, the 2021 European Poetry Festival comes to Manchester once again with some of the finest modern poets of the thriving Manchester scene in collaborative pairs with writers from across Europe. New performances made for the night in this unique Camarade event, featuring: Patricia Farrell and Michael Egan JT Welsch […]