Pete Paphides will be talking about his new memoir ‘Broken Greek: A Story of Chip Shops and Pop Songs’. Darren Hayman (Hefner) will be joining Pete on stage and performing some of the songs referenced in the book. The event will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. About the book: ‘Do you […]
This event, relocated to the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, will mark the launch of Carcanet’s edition of Gizzi’s work, Sky Burial: New and Selected Poems. Vahni Capildeo is a Trinidadian Scottish writer inspired by other voices, ranging from live Caribbean Connexions and an Indian diaspora background to the landscapes where Capildeo travels and lives. Their […]
It is with regret that we have to postpone this launch due to coronavirus concerns and the subsequent temporary closure of our cafe and exhibition space. The exhibition is going nowhere, and will be well worth a visit once we are, eventually, open again. Anthony Burgess was one of the most photographed writers of the […]
Join Blackwell’s bookshop at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Thursday 5th March for an evening with legendary rock photographer Kevin Cummins. He’ll be talking to award winning journalist John Robb about his new book Sex Pistols: The End is Near 25.12.77. About the book: Christmas Day 1977, a day to be spent with family […]
Fokkina McDonnell is a Manchester-based poet. She was born in the Netherlands and has lived in the UK for most of her adult life. Her poems have been broadcast, widely anthologised, published online and in a range of magazines, including Magma, Orbis, The North, Poetry News, Little Mslexia, Strix, The Frogmore Papers, The Journal and […]
The newly formed Manchester Song Collective invites you to an evening showcase of eight new poems by young poets that have been put to music by young composers from the universities of Manchester. This showcase is the culmination of months of collaboration and we are very excited to present these new songs all based on […]
Join us at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Thursday 20th February when we’ll be welcoming Ben Aaronovitch to Manchester to celebrate the release of his brand new Rivers Of London novel ‘False Value’. Ben will be in conversation with Micah Yongo, author of ‘Lost Gods’ and ‘Pale Kings’, to talk fantastical worlds and magical […]
Join Mat Osman, author and bassist of Suede, in conversation with Stuart Maconie, to discuss Mat’s magnificent debut novel The Ruins, which Ian Rankin has called a “complex, woozily dream-like novel about music, mystery and imagined worlds.” London, 2010: Icelandic volcanoes have the city in gridlock, banks topple like dominoes and Brandon Kussgarten has been […]
We are delighted to welcome the prize-winning translator and critic Enrico Terrinoni to give a talk at the Burgess Foundation on James Joyce and Anthony Burgess. James Joyce was Anthony Burgess’s greatest influence as a writer. Joyce’s work inspired Burgess’s novels, music, films and critical writing, including the book Joysprick. Enrico Terrinoni (pictured), a world-famous […]
The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing in partnership with Creative Manchester presents Luke Brown and Emma Jane Unsworth Luke Brown grew up in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and now lives in London, although he is frequently in Manchester to teach at the Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester. His debut My Biggest […]