Sustainable Wardrobe book launch, panel talk, and swap shop Join us for an evening celebrating the launch of Sustainable Wardrobe by Sophie Benson, a comprehensive guide for taking both collective and individual action to build a more sustainable fashion future. Girlfans founder Jacqui McAssey will host a lively panel talk covering all the major topics […]

Join Monique Thomas and friends for an intimate evening celebrating the release of her debut book pressure off. Having it all together is a myth. Thank God, His grace is real – and it’s time to take the pressure off… Every day we are bombarded with messages that tell us we have to be productive, […]

Tickets are now on sale for MLF Get Closer Members. Tickets go on general sale on Thursday 17 August 2023. MLF Get Closer Membership starts at £20 pa. Buy an MLF Get Closer Membership and book advance tickets here Billie Meredith, SAF-S2E, Cassandra Marie Geyti, Silas Toft, Marie Laurberg Nielsen and Selina Rom Andersen, talented young […]

Tickets are now on sale for MLF Get Closer Members. Tickets go on general sale on Thursday 17 August 2023. MLF Get Closer Membership starts at £20 pa. Buy an MLF Get Closer Membership and book advance tickets here How does a city as complex as Beijing shape or inspire its authors and artists? Wen […]

  Tickets are now on sale for MLF Get Closer Members. Tickets go on general sale on Thursday 17 August 2023. MLF Get Closer Membership starts at £20 pa. Buy an MLF Get Closer Membership and book advance tickets here ‘Ólafsdóttir’s specialty is the small journeys we take to save ourselves and the ones we […]

Blackwell’s is absolutely thrilled to be welcoming award-winning author Michel Faber to Manchester to discuss his incredible new book Listen: On Music, Sound and Us — an enlightening and witty exploration into how and why we listen to music. Michel will be in conversation with Dave Haslam. This event is being held at the International […]

Comma Press is thrilled to announce a partnership with The Publishers Association to present an exclusive series of translation and subsidiary rights workshops. These workshops are specially curated for Northern Fiction Alliance members and open to publishers beyond the alliance as well. The shared goal is to promote sustainable practices at the core of our […]

We are pleased to invite you to a summer party to celebrate the publication of The Clockwork Testament. This is the latest volume in the Irwell Edition of the Works of Anthony Burgess, published by Manchester University Press. In this comic novel, the poet Enderby, writer in residence at the fictional University of Manhattan, takes […]

Join novelist and lecturer Alicia J Rouverol for a reading of her new novel, Dry River. Sara Greystone’s career as a public defender is spiraling after a disastrous court case: an African American woman has been charged with assault for fighting back against her abuser, a white man, and Sara makes the risky decision to […]

101 years after James Joyce’s novel Ulysses first appeared in print, we are pleased to invite you to celebrate the publication anniversary of Anthony Burgess’s favourite book. Joyce’s epic novel is set in Dublin on a single day: 16 June 1904. This date has come to be known as ‘Bloomsday’ after the hero of the […]