Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 24 September, 2.30-4.00 at their new home at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. The event is free and everyone is welcome. Read all about the poets and musicians below. Fiona Benson Fiona Benson was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and […]
See Manchester’s first Multilingual City Poets perform work inspired by protest, resistance, identity and home in English, Spanish, Urdu and Arabic. Jova Bagioli Reyes is a queer, neurodiverse immigrant hailing from Colombia and Chile. Their poetry and music are heavily inspired by the long struggle of Abya Yala (so-called Latin America). Anjum Malik is an […]
Lean – into the unexpected storm that’s descended on Antarctica; Fall – as it becomes apparent you’ve suffered a stroke; Stand – when group rehabilitation helps with your movement and speech. In his superb new novel Lean Fall Stand, Jon McGregor explores the isolation of the world’s southernmost continent; the impact of a stroke on […]
Two rising stars of LGBTQ+ literature discuss their phenomenal second novels. In Okechukwu Nzelu’s Here Again Now actor Achike opens his flat and his heart to Ekene, his best friend since childhood, and Chibuike, his alcoholic father. But tragedy strikes leaving two of the three to find their way to vulnerability and love. Yara Rodrigues […]
The history of walls – as a way to keep people in or out – is also the history of people managing to get around, over and under them. In All Walls Collapse, a special anthology to commemorate English PEN’s centenary and the tenth anniversary of PEN Translates, authors write about walls around the world. […]
For the 2022 Anthony Burgess Lecture, and in the centenary year of TS Eliot’s poem ‘The Waste Land’, we are delighted to welcome the acclaimed poet and critic Robert Crawford to deliver a specially commissioned talk on TS Eliot and literary biography. TS Eliot was a formative influence on Anthony Burgess, who returned to Eliot’s […]
Women Talk Place presents two days of conversation about place and creativity. Friday 9 September 9.30am — 5pm See the full programme here. A day of discussions and presentations about creativity and place from a wide variety of perspectives; from mapping and walking to community spaces, haunted and spiritual places, and the way we express […]
Women Talk Place presents two days of conversation about place and creativity. Friday 9 September 9.30am — 5pm See the full programme here. A day of discussions and presentations about creativity and place from a wide variety of perspectives; from mapping and walking to community spaces, haunted and spiritual places, and the way we express […]
This event has been cancelled. Ticket holders will be notified. Join Blackwell’s bookshop on Tuesday 13th September at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation when Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge will be here in Manchester talking about his latest cookbook REAL LIFE RECIPES and passing on the tips and tricks he’s learned in professional kitchens to help […]
Gordon King talks to host John Robb about his new memoir WHEN DOES THE MIND-BENDING START? THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WORLD OF TWIST. Please note: this event’s date has changed to 3 August. ‘Most underrated group? World of Twist.’ – Liam Gallagher Join us for the Manchester launch of WHEN DOES THE MIND-BENDING START? […]