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? […]
The Loons are here to perform their new musical take on Shakespeare’s classic magical comedy – only the van with all the actors, the set and the script seems to have broken down in the middle of nowhere, so it’s up to a well-meaning stage hand to grab a guitar and do the whole show […]
You are warmly invited to join us for a special Bloomsday social at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. We are celebrating the 100th publication anniversary of James Joyce’s Ulysses and Burgess’s creative responses to Joyce’s work. Burgess was strongly influenced by Joyce, and he re-read Ulysses, his favourite novel, at least once every year. His […]
Blackwell’s bookshop is thrilled to be welcoming Laura Bates, author of Everyday Sexism and Men Who Hate Women , to Manchester to talk about her explosive new book Fix The System, Not The Women — a rallying cry to reform the societal systems that are failing to protect women. Laura will be in conversation with […]
Ethiopian poets celebrate Songs We Learn from Trees (Carcanet, 2020), the first anthology of Amharic poetry in English. Join us for an evening of bilingual readings and discussion of the vibrant poetry scene in Addis Ababa, with Dr Bedilu Wakjira (from Addis Ababa) Misrak Terefe (Addis) Kebedech Tekleab (New York) Hama Tuma (Paris) Mihret Kebede […]
Blackwell’s is delighted to be hosting the Manchester launch of Bob Stanley’s Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop. The prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let’s Do It brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties and is set to be the must-read music […]