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Manchester Central Library are to welcome old friends Carcanet Press from 1pm on Friday 29 January to celebrate the remarkable life of one of the twentieth century's best-loved novelists. Muriel Spark.
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IT’S official: Stuart Maconie is a Mastermind. It’s a fact we long suspected, but his holiday time win on the BBC programme proved once and for all that Wigan-born and bred Maconie is the kind of man you want on your pub quiz team.
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Paul Magrs will be launching his new novel featuring the mysterious ladies of Whitby, Brenda and Effie, at Manchester Central Library on Thursday 10 December.
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On 7 December Martin Amis will be joined by the well-loved Antipodean journalist, broadcaster and writer Clive James and the distinguished Australian born British poet Peter Porter to discuss the topic of ageing.
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ONE of the most intriguing events of the MLF's packed programme of events in central Manchester this weekend is the pairing of Palestinian writer Atef Abu Saif and Belfast born Bernard MacLaverty.
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Manchester Blog Awards saw the girls take centre stage on Wednesday night, with newcomer Emily Morris winning two awards for her touchingly honest personal blog 'My Sh***y Twenties', where she has diarized the last five years of her live as a single mother.
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Seamus Heaney has called him ‘a keeper of the artistic estate, a custodian of griefs and wonders.’ He refers to himself as an ‘unreconstructed highbrow. The presence of Michael Longley at the Manchester Literature Festival this evening is a rare chance to see one of the giants of Irish poetry.
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Manchester likes to write, and you need look no further than the Rainy City Stories website to see just how much inspiration can be found in these city streets.
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KATE Atkinson used to be what you might call a 'literary novelist', but those days are long behind her since she developed the character of laconic private investigator Jackson Brodie, and became one of the UK’s best selling crime writers.
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WHAT every Literature Festival needs is just a little dash of rock n roll, and who better to provide it than the eternal indie kid of poetry. Alex Hall caught up with the region's best-loved floppy haired wordsmith to talk about how life, poetry and his beloved Manchester.
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THIS year’s Manchester Literature Festival (October 15 to 25) promises to celebrate a diverse array of literary forms, with events focused around poetry, fiction and non-fiction, genre writing, blogging, and a whole weekend devoted to the short story.
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"LET'S talk about sex.” Martin Amis and Will Self follow Salt-N-Pepa’s advice in a Manchester Literature Festival event which sees the two writers debating how the written word deals with making lurve...
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KATIE Popperwell talks to poet Ruth Padel about her famous ancestor, Charles Darwin, who has inspired her latest work.
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DESPITE closing 12 years ago, the legend of Manchester’s Hacienda nightclub lives on. New Order bassist Peter Hook, who co-owned the venue, tells Dianne Bourne why he’s finally written a tell-all book about the highs and lows of the world’s first superclub.
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THE gloves are already off as Warrington-born Chris Evans prepares to take Terry Wogan’s seat at the helm of the Radio 2 breakfast show.
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see www.levenshulmecommunityfestival.co.uk three local authors launch their books Friday 23 October to Sunday 8 November
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