By James Hyland Featured image: Georgina Hurdsfield / Festival Republic Ah, January. The weather is miserable, you’re miserable as you return to work or school, and worst of all, the miserable boards of film companies release their worst films! Luckily for you, we’ve got the perfect list of albums to soundtrack your month and help you forget…
Featured image and gallery: Leo Woollison Crook Angela Cheveau and Kate Carne were crowned winners of the 2024 QuietManDave Prize at Manchester Metropolitan University on Friday. The short-form writing prize is held biennially to honour the memory of the much-loved and well-known Manchester writer and critic Dave Murray, who passed away in 2019. The writers…
By Lowri Simmons and Amy Leeks Manchester Metropolitan University’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence festival hosted a powerful open mic event at the Manchester Poetry Library, offering a space of creativity, solidarity and healing. Led by Forward Prize-winning poet Dr Kim Moore and final-year creative writing student Katie Davies, the event brought together…
Featured image: Immy Burgess “Whenever we speak, the world changes,” declared Joelle Taylor to an enraptured audience at Manchester Poetry Library on Friday. The playwright and poet brought the house to capacity as part of Manchester Metropolitan University’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, delivering a moving performance that highlighted the transformative power of poetry….
Featured image: Molly Goble Manchester Metropolitan University’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence festival continued with a powerful evening of multilingual poetry and discussion led by poets Anjum Malik and Charlotte Shevchenko Knight. Both poets explored themes of gender hierarchies, the female body and hunger, weaving personal and cultural narratives into their readings. While…
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