National Author Day: “It’s just words on a page (so why am I crying?)”
By Gabi Haincourt | Featured image: Alexandra Krainyukhova via Pexels This National Authors Day, we’re celebrating unforgettable…
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Upcoming poetry and literary competitions to put in your diary
By Tom Bullingham | Featured image: Vadim Koza via Pexels Are you sitting on pages of unpublished…
Carol Ann Duffy and Friends – A new chapter at the Manchester Poetry Library
By Tom Bullingham / Featured image: Donal Hay First time for the Poetry Library: Manchester Poetry Library…
Manchester Writing School Summer Festival 2026: Celebrating creativity, community and new voices
Featured image and gallery: Hoang Phan Notebooks were carried from one workshop to another. Writers from different…
A good read: Manchester Met students fundraise for ‘book bank’ charity
By Holly Lindsay and Amelie FalconerFeatured image: Jamie Taylor Remember nestling into your parents as they read…
Author and illustrator Lauren Child CBE reflects on 20 years of Charlie and Lola TV series and new Christmas book
Featured image: Freya Barwell Award-winning author and illustrator Lauren Child CBE visited Manchester Metropolitan University this week,…
“I didn’t know I was writing a novel at first”: Nikolai Duffy’s on his debut into the world of prose
Featured image: Nikolai Duffy Sitting with poet and author Nikolai Duffy at the Manchester Poetry Library, he…
“Celebrating the vibrant creative lives being built in the North”: Comma Press and Manchester Writing School present the 2025 National Creative Writing Industry Day
Author Claire Daverley set the tone for this year's National Creative Writing Industry Day (NCWID) on Saturday, with a keynote exploring resilience, creativity and the passion that drives writers to keep going. The eleventh edition of the event took place at Manchester Metropolitan University and is the largest gathering of its kind in the North.
The Manchester Writing School Summer Festival 2025: “It brings the whole of the Manchester Writing School together”
The Manchester Writing School’s annual Creative Writing Summer Festival (formerly known as the Summer School) returned for…
Queer Lit: Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ bookstore on building a legacy in Manchester
Featured image: Molly Goble and Nicola Henry In the last five years, hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people…
UNITOM’s Tim Bell: “Independent magazines have the most interesting things to say”
By Evie-Iris Atkins and Megan Levick. Featured image: UNITOM. As part of our new series In Print:…
“Libraries are a kind of activism”: How libraries are essential in supporting local communities
Featured image: Jack Oliver and Adomas Lukas Petrauskas Libraries are the backbone of many communities, playing a…
Where literature meets late nights: The Read Room launch @ SOUP in Manchester
Featured image and photography: Megan Levick To celebrate their new literature-meets-late-night book club concept, The Read Room…
Manchester Translation Series returns to Manchester Poetry Library for 2025
The annual Manchester Translation Series returns to Manchester Poetry Library for its third year, promising three days…
World Book Day: Manchester’s best literary hangout spots
Featured image: Edward Firman There is no better combination than a good book and a hot cup…