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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: May 2012

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Tomorrow sees the UK's first-ever official celebration of short-short stories, micro fiction, nano fiction or flash fiction, whichever term you prefer. There will be events up and down the country, from writing workshops to flash slams, and here in Manchester two writing collectives are taking the lead to serve up fresh flash fiction throughout the day and evening. See the National Flash-Fiction Day website. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Things To...

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: November 2011

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Close Up With Jeffrey Eugenides: The Marriage Plot, Sunday 6th November, 7.30pm, Whitworth Art Gallery. Words by Zoe Lambert. Photograph by Jon Atkin. About 150 of us are sitting in rows in the South Gallery, and with Jeffrey Eugenides standing at a lectern, we could be in a lecture in The Marriage Plot. But we aren’t. We are at the final MLF event, which is also one of Dave Haslam’s Close Up interviews. Once the first avowel has been made,...

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: October 2012

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Sex and the Cities, Friday 19th October, 7.30pm, International Anthony Burgess Foundation. You can read a review of this event on The Manchester Review. Published by the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester. Monday, October 29, 2012. Jonathan Harvey, Tuesday 23rd October, 7pm, International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Smaczylo. Photograph by Jon Atkin. Team Perhaps his most famous work, Beautiful Thing. Team, joking that si...

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: September 2012

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Around the world in 16 days. Words by Sarah-Clare Conlon. This year's Manchester Literature Festival includes a number of events badged in our World Literature category, and we will be welcoming to Manchester acclaimed authors from across the globe, many in conversation with leading homegrown writers. There will be short stories from Poland's Pawell Huelle. And Croatia's Roman Simic. Icelandic and Kurdish poetry courtesy Arc Poets. Words...

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: April 2012

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Thursday, April 5, 2012. Cultureword National Black Writers Conference Saturday 24 March 2012, 11am, Zion Arts Centre. Words by Kevin Danson. Cultureword National Black Writers Conference ( Facebook. Takes place in Hulme’s Zion Arts Centre with a lot of support, including Arts Council England and Big Lottery Fund. Despite the gorgeous day outside, the theatres of the Zion Arts Centre show their own version of a lovely Saturday afternoon. 11am–12pm: Poetry Futures.

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: Postcards from the Past - Anne Frank

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Postcards from the Past - Anne Frank. Dear Mum and Dad,. I hope you are well. Amsterdam is not how it used to be. Things are changing constantly and there are now a family of Jews living with us. It is scary thinking that we could be caught for helping them but I refuse to let these people suffer because of the Nazis. Love from your daughter,. Written by Zahraa Ghafoor and Fahimah Dudha from Pulling Together. Who helped hide the Frank family.

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: November 2012

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Children's Bookshow Follow-up, Tuesday 23rd October, Webster Primary School. Words by Fiona MacLeod. Darkness. A spotlight. Rows of chairs. The edge of a stage. Tickets. A flash of bright yellow as a volunteer goes by the door. A rustle of excitement. Manchester Literature Festival. Over 70 astonishing performances in two weeks but the best one, for me, happened on the very last day of the festiva. Fiona MacLeod is a freelance writer and ...

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: Small is big: short fiction writing competition

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Small is big: short fiction writing competition. Flash Micro. Ultra. Short-short. Smokelong. Sawn-off. Tiny tales of 1,000 words and way less have many monikers and many exponents, plenty of whom are from or who have at some point brought their art to Manchester. Tonight, for example, sees the city's FlashTag. For more details and how to book. So, to the competition:. We are inviting you to create a flash fiction, no longer than 500 words, ins...

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog: Postcards from the edge

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Manchester Literature Festival Blog. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Postcards from the edge. My dearest Mabel,. I know you are angry with me. I know you will throw this on the fire. But I shall send it in any case. You’ll have read about the affair by now. It’s in the Courier. Yes, it was done in protest at Mrs. P being sent down on yet another flummery-mummery charge of incitement. But the intoxication of dashing up and down the waxed parquet, toffee hammers in our fists! Your affectionate mother,. This is th...