Many of our Year 7s have been talking poetry with creative writing undergraduates from Creative Manchester. 50 meetings over three days!

We'd like to say a HUGE thank you for all of the wonderfully inspiring advice you have given our pupils.

@McrCityofLit CentreForNewWriting

Meet Marnie and Michael. The two main characters of #YouAreHere by David Nicholls. A novel of first encounters and second chances and finding your way home... Manchester Literature Festival Waterstones Manchester Deansgate CentreForNewWriting

Very excited for our event with Nicolas Padamsee and Keiran Goddard tonight! They’ll be talking to Luke Brown about their stunning new novels ENGLAND IS MINE and I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING.

Doors 6.30, starts 6.45

Tickets available via link below and on the door.

Tonight's the night! We're getting ready to welcome Nicolas and Kieran to BlackwellsManchester for what promises to be another fascinating evening.

Tickets still available >> eventbrite.co.uk/e/literature-l…

⏳ Final Hours Alert! ⏳

Today's your last chance to enter the 2024 Micropoetry Competition.

Don’t miss out on the chance to win up to £500!

Submit now and let your words shine. More details ➡️ uom.link/micropoem24

Closing tonight at midnight.

#micropoem24 #uom200

✨ Dive into the world of poetry with Martina Evans & Declan Ryan at #LiteratureLive , April 8th at Blackwell's Manchester.

Explore their new collections & join the conversation. An evening of narrative power & poetic grace awaits. eventbrite.co.uk/e/literature-l… #poetrylovers

7 days to go!

Enter our 2024 Micropoetry competition for the chance to win up to £500!

Craft a poem to the theme of '200 years of creativity: Manchester's past, present or future.'

And have your worked judged by our panel, including esteemed poet, Lemn Sissay! #micropoem24

Mon 8 April

We're delighted to be working with CentreForNewWriting to host Martina Evans and Declan Ryan as part of their Literature Live series. Martina and Declan will be reading from and talking about their new poetry collections THE COMING THING and CRISIS ACTOR.

Say hello to our 2024 Burgess Fellows, Nat Ogle and Victoria Adukwei-Bulley.

Burgess Fellowships introduce two new, published writers to each year’s Creative Writing Masters programme.

Read more about Nat and Victoria here >> manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/… #newwriting

Listen: Our Senior Lecturer Jason Allen-Paisant ventures to Ireland to discover more about fellow Jamaican poet, Ferdinand Levy.

Levy published his only poetry in 1941, work that has since vanished from the history of Irish poetry.

Listen on BBC Sounds

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

It's #WorldPoetryDay so time to introduce our 2024 Micropoetry competition judging panel.

The four judges are:
- Lemn Sissay
- John McAuliffe
- Maryam Hessavi
- Rebecca Hurst

Read the thread to discover more about each judge. uom.link/micropoem24

Video: Director of Creative Manchester John McAuliffe talks about our 2024 Micropoetry Competition including the inspiration from former Chancellor lemn sissay OBE FRSL's daily poems as tweets.

youtube.com/watch?v=Cys3Xg…

#WorldPoetryDay #micropoem24

uom.link/micropoem24

'It’s a craft to tell a story in such a manner. I urge you to pen your poem and enter our micropoetry competition.”

Lemn Sissay OBE returns as a judge for our 2024 Micropoetry Competition!

How to enter >> manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

#micropoem24 #WorldPoetryDay2024

Happy #WorldPoetryDay !

Enter our 2024 Micropoetry Competition for the chance to win up to £500.

Manchester’s past, present or future is this year's theme.

Discover your inner poet and find all entry info here uom.link/micropoem24 #uom200

🗓️ Deadline is 10 April 2024

Full details coming soon but here’s a peek at what we have lined up for you in April including events with Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉 & Declan Ryan, And Other Stories, Nicolas Padamsee & Keiran Goddard, Sinéad Gleeson, Joe Shute, George The Poet 🇺🇬, Niamh Mulvey and Jennifer Belle & Rose Ruane!

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🎫 NEW EVENT! 🎫

We're delighted to be working with CentreForNewWriting to host Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉 and Declan Ryan as part of their Literature Live series. Victoria and Declan will be reading from and talking about their new poetry collections EGG/SHELL and CRISIS ACTOR.

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The Zone of Interest has made Oscars history, becoming the first British film to win Best International Film.

Inspired by the Martin Amis novel of the same name, we remember our late friend and colleague and the influence Martin continues to have today.

manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

What a week it has been! Four incredible events with Nat Ogle & Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Andy Burnham & Steve Rotheram, Isaac Rose & Justin O’Connor and Joshua Fletcher! A huge thank you to everyone who came along.

Next week: Balsam Karam, Elisa Shua Dusapin and Grace Blakeley!

Tues 5 March

Join us for a special event welcoming CentreForNewWriting’s 2024 Burgess Fellows - Nat Ogle and Victoria Adukwei Bulley. They’ll be talking to Kaye Mitchell about their latest works IN THE SEEING HANDS OF OTHERS and QUIET.

🎫 eventbrite.co.uk/e/literature-l…