The Book of Manchester at Manchester Literature Festival
Sat, 12 Oct
|Manchester
Join MLF and Comma Press for a special event to launch The Book of Manchester. Edited by poet Lemn Sissay and Comma Press editor David Sue, the collection explores the transformation of the city from post-war, post-industrial decline to the aspirational ‘Manctopia’.
Time & Location
12 Oct 2024, 19:00 – 21:00
Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M15 6JA, UK
About the event
Join MLF and Comma Press for a special event to launch The Book of Manchester. Edited by poet Lemn Sissay and Comma Press editor David Sue, the collection explores the transformation of the city from post-war, post-industrial decline to the aspirational ‘Manctopia’. In ‘The Cat’s Mother’ by Tom Benn (Oxblood) an absent mother returns and brings a criminal gang into her son’s life. In ‘Shock City’ by Sophie Parkes (Out of Human Sight) a young man observes a Saturday night gathering from his flat balcony above the Square in Ancoats. In ‘The Headteacher’ by Okechukwu Nzelu (Here Again Now) the husband of a retiring headteacher entertains colleagues and previous pupils in their new house in Altrincham. Plus special guests.
To book tickets, visit the festival website.