Spring and summer events from Centre for New Writing.
12 Jan 2009
25% discount when booking all six chargeable events.
We are proud to announce our full programme of spring and summer events, which are booking now via:
The season includes a showcase of this year's writers in residence and appearances by our own Martin Amis and Geoff Ryman, as well visits by such names as Howard Jacobson, A L Kennedy, Jackie Kay and Helen Dunmore.
Literature Live
These unique events bring the best-known contemporary fiction-writers and poets to Manchester, to discuss and read from their work. Everyone is welcome, and tickets include discounts at the Blackwell bookstall and a complimentary drink at our wine receptions.
Events are held at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama unless otherwise stated.
- Helen Dunmore and Peter Fallon
Monday 23 February, 6.30pm
Poet and novelist Dunmore was the first winner of the Orange Prize. Poet Fallon founded Ireland's Gallery Press, and was Villanova's inaugural Professor of Irish Studies.
£5.00 (£3.00 for concessions and UoM students and staff)
- LAUNCH OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR COSMOPOLITAN CULTURES (RICC): Jackie Kay and Joe Pemberton
Monday 2 March, 6.30pm
Kay's first poetry collection was Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year, and her debut novel won the Guardian Fiction prize. MA alumnus Pemberton's novel describes 1960s Manchester through a child's eyes.
£5.00 (£3.00 for concessions and UoM students and staff
- A L Kennedy
Monday 16 March, 6.30pm
Kennedy's first book won the John Llewellyn Rhys and Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year prizes. Her most recent, Day, won the 2007 Costa prize.
£5.00 (£3.00 for concessions and UoM students and staff)
Literature Live is presented by the University's Centre for New Writing, and supported by Abode Manchester.
Martin Amis Public Events
Leading novelist Martin Amis is our Professor of Creative Writing, and hosts a series of landmark discussions with other renowned writers and thinkers.
Please note that these events are held at the University's Whitworth Hall (Oxford Road, M13 9PL).
- Literature and Britishness, with Howard Jacobson
Thursday 12 February, 6.30pm
Martin Amis and Manchester's Howard Jacobson will discuss how well the novel represents the nation, and how ideas of 'Britishness' have altered over the past half-century.
£5.00 (£3.00 for concessions and UoM students and staff)
- Literature and Suicide
Friday 3 July, 6.30pm
Martin Amis's classic 1984 novel, Money, was subtitled 'A suicide note', and it is a subject to which he has periodically returned in his later novels.
£5.00 (£3.00 for concessions and UoM students and staff)
Summer in the City
The Centre will continue to host a range of events over the summer, both at the University and in the city centre.
- 2008/09 writers in residence - Peter Sansom and Chris Killen
Monday 29 June, 5pm
2009 sees the publication of Sansom’s New and Selected Poems and Killen’s debut novel The Bird Room.
£4.00 (£2.50 for concessions and UoM students and staff)
- Fiction and poetry readings by Centre for New Writing MA students
Friday 3 July, 1pm
Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD
Join us at Manchester Central Library for this free showcase of work by this year's MA in poetry and fiction-writing students.
Free and unticketed
- Geoff Ryman
Wednesday 22 July, 1pm
Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD
Ryman's The Child Garden won the Arthur C Clarke, John W Campbell and British Science Fiction Association awards. His mainstream novel 253 won the Philip K Dick Memorial award.
Free and unticketed
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SPECIAL OFFER: Book all six chargeable events for £21.50 (£13.00 concessions), 25% less than buying individual tickets.
Please book your places by contacting Quaytickets:
- Online or on 0870 428 0785
Tickets will also be available from the Martin Harris Centre from 15 January on:
- 0161 275 8951 (weekdays, 2pm to 4pm only)
For more information on our events, please visit: