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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Sufiyaan Salam 
 and Monika Radojevic   
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DESCRIPTION:Discover two fresh and uncompromising voices from Stormzy’s #
 Merky Books as Sufiyaan Salam and Monika Radojevic come together to disc
 uss their acclaimed debut novels and the stories shaping a new generatio
 n of writers. Though radically different in style and setting\, Wimmy Ro
 ad Boyz and Strangerland are united by powerful themes of identity\, bel
 onging and connection in a rapidly changing world. \n \nSet over one unf
 orgettable night in Manchester\, Sufiyaan’s exhilarating debut Wimmy Roa
 d Boyz follows three friends chasing freedom\, adventure and escape\, wh
 ile grappling with masculinity\, friendship and the pressures of expecta
 tion. Monika’s sweeping and emotionally rich novel Strangerland spans co
 ntinents and decades\, exploring migration\, displacement and a love tha
 t transcends borders\, languages and time. \n \nHosted by Ciaron Wilkins
 on\, this special event brings together two winners of the #Merky Books 
 New Writers’ prize and celebrates the power of inventive storytelling.  
 \n \nA Manchester Literature Festival event co-presented with #Merky Boo
 ks\, Manchester Museum\, Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester.
  \n \nSufiyaan Salam is a writer\, screenwriter and former animator from
  Blackburn. He was selected as one of the Observer’s Best Debut Novelist
 s for 2026.  \n \nMonika Radojevic is a Brazilian-Montenegrin writer who
 se work includes the short story collection A Beautiful Lack of Conseque
 nces and the poetry collection Teeth in the Back of My Neck.  
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Manchester Museum\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, Phone: 0161-27526
 48\, Email: museum@manchester.ac.uk
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