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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Karen Solie: Ry
 lands Poetry Reading                                                    
               
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DESCRIPTION:This year’s annual Rylands Poetry Reading is delivered by Kar
 en Solie. Her latest collection Wellwater\, exploring the profound impac
 t of economic and environmental crises on human culture alongside vivid 
 childhood memories of growing up in rural Canada\, won both the T.S. Eli
 ot Prize and Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2025. Don’t miss this 
 rare opportunity to hear one of the most astonishing and vital voices in
  world poetry perform her award-winning poems and discuss her craft. \n\
 n‘An essential writer: anyone remotely interested in 21st-century litera
 ture\, or 21st-century life\, should read her . . . Her writing swerves 
 from gritty to sublime\, philosophical to street-smart. Solie is not mer
 ely influenced by the great mid-century Americans\; she is their equal –
  a modern great’ Tristram Fane Saunders\,?Telegraph \n\nA Manchester Lit
 erature Festival event co-presented in partnership with the Centre for N
 ew Writing and Creative Manchester.  \n\nKaren Solie has published six c
 ollections of poetry including Pigeon\, which won the Griffin Poetry Pri
 ze\, the Pat Lowther Award\, and the Trillium Award for Poetry.  She tea
 ches at the University of St Andrews\, is an Associate Director for the 
 Banff Centre’s Writing Studio programme and the recent recipient of a pr
 estigious Windham Campbell Award. \n\nPlease join us for a pre-event dri
 nk from 6pm. 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:John Rylands Research Institute and Library\, 150 Deansgate\, Ma
 nchester\, Gtr Manchester\, M3 3EH
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