(ALC) Centre for New Writing

Kate Mosse in Conversation

16:30 7 October 2023
‘I am, indeed, notorious, feared over sea and land. I am the one they did not believe could exist. I am the commander of the Ghost Ship.’ In her gripping new novel,?The Ghost Ship,…

New Commission: Jason Allen-Paisant

14:00 14 October 2023
‘It is beautiful, oh my god it is.’ To mark the 200th anniversary of Manchester Art Gallery, award-winning poet Jason Allen-Paisant has created a trio of exquisite, luxurious, sensual…

Gaia Vince in Conversation

14:00 15 October 2023
‘Have no doubt, we are facing a species emergency – but we can manage it. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before…

The Book of Beijing

16:00 15 October 2023
How does a city as complex as Beijing shape or inspire its authors and artists? Wen Zhen in her story ‘Date at the Art Gallery’ (translated by Jack Hargreaves) tells the story of a…

PNR at 50 (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:00 19 October 2023
7pm (Drinks Reception from 6pm) Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading and raise a toast to PN Review, celebrating 50 years of publishing…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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