Literature Events in the North
Sarah-Clare Conlon, Literature EditorIt might be chilly out there, but we’re shining our lantern light on some events that will warm the cockles – and give you plenty of ideas for reading matter to curl up on the sofa with.
Kicking off the new year is a prize-giving gala for the Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition, and there’s a multilingual slam at Manchester Poetry Library as part of International Mother Language Day. Both are absolutely free.
One of the longest-running live literature nights in town, Verbose in Salford turns 10, as does another of the Rainy City’s oldest institutions – Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, where the Victorian writer wrote North and South, has the bunting out and is celebrating with a whole host of events live and online to put in your boxfresh diaries.
Finally, don’t forget to thumb through our Bookshops in Manchester Guide and pick up the new map from UNESCO Manchester City of Literature, and explore our literary places in Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Cumbria.
