Well, the Manchester Literature Festival is in full swing.  This year has seen some fascinating events – a real mixture, from Afternoon Tea with Jennie Murray at the Midland Hotel to the Northern Poetry Grand Slam Final at The Northern. I was sitting in the Corner House the other evening and what really struck me was that aspiring writers in Manchester have such a wealth of resources. There’s festival itself, of course, which provides a unique forum to interact with writers like Russell T Davies and people in the industry, we have the Blog Awards (tonight), the Manchester Poetry / Fiction Prize and new initiatives starting all the time, such as Rainy City Stories and the Manchester Review. In fact, we’ve never had it so good.

There are still a number of events left to go, including Saturday’s ‘The Behaviour of Moths‘, which I’m particularly looking forward to.

For more info and to see the full programme go to www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk.
And if you’ve missed any of the events, there are lots of reviews at www.manchesterliterature.blogspot.com.

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