MLF Chapter & Verse
The Manchester Literature Festival Blog
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Review: Pat Barker in conversation
October 12, 2018
Aisha Sodawala enjoys Pat Barker discussing her latest novel The Silence of the Girls. Kamila Shamsie was in conversation with Pat Barker in this event where Pat talked about her enthralling retelling of Homer’s The Iliad from the perspective of Briseis. On Pat’s first reading of The Iliad she not only saw these mighty violent […]
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‘She could have been Donald Trump’s press officer.’ A Celebration of Muriel Spark, with Jackie Kay and Alan Taylor Review
October 11, 2018
Centre for New Writing student Adam Wolstenholme reviews one of our Literary Reputations events. The Scottish writer Jackie Kay is third modern Makar, the Scottish poet laureate, whose work is known for its humour and exuberance. Who better to celebrate that other grand dame of Scottish letters, Muriel Spark? Kay was joined on stage at […]