MLF Chapter & Verse
The Manchester Literature Festival Blog
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Five questions for Emma Jane Unsworth
September 23, 2014
Emma Jane Unsworth’s first novel Hungry, the Stars and Everything (Hidden Gem) won a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors and was shortlisted for the Portico Prize 2012. Her short story ‘I Arrive First’ was included in The Best British Short Stories 2012 (Salt). She has worked as a journalist, a columnist for […]
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#MCRreads no. 3: Dan and Rachel
September 19, 2014
Manchester is a city of readers, and we’re getting out and about to embarrass… ahem, talk to people we spot enjoying a book around the city for this occasional series on Chapter and Verse. Who: Dan (from York) and Rachel (from St Helens), visiting Manchester for the day and enjoying Manchester Food and Drink Festival […]
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Five questions for Matt Haig
September 17, 2014
A prolific writer for both adults and children, Matt Haig‘s award-winning novels include The Last Family in England, The Possession of Mr Cave and The Radleys. Matt’s new book, The Humans, concerns a professor who finds himself at odds with the human race. It was described by The Times as ‘wonderfully funny, gripping and inventive.’ […]
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Five questions for Olivia Laing
September 3, 2014
Arguably one of the finest non-fiction writers working today, Olivia Laing’s work blends lyrical writing, incisive research into fascinating subjects and always the strong sense of her own experience. A relentlessly curious soul, she’s written two critically acclaimed books to date, The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking and To The River. Earlier […]
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#MCRreads no. 2: Ashley
August 22, 2014
Our series of interviews with readers spotted around Manchester continues… Who: Ashley, visiting Manchester from Colorado (we don’t only accost Americans, honest.) Where: North Tea Power What book: The Gangs of Manchester by Andrew Davies “I just bought this. I was with a friend of mine who picked it up and said ‘when I was […]
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Introducing… #MCRreads no. 1: Tristan
July 15, 2014
Tristan, from Prestwich At Whitefield Metrolink platform Reading: Ian Rankin’s Set in Darkness. ‘I’ve read several Rebus books but this one may be the last. I like the fact that these books tend to be available in charity shops, because I always take a paperback to commute with.’ ‘I would recommend Ian Rankin, especially […]
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Oh look, it’s our shiny new blog
July 15, 2014
Hello! Welcome to our excellent new Manchester Literature Festival blog, lovingly crafted for us by the clever folk at Oh Digital. We should probably export our old blog posts over here at some point, but to be honest that all sounds unnecessarily complicated and time-consuming. So let’s do it this way: our blogging for the […]