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MLF & Friends at Home: Jo on Poetry by LGBTQ+ Writers
June 29, 2020
Celebrating #PrideMonth, Jo Flynn – Poet, tutor for Write Like A Grrrl, Partnership and Communications Manager at For Books’ Sake and UNESCO Manchester City of Literature, has chosen some of her top poetry picks from LGBTQ+ writers for these trying times (she could never choose top-ever!). Rosie Garland – Things I Did While I Was […]
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Review: Carol Ann Duffy, Suzanne Batty & Clare Shaw
October 17, 2018
Our Young Digital Reporter Ben Haynes experiences a range of emotions at an evening of poetry. Poetry has a reputation for being emotional, the Festival’s co-director Cathy Bolton warned the audience beforehand. Clare Shaw, Royal Literary fellow and Northern Writers’ Award recipient, did not disappoint. Her opening poem, with a dedication to Dr Blasey Ford, […]