MLF Chapter & Verse
The Manchester Literature Festival Blog
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Review: Gillian Slovo
October 21, 2016
Festival blogger Kate Woodward headed to International Anthony Burgess Foundation to learn about the author of 13 acclaimed books including the Orange-shortlisted Ice Road, Gillian Slovo, and her latest novel, Ten Days. I’m a wimp when it comes to grim news and prefer real events to be sanitised through the medium of fiction. I would never […]
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Review: Afternoon Tea with Jenni Murray
October 20, 2016
“The role of a woman was to be a good wife and mother”: Our Young Digital Reporter Becky Roe enjoyed an inspiring introduction to author and Woman’s Hour presenter Jenni Murray over Afternoon Tea. I admit that unlike the majority (and I suspect all) of the audience for Afternoon Tea with Jenni Murray I had […]
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Review: Afternoon Tea with Jane Rogers
October 20, 2016
Festival blogger Sarah Butler headed to The Midland Hotel to hear Jane Rogers read and discuss the new short story, ‘Haunting’, commissioned as part of her residency at the hotel. What’s not to like? Listening to a new short story by writer Jane Rogers in the sumptuous setting of the Midland Hotel’s Wyvern Suite, followed by […]
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Review: Rose Tremain
October 17, 2016
Our blogger Sarah Jasmon reports from Central Library, where the bestselling author of 14 novels and beloved storyteller Rose Tremain was in conversation with writer and critic Alex Clark. “The difference between Rose Tremain and everyone else is that she sees a picture in a museum and builds a whole novel from it. We just […]
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Review: Margaret Atwood
October 17, 2016
“Revisiting the play as a modern novel was one of those things that sounded like a good idea at first, before you found out it was going to be harder than you thought.” Our blogger Emily Morris was delighted by Margaret Atwood’s novel, personality and rap. Margaret Atwood is many things: amazing author, brilliant poet and a total […]
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Young Digital Reporter Review: Gillian Slovo
October 17, 2016
‘No matter what you said yesterday, tomorrow will be different’: MLF’s Young Digital Reporter Mary Lou Fletcher reports on our recent in-conversation event with Gillian Slovo and Rachel Cooke. Rachel Cooke’s conversation with Gillian Slovo, which discussed her latest book, Ten Days, was much like the author’s work: witty and thought-provoking with a dash of humour. […]
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Review: Literary Manchester Walking Tour
October 14, 2016
MLF’s Young Digital Reporter Jess Molyneux enjoys a pleasant walk through the streets of Manchester while learning of the city’s literary history. A dry, sunny Saturday morning brought with it the equally bright excitement of the Manchester Literature Festival 2016’s commencement. After kicking off with Margaret Atwood the previous evening, MLF was up again bright and early […]
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Review: Susan Barker
October 14, 2016
Festival blogger Melissa Brakel headed to International Anthony Burgess Foundation to learn how novelist Susan Barker researched and wrote her award-winning historical novel The Incarnations. Day 2 of the Manchester Literature Festival and we find ourselves tucked away off Oxford Road on the edge of Chorlton Mill, in the Engine House of the Anthony Burgess Foundation. […]
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Young Digital Reporter Review: Margaret Atwood
October 14, 2016
Our young digital reporter Laura Cooper reports from RCNM Theatre, where acclaimed Canadian author, artistic visionary and teller of magical tales Margaret Atwood discussed her latest novel Hag-Seed, a retelling of The Tempest. Margaret Atwood is a writer defined by the eclecticism of her subject matter. Over her long career her writing has ranged from the stark dystopia of The Handmaid’s […]
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Q&A: Horatio Clare
October 13, 2016
Horatio Clare is an author and journalist. He has written two memoirs, the Somerset Maugham Award-winning Running for the Hills and Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope, as well as two works of travel and nature writing. His latest book, Orison for A Curlew, a combination of travel and nature writing, was released in 2015. […]