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Happy new year everyone!🎉 We hope you've enjoyed a lovely break, all ready for 2025.
In the new year, we will no longer be posting on X. If you want to keep up to date with our news, please follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky & Threads.
You can find us at @McrLitFest on @instagram & Threads and @McrLitFest.bsky.social on Bluesky. This account will remain as an archive but won't be monitored. Thanks to all our incredible followers here over the years!
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Lovely Scribblers, if we can sell 60 books more this month than our average, we will break even this year! And we really (really) want to break even. So if you or your friends like thought-provoking, quirky and sustainable books, give this a retweet! 🤌 flyonthewallpress.co.uk
P.s. orders from us direct give us the most return, but your local high Street bookshop or ebook provider or library are ALL excellent 😀
Our friends @YOUNGIDmcr have a brilliant Holiday Fundraising Raffle with prizes including a hamper, theatre and comedy tickets. Every ticket purchased goes towards YI’s mission to empower young creatives through writing & performance.
🎟️ go.rallyup.com/youngidentity…
In the season of giving, we are are hosting out very first Raffle!
✊🏾Every ticket goes directly toward supporting Young Identity’s mission to empower young writers and creatives.
🎁 See the full list and get involved at go.rallyup.com/youngidentity…
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New Substack post - my recent @McrLitFest interview with writer Andrew O’Hagan, discussing his novels Caledonian Rd and Mayflies, his life and writing, King’s Cross, the last bus from Glasgow, the Smiths, and more..
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/pa…
Thank you so much for the kind words and brilliant review of our event with Richard Powers! @Northern_Soul_ @sferg100
“Powers has the art of distilling his huge personal knowledge bank into easily digestible arguments… It is clear from Powers’ work that he really does care.”
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Don’t miss out on our rescheduled event with Alan Hollinghurst & @AMcMillanPoet! Our Evenings is a dark, compelling and wickedly funny portrait of modern England, acutely observing race and class, theatre and sexuality, love and violence.
🗓️7pm, Fri 17 Jan
📍Central Library
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If you're around Withington on Saturday night do check out this special poetry event - there's a brilliant line up of Mcr poets and it's in support of Café Blah 👇🏽
CAFE BLAH: A special night of fundraising poetry comes to Withington this weekend in support of Café Blah following the controversial closure of the cultural hotspot last month...
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This should be a buzzing event from our friends @YOUNGIDmcr - we recommend booking your place now 👇🏽
🎙️ One Mic Stand Headliners Announced
Evening of slam competition; poets have three minutes to impress industry judges, with Special Guest headliners @amyraleon and GreenFinguz.
27 Nov 7:00pm
@TheBluesKitchen
🎟️ Tickets from £10: tickettailor.com/events/youn…
Welcome Richard Powers to Manchester! A lovely introduction from @AlexClark3 followed by a conversation on his new book, Playground.
Regarding the current political climate, Richard suggests that we’re going through grief that needs to be fully felt as grief in this first instance. What is the way forward? Staying vigilant about technology and digital platforms, and not letting them dismantle community.
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So lucky to get to support @McrLitFest's final event of 2025 with literary powerhouse, #RichardPowers! Discussing his beautiful and profound new novel, PLAYGROUND 🐋 at @MancLibraries
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A wonderful Friday night with the brilliant @PulitzerPrizes winning American author Richard Powers discussing his new novel #Playground with the fab Alex Clark. @McrLitFest @WaterstonesMCR @PenguinUKBooks
TOMORROW! Don’t miss out!
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Last MLF event of the year! Join us as Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers makes a rare visit to the UK in support of his compelling new, Booker Prize-longlisted novel Playground.
🗓️Fri, 8 Nov
📍Central Library
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