Hi Northern 🚆 I’ve been waiting for rail replacement bus at Silverdale from 10.50. It was due at 10.55am but still no sign. Are you able to update me if it’s en route or cancelled please?

Ah Manchester 🐝💛. Huge thanks to Sarah-Jane Roberts Cathy Manchester Literature Festival Erica Wagner David Coates red 𓆧 BlackwellsManchester & ace audience for giving Percival Everett such a great experience in Manchester - his first ever! 🧡

Day, month, year made! An absolutely incredible event tonight with my favourite author Percival Everett. Just like his books he was wise, intelligent, thought provoking and very, very funny. A huge thank you to Sarah-Jane Roberts, @mcrlitfest, Erica Wagner and Camilla Elworthy!

And I’m lucky enough to be speaking to him Manchester Literature Festival on Wednesday! manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/perciva…

Grief has kept me off digital media the last few months but I’m looking forward to welcoming genius PERCIVAL EVERETT to Manchester Literature Festival next week. His new novel #James is astounding. Props to Influx Press & Picador Books for republishng select novels in UK inc the mighty #TheTrees

‘The earth shakes, and
I fall out of bed’

- by Mosab Abu Toha, the poet and essayist kidnapped today. We should all be reading his words. From his collection, ‘Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear’

The Wild Child
The Alcoholic Single Actress
The Hag
The Selkie
The Hot Lesbian
The Primadoona
The Desperate Cougar
The Complicit PA

📅 7pm TONIGHT
📍Central Library
See #DoonMackichan talk about her fearless memoir & excellent career on stage & screen. Last 5 🎟️ on the door.

Beautiful crisp Autumn morning in Silverdale. Grey squirrels, magpies, crows, ravens & blue tits dancing and hopping across the roofs & chimneys and bitterns & starlings skimming the water RSPB Leighton Moss Reserve.

Been working on something a bit special for Jan 2024! Bernie Sanders Gary Younge in Conversation Manchester Literature Festival 🎤🎤

THANKS to all the authors, artists & hosts that brought their talent, energy & wisdom to this year’s Manchester Literature Festival ❤️Thanks to all our Event managers, volunteers. venues, partners, funders, sponsors & audiences for joining us & creating such a special atmosphere!

An entire culture, history and people are disappearing under the rubble – buried by the moral cowardice of our political leaders.

Artists whose work we will never know.

Teachers whose lessons we will never learn.

Children whose laughter we will never hear.

We must…

Fabulous Manchester Literature Festival conversation between artist Jeremy Deller & host Helen Mort covering magic, mischief, Manchester, miners strike, acid house and the joy of collaboration. Such great fun!

“Talent is everywhere but opportunity is not.” Thank you Lisa Nandy Professor Katy Shaw for an inspiring Manchester Literature Festival event discussing power & politics, devolution & levelling up, civic leadership & community Manchester Libraries So many audience members said it gave them hope!