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Manchester Literature Festival

Split Screen

Sunday 14th October, 4pm

International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Tickets are free but booking is advised. Book on 0843 208 0500 or

Split Screen is a highly entertaining anthology of poems which take their influences from popular culture – specifically films and television. Red Squirrel Press has gathered together a stellar cast of 70 poets, including Ian McMillan, WN Herbert, George Szirtes and Annie Freud, who have written poems on such diverse topics as The Clangers, Bollywood, Tommy Cooper and The Godfather. Today’s readers include Jo Bell, Julie Boden, Kevin Cadwallender, Sally Evans, Andy Jackson, Charlie Jordan, Andrew Philip, Carolyn P Richardson and Angela Topping.

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