Patricia Duncker was recently appointed writer in residence at Manchester’s famous Midland Hotel, and has been jointly commissioned by MLF and the Midland to write a short story set in the hotel. Patricia Duncker is the author of the acclaimed novels Hallucinating Foucault, Miss Webster and Chérif, and the Strange Case of the Composer and His Judge. Come and hear her read her new story over tea and scones. For those who wish to know more about the Midland, there will also be an optional tour of the hotel at 1pm with historian and author of Memories of the Midland, Barbara Frost.