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2nd - 18th October 2020

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Photo of Inua Ellams on stage at Manchester Museum delivering his new commission for MLF

Image of poet Hafsah Aneela Bashir performing at the MLF 19 Launch Event

Picture of Gillian Slovo delivering the 2019 Castlefield Manchester Sermon.

Head and shoulders image of poet Isaiah Hull performing his work on stage

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Poets Lemn Sissay and Henry Normal

RT @MCRCityofLit: MASSIVE thanks to everyone who came to #InternationalMotherLanguageDay events across #manchester - we had a multilingual…

RT @Ivan_Wadeson: 2 x two monthly residences for #Manchester #writers this summer + autumn from our friends in beautiful Krakow @KRKCityofL…

Essential reading for #HilaryMantel fans.... 👇🏼 Also a quiet reminder that we only have 20 tickets left for our Hil… https://t.co/krBiicyj9c

RT @commapress: As we celebrate #InternationalMotherLanguageDay we're sharing this #throwback blog post from last year, an interview with i…

RT @MCRCityofLit: Lovely to meet the team from @PoetryExch who are at Central Library today and tmrw. All sessions booked but you can hear…

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