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23 - 25 October 2020

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Group shot of Booker Prize Shortlist event authors Lucy Ellman, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Bernadine Evaristo & Chigozie Obioma

Full length portrait of musician Guy Garvey and poet Simon Armitage

Mona Eltahawy & Mariam Khan on stage at MLF 19

Full length portrait of author Jeanette Winterson

Image of writer Inua Ellams in teh Living Worlds exhibition gallery at Manchester Museum

It's Not About the Burqa writers waiting to go on stage

Celeste Ng at Manchester Central Library

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Headshot of Miriam Wild with picture books

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Poets Lemn Sissay and Henry Normal

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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RT @MancLibraries: Okechukwu Nzelu. Author of 'The Private Joys of Nnenna Malony'. Sunday 20th September 6:30pm @ChorltonBF invites you to…

RT @AndrewPoetry: Writing a poem for this was fun! If you download the app and dial the correct extension you can hear me reading a new poe…

RT @commapress: It's Friday, which means it's time for the last reading from the #BBCNSSA shortlisted stories. Tune into @BBCFrontRow at 3…

RT @McrWritingSchl: QuietManDave Prize 2020 longlist announced. Prize celebrates new and emerging short-form writers and honours much-loved…

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