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Home to a range of programmes in creative writing & contemporary literature at the University of Manchester. Staff include author Jeanette Winterson. For more information: www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/centreforn…

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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us for an evening with Jennifer Lee Tsai and Adam Lowe to celebrate their debut poetry collections. 📅 Tuesday 6 October ⏰ 6.30-8pm 🎟️ Free – Booking required 📍 @anthonyburgess.bsky.social Tickets and info: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
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Select tickets – Jennifer Lee Tsai and Adam Lowe in Conversation with John McAuliffe – International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Jennifer Lee Tsai and Adam Lowe in Conversation with John McAuliffe – International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Tue 6 Oct 2026 - Join us for an evening to celebrate the debut collections of two exciti...
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're proud to share the news that our Creative Writing BA and MA Student and former Burgess Fellow Rebecca Perry has been shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize.
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May We Feed the King | The Booker Prizes
Laced with desire and longing, May We Feed the King is a playful, stirring meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King 'Great', and a life meaningful
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Observer Book Club with Min Jin Lee 📅 Wednesday 21 October ⏰ 7.30-8.45pm 🎟️ £15 (£32 including book) 📍 @contactmcr.bsky.social
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tomorrow! Mathias Enard is in conversation with Centre for New Writing lecturer Ian McGuire! Join us at Blackwell's at 6.30pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perfecting...
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PERFECTING THE SHOT: Mathias Enard in conversation
Join us to celebrate publication of Perfecting the Shot, Mathias Enard's seventh novel with Fitzcarraldo
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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We've got a packed schedule of events next week! See you there? 23rd: Mathias Enard w Ian McGuire 24th: Stacey Yu w Hannah MacDonald 25th: @coolniceghost.bsky.social w Jodie Matthews @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomenglish.bsky.social @newwritingmcr.bsky.social
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Observer Book Club with Yann Martel 📅 Wednesday 14 October ⏰ 7.30-8.45pm 🎟️ £12/£10 📍 @mhcentre.bsky.social
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Observer Book Club with Deborah Frances-White 📅 Sunday 11 October ⏰ 4.30-5.45pm 🎟️ £12/£10 📍 @mhcentre.bsky.social
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Paul Mason: Reds 📅 Sunday 11 October ⏰ 2-3.15pm 🎟️ £14/£12 📍 @mhcentre.bsky.social
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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
An evening with Marcia Hutchinson and Rozie Kelly in partnership with @newwritingmcr.bsky.social. Marcia and Rozie will be discussing their stunning novels and how it felt to be shortlisted for the @womensprize.bsky.social for fiction!
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Join our graduating master's students for the launch of this year's Manchester Anthology! 📅 Monday 19 October ⏰ 6-9pm 📍 International Anthony Burgess Foundation 🎟️ Free – Booking required
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Launch Event: The Manchester Anthology (Vol. 16)
Come celebrate the launch of the latest Manchester Anthology!
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congratulations to our former BA and MA student Rebecca Perry, winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize for her novel 'May We Feed the King'. Rebecca's novel has also been long listed for this year's Booker Prize. Read more: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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May We Feed the King | The Booker Prizes
Laced with desire and longing, May We Feed the King is a playful, stirring meditation on history and storytelling: on what makes a King 'Great', and a life meaningful
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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Mathias Enard will be in conversation with @newwritingmcr.bsky.social's Ian McGuire for Perfecting the Shot, about a teenage sniper and how violence corrodes the soul. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@mcrlitfest.bsky.social is back for 2026 – and once again, we're hosting a series of partnership events with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
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Manchester Literature Festival Returns for 2026
Manchester Literature Festival returns from 9-25 October, featuring exciting partnership events from Creative Manchester and the Centre for New Writing.
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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@jaygao.bsky.social and Padraig Regan launching new poetry collections, in conversation with Andrew McMillan. @carcanet.bsky.social @newwritingmcr.bsky.social @centreplacewriting.bsky.social
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Massive congratulations to our former MA student Tom Pyle, winner of this year's Brotherton Poetry Prize!
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Tom Pyle wins Brotherton Poetry Prize
An English teacher based in Zagreb, Croatia has won the Brotherton Poetry Prize, out of the highest number of entries in the prize’s history.
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The University of Manchester is proud to be among the global universities, screenwriting labs, film festivals and filmmaker programs partnering with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting to help identify possible Nicholl Fellows. Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
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University of Manchester partners with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting
The University of Manchester is proud to be among the global universities, screenwriting labs, film festivals and filmmaker programs partnering with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting ...
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Book now for An Afternoon with Elif Shafak, our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social event in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social: 📅 Sunday 25 October ⏰ 3pm 📍 Royal Northern College of Music 🎟️ £22 (£37 including book)
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Announcing the second in our series of events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social as part of this year's @mcrlitfest.bsky.social programme: Patrick Radden Keefe discusses 'London Falling', a riveting true story of wealth, lies and the dark currents running beneath modern London.
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Once again we're hosting a series of events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social as part of this year's @mcrlitfest.bsky.social programme: Join us for an evening with Award-winning author Sarah Hall, as she delivers the 2026 Faber Lecture: 'Burning Snowflake'.
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Join us for an event with author and Centre for New Writing PhD student @thomasdlee.bsky.social as he launches his new novel The Knight Watch at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-knight...
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THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation
Join us for the launch of Thomas D. Lee's fantastic second novel, The Knight Watch!
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Schools Poetry Competition – Globally Curious: Voices from the Earth 📅 Saturday 13 June ⏰ 3pm 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building, GA.056 🎟️ Free – Advance booking recommended
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Schools Poetry Competition – Globally Curious: Voices from the Earth - Universally Manchester Festival
Join us to enjoy some fantastic verse, read by a bright young generation of new writers....
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🖊️ Writing for Wellbeing: Join Centre For New Writing poets at the @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social #FestivalofLibraries to learn how creative writing can positively impact your wellbeing. 📍Chorlton Library (9 June) and Cheadle Library (11 June) 🎟️ Book your place via our Eventbrite.
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
'MOTHERTONGUE' by CNW playwriting MA graduate Giulia Fincato will be staged at The Hope Theatre as part of Bokfest, from Monday 15 - Wednesday 17 June. Tickets and info: www.thehopetheatre.com/mothertongue
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Congratulations to former CNW student Nina Reljić, winner of The London Magazine Poetry Prize for her poem ‘Helen When Asked’. Read more: thelondonmagazine.org/nina-reljic-...
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Nina Reljić wins The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 - The London Magazine
The judges of The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 award first place to Nina Reljić for her poem 'Helen When Asked'.
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Are you ready to get to know your local library? 📖🏛️ @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social have announced the programme for this year’s #festivaloflibraries. We’ve partnered with the Linguistic Diversity Collective and Centre For New Writing to celebrate. Book onto a free workshop via our Eventbrite.
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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Tonight! Join us for a special @newwritingmcr.bsky.social event with Fellows Inua Ellams and Gurnaik Johal, reading from and discussing their work. Tickets here or on the door! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Four weeks to go until the first of our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social events with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social: 📅 Tue 26 May ⏰ 7pm 📍 @contactmcr.bsky.social 🎟️ £15 / £13
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We're delighted to announce that Rozie Kelly, a former CNW Creative Writing MA student, is through to the shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction (@womensprize.bsky.social) for her debut novel 'Kingfisher'! Read more: womensprize.com/revealing-th...
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Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist - Women's Prize
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We are delighted to partner with @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social and @poetryireland.bsky.social to welcome Jane Hirshfield to read from and discuss her collection 'The Asking'. 📅 Mon 27 Apr ⏰ 6.30-8pm 📍 @anthonyburgess.bsky.social 🎟️ £4 (free with book purchase) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-asking...
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Congrats to CNW PhD graduate Nell Osborne, who has been announced as joint winner of this year’s Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize for debut novel 'Ghost Driver'. The judges said: "'Ghost Driver' is as beguiling and fresh as modern fiction gets." Read more: www.republicofconsciousness.com
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Republic of Consciousness
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UoM English, American Studies & Creative Writing Department @uomenglish.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
MAY 18TH - @lauren-j-joseph.bsky.social will be discussing her razor sharp new novel Lean Cat, Savage Cat @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social - plus a book signing! Doors 6:30pm / Start 6:45pm. Organised by @newwritingmcr.bsky.social Tickets £4 or free with book purchase. buff.ly/hDoLY8Y
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Congratulations to Rozie Kelly, a former CNW Creative Writing MA student – Her debut novel 'Kingfisher' has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction! Rozie said "It’s an extraordinary honour – I am absolutely, deliriously, delighted to be included." womensprize.com/library/king...
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Nell Osborne, a CNW PhD student who graduated in 2022, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Republic of Consciousness Small Press Fiction Prize for her first novel, 'Ghost Driver'. Read more: therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/the-queen-...
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The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026 shortlist
The five winning presses, titles and their authors are in...
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Huge congratulations to CNW graduate and current Burgess Fellow Gurnaik Johal, who has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his bold debut novel 'Saraswati'. www.youngwriteraward.com/book/gurnaik...
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Gurnaik Johal - Young Writer of the Year Award
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Join us to celebrate the release of 'May We Feed the King', CNW graduate Rebecca Perry's debut novel. 📅 Tuesday 24 February ⏰ 6.30-8pm 📍 @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social 🎟️ £4 (or free with a copy of the book) Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/may-we-fee...
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School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomsalc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Book now for our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social and @newwritingmcr.bsky.social – featuring Douglas Stuart and Tayari Jones 📚
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Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Congratulations to @newwritingmcr.bsky.social MA Creative Writing graduate India-Rose Bower, whose debut novel We Call Them Witches has just been published. womensprize.com/india-rose-b...
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India-Rose Bower on The Rise of Eco-Horror - Women's Prize
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Head to Social Refuge next week for the launch of 'Chosen Family', a new novel by our PhD graduate Madeleine Gray: 📅 Monday 26 January ⏰ 7-9pm 📍 Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AJ 🎟️ £5 (£20 including book) www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...
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Chosen Family Book Launch | Social Refuge
Join Madeleine Gray in launching her new book here in the UK!
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Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Out imminently: the second novel by former @newwritingmcr.bsky.social student Madeleine Gray. Today’s book of the day in The Guardian.
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Centre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Horatio Clare's 'We Came By Sea - Stories of a Greater Britain', which examines the unreported side of the small boats crisis, has been shortlisted in the Nero Book Awards 2025. Category winners are announced in January, with the overall winner named in March. nerobookawards.com/nero-book-aw...
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NERO BOOK AWARDS CATEGORY SHORTLISTS 2025: BESTSELLING NOVELISTS, BBC BROADCASTER AND NEW TALENT IN THE RUNNING FOR NERO GOLD PRIZE – BOOK OF THE YEAR - Nero Book Awards
Prestigious Nero Book Awards announce shortlists across four categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Debut Fiction and Children’s Fiction Nominated writers include BBC International Corres
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