Meet authors Helen Dugdale & Alison Kervin

Getting married or celebrating a civil partnership? November sees our very first wedding fair - with a difference! If you want to have a do without frilly meringue dresses and equally over-inflated price tags, then we know some people you’ll want to meet.

Journalist and freelance writer, Helen Dugdale, will be launching her new book, Bridal Moments, an essential survival guide for anyone who wants to tame wedding chaos and control their inner Bridezilla.

Best-selling author Alison Kervin (The WAG’s Diary) will also be dropping in to talk about her new novel Celebrity Bride, a sparkling romantic comedy about an ordinary girl who finds herself right at the heart of the celebrity wedding of the season.

Alison Kervin is an award-winning freelance writer and journalist and was the Chief Sports Interviewer for the Daily Telegraph newspaper, producing a regular weekly sports interview for the Saturday edition of the paper. Alison has written eight highly-acclaimed books including two previous novels, The Wag's Diary and A Wag Abroad.

Let us introduce you to creative cake makers, quirky photographers, fabulous florists and suppliers of exquisite accessories and wonderful venues. Enjoy a free glass of wine - served by the gorgeous Butlers in the Buff - and for the incurable romantics, a free novel from our friends at Mills & Boon.

Everyone welcome. You don’t need an invitation to this do, and you can sit wherever you like!

Central Library, Committee Room, Saturday 7 November, 12-4pm

What is NaNoWriMo?

There are some who say writing a novel takes talent, strong language skills, academic training, and years of dedication. Not true. All it really takes is a deadline – a very, very tight deadline – and lots and lots of coffee.

Welcome to National Novel Writing Month: a nonprofit literary crusade that encourages aspiring novelists all over the world to write a 50,000-word novel in a month. At midnight on November 1st, 150,000 writers from over 90 countries – poised over laptops and pads of paper, fingers itching and minds racing with plots and characters – will begin a furious adventure in fiction. By 11:59 PM on November 30th, tens of thousands of them will be novelists.

NaNoWriMo is the largest writing contest in the world. In 2008, over 120,000 people took part in the free challenge. And while the event stresses fun and creative exploration over publication, more than 30 NaNoWriMo novelists have had their NaNo-novels published, including Sarah Gruen, whose New York Times #1 Best Seller, Water for Elephants began as a NaNoWriMo novel.

Around 18% of NaNoWriMo participants "win" every year by writing 50,000 words and validating their novels on the organization's website before midnight on Nov 30. Winners receive no prizes, and no one at NaNoWriMo ever reads the manuscripts submitted.

So if not for fame or fortune, why do people do it?

"The 50,000-word challenge has a wonderful way of opening up your imagination and unleashing creative potential like nothing else," says NaNoWriMo Founder and Program Director (and ten-time NaNoWriMo winner) Chris Baty. "When you write for quantity instead of quality, you end up getting both. Also, it's a great excuse for not doing any dishes for a month."

I signed up today. It's free and it only takes a minute. You can find me on NaNoWriMo - I'm librarysue. Sign up, tell your friends and let's encourage each other!

If you would like more information about National Novel Writing Month, or would like to sign up visit www.NaNoWriMo.org

Rod Tame's Rhyme & Dine

You are invited to a very special and unique poetry event.

Earth cafe on Turner St (Manchester's northern quarter) will be hosting ROD TAME's RHYME AND DINE on November, Friday 13th, 8 - 10pm.

There will be a three course meal, excellent entertainment and then an optional chance to perform yourself!

Entertainment will be a one-night-only visit to Manchester from award winning Leeds based wordsmith ANDY CRAVEN GRIFFTHS.

Your host, the delightful gentleman's gentleman Mr ROD TAME, will also be serving up a tasty selection of his mouth watering verse.

It is a TICKET ONLY event- the 3 course meal plus entertainment costs £14. Non-alcoholic drinks are available but are not included in the ticket price. You must buy a ticket and place your main course order in advance. You cannot just turn up on the night as there are limited places and tickets are expected to sell out fast. There is more info on meal options on the Poets and Mash Facebook page.

Waiter service will be provided and all attendees will receive a RHYME AND DINE goody bag plus free entry into a special prize raffle!

All this plus the optional chance to share a poem or two yourself at the end of the night in a short open mic.

An Evening with Bonnie Greer at Manchester Central Library

Broadcaster, writer and critic, Bonnie Greer joins us to read from and talk about her new novel Entropy.

Exploring the post-9/11 world in which a black president became possible, she says the novel is about “pattern, relationship and redemption beneath a surface of unconnectedness, loneliness and the damnation of big unsolved questions”.

Committee Room, Central Library, Thursday 29 October, 6pm

Manchester Blog Awards - and the winners are...

The 2009 Manchester Blog Awards winners were announced last night and the winners are:

Best City and Neighbourhood Blog

Lost in Manchester

The judges said: “Sometimes it’s easy to forget to look at what’s right under your nose. I love its unashamed raw passion for Manchester.”

Runner up: The Manchester Zedders

Best Personal Blog

My Shitty Twenties

One of the judges said: “Moving, thoughtful, funny and wise. Sometimes heartbreaking, always uplifting.”

Runner-up: Cynical Ben

Best New Blog:

Words and Fixtures

One of the judges said: “It was the only blog out of the twenty-four shortlisted that made me laugh out loud.”

Runner-up: Songs from Under the Floorboards

Best Writing on a Blog:

My Shitty Twenties

One of the judges said: “It’s almost impossible not to get drawn into the story that this blog tells.”

Dual runners- up: I thought I told you to wait in the car
and Dave Hartley’s Weblog

Best Arts and Culture Blog

Run Paint Run Run

One of the judges said: “Opinionated, heartfelt and pleasantly rough-around-the-edges, a blog with an infectious enthusiasm for art.”

Runner Up: The Manchester Hermit

Blog of the year

Lost in Manchester

(This was awarded to the blog with the highest aggregate score in the competition)

One of the judges said: “Quirky, original and focussed, with an eye for detail. Putting the extra into extraordinary.”

So what do you think? Happy with the finalists - or seething because the judges missed a classic Manchester blog....

Want to know more? Read Adrian Slatcher's blog post about the Blog Awards over at the MDDA website. Want to know who was there? Have a look at the photos from last night's award ceremony on Flickr.

Cutting Edge Spoken Word @ The Manchester Museum

Darwin. School Bullies. Natural Selection. Eugenics. The Dating Game...and everything in between...

...Young Identity create a special performance tonight at The Manchester Museum exploring how Charles Darwin's science connects to our lives.

Thu 22 October2009, 7:30pm. FREE ENTRY
The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.
Book via 0870 428 0785 or at http://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk

Presented by Young Identity and Contact as part of Manchester Literature Festival and Manchester Science Festival 2009. Part of The Evolutionist, a Darwin extravaganza at The Manchester Museum.

More information and videos over at the Young Identity Facebook page

New Marvel Digital Comic Reader 3.0

The new Marvel Digital Comics Reader 3.0 can access a library of over 7,000 issues and includes entry into the Marvel Comic archives where you can see the first issues of Amazing Spider-Man, The X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and others.

The PC based reader is available by subscription at $4.99/month, but you have to sign up for the, which works out at about £36 for 12 months. I’m haven't signed up myself, because I've been reading the free digital comics Marvel publish every Monday from October 19...

(Via Teleread.org)

Speakeasy is 10!

Run by a collective of musicians, poets and singers, Speakeasy’s legendary open mic events are an essential part of Manchester’s spoken word and club scene. Celebrate Speakeasy’s tenth birthday on October 23rd at the newly re-vamped Band on the Wall.

Showcasing live art from Lemi Ghariokwu, inspirational designer of Fela Kuti's iconic record covers, alongside the Speakeasy live band and Manchester poets and vocalists.

Also featuring special guest poet Michelle ‘Mother’ Hubbard’ with slam-winning wit and wise words, and DJs Chris Jam and Tomlyn McKinley spinning afrobeat, hiphop, R&B, neo-soul and broken beats until late. To book an open mic slot please email info@speakeasymcr.org or call 07850 9259495

Manchester historian turns her hand to crime

A University of Manchester expert on the seedier side of the Victorian entertainment industry has penned her first novel - a murder mystery set in the music halls and circuses of the 1840s.

Walking In Pimlico, by Dr Ann Featherstone, is her first venture into fiction and follows the attempts of comedian Corney Sage to escape the killer of a woman whose body he stumbles across by accident. Corney flees from his concert-room job in London's Whitechapel to a Birmingham circus and then a Shrewsbury music hall.

Dr Featherstone last year published an acclaimed book on the Victorian freakshows, peepshows and fairs documented in the journals of an obscure Victorian diarist she rediscovered in a Nottinghamshire archive. She is also credited with rediscovering a joke book that belonged to a Victorian clown called Thomas Lawrence containing 200 gags used at a 19th century circus.

A lecturer in performance history at The University of Manchester, Dr Featherstone teaches her drama students about the colourful characters who lived in the period.

She said: "Who in their right mind would pay to gawp at somebody else's misfortune? But if you think about it, perhaps television still panders to a 21 century version of this appetite for public humiliation - what after all is Big Brother or the X Factor?

"The superficial appearances of the clowns and showmen are only skin deep and any one of them might be a murderer. I hope readers will find it intriguing and fascinating - I did and had great fun writing the book."

In fact, Dr Featherstone enjoyed the experience so much, she is already working on a second novel. Walking in Pimlico is published by John Murray and costs £16.99.

Two free literary events this Saturday at Central Library

More festival goodness this Saturday! Manchester Central Library is hosting two more events tomorrow as part of the Manchester Literature Festival. At 11am you can watch 6 aspiring novelists pitch their ideas to a panel of publishing experts - a sort of Dragon's Den for new writers. Here's how the literature festival brochure describes the event:

Commonword and Manchester Literature Festival have been seeking out the most exciting new fiction voices in the North West and now six unpublished hopefuls (Rachel Connor, John Davenport, Gift Nyoni, Marli Roode, Pauline Rowe and Colette Snowden) will be pitching their novel to a panel of movers and shakers in the publishing world, including Dan Franklin (Canongate), Rebecca Swift (The Literary Consultancy) and novelist Sherry Ashworth. The panel's favourite will win £250 and the opportunity for more extensive feedback on their work. If you think you have a novel in you and want to know how to get it published, come along for some top tips from those in the know. For more information contact: admin@cultureword.org.uk

Ans at 1pm Maya Chowdhry and Segun Lee-French, winners of Commonword’s recent ‘30 Poems’ competition, launch their debut collections with a joint reading.

Maya Chowdhry’s collection, The Seamstress and The Global Garment shows a poet ‘uniquely alive to the possibilities of multiple identities, fused mother tongues and the interweaving of myths’ (Chroma).

Segun Lee-French’s collection Praise Songs For Aliens unveils a poetic voice ‘bathed head and toe in the historical waters of the Negritude champions and in the oeuvre of the great African-American firebrand Amiri Baraka…His words grow tall and strong into magical song’ (Kevin Le Gendre).

Both events are free, but booking is advisable. Call 0843 208 0500 to book tickets.

RE:Verberate Comedic Poetry Special this Sunday

Manchester’s much loved award-nominated literature night returns this Sunday with a special show featuring Julian Daniel (‘A hilarious comic, who you can watch time and time again’ BBCi) and Marvin Cheeseman ('The Doyen of the Deadpan' Cheltenham Literature Festival), plus guests at the Fab Cafe on Portland Street. It's free and the show starts at 7pm.

Julian is the co-author of 'How To Dump Your Girlfriend'. He also a regular compere of poetry shows, writes and performs his own poetry, does stand up comedy, is a workshop facilitator and a regular guest on BBC Radio Manchester. Julian's very funny blog is updated every Monday, with gig news, his thoughts and topical observation.

Marvin's new book, We Hate it When Our Ex-Lodgers Become Successful is available to buy on his website. Here he is reading his ode to crisps...

Social media, Manchester, romance...and you

Creators of an innovative social media project, November In Manchester, are calling for the city’s residents to submit a range of media that could be incorporated into a fictional story.

November In Manchester will use various social networking tools to tell a fictional romance over four weeks in November (in Manchester). Various characters will share their lives over Twitter, blogs, Flickr and YouTube, creating an interactive story for users to follow online.

Want to get involved? Organisers are looking for people living in Manchester to submit media to form much of the story. Photographs, videos and November events for the characters to attend will be accepted and incorporated into the story as much as possible.

Project creator, Tom Mason said; “November In Manchester aims to make Manchester a character in itself within the story; it will show people just how much goes on in this city over a month. But it can only be successful if people get involved; the more photos and videos that the project receives will result a richer story – right now, we have no idea how the novel will end!”

Photographs and videos can be submitted now and throughout the course of the project by emailing ilove@Novemberinmanchester.com and can also be submitted through Flickr and Facebook, where you can also discuss the project.

Lunchtime writers @ Central Library 1pm

Manchester Literature Festival kicks off today and Central library is proud to be hosting two acclaimed writers for some poignant and fascinating insights into lives affected by the transatlantic slave trade.

Cynthia McLeod will be talking about her novel The Free Negress Elisabeth, which draws on historical research into the real life of an eighteenth century black Surinamese woman, exploring the mystery of her great wealth and her dream of marrying a forbidden white man to gain the acceptance of Dutch colonial society.

Dorothea Smartt will be reading from her new poetry collection Ship Shape, which grew from a Lancaster LitFest commission to write a contemporary elegy for ‘Sambo’s’ Grave, on Sunderland Point. Her poetic re-imagining gives powerful and moving voice to an enslaved African on his journey from the Caribbean.

This event has been generously sponsored by the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature and is part of a major new campaign to raise awareness of Dutch literature in translation, launched with the backing of a number of UK publishers and Arts Council England. For more information on the Go Dutch project check their website.

Thursday 15th October 1pm

Manchester Central Library Committee Room

Free, but booking advisable 0843 290 0500 Online Booking Form

Discover the best in blogs

Blogs.com is a new service from blogging company Six Apart that helps you discover the best in blogs. You can quickly and easily find blogs by category and topic or read daily blog roundups of some of the best blog content around the Web. Top 10 Lists from celebrity bloggers and influencers also help you discover new blogs, and everyone is invited to create their own Top 10 lists to share with the community. (Via Internet Resources Newsletter)

New book: 50 benefits of ebooks

50 Benefits of Ebooks, by Michael Pastore, is an introduction to the brave new worlds of ebooks and electronic publishing. This revised September 2009 edition contains new chapters including an expanded section about how to find free ebooks, and features an Afterword by Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg.

A PDF and eEPUB version is also available to buy online now for a mere $2 (£1.25) and the paperback will be released tomorrow.

Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, who has been called ‘the inventor of ebooks”, says about the book: “This book is pretty much a ‘must read’ and a ‘ready reference’ for anyone considering eBooks.”

Written for a wide audience — Ebook newcomers will find all the basics here and ebook experts can debate the author’s wild predictions for the future of ebooks!

(via No Shelf Required)

Hidden suffragette poem now available online

A suffragette poem, penned by Alison Uttley and kept privately at a University of Manchester Hall of Residence for over a century, has been made available online.

The passionate lines called “Argument” were hand-written by Alice J Taylor – later to become Alison Uttley - and published in the University’s women’s student magazine of 1904 - itself a unique document.

It is now available on the Alison Uttley Society website. Known to millions across the world as the author of Tales Of Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig – Uttley was the second woman ever to graduate in physics at The University of Manchester.

She bequeathed a third of her literary income to support students at Ashburne Hall, where the documents are kept. In the journal, Uttley also describes a series of wacky inventions including a vacuum cleaner used to transport students to their lectures, boots with central heating, and a teapot with an alarm which is sprung when running low.

Uttley’s diaries, which are kept at the University’s John Rylands Library, were published last month. President of the Uttley Society, Professor Denis Judd, said the poem and picture provides a unique glimpse into the early radicalism of the author.

Amazing library in a staircase

A couple in London have found the ultimate space-saving solution for a city-dwelling book lover (with pots of money or brilliant DIY skills): a staircase bookshelf. When the owners decided to convert the loft space, an architect proposed a clever book-lined staircase to house their combined libraries in one streamlined space...





(via Doornob)

Chorlton Book Festival line-up announced!

Manchester’s most literary suburb hosts a celebration that’s uniquely chorltonian. Everything is free and happens in Chorlton Library unless we say otherwise.

Come and intorduce yourself at the Chorlton Book Festival facebook group!

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Ruth Estevez
A scriptwriter on BBC’s Bob the Builder, Ruth Estevez’s first novel, Meeting Coty explores choices between relationships and a career with the most successful perfume
maker of the 1920s.
Monday 9 November, 2pm

Elizabeth Baines
Elizabeth Baines writes prizewinning fiction and plays for radio and stage. Her most recent books are the acclaimed short story collection, Balancing on the Edge of the World and her new novel, Too Many Magpies (Salt), published in October.
Monday 9 November, 7pm
Lounge Bar, Wilbraham Road

Literary Quiz Night
(with a Chorlton twist)
Test your knowledge of books and Chorlton. For teams of up to four people. Prizes to be won!
Wednesday 11 November, 7.30pm
Spread Eagle Pub, Wilbraham Road

Robert Graham
Heartwarming, quirky stories in which boys glimpse what it means to be men and men struggle to grow out of being boys. Picture a marriage of Anne Tyler’s and Nick Hornby’s fictional worlds and you might be some of the way there.
Thursday 12 November, 8pm
Lloyds Hotel, Wilbraham Road

Chris Makepeace
Learn more about Chorlton from this well respected local historian at this unmissable
Book Festival talk.
Friday 13 November, 2pm

‘Treasure Island’ Family Fun
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Rediscover the classic children’s tale of pirates, shipwrecks and buried treasure, found on every piratey bookshelf. Fun and
activities for all the family.
Saturday 14 November, 1.30-4pm

Coffee, cakes and new books
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?
Sunday 15 November, 1-3pm

Chris Hall
Chris Hall talks about his new book Not Just Orwell, which tells the story of volunteers and lesser-known comrades of the revolutionary militias who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War.
Monday 16 November, 7.30pm

Bill Rogers
Manchester-based crime writer Bill Rogers reads from The Cleansing, his latest novel. A killer dressed as a clown haunts the streets of Manchester. For him, the city’s miraculous regeneration had unacceptable consequences. When DCI Tom Caton
enlists the help of forensic profiler Kate Webb, he places her in mortal danger.
Tuesday 17 November, 7.30pm

A Writer’s Guide to Social Media
Writer Adrian Slatcher advises arts organisations on their use of social media at Manchester Digital Development Agency. He’ll show how writers are using the web for writing, marketing and publishing their work. Whether an experienced or novice
writer, published or not, this workshop will give you all the ideas you need to
enhance your own online presence.
Wednesday 18 November, 7.30pm

Elaine Bousfield
Elaine Bousfield reads from her first novel, The Jewel Keepers, a tale of power, religion, war, belief and friendship. It’s a magical fantasy for older children and
teens, about two girls separated by centuries, but united by a mysterious jewel.
Thursday 19 November 4.30pm

Chorlton Telling Tales
Tell Tale Thursday: a fun evening of performance storytelling with the themes of War & Peace, Getting on and Falling Out. Come along, listen and be entertained.
Thursday 19 November, 7.45 pm, £2
Chopin Bar, 127 Manchester Road

Chorlton Film Institute
November’s showing is Elegy (15), a 2008 drama based on Philip Roth’s novel, The Dying Animal. The film stars Ben Kingsley as an ageing college professor, whose passionate relationship with beautiful student Penélope Cruz has unforeseen consequences.
19 November, 8.30 (doors 8pm) £5
St Clements Church, High Lane

Manky Poets
Manky Poets with guest poet, Melanie Rees. Melanie is a well-known performer
in Manchester and Salford, rapidly establishing herself as an excellent poet.
Before 8, the readaround begins – anyone can read a poem. Your MC is copland smith.
20 November, 7.30-9.30pm, £2/£1

Teen poetry slam
Aged 13-19? Written your own poetry and want to perform it? Come and try
out - you’re among friends! £50 cash for the most talented local teen poet.
Your compere is street poet and Reading Champion Mike Garry.
Saturday 21 November, 1pm

Social media tools for writers - get published on authonomy.com

authonomy^TM is a brand new community site for writers, readers and publishers, conceived and developed by book editors at HarperCollins. The editors are on the hunt for the brightest, freshest new literature around.

If you’re a writer, authonomy is the place to show your face – and show off your work on the web. Whether you’re unpublished, self-published or just getting started, all you need is a few chapters to start building your profile online, and start connecting with the authonomy community.

And if you’re a reader, blogger publisher or agent, authonomy is for you too. The book world is kept alive by those who search out, digest and spread the word about the best new books – authonomy invites you to join our community, champion the best new writing and build a personal profile that really reflects your tastes, opinions and talent-spotting skills.

The publishing world is changing and whether you’re a reader, writer, agent or publisher, this is an exciting time for books.

If you want to discover more ways to get published online don't miss Adrian Slatcher's 'A Writer's Guide to Social Media', taking place on Wednesday 18 November at 7.30pm in Chorlton Library.

National Poetry Day links

Today is National Poetry Day and the theme is Heroes and Heroines so keep your eyes and ears peeled for poetry on the radio, TV or in venues like your local theatre or library. Look at Whats On to find an event near you or why not set up an event yourself?

There are tons of online poetry websites and you can also explore discover many different blogs from poets of all kinds, or visit the FlickR gallery of poems in public places and add your own. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, has written a poem for National Poetry Day which you can send as a free e-card.

For cheap grass-roots ways to celebrate poetry, look at Book Crossing to find out what a Book Crossing is and how to start. Release poetry on your commuter train or in your workplace and change people's lives!

Hearing poetry read aloud adds a new dimension and The Poetry Archive lets you hear contemporary poetry read by the poets themselves. Or visit Pass on a Poem to find out how you can share your favourite poems with like-minded people in your area.

Speakeasy is 10!

Speakeasy's tenth birthday party, celebrating a decade of spoken word, funky soul & jam nights. Run by a collective of musicians, poets and singers, Speakeasy’s legendary open mic events are an essential part of Manchester’s spoken word and club scene.

Come and celebrate Speakeasy’s tenth birthday at the newly re-vamped Band on the Wall. Showcasing live art from Lemi Ghariokwu, inspirational designer of Fela Kuti's iconic record covers, alongside the Speakeasy live band and Manchester poets and vocalists.

Featuring special guest poet from Nottingham's Black Drop collective, Michelle 'Mother' Hubbard, with slam-winning wit and wise words. On the decks, DJs CHRIS JAM & SEGUN spinning hiphop, neo-soul, Afrobeat and broken beats.

To book an open mic slot please email info@speakeasymcr.org or call 07950 925949.

£6 on door/£5 concs/advance
Box office: www.bandonthewall.org

Chorlton Book Festival - Volunteers Wanted

With the fifth Chorlton Book Festival just around the corner, organisers are asking for volunteers to help with the preparations and with the event itself.

Community groups and individuals are being invited to become involved with this exciting Chorlton event, which will take place 9 - 21 November and is a big part of the life of the community.

The Chorlton Book Festival was created in 2005 by Councillor Val Stevens to promote local authors, reading, creative writing and Chorlton as a lively and creative place to live.

The event has grown every year since its conception and there are already a number of local authors keen to be involved this year including Robert Graham, Elaine Bousfield and Ruth Estevez.

There are volunteer opportunities in marketing, event planning and management, and event staffing.

Councillor Val Stevens, Deputy Leader at Manchester City Council said: "There are numerous opportunities for people to become involved in this event. They may want work experience, have a deep interest in literature or simply want to be part of a community event - whatever the interest we'd love to hear from anyone who'd like to be involved to make this year's event the best yet."

The Chorlton Book Festival will take place at a number of venues across Chorlton and will include a range of activities for all ages including family events, author talks, performance poetry and live entertainments.

Anyone interested in becoming involved should contact David Green at Chorlton Library on 0161 881 3179.

Free seminar @ Central Library: literature & history in the long 19th century

The second in a series of quarterly seminars to discuss the literature, history, science & medicine of the Long Nineteenth Century

This event, organised by the University of Salford, features

Deborah WYNNE (Chester) - Miss Havisham's Cake: Dickens & Women's Soft Wealth

Mike BROWN (CHSTM, University of Manchester) - Medicine, Masculinity & the Military Paradigm in Victorian Britain

Polly ATKIN (Lancaster University) - Dreaming Grasmere: De Quincey & the Sense of Mysterious Pre-Existence

Kim EDWARDS (University of Liverpool) - Maids, Mistresses & Inter-Female Intimacy in Charles Dicken's Novels

WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER 2-5pm
Committee Room, 2nd Floor, Manchester Central Library

FREE & OPEN TO ALL NO ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED

For more details, please contact Prof. Sharon Ruston on s.ruston@salford.ac.uk