Tiara-wearing wordsmith Lady Ilaria is a storyteller. Her family performances are funny, informal and suitable for all ages and settings. She has performed for Z-Arts, Salford Arts Theatre, Belladrum Festival, Libraries, schools, nurseries and has had commissions with spot on stories. There will be two story sessions, the first at 10am-10.30 and the second 11.00-11.30 - […]
Award-winning Playwright and Poet, Cathy Crabb is running a special creative writing workshop for anyone who would like to spend a couple of hours strolling through storytelling. The exercises could be anything from a screenplay to flash fiction to songwriting – just to give your mind a welcome circuit break and a bit of escapism. This is […]
copeland smith presents a special Chorlton Book Festival evening with the Manchester Poets! Amanda Dalton is a poet and playwright and is currently visiting teaching fellow at MMU’s Writing School. Her poetry collections How To Disappear and Stray are published by Bloodaxe and her recent pamphlets include an experimental poetry ‘sketchbook,’ 30 Poems In Thirty […]
Chorlton Book Festival and Manchester Libraries invite you to a jam packed fun day at The Edge Theatre to celebrate Chorlton Pride. There'll be DrumRoots African drumming workshops, family craft sessions with Mandy Cleveland and lots more! Come along and join us. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” […]
The festival favourites are back! Featuring the cream of Manchester's poets and spoken word performers, including Gerry Potter, Laura Taylor, Tony Curry, Rose Condo and John Darwin. Hosted by the wonderful Melanie Neads PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis.They range from £2 – £8 plus the Eventbrite […]
….. down Beech Road in 1845 Come and join Andrew Simpson walk down Beech Road as it would have been in 1845. Meet the people, explore the houses and discover a mix of sad, gruesome and a few happy stories about this part of Chorlton. Meet at the bus station on the corner of Beech Road […]
Chorlton Book Festival welcomes the brilliant debut author Thomas Lee to celebrate the publication of PERILOUS TIMES. Mixing Arthurian legend with contemporary fantasy, this sharply witty and relevant debut will delight fans of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. This special celebration will be taking place in Benito Lounge in Chorlton, where Thomas spent some time […]
The regular writers cafe will be hosting a Chorlton Book Festival special session! Join Jo Somerset and special guest author for a friendly afternoon sharing ideas and inspiration. Tickets for this event are on a “pay what you can” basis. They range from £0 – £8 plus the Eventbrite booking fee.
Reshma's latest novel, 'Still Lives', is a tightly woven, haunting work that pulls apart the threads of a family and plays with notions of identity. The novel is a multi-cultural family saga set in Manchester about betrayal, love and belonging. “Compelling characters, fantastic prose, sexy, funny and wise.”– Heidi James PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this […]
Tiara-wearing wordsmith Lady Ilaria is a storyteller. Her family performances are funny, informal and suitable for all ages and settings. She has performed for Z-Arts, Salford Arts Theatre, Belladrum Festival, Libraries, schools, nurseries and has had commissions with spot on stories. ‘Ilaria is a fantastic storyteller, creating stories for the whole family – just on the […]
‘For every Manc a religion’. Manchester. Birthplace of industry, the Stone Roses, the Class of 92 and, in 1979, a small brown man called Noz. This is the story of how, and why, he came to be a strictly halal Stretford Ender. Nooruddean Choudry was born in 1979 ― the year, a local football club […]
Chorlton Bookshop has a new signing! City legend Alex Williams comes to Chorlton to talk about this new book. After his goalkeeping career was cut cruelly short by injury in 1987, Alex went on to become Community Ambassador for the club, helping thousands of young people find their feet and their voices through the City […]
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