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2023
05
September
2023
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10:21
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To add to a growing list of recognition for the writer, performance artist and producer, Keisha has been awarded an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Drama department at the University of Manchester.The fellowship recognises the outstanding contrib...
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01
September
2023
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15:30
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Manchester Literature Festival (MLF) 2023 will take place 7-22 October, featuring a programme of exciting events marking the city’s contribution to literature.The University of Manchester is proud to be the Festival’s official Higher Education Partne...
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15
August
2023
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11:51
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The Manchester City of Literature Schools Writing Trail took place 1-15 June 2023 in six Manchester City Centre venues - including The University of Manchester campus in the Samuel Alexander Building’s glass corridor exhibition space.The trail – over...
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28
July
2023
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11:00
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A panel of judges including former University Chancellor and poet Lemn Sissay, Creative Manchester Director and Professor of Poetry John McAuliffe and Manchester-based poet and critic Maryam Hessavi, gathered to judge this year’s Micropoetry Competit...
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28
July
2023
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09:15
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As festivalgoers gathered at Jodrell Bank Observatory in rural Cheshire once again Bluedot 2023 kicked off with a performance by Max Richter and the BBC Concert Orchestra headliners on Thursday evening. Throughout the weekend the festival saw further...
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28
July
2023
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09:04
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Manchester International Festival 2023 took place from 29 June to 16 July and featured a wide-ranging programme of original new work by artists from around the world in venues and spaces across the city. We are delighted to have seen MIF23 events tak...
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27
June
2023
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10:37
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Run by the Manchester China Institute (MCI) and Creative Manchester at The University of Manchester, the competition uses amateur photography as a visual way of overcoming linguistic divides and highlighting the common humanity of China and the UK. M...
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20
June
2023
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16:17
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Now in its seventh year, the competition is aimed at pupils from Greater Manchester schools, encouraging children to use poetry as a means of self-expression. The Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester’s 2023 Schools Poetry competition took p...
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16
June
2023
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12:59
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7-11 June saw the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to celebrate the role that libraries play in wellbeing, culture, creativity and more.Creative Manchester – t...
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02
June
2023
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12:36
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This event marks the second lecture in Creative Manchester’s ‘Solstice and Equinox series’, and forms part of a new series of events which brings innovative creative artists to The University of Manchester’s four Cultural Institutions.Creative Manche...
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01
June
2023
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13:52
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BAFTA-nominated poet and writer Lemn Sissay - our former Chancellor who holds an honorary chair of creative writing at our University - will be one of three judges considering entries.How to enterEntries will need to combine a vast and thought-provok...
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22
May
2023
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12:28
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Martin Amis, former Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing has died at the age of 73.Martin Amis, who has just died in Florida, worked as our first Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester's Centre for New Wr...
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19
May
2023
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15:41
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Gary Younge, award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023. Formerly a columnist at The Guardian he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine and the...
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11
May
2023
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13:24
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Creative Manchester and Digital Futures are hosting a CreaTech Innovation Showcase on 17 May.CreaTech is the intersection of creativity meeting technology. It brings together creative skills and emerging technologies to create new ways of engaging au...
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10
May
2023
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14:09
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A new photography exhibition has opened at the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) promoting mutual understanding in UK-China relations through focusing on our common humanity.The Manchester China Institute (MCI), in partnership with Creative ...
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09
May
2023
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14:11
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7-11 June 2023 sees the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries.Following the success of the past two years of celebrations, the 2023 festival showcases a vibrant programme of events in libraries across all ten boroughs...
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03
May
2023
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13:39
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University of Manchester Professor, David Olusoga OBE will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards for outstanding contribution to television.
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27
April
2023
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12:46
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Forced displacement is one of the most urgent issues of our time, but it is not new. Conflict, persecution and environmental devastation have, throughout history, led people to flee their homes and seek safety elsewhere.Traces of Displacement present...
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14
April
2023
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18:57
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Images of immigration and refugee experiences rarely include their voices and this event will reflect on different approaches to reframing, raising awareness of and centring immigrant stories.Reserve your spot to join Creative Manchester for a roundt...
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14
April
2023
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15:01
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A language-themed trail around Manchester Museum took place on 12 April and saw over 340 people take part.Families were invited to collect their ‘Looking for Languages’ trail sheets from members of the Linguistic Diversity Collective, find the langua...
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21
March
2023
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10:00
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Budding writers have been challenged to craft a Twitter micropoem on the theme of the ‘science around us’ by Creative Manchester, which has launched its annual Micropoetry Competition to mark World Poetry Day....
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17
March
2023
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11:25
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On 1 November 2022 I started a 9 month Knowledge Exchange fellowship within the University of Manchester’s research platform, Creative Manchester, and working with Lime Arts, the city’s NHS Trust arts and health organisation. I am still in the proces...
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22
February
2023
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15:19
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A new video podcast exploring multilingualism and linguistic diversity across the globe has launched, as part of Manchester City of Literature’s International Mother Language Day 2023 celebrations.The podcast is hosted by Lecturer in Linguistics at T...
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20
February
2023
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09:00
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In 2017 Manchester was successful in its bid to join UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature, which recognised the significant contribution of literature to the city. As one of its key creative institutions which includes t...
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19
January
2023
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12:27
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A one-man show about climate resilience, Who Ya Gonna Call? jumps headlong into some of the most difficult questions about our uncertain future - with the help of some buckets, some sand, a few old records, and a dash of black humour.Who Ya Gonna Cal...
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17
January
2023
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13:48
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Creative Manchester is delighted to participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with Manchester City of Literature.This year will be the 7th International Mother Language Day observed in Manchester, a celebrati...
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17
January
2023
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11:33
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Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian Curtis in the band Joy Division. He then went on to be a founding member of New Order, and participated ...
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13
January
2023
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16:54
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Creative Manchester is delighted to present the upcoming Comics Up Close event, in partnership with Lakes International Comic Art Festival and Sheffield Hallam University. This event will be an insightful consideration of what makes comics special, b...
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05
December
2022
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10:52
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Every year, in a tradition established by Charles Dickens, the Centre for New Writing’s Professor of New Writing and world-renowned author, Jeanette Winterson, has written a new tale during the festive period, twelve of which were published in her Ch...
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30
November
2022
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14:18
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‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities: Language endangerment and maintenance’ included a cross-disciplinary panel and marked the official launch of the Linguistic Diversity Collective. The event was well attended by University staff, students...
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