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Manchester Reads the 60s The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Fri 1 Oct 10 £3 To celebrate Penguin’s 75th Birthday, Manchester is taking part in a national Decades Read-a-thon.

Literature Live - CK Williams Martin Harris Centre Mon 4 Oct 10 £5 An evening with one of America's most prominent award winning poets, C.K. Williams.

Martin Amis Public Event October 2010 Martin Harris Centre Mon 11 Oct 10 £7 In these hugely popular events Martin Amis and guests discuss how literature faces up to major issues of the day.

Bugged Launch Manchester City Library Thu 14 Oct 10 Join us to celebrate the launch of this unique book and discover who’s been bugged.

Lionel Shriver Manchester Town Hall Thu 14 Oct 10 £7 The Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, discusses her extraordinary new novel So Much for That

Flambard Poets Manchester City Library Fri 15 Oct 10 MLF and Manchester City Library are delighted to present two of the regions’ most promising poets, Andrew Forster and Rebecca Goss, both published by independent press Flambard.

Literary Landscapes: The Cranford Companion Whitworth Art Gallery Fri 15 Oct 10 £7 Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin, the creators of the BBC's hugely popular adaptation of Gaskell's Cranford talk about their research methods and their new book The Cranford Companion.

Boho Literary Pub Walk - An Ale of Two Cities Midland Hotel Sat 16 Oct 10 Come and drink in tales of opium eaters and clockwork oranges, and raise a glass to the forgers of fanciful fables. Meet on the steps of the Midland Hotel

Pages Ago Historical Readers' Day Mechanics Institute, Manchester Sat 16 Oct 10 £18 We present a day of talks, discussions and workshops exploring the fascinating world of historical fiction. Price includes buffet lunch.

Patricia Duncker & Barbara Trapido Waterstones (Deansgate) Sat 16 Oct 10 £5 Come and hear these captivating, award-winning authors discuss their latest work.

Elizabeth Gaskell Tour Cross Street Chapel Sun 17 Oct 10 £15 We invite you to take a walking and coach tour of the real places that were associated with Elizabeth Gaskell

Strange Stones Manchester Museum Sun 17 Oct 10 £5 Strange Stones explores the life of Mary Anning, the unsung heroine of 19th century palaeontology.

The Princess' Blankets Whitworth Art Gallery Sun 17 Oct 10 £5 Come and enter the magical, musical wonderland of The Princess’ Blankets.

Bewilderbliss & Corridor8 Cornerhouse Mon 18 Oct 10 Come and hear from two of the local success stories as the editors and writers of Bewilderbliss and Corridor 8 talk about and read from their magazines

Burgess's Manchester The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Mon 18 Oct 10 £3 Jonathan Schofield gives a lively lecture on one of the city’s greatest literary icons, Anthony Burgess.

Jáchym Topol & Filip Topol The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Mon 18 Oct 10 We are delighted to welcome Jáchym Topol, accompanied by his musician brother Filip.

Literature Live - Roy Fisher Martin Harris Centre Mon 18 Oct 10 £5 One of the UK’s best writers, Roy Fisher turned 80 in 2010 and the Centre for New Writing is delighted to celebrate that occasion.

Beirut 39 Manchester Town Hall Tue 19 Oct 10 £5 we are delighted to present three representatives of Beirut 39, an anthology which brings together inspiring young writers of Arab heritage.

Fleur Adcock - Dragon Talk Manchester Museum Tue 19 Oct 10 £7 Fleur Adcock reads from her long-awaited poetry collection

Lars Saabye Christensen Manchester Town Hall Tue 19 Oct 10 MLF and NICE Festival of Nordic Art and Culture are honoured to present Norway’s leading contemporary writer, Lars Saabye Christensen.

Manchester Translation - Ding Liying & Nicky Harman Manchester Town Hall Tue 19 Oct 10 £5 Join Ding Liying and Nicky Harman for this unique insight into Chinese urban life and the art of translation.

Pascale Petit - Poems after Frida Kahlo Manchester Art Gallery Tue 19 Oct 10 £5 Acclaimed poet, Pascale Petit will give an illustrated reading from her new collection What the Water Gave Me – Poems after Frida Kahlo.

7x7 Anthology Launch Cornerhouse Wed 20 Oct 10 Following on the success of 6 X 6 at last year’s festival, today sees the launch of 7 X 7, a furhter anthology of short stories by Creative Writing undergraduates at MMU Cheshire

Amanda Craig & Michele Roberts Waterstones (Deansgate) Wed 20 Oct 10 £5 MLF and Manchester City Library present two of the UK’s foremost women writers.

Magma Poetry Cornerhouse Wed 20 Oct 10 Come and discover some fresh talent showcased in one of the UK’s leading poetry magazines

The Manchester Blog Awards Deaf Institute Wed 20 Oct 10 £4 The Manchester Blog Awards are back for a fifth year, celebrating the best of the city’s independent online writing with an entertaining evening of live readings, music and talk

Cathedral Poetry Competition Award Manchester Cathedral Thu 21 Oct 10 The Manchester Blog Awards are back for a fifth year

Comedy Poetry Slam The Northern Pub Thu 21 Oct 10 £3 MLF and the Manchester Comedy Festival invite you to come and hear some of the region’s top talent pit their wits and skill against each other in this poetry stand off.

Manchester Sermon Manchester Cathedral Thu 21 Oct 10 £7 Lauded novelist Jeanette Winterson delivers the inaugural Manchester Sermon, commissioned by Manchester Literature Festival and Manchester Cathedral.

Caryl Phillips Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Met. Univ. Fri 22 Oct 10 £5 MLF, in association with Manchester Metropolitan University and Renaissance One, present one of the literary giants of our time, Caryl Phillips.

Desert Island Poems Chetham's School of Music Fri 22 Oct 10 £5 In the majestic setting of the Baronial Hall at Chetham's School of Music, literary impresario Michael Schmidt is interviewed by John McAuliffe

Literary Reputations Manchester City Library Fri 22 Oct 10 Lyndall Gordon will be discussing her latest book, Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds.

Women and Crime Fiction Whitworth Art Gallery Fri 22 Oct 10 £7 Why do women make the most prolific crime writers? Are women too often portrayed as victims within the genre?

Carbon Diaries Museum of Science & Industry Sat 23 Oct 10 Saci Lloyd will be reading from and talking about The Carbon Diaries, her acclaimed novels for young adults.

Chuck Perkins Zion Arts Centre Sat 23 Oct 10 £5 Chuck Perkins is one of America's premier spoken word poets and has been dubbed the poet laureate of New Orleans

Is There A Novelist in the House? Waterstones (Deansgate) Sat 23 Oct 10 £3 Manchester City Library and Commonword offer another opportunity for unpublished writers to submit their work for the scrutiny of a panel of experts in the publishing industry.

Grimm Reading Cornerhouse Sun 24 Oct 10 £3 MLF and Grimm up North Festival present a panel discussion on the breadth and diversity of horror literature.

Rainy City Stories: Writing About Place Cornerhouse Sun 24 Oct 10 £3 The Rainy City Stories project is now two years old and already a huge success, with writers both known and new contributing work to its interactive map of Manchester

The World of Moomin Whitworth Art Gallery Sun 24 Oct 10 £5 Tove Jansson’s niece, Sophia Jansson visits Manchester to read extracts from some of her favourite Moomin stories and talk about her aunt’s work

Literature Live - Seamus Heaney Martin Harris Centre Mon 25 Oct 10 A rare opportunity to hear the Nobel Laureate speak about his life and work.

Rosie Alison & Monique Roffey Waterstones (Deansgate) Mon 25 Oct 10 £5 MLF and Manchester City Library present two of the UK’s most exciting new authors, both shortlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize.