Manchester Poetry Library
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A public poetry library that welcomes all. Part of Manchester Metropolitan University. This account is monitored 9am-4.30pm Mon-Fri.
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Joined May 2020
As of Friday 6 December 2024 we will no longer be active on this account. To keep up-to-date with the latest Manchester Poetry Library news: Follow us on Instagram - https://t.co/w3LsyLiZiD 📸 Subscribe to the Poetry Library - https://t.co/DdZ5kxfN5c📩
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THEATRE SPOTLIGHT: The Grosvenor East Theatre at @ManMetUni continues its BA Acting Autumn season this week with an 'unapologetically cringe-worthy comedy' retelling of A Respectable Wedding... https://t.co/Wm8dpE1QMi
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The Grosvenor East Theatre at Manchester Metropolitan University continues its BA Acting Autumn season this week with A Respectable Wedding.
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Join us for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a series of readings, panels and workshops led by academics. Our events examine how #poetry can create transformational social change in partnership with our public and policymakers. https://t.co/UXGO0hJyYJ
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Join us next Tuesday for the opening of our new Autistic Landscapes exhibition 🎉 Expect readings, a drinks reception & a chance to hear about the exhibition which features the work of an autistic writing group which gathered at @McrPoetryLib 📖 🔗 https://t.co/9apPp7wKCo
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Discover our Manchester Collection full of fantastic poetry that explores the history, culture and landscapes of the city 📖 The collection has been specially curated by Poetry Library intern Isaac Jackson-Nock 👏🏻 Pop in today to give them a read!
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The much-anticipated 4th novel by award-winning novelist & creative writing lecturer Andrew Hurley is set to be published. 'Barrowbeck' is set in a remote valley where, for years, inhabitants have lived uneasily with dark forces beyond their reckoning. https://t.co/cVifFwOhfI
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We're proud to announce our Autumn/Winter season for 2024/25 🎉 This season's theme is activism we've got so many incredible events coming up including 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence + so much more ✨ Book tickets and find out more🎫 https://t.co/FOzDVFuHZZ
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We’re still ruminating on last night’s @ok_maksymchuk stunning poetry reading and her insightful and thought-provoking conversation with @shevchenkonight about the brilliant Still City collection, chronicling the Russian invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦
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A gorgeous thread 🧵 of some of tonight’s poems from @RaymondAntrobus @CalebFemi_ and @theresa_lola in partnership with @McrLitFest 🙌👇🏼👏🏼
We start a beautiful evening of poetry at @McrPoetryLib with a reading from @RaymondAntrobus, from his new collection Signs, Music, a meditation on fatherhood and masculinity, linking his experience of becoming a father with that of being parented.
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We start a beautiful evening of poetry at @McrPoetryLib with a reading from @RaymondAntrobus, from his new collection Signs, Music, a meditation on fatherhood and masculinity, linking his experience of becoming a father with that of being parented.
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Join us tonight from 7pm as we welcome three of the poetry scene’s most exhilarating, contemporary voices ✨ @RaymondAntrobus @CalebFemi_ & @theresa_lola will be performing work from their incredible forthcoming collections as part of @McrLitFest 📖 https://t.co/xvAcBaA8iB
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The debut poetry collection 'Hard Drive' by @ManMetUni graduate Paul Stephenson has been shortlisted for a prestigious LGBTQ+ writing prize 🎉 Find out more 🔗
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Paul Stephenson’s debut collection was inspired by his own experience of bereavement
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We're so looking forward to welcoming you both to @McrPoetryLib this Thursday and to hearing @ok_maksymchuk read from her brilliant collection Still City
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Calling all writers! Reminder: get your Flash Fiction and Flash Non-fiction 500 word entries in to the 2024 QuietManDave Prize, deadline 25th October at 5pm! £1,000 prizes, enter here: https://t.co/SD5HGstkeb
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We recently collaborated with BA Graphic Design on 'Set in Motion', a project that challenged students to present poetry in visual form🎥 The work of 6 winning teams is now on display on the big screen in the Grosvenor East Building👀 Find out more:
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An amazing evening of #poetry welcoming @Idharker and @RomalynAnte back to @ManMetUni with @MCRCityofLit and @McrPoetryLib hosted by our @anjummalik. 🥰📚🥰
Huge thanks to @Idharker & @RomalynAnte for such an awesome evening of stunning, poignant and often hilarious poetry @McrPoetryLib and to @anjummalik for hosting 👏👏
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Well, @Idharker and @RomalynAnte what a gorgeous evening of poetry @McrLitFest @anjummalik last night. We are still turning all of those poems over and over in our hearts. Thank you 🫠
Huge thanks to @Idharker & @RomalynAnte for such an awesome evening of stunning, poignant and often hilarious poetry @McrPoetryLib and to @anjummalik for hosting 👏👏
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