Manchester Literature Festival starts today, and I'll be blogging as many of the events as I can get to - some on the official site, some on here. Sadly, there's no opportunity for outdoor boozing by the town hall, which was such a highlight of the Manchester International Fest this summer, but we do have some very exciting events coming up.
The festival is bookended by 'in conversation' events featuring Alan Hollinghurst and Jeffrey Euginedes, two authors who have managed to combine prize-winning literary merit with popular appeal. I admire the way that both authors remain deeply readable whilst creating work with impressive scope and ambition, and I'll be looking forward to seeing both.
In between, I'll definitely be attending 'Crime in a Cold Climate', a discussion focussing on modern Scandinavian crime fiction, and 'Ford Maddox Brown: Image To Word', which features poetic responses to the current Ford Maddox Brown show at the Manchester Art Gallery, and should be as good a way as any to see this excellent exhibition.
Time allowing, I'll also be seeing the excellent Emma Jane Unsworth in conversation with John Niven on the 15th, and a celebration of the great post-modern writer BS Johnson's work (hosted by the greatest writer from the heydey of Select magazine, David Quantick) at the Anthony Burgess Foundation.
Let me know what events you're looking forward to.
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