Blackwell's Manchester
@blackwellsmcr
Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop on Oxford Road, Manchester 📚 Bookchat, events and silly things. Bleets (?!) by @rednewsom.bsky.social
Looking forward to launching Emily Midorikawa's stylish mystery A Tiny Speck Of Black And Then Nothing - tonight! Head down to the shop for 6.30pm to hear her in conversation with Susan Barker! @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social @uomenglish.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social
We've tallied up staff submissions and collated the data. John of John and Transcription are staff favourites - who do you share the most @thebookerprizes.com longlist predictions with?
Up next, we can't wait to hear @thomasdlee.bsky.social discuss his second novel, The Knight Watch with @caimhmc.bsky.social! TKW is a "queer, Nazi-killing, WWII Arthurian romp". Oh yes. This is going to be a fun one.
A fantastic evening yesterday with icon Brandon Taylor and (also icon) @savidgereads.bsky.social. A great conversation about beauty, art and classics topped off with a rant about scrambled eggs! Perfect way to spend a summer evening!
So very excited for our event with BRANDON TAYLOR this coming Wednesday! He'll be talking to @savidgereads.bsky.social about Minor Black Figures and more. Tickets available via the link below!
Next up.. tomorrow! An evening of readings and discussion! Pocket-sized and packed with literary giants, New York: A Literary Anthology has been masterfully selected and arranged by Michelle. Join us at 6.30pm! @uomenglish.bsky.social @newwritingmcr.bsky.social @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
Super excited for an evening of queer, feminist retellings tonight with @katalicedunn.bsky.social, Elle Machray and Emma Hinds! Grab a ticket via Eventbrite or head down to the shop for 6.30pm!
TONIGHT! We can't wait to hear @lauren-j-joseph.bsky.social discuss her novel of art and obsession with Gareth Gavin of @newwritingmcr.bsky.social Tickets via Eventbrite or on the door: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lean-cat-s...
Can't wait for our event with Will Maclean tomorrow for the incredible Solace House! What a sinister, satisfying puzzlebox of a novel. The Secret History meets The Haunting of Hill House on mushrooms. Definitely recommend reading (and attending!) 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solace-hou...
Tonight! Join us for a special @newwritingmcr.bsky.social event with Fellows Inua Ellams and Gurnaik Johal, reading from and discussing their work. Tickets here or on the door! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
TONIGHT! One for the book collectors among us.. @nicholasroyle.bsky.social will be talking about his excellent new book Finders, Keepers with Matthew Adamson! @saltpublishing.com
We're looking forward to welcoming @sarahtarlow1.bsky.social to the shop on 21/4, where she'll be discussing her affecting memoir The Archaeology of Loss with Melanie Giles. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-archae... @uomenglish.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social
Stupidly excited to welcome Polly Barton to the shop tonight, where she'll be talking about her debut novel, the karaoke-singing, obsession-fuelled What Am I, A Deer? A few tickets left! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-am-i-... @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
27/5: Missouri Williams in conversation for The Vivisectors, her latest novel featuring a reclusive graduate navigating campus conspiracies, in Williams' distinct eye for the human condition. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-vivise...
26/5: An evening of translated literature with Miha Mazzini and Celia Hawkesworth in conversation for Erased and Dying In Toronto. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-transla... @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
21/5: Meena Kandasamy in conversation with Mishika Narula for her hilarious novel of incels and influencers, Fieldwork As A Sex Object. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fieldwork-...
19/5: @sophiasgaler.bsky.social in conversation with @robdrummond.bsky.social on language, linguicide, power and resistance. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-kil... @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social
13/5: Maria Stepanova in conversation with James Daviss for her haunting novel of language and identity. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-disapp...
11/5: @stuhennigan.bsky.social in conversation with @workshy-fop.bsky.social for his tremendous debut novel Keshed! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keshed-stu...
7/5: @noisybits.bsky.social and Liz Rosenfeld on Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising, with UOM's Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crossings-...
Lots of events coming up at the shop next month. Take a look at May's lineup over on Eventbrite (with sneaky peeks of June and July!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blackwells...
Poetry fans, take note: the incredible Wayne Holloway-Smith will be in conversation with Andrew McMillan next Thursday! Rabbitbox follows a mother and her young son living under the shadow of an all-consuming domestic threat - we can't wait to hear Wayne read from his work!
This Wednesday, we're smashing the patriarchy and discussing the impact of objectification on our bodies with the incredible Charli Howard and @helenmort.bsky.social. Ticket link below!