Articles relating to: Manchester Literature Festival 2018
Review: Andre Aciman, Manchester Literature Festival
I read chapters from Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City in the bath.
Read the full story..Review: 24 Stories featuring Kathy Burke, Mike Gayle, John Mitchinson, Nina Stibbe, Manchester Literature Festival
Social media gets a bad rap.
Read the full story..Review: Carys Davies and Sarah Moss, Manchester Literature Festival
From ITV big gob (and all-round cockwomble), Piers Morgan has suggested that papoose-wearing fathers look ’emasculated’.
Read the full story..Review: Slay In Your Lane – The Black Girl Bible, Manchester Literature Festival
Rebels with a cause, Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke, are challenging the barriers surrounding race.
Read the full story..Review: Literary Manchester Walking Tour with Anne Beswick, Manchester Literature Festival
When Manchester recently bid for and won UNESCO City of Literature status, part of its success was undoubtedly based on the thriving Manchester Literature Festival, an annual reminder to the world that Manchester was the city which built the UK’s first public lending library and gave the world the work of great writers including Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Burgess, Howard Jacobson and many more.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
Advertising and Sponsorship Opportunities
Is your organisation interested in supporting quality journalism about culture, life and enterprise in the North of England?
For advertising and sponsorship opportunities contact Northern Soul’s Founder and Editor Helen Hugent at helennugent@northernsoul.me.uk.
Sign up for Northern Soul newsletter
The Northern Soul Poll

Recent Tweets for @Northern_Soul_
Proper happy with the latest edition to the walls of Northern Soul Towers. pic.twitter.com/GmKjdRb8Dd
Right Good Mid-Week Read: Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale pic.twitter.com/WiCGjdomf8
“Where language is beyond some individuals, music becomes that language.” Helena Bull, Project Manager at Manchester Camerata's Community Team, writes about its dementia programme. northernsoul.me.uk/where-lang… @MancCamerata @TheMonasteryMcr #DementiaActionWeek @alzheimerssoc pic.twitter.com/rI5TQdE8jd
"Is there still enough fuel in the tank?" Theatre Review – Alan Partridge: Stratagem, Liverpool M&S Bank Arena northernsoul.me.uk/theatre-re… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @MrGeetsRomo #AlanPartridge pic.twitter.com/pTeJVNghXC
“I feel like an imposter waiting to be caught out by other writers.” Writer and composer Tim Firth talks to Northern Soul's Carole Baldock as Now is Good opens at Chester Storyhouse. northernsoul.me.uk/i-feel-lik… @StoryhouseLive pic.twitter.com/dLmUrzYCV1