Northern Publishers' Fair at Manchester Literature Festival!

Northern Publishers' Fair at Manchester Literature Festival: Performance Edition!

Saturday, October 5th, 10.30am-3:30pm 

Manchester Central Library

Join readers and writers alike at this free event celebrating independent publishing. Peruse books from 12 publishers across genres including literary fiction, genre fiction, middle-grade and children's, poetry and memoir.

Performances:

1.  11.30-11.45 Bluemoose - Kevin Boniface, author of Sports and Social (Bluemoose Books, 2023), Round About Town (Uniformbooks, 2018) and Lost in the Post (Old Street Publishing, 2008).

2.  12.00-12.15 Commonword - Tawseef Khan's debut non-fiction book Muslim, Actually was published by Atlantic in 2021 and his debut novel Determination was published by Footnote Press in June 2024. 

3.  12.30-12.45 Fly on the Wall Press - Laura Fish is an award-winning writer of Caribbean heritage. Her third novel, Lying Perfectly Still, was S I Leeds Reader’s Choice winner 2022, and came third in the S I Leeds Literary Prize 2022. Her second novel, Strange Music (Penguin) was Orange Prize listed 2009.

4.  1.00 - 1.15 Carcanet - John Gallas is a New-Zealand born poet, now living in Leicestershire. He has published 31 books of poetry. His latest collection 'Billy 'Nibs' Buckshot: The Complete Works' will be his 14th book with Carcanet. 

5.  2.00 -2.15 Comma - Brontë Schiltz is a writer of short stories and a Big Issue journalist. She is a freelance contributor to Horrified Magazine.

6.  2.30-2.45 UCLAN - Zoë Richards is a Women's Fiction Writer and the author of 'Garden of Her Heart'. She runs podcast 'Write Damn It!'

7.  3.00 - 3.15 Salt - Nicholas Royle is the author of a short story collection, two novellas and six novels. A new novel, First Novel, will be published in 2013 by Jonathan Cape. He is a senior creative writing lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He also runs Nightjar Press.

Meet your favourite authors during book signings after each performance! 

Publishers will be on hand to share their catalogues and literature enthusiasts can network informally.

Grab a Fly on the Wall Press goodie bag; a limited edition tote with two free mystery books and bookish goodies!

Publishers attending include Fly on the Wall Press, Northodox Press, Saraband, Comma Press, UCLAN Publishing, Carcanet, Salt, Bluemoose, Flapjack Press, Dead Ink Books, Written Off Publishing and Commonword.