Manchester Literature Festival supports and promotes the healthy live literature sector in Manchester. It runs an annual festival and, in collaboration with other agencies, various events throughout the year. We fund the organisation to deliver the festival, including promoting and administering a programme of events with local, national and international writers and developing innovative ways of promoting writers and writing.
Kei Miller performs from his commissioned poem responding to the Hockney to Hogarth: A Rake's Progress exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery as part of Manchester Literature Festival 2012. You can read the full text of the poem at http://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/mlf-commissions
Sarah Dunant's Sacred Hearts was performed for one night only at Manchester Cathedral as part of the 2011 edition of the Manchester Literature Festival. The drama takes place in 1570 in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the northern Italian city of Ferrara. It tells the story of Serafina, a hot-headed 16 year old condemned to convent life for a forbidden flirtation with an unsuitable man, and the scholarly Zuana resigned to a similar fate following the death of her father. Their triumphs and defeats as they struggle to adapt to the rigid lifestyle are vividly portrayed in this moving story.
The performance was filmed and edited by Cornerhouse as part of the Arts Council funded Broadcast project.
Lustre, John Siddique
Inspired by pottery from the exhibition, Exporting Beauty: Pilkington's Pottery and Tiles
9 October 2010 - 9 October 2011, Manchester Art Gallery
Commissioned by Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Literature Festival 2010
Film made by Maria Gabriella Ruban and Julian Tait, Littlestar Media Production Ltd
Music by Katie Chatburn, www.katiechatburn.com
Interview with Gaza-born author Atef Abu Saif, recorded for and presented at the Manchester Literature Festival October 2009 with the support of Literature Across Frontiers.
An Exclusive Morning by Atef Abu Saif, translated and read by Alice Guthrie. Produced by Manchester Literature Festival in association with Literature Across Frontiers.
The Portrait Years by Atef Abu Saif, translated and read by Alice Guthrie. Produced by Manchester Literature Festival in association with Literature Across Frontiers.
Interview with Gaza-born author Atef Abu Saif, recorded for and presented at the Manchester Literature Festival October 2009 with the support of Literature Across Frontiers. Part 2
Short video of the poem 'God is a Manc' by Mike Garry, created for the interactive video installation 'Call Me Busker' for the 2009 Manchester Literature Festival and part of the Made in England project supported by Arts
Sacred Hearts performance at Manchester Literature Festival 2011
Interview with Atef Abu Saif Part 1
Interview with Atef Abu Saif Part 2
Manchester Literature Festival 09 - Selected Highlights
