Centre For New Writing
@newwritingmcr.bsky.social
Home to a range of programmes in creative writing & contemporary literature at the University of Manchester. Staff include author Jeanette Winterson.
For more information: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/centrefornewwriting/
For more information: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/centrefornewwriting/
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Book now for our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social and @newwritingmcr.bsky.social – featuring Douglas Stuart and Tayari Jones 📚
🎟️ Tickets are now on general sale for our Spring & Summer events with Tayari Jones, Douglas Stuart, Satoshi Yagisawa & Emi Yagi🎉
Get your tickets here: manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/whats-on 🎟️
Get your tickets here: manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/whats-on 🎟️
Whats On | Manchester Literature Festival
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Book now for our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social and @newwritingmcr.bsky.social – featuring Douglas Stuart and Tayari Jones 📚
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Congratulations to @newwritingmcr.bsky.social MA Creative Writing graduate India-Rose Bower, whose debut novel We Call Them Witches has just been published. womensprize.com/india-rose-b...
India-Rose Bower on The Rise of Eco-Horror - Women's Prize
womensprize.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Congratulations to @newwritingmcr.bsky.social MA Creative Writing graduate India-Rose Bower, whose debut novel We Call Them Witches has just been published. womensprize.com/india-rose-b...
Head to Social Refuge next week for the launch of 'Chosen Family', a new novel by our PhD graduate Madeleine Gray:
📅 Monday 26 January
⏰ 7-9pm
📍 Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AJ
🎟️ £5 (£20 including book)
www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...
📅 Monday 26 January
⏰ 7-9pm
📍 Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AJ
🎟️ £5 (£20 including book)
www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...
Chosen Family Book Launch | Social Refuge
Join Madeleine Gray in launching her new book here in the UK!
www.socialrefuge.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Head to Social Refuge next week for the launch of 'Chosen Family', a new novel by our PhD graduate Madeleine Gray:
📅 Monday 26 January
⏰ 7-9pm
📍 Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AJ
🎟️ £5 (£20 including book)
www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...
📅 Monday 26 January
⏰ 7-9pm
📍 Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AJ
🎟️ £5 (£20 including book)
www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...
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Out imminently: the second novel by former @newwritingmcr.bsky.social student Madeleine Gray. Today’s book of the day in The Guardian.
Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – friends, lovers or something in between?
Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – friends, lovers or something in between?
From classmates to co-parents, the changing dynamics of a female friendship are astutely observed in a novel that explores the boundaries between love, lust and companionship
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Out imminently: the second novel by former @newwritingmcr.bsky.social student Madeleine Gray. Today’s book of the day in The Guardian.
Horatio Clare's 'We Came By Sea - Stories of a Greater Britain', which examines the unreported side of the small boats crisis, has been shortlisted in the Nero Book Awards 2025.
Category winners are announced in January, with the overall winner named in March.
nerobookawards.com/nero-book-aw...
Category winners are announced in January, with the overall winner named in March.
nerobookawards.com/nero-book-aw...
NERO BOOK AWARDS CATEGORY SHORTLISTS 2025: BESTSELLING NOVELISTS, BBC BROADCASTER AND NEW TALENT IN THE RUNNING FOR NERO GOLD PRIZE – BOOK OF THE YEAR - Nero Book Awards
Prestigious Nero Book Awards announce shortlists across four categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Debut Fiction and Children’s Fiction Nominated writers include BBC International Corres
nerobookawards.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Horatio Clare's 'We Came By Sea - Stories of a Greater Britain', which examines the unreported side of the small boats crisis, has been shortlisted in the Nero Book Awards 2025.
Category winners are announced in January, with the overall winner named in March.
nerobookawards.com/nero-book-aw...
Category winners are announced in January, with the overall winner named in March.
nerobookawards.com/nero-book-aw...