Past Events
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The National Creative Writing Industry Day 2024
Manchester Writing School
Manchester Metropolitan University
Grosvenor East Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG09 November 20249:30amDetails -
National Creative Writing Industry Day 2023
Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Cavendish Street, Manchester, M15 6BG
04 November 20239:30amDetails -
Short Films for Palestine
The Carlton Club
Rowan Lodge
113 Carlton Road
Whalley Range
Manchester M16 8BE05 December 20247:00pmDetails -
The Northern Fiction Alliance at Books on Tyne 2024
City Library
33 New Bridge St W,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8AX
30 November 20242:00pmDetails -
Knowledge Sharing Workshop: GMPLISP
Manchester Central Library – Performance Space
26 November 20242:05pmDetails -
Manchester Winter Book Fair
House of Books and Friends
81 King Street
Ground Floor
Manchester
M2 4AH23 November 202411:00amDetails -
Writing the Gothic: Free Writers’ Day with Bronte Schiltz
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamond St West
Manchester
M15 6EB
22 November 202410:00amDetails -
To Tell Our Stories: The Journeys of Palestinian Narrative
Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh EH8 9SU. This event will also be streamed online.
21 November 20247:30pmDetails -
Writing the City: Bradford Place Writing Course
City Library Bradford
Centenary Square
9 Aldermanbury
Bradford BD1 1SD
22 October 20246:00pmDetails -
Adam Marek at Cork International Short Story Festival
Friday 18 October 2024
Cork Arts Theatre
Carroll's Quay
Cork
18 October 20247:30pmDetails -
The Book of Manchester Launch
Contact Theatre
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M15 6JA12 October 20247:00pmDetails -
Folklore Short Story Course
Online Via Zoom
07 October 20246:30pmDetails -
The Book of Coventry
Commonground
FarGo Village #Unit 5
Far Gosford Street
Coventry
CV1 5ED
26 September 20246:30pmDetails -
Horror Short Fiction Online Course
Online via Zoom
19 September 20246:30pmDetails -
Voices of Resilience at the Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS14 September 20247:00pmDetails -
Voices of Resilience at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh Futures Institute
1 Lauriston Place
Edinburgh, EH3 9EF
18 August 20249:00pmDetails -
Short Fiction Course: Writing the Urban Weird with SJ Bradley
Online
30 July 20246:00pmDetails -
Dark Fiction Short Story Writing Course with Matt Wesolowski
Online
25 June 20246:00pmDetails -
Refugee Tales: Migration Matters Festival
Migration Matters Festival
Adelphi Room
Crucible Theatre
Sheffield S1 1DA
United Kingdom19 June 20246:00pmDetails -
Kurdistan +100: Q&A Hosted By Luciana De Mello
Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road
Belfast
Co. Antrim
Northern Ireland BT7 1NH12 June 20246:30pmDetails -
Publishing Insights Day 2024
Manchester Writing School
Manchester Metropolitan University
Grosvenor East Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG06 June 20249:00amDetails -
COURSE: Writing Short Crime Fiction
Online
23 May 20246:00pmDetails -
COURSE: Writing Magical Realism and Fantasy Short Story Writing
Online
13 May 20246:00pmDetails -
COURSE: Writing Fiction from Fact: Turning Life into Short Stories
Online, Zoom
08 May 20246:30pmDetails -
Dinesh Allirajah Prize Awards Evening 2024
Online (via Zoom)
08 May 20246:00pmDetails -
Gaia Holmes at Huddersfield Literature Festival
Attic, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP
26 April 20245:30pmDetails -
Voices of Resilience: Writing from Gaza
Home, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN
22 April 20247:00pmDetails -
Arab Futurism
Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE
18 April 20246:30pmDetails -
Writers Day: An evening of Poetic Prose.
15 April 20247:00pmDetails
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Online edition! Crafting a short story collection with Gaynor Jones
Online
09 April 20246:30pmDetails -
Online edition: Book Influencer and Publisher social
Online, Zoom
28 March 20246:00pmDetails -
Reading Gaza - AWAN Festival 2024
Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA
09 March 202411:00amDetails -
Sheffield Radical Bookfair
Sheffield Trades & Labour Club (200 Duke St.)
09 March 202411:00amDetails -
Dark Matters: A night of short fiction inspired by John Stewart Bell and CERN
The Great Hall, John Bell House, College Square E, Belfast BT1 6DJ
19 February 20247:00pmDetails -
Manchester in Translation 2024: Online Translation Conference
Online, Zoom
19 February 202411:00amDetails -
The Cuckoo Cage at International Black Speculative Writing Festival
Goldsmiths, London
02 February 20243:15pmDetails -
Book Influencer and Publisher Party!
Bab NQ
14 Little Lever St, Manchester M1 1HR
01 February 20246:30pmDetails -
Crafting a short story collection with Gaynor Jones
THE BRITONS PROTECTION
50 Great Bridgewater Street Manchester M1 5LE
10 January 20246:30pmDetails -
Northern Fiction Alliance Christmas Showcase
Blackwell's Bookshop
146 Oxford Road Manchester M13 9GP
07 December 20236:30pmDetails -
Collision at the Royal Institution, with Steven Moffat, Margaret Drabble and Spencer Kelly.
21 Albemarle St, London W1S 4BS
01 December 20237:00pmDetails -
The Markaz Review discusses ‘Palestine + 100’
26 November 20233:00pmDetails
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Manchester Winter Book Fair
House of Books and Friends
53 King Street, Manchester, M2 4LQ.
25 November 202311:00amDetails -
The Book of Prague - Manchester Launch
International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge St, Manchester M1 5BY
17 November 20237:00pmDetails -
The Book of Prague - London Launch
Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY
16 November 20237:00pmDetails -
Future-Proof Your Publishing: Expansion, Innovation, and Industry Outlook
Online
16 November 202310:00amDetails -
The Book of Beijing at Leeds with Wen Zhen and Gu Shi
Parkinson Building - Room B.08, University of Leeds, CategoryClothworkers' Building South, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT
16 October 20234:30pmDetails -
The Book of Beijing at MLF with Wen Zhen and Gu Shi
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Manchester Literature Festival15 October 20234:00pmDetails -
Proof Party with Mustafa Gündoğdu, editor of Kurdistan + 100
Regency Suite, Queens Hotel, Cheltenham
07 October 20235:30pmDetails -
Collision at New Scientist Live, with Courttia Newland, Rob Appleby & Jon Spooner
Engage Stage, ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL
07 October 20231:30pmDetails -
National Poetry Day Writers’ Day
Oldham Library Greaves Street Oldham OL1 1AL
05 October 20236:00pmDetails -
The Green Book Fair
Online.
27 September 20239:00amDetails -
Writing Horror: Online short story course with Andy Murray
Online, Zoom
26 September 20236:30pmDetails -
Writers Day: Writing about Nature
Bolton Central Library and Museum, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton BL1 1SE
16 September 202311:00amDetails -
Northern Fiction Alliance Seminar partnered with the Publishers Association
International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge Street Manchester M1 5BY
14 September 202311:00amDetails -
Comma Press and Tilted Axis Press: Dual Book Launch
Comma Press YouTube Channel
12 September 20235:00pmDetails -
Dinesh Allirajah Prize Giving 2023
Online
25 July 20236:30pmDetails -
Collision at Bluedot
Strar Pavillion
Bluedot Festival
22 July 202312:00pmDetails -
Short Story Writing with Mahsuda Snaith
Online on Zoom
12 July 20237:00pmDetails -
Writing the Uncanny short story course with Dr David Hartley
On Zoom
10 July 20236:00pmDetails -
Writers Day: The Business of Writing
Wythenshawe Forum Library Forum Grove Wythenshawe M22 5RX
24 June 202311:30amDetails -
Collision at Hay Festival with Lucy Caldwell, Steven Moffat and Prof Robert Appleby
Tent: Wye Stage, 7pm,
Hay Festival Site
Hay on Wye, Wales
27 May 20237:00pmDetails -
Collision at Science Museum ‘Late’ - with Steven Moffat, Bidisha, Luan Goldie and Adam Marek
Science Museum, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
04 May 20236:30pmDetails -
Short story writing with Tania Hershman
Hope Mill Theatre
113 Pollard Street Manchester M4 7JA
02 May 20236:00pmDetails -
Refugee Tales at Manchester University
Samuel Alexander Building (lecture theatre SG.16) Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL
25 April 20234:00pmDetails -
David Constantine and Ra Page at Oxford Literary Festival
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room, 34 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3BD
27 March 20236:00pmDetails -
The Book of Bristol Launch
Bristol Central Library
Deanery Road
City Centre
Bristol BS1 5TL
14 March 20237:30pmDetails -
Short Story Writing Course with SJ Bradley
Online - Zoom
02 March 20236:00pmDetails -
Manchester in Translation - Workshop 3
These workshops will take place over Zoom with joining instructions provided after sign-up.
Please note that all workshops translate into English, therefore all participants must have proficiency in the source language (reading proficiency not just spoken) and have a high proficiency in English.
22 February 20232:00pmDetails -
Manchester in Translation - Panel 2
This panel will be streamed live to the Comma Press YouTube channel. You can follow a link to the YouTube event from this Eventbrite page, or from the Comma Press website, social media pages (@commapress) and YouTube channel.
22 February 202311:00amDetails -
Manchester in Translation - Workshop 2
These workshops will take place over Zoom with joining instructions provided after sign-up.
Please note that all workshops translate into English, therefore all participants must have proficiency in the source language (reading proficiency not just spoken) and have a high proficiency in English.
21 February 20232:00pmDetails -
Manchester in Translation - Panel 1
This panel will be streamed live to the Comma Press YouTube channel. You can follow a link to the YouTube event from this Eventbrite page, or from the Comma Press website, social media pages (@commapress) and YouTube channel.
21 February 202311:00amDetails -
Manchester in Translation - Workshop 1
These workshops will take place over Zoom with joining instructions provided after sign-up.
Please note that all workshops translate into English, therefore all participants must have proficiency in the source language (reading proficiency not just spoken) and have a high proficiency in English.
20 February 20232:00pmDetails -
Manchester in Translation - Keynote
This keynote will be streamed live to the Comma Press YouTube channel. You can follow a link to the YouTube event from this Eventbrite page, or from the Comma Press website, social media pages (@commapress) and YouTube channel.
20 February 202311:00amDetails -
Radical Book Fair
Dina Venue, Fitzalan Square, S1 2AZ
04 February 202310:00amDetails -
The Cuckoo Cage at Chester Literature Festival
Storyhouse Theatre, Chester
11 December 20222:00pmDetails -
A Star Studded Release of Tomato Cain And Other Stories
Pendulum Hall, Sackville St
30 October 202212:00pmDetails -
Resist(ance): a Collective Read
Online
29 October 202212:00amDetails -
All Walls Collapse at Manchester Literature Festival
International Anthony Burgess Centre, Manchester
16 October 20222:00pmDetails -
Nottingham Short Story Course with Bekki Burns
Nottingham Writers Studio
22 September 20226:30pmDetails -
Tomato Cain And Other Stories - Virtual Launch
Online
15 September 20227:00pmDetails -
The Cuckoo Cage at Edinburgh Book Festival
Northside Theatre
14 August 20224:15pmDetails -
Science Fiction Writing with Justina Robson
Online
10 August 20226:00pmDetails -
The Cuckoo Cage at WOMAD
World of Words Pavilion
31 July 20224:00pmDetails -
Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN at WOMAD
29 July 20222:00pmDetails
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All Walls Collapse at WOMAD
29 July 20222:00pmDetails
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Egypt +100 at Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
Chapters Of Us, 44 Simpson Street, Liverpool, L1 0AX
09 July 20221:00pmDetails -
Bradford Literature Festival
26 June 20221:45pmDetails
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The Cuckoo Cage at Bradford Literature Festival
25 June 20222:00pmDetails
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Comma Press at Bradford Literature Festival
25 June 20221:00pmDetails
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Pathways into Publishing
The Portico Library, Manchester
25 June 202211:00amDetails -
Comma Press x Word Theatre UK
24 June 20227:00pmDetails
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Era of Reclamation: Refugee Tales at The British Museum
The British Museum
23 June 20226:30pmDetails -
All Walls Collapse at Hay Festival
Hay Festival
27 May 20221:11pmDetails -
Short Story Course with Karline Smith, Manchester
Awol Studios (5th Floor), Hope Mill, 113 Pollard Street, Manchester, M4 7JA
17 November 20216:00pmDetails -
Comma Press x The Northern Short Story Festival
16 October 20212:00pmDetails
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Bristol Writers’ Day
25 September 20216:00pmDetails
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Refugee Tales IV at Hastings Literary Festival
Kino-Teatr, 43-49 Norman Rd, St Leonards on Sea TN38 0EG, UK
25 September 20211:00pmDetails