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16th Oct – Game Jam! Meet up to show your interest in developing video games and have your ideas judged by the legendary Playground Games.

Join us for an exciting Game Jam event where students collaborate to create games from scratch in just a few days! Students will be placed in teams including creative writers, musicians, and video game programmers. Whether you’re into design, programming, art/animation, storytelling or music/sound design, this is your chance to team up, showcase your skills, […]

Oct 17th: Victoria Wood biographer talks to us about the legacy of one of the North’s greatest comic writers

Biographer Jasper Rees will be in conversation with Northern School scholar Dr Emma Barnes on October 17th at the University of Salford, New Adelphi Theatre 19.30-21.00. The beloved writer and comedian from Bury has left a legacy inspiring writers from the North and our audience will be treated to rich and compelling insights into her […]

Logos of Publishers from The Northern Fiction Alliance

Northern Publishers Fair and Manchester Festival of Literature

October is the month of the Manchester Festival Of Literature. Check out the Festival Events Site for information about authors and events at the festival, including those events hosted by Northern School Writers Caroline Magennis and Kate Feld, and the appearance of our own Jackie Kay. There are events covering all kinds of literature with […]

Oct 5: Northern School writer Kate Feld to host talks at Northern Publishers Fair

Northern Writing School writer Kate Feld will be hosting speakers at The Northern Publishers Fair this October 5th at Manchester Central Library. Speakers include Tawseef Khan, whose blistering novel of the Asylum experience ‘Determination’ was launched to universal critical praise this year, and Laura Fish, whose novel Strange Fish was Orange Prize nominated.

Northern School graduate writes and directs play for Bolton Octogon Theatre

Toxic, an award-winning play written and directed by recent Northern School graduate Dan Lovatt, will be performed at The Bolton Octogon Theatre on Saturday October 19th and tour to Manchester’s Edge Theatre on November 21st 2024. The play was described by reviewers as ‘a perfect blend of pathos and humour’, and a story that ‘keeps […]

Northern School lecturers launch books on climate change literature, the power of gesture in language, and what happens when words fail…

Lecturers at The Northern School of Writing have launched three books published by Routledge, Cambridge University Press and Bloomsbury Academic at a sold out event at Home, Manchester. We were thrilled to see so many students and staff from across the University of Salford celebrating these crucial works, which all analyse how language shapes our […]

Professor Jackie Kay helps BBC 6 Music Celebrate National Poetry Day 2024

Northern School of Writing Professor Jackie Kay has helped legendary BBC Radio 6 DJ’s Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie launch a day of poetry on BBC Radio 6 Music for National Poetry Day (October 3rd 2024). In an interview devoted to Jackie’s pioneering career, she talked about her latest poetry collection: May Day and her […]

Cover of children's book: Mission: Find Mum

Sept 24: Northern School Alumnus Children’s Book launch

Jo Somerset, an alumnus of The Northern School of Writing MA Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment launches her debut children’s book this September. Mission: Find Mum, is an adventure story for children ages 10 and up. The book will be launched at Benito Lounge as part of the Chorlton Book Festival: Wilbraham Road, Chorlton on […]

Student band performing at Open Mic Night

Oct 17: Northern School Open Mic Night at Low Four

Yes! Our famous Open Mic Night is back at Low Four on Deansgate in Manchester City Centre, starting at 19.30 on Thursday October 17th 2024. A collaboration between students studying music and students from the English subject area at the University of Salford, the night is open to University of Salford student audiences. Mic spots […]

Nov 29: Award Winning Publisher to Visit Northern School of Writing Students

November 29, 9am – Online. Isabelle Kenyon, author and award winning publisher of Fly On the Wall Press will be visiting students this trimester to discuss her journey from student to publishing director of 2023’s British Book Awards Small Publisher of the year. Fly on The Wall have published over thirty titles and Isabelle’s first […]