Massive congratulations to our former MA student Tom Pyle, winner of this year's Brotherton Poetry Prize!

Tom Pyle wins Brotherton Poetry Prize

An English teacher based in Zagreb, Croatia has won the Brotherton Poetry Prize, out of the highest number of entries in the prize’s history.

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The University of Manchester is proud to be among the global universities, screenwriting labs, film festivals and filmmaker programs partnering with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting to help identify possible Nicholl Fellows. Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

University of Manchester partners with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting

The University of Manchester is proud to be among the global universities, screenwriting labs, film festivals and filmmaker programs partnering with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting ...

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Book now for An Afternoon with Elif Shafak, our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social event in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social: 📅 Sunday 25 October ⏰ 3pm 📍 Royal Northern College of Music 🎟️ £22 (£37 including book)

Announcing the second in our series of events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social as part of this year's @mcrlitfest.bsky.social programme: Patrick Radden Keefe discusses 'London Falling', a riveting true story of wealth, lies and the dark currents running beneath modern London.

Once again we're hosting a series of events in partnership with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social as part of this year's @mcrlitfest.bsky.social programme: Join us for an evening with Award-winning author Sarah Hall, as she delivers the 2026 Faber Lecture: 'Burning Snowflake'.

Join us for an event with author and Centre for New Writing PhD student @thomasdlee.bsky.social as he launches his new novel The Knight Watch at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-knight...

THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

Join us for the launch of Thomas D. Lee's fantastic second novel, The Knight Watch!

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Schools Poetry Competition – Globally Curious: Voices from the Earth 📅 Saturday 13 June ⏰ 3pm 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building, GA.056 🎟️ Free – Advance booking recommended

Schools Poetry Competition – Globally Curious: Voices from the Earth - Universally Manchester Festival

Join us to enjoy some fantastic verse, read by a bright young generation of new writers....

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🖊️ Writing for Wellbeing: Join Centre For New Writing poets at the @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social #FestivalofLibraries to learn how creative writing can positively impact your wellbeing. 📍Chorlton Library (9 June) and Cheadle Library (11 June) 🎟️ Book your place via our Eventbrite.

'MOTHERTONGUE' by CNW playwriting MA graduate Giulia Fincato will be staged at The Hope Theatre as part of Bokfest, from Monday 15 - Wednesday 17 June. Tickets and info: www.thehopetheatre.com/mothertongue

Congratulations to former CNW student Nina Reljić, winner of The London Magazine Poetry Prize for her poem ‘Helen When Asked’. Read more: thelondonmagazine.org/nina-reljic-...

Nina Reljić wins The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 - The London Magazine

The judges of The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 award first place to Nina Reljić for her poem 'Helen When Asked'.

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Are you ready to get to know your local library? 📖🏛️ @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social have announced the programme for this year’s #festivaloflibraries. We’ve partnered with the Linguistic Diversity Collective and Centre For New Writing to celebrate. Book onto a free workshop via our Eventbrite.

Tonight! Join us for a special @newwritingmcr.bsky.social event with Fellows Inua Ellams and Gurnaik Johal, reading from and discussing their work. Tickets here or on the door! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

Four weeks to go until the first of our @mcrlitfest.bsky.social events with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social: 📅 Tue 26 May ⏰ 7pm 📍 @contactmcr.bsky.social 🎟️ £15 / £13

We're delighted to announce that Rozie Kelly, a former CNW Creative Writing MA student, is through to the shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction (@womensprize.bsky.social) for her debut novel 'Kingfisher'! Read more: womensprize.com/revealing-th...

Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist - Women's Prize

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We are delighted to partner with @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social and @poetryireland.bsky.social to welcome Jane Hirshfield to read from and discuss her collection 'The Asking'. 📅 Mon 27 Apr ⏰ 6.30-8pm 📍 @anthonyburgess.bsky.social 🎟️ £4 (free with book purchase) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-asking...

Congrats to CNW PhD graduate Nell Osborne, who has been announced as joint winner of this year’s Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize for debut novel 'Ghost Driver'. The judges said: "'Ghost Driver' is as beguiling and fresh as modern fiction gets." Read more: www.republicofconsciousness.com

Republic of Consciousness

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MAY 18TH - @lauren-j-joseph.bsky.social will be discussing her razor sharp new novel Lean Cat, Savage Cat @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social - plus a book signing! Doors 6:30pm / Start 6:45pm. Organised by @newwritingmcr.bsky.social Tickets £4 or free with book purchase. buff.ly/hDoLY8Y

Congratulations to Rozie Kelly, a former CNW Creative Writing MA student – Her debut novel 'Kingfisher' has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction! Rozie said "It’s an extraordinary honour – I am absolutely, deliriously, delighted to be included." womensprize.com/library/king...

Nell Osborne, a CNW PhD student who graduated in 2022, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Republic of Consciousness Small Press Fiction Prize for her first novel, 'Ghost Driver'. Read more: therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/the-queen-...

The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026 shortlist

The five winning presses, titles and their authors are in...

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Huge congratulations to CNW graduate and current Burgess Fellow Gurnaik Johal, who has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his bold debut novel 'Saraswati'. www.youngwriteraward.com/book/gurnaik...

Gurnaik Johal - Young Writer of the Year Award

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Join us to celebrate the release of 'May We Feed the King', CNW graduate Rebecca Perry's debut novel. 📅 Tuesday 24 February ⏰ 6.30-8pm 📍 @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social 🎟️ £4 (or free with a copy of the book) Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/may-we-fee...

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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🎟️ 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 🎟️

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

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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...

Chosen Family Book Launch | Social Refuge

Join Madeleine Gray in launching her new book here in the UK!

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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.

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Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – friends, lovers or something in between?

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...

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

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