Excited to show you our September events lineup! We've got poetry, short stories and novels. Proud to support indies, excited for new and established voices to shine ✨ Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blackwells...
Blackwell's Manchester
@blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop on Oxford Road, Manchester 📚 Bookchat, events and silly things. Bleets (?!) by @rednewsom.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blackwells-manchester-11315868456
Looking forward to launching Emily Midorikawa's stylish mystery A Tiny Speck Of Black And Then Nothing - tonight! Head down to the shop for 6.30pm to hear her in conversation with Susan Barker! @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social @uomenglish.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social
We've tallied up staff submissions and collated the data. John of John and Transcription are staff favourites - who do you share the most @thebookerprizes.com longlist predictions with?
Up next, we can't wait to hear @thomasdlee.bsky.social discuss his second novel, The Knight Watch with @caimhmc.bsky.social! TKW is a "queer, Nazi-killing, WWII Arthurian romp". Oh yes. This is going to be a fun one.
A fantastic evening yesterday with icon Brandon Taylor and (also icon) @savidgereads.bsky.social. A great conversation about beauty, art and classics topped off with a rant about scrambled eggs! Perfect way to spend a summer evening!
So very excited for our event with BRANDON TAYLOR this coming Wednesday! He'll be talking to @savidgereads.bsky.social about Minor Black Figures and more. Tickets available via the link below!
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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So many thanks to @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social for hosting the launch of New York: A Literary Anthology last night & to my brilliant colleague @mbpearl.bsky.social for a delightful conversation about this book & the city that inspired it.
Next up.. tomorrow! An evening of readings and discussion! Pocket-sized and packed with literary giants, New York: A Literary Anthology has been masterfully selected and arranged by Michelle. Join us at 6.30pm! @uomenglish.bsky.social @newwritingmcr.bsky.social @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
Tuesday, 16 June: Makenna will be in conversation with Lara Williams @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. Tickets and details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-of-n...
HELEN OF NOWHERE: Makenna Goodman in conversation with Lara Williams
Join us to hear Makenna Goodman discuss her novel Helen of Nowhere with Lara Williams!
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Super excited for an evening of queer, feminist retellings tonight with @katalicedunn.bsky.social, Elle Machray and Emma Hinds! Grab a ticket via Eventbrite or head down to the shop for 6.30pm!
🏡Tuesday, 16 June 🏡 Join Makenna Goodman, author of HELEN OF NOWHERE, in conversation with the writer Lara Williams at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. Tickets and details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-of-n...
HELEN OF NOWHERE: Makenna Goodman in conversation with Lara Williams
Join us to hear Makenna Goodman discuss her novel Helen of Nowhere with Lara Williams!
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TONIGHT! We can't wait to hear @lauren-j-joseph.bsky.social discuss her novel of art and obsession with Gareth Gavin of @newwritingmcr.bsky.social Tickets via Eventbrite or on the door: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lean-cat-s...
Can't wait for our event with Will Maclean tomorrow for the incredible Solace House! What a sinister, satisfying puzzlebox of a novel. The Secret History meets The Haunting of Hill House on mushrooms. Definitely recommend reading (and attending!) 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solace-hou...
Congrats to Dr J. Michelle Coghlan on her new book 'New York: A Literary Anthology', part of the Pan Macmillan Collector's Library series of pocket-sized travel paperbacks Join an in conversation event at Blackwell's Bookshops on @manchester.ac.uk campus on 12 June to hear more 🔗 uom.link/NewYork
And last but not least, Manchester! Thanks, @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social, for holding a launch, and to @jennashworth.bsky.social for chatting to me. Lots of friends and family attended - including my mum!
Let me tell you I cannot EVEN with how excited we are! Tickets are going fast - link here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buffal...
THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER: An evening with Stephen Graham Jones
Join us to hear Stephen Graham Jones discuss his latest novel, in conversation with Talking Scared's Neil McRobert.
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Titan Books@titanbooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're so excited to announce that @stephengrahamjones.com will be touring the UK next month! Join us to celebrate THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER and look ahead to OFF THE RESERVATION 🖤 🎟️ Tickets and event details: bit.ly/42Ql1TD
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...
This book offers an exploration of queer sex and sex cultures, exploring cruising as a mode of thinking with the body and communicating through sexuality. 🔗 buff.ly/FBrGPUR 🗓️7th May 2026 📍Blackwell's Bookshop, Manchester @rutgersupress.bsky.social @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social @noisybits.bsky.social
TONIGHT! One for the book collectors among us.. @nicholasroyle.bsky.social will be talking about his excellent new book Finders, Keepers with Matthew Adamson! @saltpublishing.com
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...
Then it's back to Manchester for the official launch party at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social in conversation with the excellent @caimhmc.bsky.social - my friends and family will be snapping up tickets for this one very quickly, so make sure you book early! 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!
eventbrite.co.uk
We're looking forward to welcoming @sarahtarlow1.bsky.social to the shop on 21/4, where she'll be discussing her affecting memoir The Archaeology of Loss with Melanie Giles. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-archae... @uomenglish.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social
We're looking forward to welcoming @sarahtarlow1.bsky.social to the shop on 21/4, where she'll be discussing her affecting memoir The Archaeology of Loss with Melanie Giles. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-archae... @uomenglish.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social
Stupidly excited to welcome Polly Barton to the shop tonight, where she'll be talking about her debut novel, the karaoke-singing, obsession-fuelled What Am I, A Deer? A few tickets left! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-am-i-... @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
There’s a Manchester event for Keshed next month! It’s at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social where @stuhennigan.bsky.social will be in conversation with @workshy-fop.bsky.social. Grab a ticket while you can.
Blackwell's Manchester@blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 4mo ago11/5: @stuhennigan.bsky.social in conversation with @workshy-fop.bsky.social for his tremendous debut novel Keshed! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keshed-stu...
Next Keshed event is a proper bookish family affair, taking place with old friends @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social and hosted by @workshy-fop.bsky.social, possibly the coolest fucker I've ever met online and someone who is gonna have a lot to offer this chat. See ya there!
Blackwell's Manchester@blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 4mo ago11/5: @stuhennigan.bsky.social in conversation with @workshy-fop.bsky.social for his tremendous debut novel Keshed! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keshed-stu...