It has taken us a while to recover from the festivities, but here we present you with some pictures from The First Transmission & Salt Literary Oktoberfest!
Mingling revelers enjoying the refreshments!
NP Murgatroyd reading from his Transmission #09 story, “The Second Death of el Mig”
Richard Fair reading from his Transmission #09 story, “Creeque Alley”
Andrew Michael Hurley [...]
I can never get comfortable in a church. I don’t know if it’s because I’m too large for the pews, or merely because I’m a heathen. Last night, however, I was in discomfort as I listened to a debate between Martin Amis, John Banville and Will Self about “Writing in the 21st Century”. This was [...]
For a long time now we have been huddled in the darkness, our faces lit by the dim flicker of a screen-saver in operation. The thought of the outside world, while not intensely worrying, is sometimes viewed as a complication. But like most shut-ins, we desire to see the bright lights and sample the delights [...]
There’s another chance to meet the crew behind Transmission at the exciting New Islington Urban Folk Festival. We’re thrilled to be a part of this event and this year’s line-up promises to be excellent. There’s readings by Manchester poet Lemn Sissay and Trinidadian novelist Anthony Joseph as well as previous Transmission contributors Neil Campbell and [...]
Last Friday I attended the prize-giving ceremony for The Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Ailsa Cox and the team behind the Prize presented a wonderful evening at Manchester’s Royal Exchange, with previous Transmission interviewee A.L. Kennedy announcing the winner.
Colm Tóibín, the Irish writer of The Master, won the £5000 prize for his collection Mothers and [...]
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