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 […]
Category Archives: Events
Transmission at the New Islington Urban Folk Festival
August 22, 2007 – 11:49 am
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 […]
And the winner is…
July 24, 2007 – 1:37 pm
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 […]
Did You Hear The One About…?
July 19, 2007 – 12:18 pm
Word has reached us that the Manchester Literature Festival is holding a micro fiction competition. The idea is for writers the tell, or re-tell, an Urban Myth. This from them:
“The micro fiction or flash fiction genre forces writers to dispense with the excessive, superfluous and unnecessary elements to convey a succinct idea or story. This […]
Tea Time Talks… with Transmission!
May 21, 2007 – 11:30 am
The Chorlton Arts Festival kicked off in style on Saturday with the fantastic Arts and Crafts Market - even the FA Cup Final didn’t keep the crowds away!
As mentioned in my previous post, I will be taking part in the series of “Tea Time Talks” on Friday 25th May at Battery Park on Wilbraham Road. […]