The Manchester Anthology

An annual publication from the Centre of New Writing, @newwritingMCR. Volume Fourteen OUT NOW!

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Heartiest congratulations to Qianshui Qu, who won the PFD Prize for the most promising dissertation.

The Manchester Anthology is now on sale in Blackwell's Manchester bookshop. You can also access the digital edition with the link in our bio. 🔗

Over to you, class of 2025 ...

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Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of The Manchester Anthology, Volume Fourteen. It was a great evening! ✨

Cleo led the show, with a guest appearance by Michael Schmidt, after which sixteen wonderful contributors read from their pieces in the anthology.

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📚 We’re pleased to announce the latest volume of The Manchester Anthology. 🎉 This collection features contributions from talented graduates of the Centre for New Writing.✨

Cover art by Georgia Harmey

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Late evening previews:

'Vox Populi', a short story by Trystan Ratcliffe;
'Afterglow', a short story by Ankitha Venkataram;
and an extract from Rand El Muhtadi's novel Changing Tides

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Sunday AM preview: an extract from Muna Nassir's novel My Name is Immaterial.

The Manchester Anthology 2023 is out tomorrow!

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Preview: Raine Thompson's Mrs, a futuristic retelling of Bluebeard, focuses on the painful parallels between age and power in a relationship between a young girl and an older male with frequent uses of Gothic imagery within an ultra-modern setting.

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Our morning preview: An extract from Apple Tree by Kelsey Batty, a novel infused with a growing sense of curiosity as a family moves house and becomes very familiar with the strangers in the rural landscape.

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Preview time: an extract from Theodore Wicks's novel, Determinate Sentence, an account of a new prison officer's experience and analysis of the prison system, ourselves, our identities, and how they bleed into our relationships.

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Another preview, this time of '37 Melrose Drive', a captivating short story by Andrew Bailes, which focuses on two brothers negotiating masculinity during an unfortunate family situation.

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A week to go!

Today's preview: an extract from After the Tone by Nikita Dahiya, a must-read, emotionally resonant novel, which begins with the narrator reflecting on their mother's funeral pyre.

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Many thanks to those of you who have purchased tickets for next week's launch. Our event is now SOLD OUT!

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Our Friday feature: a preview of 'Farewell Mother' by Xingzi Chen, taken from The Manchester Anthology 2023.

A sharp, engaging piece of creative non-fiction, 'Farewell Mother' forces the reader to confront the harrowing underbelly of our familial relationships.

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Today's preview: 'God Squad' by Sean Murray, a short story about
a man's encounter with evangelicals that is equal parts uncanny, unnerving, and strange 🫀

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Featured in The Manchester Anthology 2023, an extract from Escaping Green House, a memoir by Debra Schaefer.

Escaping Green House is a poignant, important reflection of childhood trauma where young Debbie plots to kill her mother.

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Harshavardhini Pareek is a poet focusing on girlhood and godhood as parallel entities. 'Code Switch' explores cultural barriers and what we do to hold on to our heritage—confronting ignorance with a sharp reflection on childhood and the talismans we keep as parts of our identity

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Two weeks to go until our anthology launch, and there are few tickets left! Grab yours here: https://t.co/oZrg8Zh55Z

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Cameron, You Know You've Hit a Low Point by Cameron Rew is featured in The Manchester Anthology 2023.

Brutally honest, experimental and unique. This is one of three poems by Cameron in the anthology.

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'a surfeit of lampreys' is one of three poems by Paige Kirkman in The Manchester Anthology 2023

This poem is a haunting meditation on girlhood, cherries, and violence (Cronus is in there, too).

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Happy National Poetry Day!

🫀 'A Political Poem' by Christopher Meadowcroft is featured in The Manchester Anthology 2023 🫀

Chris (he/they) explores transness, queerness and desire - grounded in a framework of trans studies.

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We are pleased to reveal the official cover design for The Manchester Anthology 2023!

Cover design by @nickythompsona1, featuring quotes by @kamilashamsie and @bethunderdown

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