Manchester Writing School has announced the launch of the Manchester Poetry Prize, a new literary award  with a first prize of £10,000.

The author of My Beautiful Laundrette and The Buddha of Suburbia appears at Manchester University to read from his new novel, Something to Tell You.

If you ever thought poetry was boring, you've probably never seen slam poetry in action. With Contact Theatre and Commonword presenting the first heat of the North West Poetry Championship 2008, it is time to discover a whole new side to poetry...

Manchester Libraries has just launched its own literature blog, called Manchester Lit List.

The last of this year's Raw Jam sessions at Contact Theatre will be held on 13th December.