“I
might not stop reading for two hours,” says Manchester writer
Socrates Adams, “so apologies if people start weeping.”
It's
Wednesday, 19th October. We're in the trendy and iconic
Deaf Institute on Oxford Road for the 6th annual
Manchester Blog Awards and I'm sinking some disturbingly expensive
Dalwhinnie and Balveninie single malts from the impressive back bar.
On stage, Socrates is reading from his newly-published novel,
Everything is Fine. What isn't so fine, he tells us, is that the
publishers have printed the book's jacket in the wrong colour.
The
segment read features a failing salesman whose boss orders him to
carry his test-tube merchandise (named “Mildred”) on his person
at all times. From the witty excerpt Socrates reads out, I expect it
will do well upon its January release.
Tonight
we'll also hear some equally impressive readings from more of
Manchester's writing community- successive doses of short, sharp
fiction and some vivid and emotionally-charged non-fiction pieces.
Many people will laugh. Some will cry. At least one woman and at
least one man
will get massively drunk.
Tom
Mason, curator of Manchester blog 330 Words, Is official event blogger and his fine write-up appears on the Manchester Literature Festival blog.
It
is a truly entertaining night. The Manchester Blog Awards website
features a full list of the night's winners, with links to their
blogs. Check them out. They're well worth a read.
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