INTERACTION

Once again the Manchester International Festival (2-19 July 2009) will feature the Manchester Independent Book Market – this brings together small and regional publishers and features a variety of niche and specialist publications.

This year will be the second Manchester Book Market; the last market in 2007 was very successful and garnered its share of media coverage. The market will once again be staged in St Ann’s Square, just outside the Royal Exchange Theatre, and one of Manchester’s central squares. It will take place over the final three days (17-19 July) of the 2009 Manchester International Festival.

In addition to the market there will be author readings.

TTA Press will be there, we may even have an author, or two, involved in the readings.
We would also like a volunteer or two to help on our stand. (PM me or roy (at) TTApress (dot) com)

Parking at Boddingtons car park in Gt Ducie St M3 1PU behind the MEN Arena. £3 a day and £1 on Sunday and just under 3/4 mile from the Square. The old brewery chimney is a landmark.
There is closer parking by Victoria Station (0.5 mile) at £4.50 and £3.50 on Sundays and even closer if you pay more, much more.
There are also free buses from Victoria and Piccadilly Stations.

Sounds like an excellent event. More details here.

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Well spotted Jim and at least two 'TTA authors' Conrad Williams and Tim Lees will be reading.

More information on the Book market

Tim Lees and Conrad Williams are due to read between 5 and 5:30 in the St Ann's Square Marquee on Saturday 18th July. They each have a 10 minute slot.

Avoid Friday after 3pm if you want to visit the TTA stand, I have to pack up early that day.

This year, 2010, MANCHESTER INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER'S BOOK MARKET is FRI 25 - SAT 26 JUNE, again in St Ann's Square. 10am-5.30pm and TTA will be there both days.
Return here for more info or Literature Northwest or Comma Press

There will be readings and performances at this year's book market and among the Saturday readers will be TTA regulars Nick Royle, Conrad Williams, Tim Lees; with appologies to any whose names I didn't recognise in the list.
TTA will be there with a stall full of Interzones, Black Statics, etc

The official website has been updated now.

See you there?

A communication from Comma Press listing readings and timings at the Manchester Independent Book Markets return this Friday and Saturday, St Ann's Square, Manchester, UK. (10am-5pm)



Live readings; Friday and Saturday, from 12pm – 5pm:

FRIDAY
12-1.30pm
Julian Daniel, Mike Duff, Dinesh Allirajah, Rameeza Mehmud, Paul Sutherland, Tim Lees, Amanda Milligan, Nick Murgatroyd

2pm-3.30pm
Dominic Berry, Rosie Garland (aka Rosie Lugosi), Jackie Hagan, Helen Thomas, Sabeen Hussein, John G Hall, Linda Chase, Alice Lenkiewicz, Gerry Potter

4pm-5pm
Muli Amaye, Zoe Lambert, Chinyere Nwakanma, Kim Wiltshire, Helen Clare

SATURDAY
12-1.30pm
Penultimate - Ali Gadema (aka Frisko Dan), Ben Mellor, Martin Stannage (aka Visceral), Niven Ganner and Samira Arhin-Acquaah (aka Lucidity). Nicholas Royle, Gift Nyoni, Akiel Chinelo, Zahid Hussein

2pm-3.30pm
Marvin Cheeseman, Ed Kangai, Eleanor Rees, Nabila Suriya, Edmund Prestwich, Conor Aylwood, Conrad Williams, Polly Atkin, Fergus Evans

4pm-5pm
Chris Jam, Annie Clarkson, Sian Cummins, Alicia Stubbersfield, Steph Pike.

Publishers:
Carcanet, Comma, Crocus, Dreamcatcher, Flapjack, Flax, Dewi Lewis, Nightjar, Route Publishing, Smokestack Books, Satchel/Suitcase, Thanatos Books, Tindal Street, TTA, Bewilderbliss, and Inpress Books (which features over 50 independents including Bloodaxe, Flambard, and many others).

2011's market on today, 18 June 10:00 - 17:30, with several others publishers present. St Anns Square Manchester. Conrad Williams due to read today.

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With Tim Lees and Ali. Only one of the three looks drunk though

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But which one? Answers on a postcard...

Not guilty milord. Hic!

The Book Market is 8 and 9th June this year, 2012. If anyone is interested in doing a reading there let me know. We have 3 or 4 probables at present.
No Tim Lees to help out on the stall this year but volunteers are welcome.

Manchester Book Market, 8/9 June 2012 St Ann's Square. Interzone will be there, Black Static will be there, Crimewave will be there - how about you? A slight change is that Simon Kurt Unsworth will be reading; Friday 8th at 3pm, Simon Bestwick will be reading; Saturday 9th at 1:37pm. This is a reversal of the earlier timings. Less than a week to go now.
For authors a chance to network with independant publishers in the region, for readers a chance to get some good stuff.
There is a timetable for all the readings and events in the square if you follow the link.