University of Manchester Literature Festival to start in October

Study in UK: It will start on the campus with the welcoming of the former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, and the festival will see a variety of events.

This October, the Manchester Literature Festival is all set to host an exciting program with multiple events. The program will be held between October 4 and October 20.

University’s Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama will witness the first event by welcoming former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas. She will launch her book Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story. The university will work closely with the festival team to showcase the effect of literature in the city.

Jackie Kay, former Scottish Makar and firm festival favourite, will recite poems from her new collection.

"Every year the Manchester Literature Festival offers up a rich feast of readings, culture and conversation. In 2024, this feels especially vital: to provide a space for joy, beauty and connection, but also for urgent discussions about who we are or might be; the earth we inhabit; our fraught histories and possible futures – and even what we eat. This showcasing of contemporary creativity is at the heart of the Centre for New Writing’s mission, and we are delighted to be the Festival’s Higher Education Partner once again," said Dr Kaye Mitchell, Director of the Centre for New Writing.

Student get Early Career Fellowship

Dr Jack Benton has been recognized and awarded for his research project - “Creating Urban Environments for Wellbeing: Advancing Methods and Theory.”

He completed his PhD in 2017 and will work under Professor James Evans mentorship and will conduct his research at the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) of the University of Manchester. The project work will start in October and it will find out how urban environment changes impact people's wellbeing.

"This highly interdisciplinary project will deliver a step change in generating a robust evidence base for urban policies and practices that enhance population wellbeing and reduce inequalities. The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship is a highly competitive grant awarded annually by the Leverhulme Trust to support the work of emerging scholars. The fellowship provides 36 months of full-time research funding, including support for research expenses," reads the official statement.

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