13 October 2008 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEIL GAIMAN SWOOPS INTO
Multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy
writer Neil Gaiman will appear at a special Literature Live event at The
University of Manchester, on Wednesday 29 October (2008).
The
bestselling fiction-writer and
graphic novelist will read from and discuss his new novel The Graveyard Book
at the Halloween-week event, which will be followed by a Q & A session.
Gaiman is the creator of the Sandman
comic series, and his books Coraline and Stardust have been
adapted into major films.
He was recently voted number three in the
top 100 SF and Fantasy authors by SFX Magazine readers.
This
event is the latest in the Literature Live series of readings run by the
University's Centre for New Writing (academic home of Martin Amis). These
bring the best-known contemporary novelists and poets to
It
will take place in the suitably neo-gothic surroundings of the University’s Whitworth
Hall, at 7.00pm.
Full details are:
Literature Live: Neil Gaiman
Wednesday 29 October, 7.00pm
Whitworth Hall,
Tickets cost £7 (£5 concessions) and include discounts
on the author’s books at the event bookstall.
They are available from the University’s box
office on 0161 275 8951 or boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk, or via www.quaytickets.com.
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NOTES FOR EDITORS
Literature
Live is supported by Abode Manchester: www.abodehotels.co.uk/manchester.
Images of Neil Gaiman are
available upon request.
For further information on any of this season’s events please visit www.manchester.ac.uk/arts/newwriting/events or contact:
Jo Nightingale
Centre for New Writing
School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
University of Manchester
+44 (0)161 ….
ABOUT THE CENTRE FOR NEW WRITING
The Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester is
home to a range of programmes in creative writing and contemporary literature,
from undergraduate to PhD level.
It hosts the major public reading series Literature Live, Martin
Amis Public Events and the new online journal The Manchester Review.
Its distinguished teaching staff includes novelists Martin Amis,
M.J. Hyland, Geoff Ryman and Ian McGuire, and poets John McAuliffe and Vona
Groarke.
www.manchester.ac.uk/arts/newwriting/