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Home to 4 historic libraries, 23 public libraries plus many more independents. 2 Universities in the City Centre with a student population of 98,000, plus 2 writing schools. More than 40 arts and culture festivals, including Manchester Literature Festival. More than 10 independent publishers such as Carcanet and Comma Press. The home of writers and radicals such as Anthony Burgess, Emmeline Pankhurst, Lemn Sissay, Carol Ann Duffy, John Cooper Clarke, Elizabeth Gaskell, Jeanette Winterson.
Manchester: A UNESCO City of Literature.
For year two of the Re:Sound project we paired musicians Abnormal Sleepz, LayFullstop and HMD with archives at Greater Manchester Libraries. The artists connected with librarians and archivists to explore, uncover and ultimately create new work…
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“Book collection is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it.”
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