For Chorlton Arts Festival, writer, editor and critic Sarah-Clare Conlon will invite guests to share their work past, present and future, and chat about their practice and processes in poetry and prose.

Get a peek behind the writing curtain and take away top tips, from approaching the blank page to what to add to your TBR pile.

The guests for this unique #CAF2026 event are: Manchester Multilingual City Poet Nóra Blascsók, writer-in-residence at Manchester Cathedral Tom Branfoot, flash fiction/short story/graphic novel/novel writer David Gaffney, and Northern Writers’ Award recipient Jazmine Linklater.

Sarah-Clare’s Literary Salon is a free event taking place at Chorlton St Ninian’s. Doors are 5.45pm for a sharp 6pm start.