Sunday, 13 October 2019 at 8:00 pm – Sunday, 13 October 2019 at 9:15 pm

Manchester Literature Festival presents: Guy Garvey & Simon Armitage in Conversation

Presented in partnership with the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University

Date: Sunday 13th October

Time: 8pm – 9.15pm

Location: RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester M14 9RD

Tickets: £20/£18 concessions – Available here

What happens if you put the newly appointed Poet Laureate and one of the UK’s most loved singer songwriters on the same stage? Join us to find out, as Yorkshire poet Simon Armitage and Elbow frontman Guy Garvey discuss their work. What’s their writing process? Who are their literary and musical influences?
How do they work in collaboration with other artists? How have the people, places and landscape of the
North inspired and shaped their work? Whatever the answers, this is guaranteed to be a unique and special evening.

Guy Garvey is the co-recipient of a BRIT Award, the Mercury Music Prize and three Ivor Novello Awards. Simon Armitage has published 28 collections of poetry, and is also a recipient of an Ivor Novello award for songwriting in the BAFTA-winning film Feltham Sings. Both Guy and Simon broadcast on BBC 6 Music; Guy as the host of his own show and Simon alongside Radcliffe and Maconie.