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Manchester writers

UK’s only award for outstanding Northern writing announces longlist

The £10,000 Portico Prize is open to new works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry that best evoke the spirit of the North

Louise Rhind-Tutt 28 September 2021

Manchester writers

Shortlist for The Portico Prize for Literature revealed for books that best evoke the spirit of the North

Louise Rhind-Tutt 9 December 2019

Manchester writers

Portico Prize for Literature longlist celebrates books that best evoke the spirit of the North

Louise Rhind-Tutt 1 October 2019

The Portico Library

Exhibition celebrates one of Manchester’s most remarkable residents

I Love MCR 23 February 2018

Hulme Hippodrome

Worker Bee: meet Andrew Brooks, the Manchester photographer

Yvonne Goldsmith-Rybka 30 March 2017

Clint Boon launches monthly live music event to support new talent

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