Avid reader. Festival lover. Coffee drinker. Wanderer. Passionate about storytelling, the arts, people and our planet. @Mcrlitfest.bsky.social Co-Director 📚https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lig46g62mk26Fellow readers, writers & book lovers on #BookSky 📚📚 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2025 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lig46g62mk26https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lhgosmf33c2xNew @mcrlitfest.bsky.social Spring25 event 🥁📚 🎤🎤 Writer & #EverydaySexism campaigner Laura Bates discusses how misogyny & inequality are being coded into our world via AI & tech with host @helenmort.bsky.social 🗓️ Tue 13 May, Central Library 🎟️ https://manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/laura-bates05 Feb 2025 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgosmf33c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lhgl6zdxkk2tExcited to reveal @mcrlitfest.bsky.social first Spring 2025 event 🥁 🎤🎤 Broadcaster Emma Barnett discusses motherhood, childcare and her funny, furious and relatable new book #MaternityService with @katefeld.bsky.social 📅 17 March, 7pm, Central Library, Mcr 🎟️ manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk05 Feb 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgl6zdxkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lgvm6hyeok2tLooking for some new reading inspiration? Do follow & share @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @commapress.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social @outspokenpress.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social 📚📚 go.bsky.app/3c58Jnt [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvm6hyeok2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lfxhtyauzc2oSome ace indies inc @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @grantamag.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @charcopress.com @canongate.co.uk @pushkinpress.com @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social @northernfiction.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jan 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxhtyauzc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lfwmhwdfo22ogo.bsky.app/3c58Jnt Fill your bookshelves with wonderful books, stories and poems… [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jan 2025 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwmhwdfo22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lfwkucyf422oTONIGHT! (17 Jan) See the wonderful Alan Hollinghurst discuss his moving and witty new novel Our Evenings, class, theatre, love and sexuality with poet & fellow novelist Andrew McMillan @mcrlitfest.bsky.social 🎟️ https://manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/an-evening-with-alan-hollinghurst-andrew-mcmillan17 Jan 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwkucyf422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lf5nk5kav22rI had the pleasure of meeting Edna O’Brien a few times - first at Brighton Festival then @budlitfest.bsky.social. I adored her wit, her charm, her resilience, her passion for literature and her refusal to suffer fools. What a joy to listen to this nourishing interview with @sineadgleeson.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jan 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5nk5kav22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lf3h4uhfkk2tLindsay Reade. Gillian Gilbert. Ang Matthews. Cath Carroll. DJ Paulette. Stella Hall. Linder Sterling. Kay Carroll. So many brilliant women played a pivotal role in Factory’s story. Thanks for acknowledging & amplifying some of their voices @ophiraophira.bsky.social @manchestermill.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jan 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3h4uhfkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sarahjanemcr.bsky.social/post/3lf3g63bjgk2tNew Year, new skies. Looking forward to dipping my toe in the water here.06 Jan 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:vcdhb6o7b446zldsfmloj5bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3g63bjgk2t