Manchester Histories Festival launch
Manchester Histories Festival at Manchester Art Gallery
7th June 2018
The Manchester Histories Festival launch was a great event. I was invited to read my commissioned piece 'Syrinx' next to the painting that inspired it (‘Syrinx’ by Arthur Hacker). And I was surrounded by the paintings targeted in the 1913 Suffragette direct action – a truly atmospheric experience.
Proud to share the evening with marvellous writers Kate Feld, Michelle Green & Maz Hedgehog.
Thank you Manchester Histories Festival!
5.2.2018 - Women's Words, Manchester - gala event
WOMEN’S words MCR – Suffragette Tea Party gala event
Manchester Central Library,
St Peter's Square,
Manchester M2 5PD
Doors 5.30pm
Event starts at 6pm
A celebratory event to launch the collection of real life stories built around women’s experience of living, working and growing in Manchester.
A selection of the stories will be published in a beautiful, hand-crafted magazine based on the historic The Suffragette magazine to honour 100 years since women got the right to vote in 1918.
It will also feature commissioned writers such as Rosie Garland, Reshma Ruia, Kate Feld and Michelle Green.
PLUS The Time Travelling Suffragettes!
http://womenswordsmcr.com/blog/2017/12/14/selections-for-the-suffragette/
http://womenswordsmcr.com/
News and Events
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10.10.2018 - Interview in 'Visit Manchester' - walking tour inspired by The Night Brother
Written on Sunday, 14 October 2018 10:26
There’s a great article in Visit Manchester about the walking tour of the city inspired by The Night Brother!
“A Gothic style novel inspired by the streets and stories of late nineteenth century Manchester – ‘The Night Brother’(2017) by Rosie Garland – is soon going to be coming to life, in the form of a unique walking tour on Saturday 3rd November at 3pm - 4.30pm.devised by Rosie herself and local guide Anne Beswick.
This walk will be titled ‘Manchester Dark, Manchester Light - the inspiration behind The Night Brother’ and certainly is special.
‘The Night Brother’ is after all a novel of urban exploration, familial intensity and a dark delve into Manchester at the turn of the twentieth century. Guests will be able to ponder this as they will take in the sites of the city – including Northern Quarter backstreets, Victorian markets and subterranean spaces…”
Read the full interview here:
https://www.visitmanchester.com/ideas-and-inspiration/haunt-manchester/places-product-list/night-brother-novel -
14.9.2018 - WINNER, Casket of Fictional Delights flash fiction competition 2018
Written on Sunday, 16 September 2018 12:59
I’m absolutely delighted to announce that my short story ‘Speaking in Tongues’ has won The Casket of Fictional Delights 2018 Flash Fiction Competition!
Judged by wonderful writer David Gaffney.
All eight winning stories will be published on The Casket of Fictional Delights website in full during the month of October. My story 'Speaking in Tongues' will be uploaded on 26th October 2018.
And on the 29th October an audio podcast of the Top Four winners will be published and available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn.Full list of winners:
1st place Speaking in Tongues by Rosie Garland
2nd place Sync by Mark Farley
3rd place Floating by Mark Farley
4th place 1-2-5 by Gina Headden
5th place Bikini by Sherri Turner
6th place The Plughole Picker by Susan Carey
7th place Serendipity by Sandra Purdy
8th place Bombs, Lilies by Jason Jackson***CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS***
more info here:
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The Emmeline Statue Project - unveiling of the Meeting Circle
Written on Sunday, 08 July 2018 15:41
Sunday 15th July 2018 was a day to remember!
What an honour - I was invited to sing 'March of the Women' in St Peter's Square, Manchester, to celebrate the unveiling of the meeting circle for Hazel Reeve’s wonderful statue of Emmeline Pankhurst. Helen Pankhurst (Emmeline great-granddaughter) made a moving speech.
Manchester is proud to be home to a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst – founder of the suffrage movement, WSPU, and born in Moss Side, Manchester. The statue itself will be unveiled on December 14th 2018 – the centenary of the date that women were first able to vote in a UK General Election.
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Dorset Fiction Award 2018 - shortlist
Written on Sunday, 08 July 2018 15:40
Delighted that my short story ‘Night Shifts’ was shortlisted for the Dorset Fiction Award 2018!
It will be published in the next Dorset Fiction anthology – and you can read the full story here:
http://www.dorsetfictionaward.co.uk/night-shifts---rosie-garland.html
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Manchester Histories Festival launch
Written on Saturday, 09 June 2018 12:17
Manchester Histories Festival at Manchester Art Gallery
7th June 2018
The Manchester Histories Festival launch was a great event. I was invited to read my commissioned piece 'Syrinx' next to the painting that inspired it (‘Syrinx’ by Arthur Hacker). And I was surrounded by the paintings targeted in the 1913 Suffragette direct action – a truly atmospheric experience.
Proud to share the evening with marvellous writers Kate Feld, Michelle Green & Maz Hedgehog.
Thank you Manchester Histories Festival!Tags: manchester histories festival manchester art gallery rosie garland syrinx as in judy arthur hacker pursuit of beauty ovid metamorphoses spoken word manchester kate feld michelle green maz hedgehog history feminist suffragette suffragette history women's words women's writing resistance protest
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