Manchester Literature Festival and Manchester Poetry Library present a night of exciting and compelling LGBTQ+ poetry.

Join poet and Manchester Metropolitan University Professor Andrew McMillan for this intimate event with readings from world-leading poets from 100 Queer Poems, the anthology he co-edited with Mary Jean Chan. The book was dubbed “the year’s most notable anthology” by The Guardian in their best books of 2022 roundup and was shortlisted in the poetry category of the British Book Awards.

The event will feature readings from poets including Dorothea Smartt, Amaan Hyder, lisa luxx, Clare Shaw and Toby Campion.