Serenity Booksellers are very much looking forward to speaking with Manchester music PR legend, Andy Spinoza to talk about his experience of the Manchester music scene and his book, Manchester Unspun, How a city got high on music.

Join as we ask questions about his life, music stars he’s met throughout his career and tales of his PR work of this wonderful city. We’ll also have an audience Q&A session and book signing with a glass of wine, beer or soft drinks to celebrate.

Tickets are £5 per person without book (ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Manchester Unspun) or £12.99 per person with book (includes a signed copy of Manchester Unspun.) Light refreshments included in ticket price.

Event starts at 6:30pm (doors at 6pm)

About Andy Spinoza

Andy Spinoza moved to Manchester from London at eighteen and never looked back. An early member of the Haçienda, he reported on the city’s music scene for the NME and The Face. He founded alternative magazine City Life in 1983 and spent ten years as a gossip columnist for the Manchester Evening News. As boss of his own PR company, he promoted the dynamic post-industrial Manchester throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Married with three grown-up children, Andy lives in Stockport with his wife, Lynne.

About Manchester Unspun

At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban regions in Europe. This book offers a first-hand account of what happened in between.

Arriving in Manchester as a wide-eyed student in 1979, Andy Spinoza went on to establish the arts magazine City Life before working for the Manchester Evening News and creating his own PR firm. In a forty-year career he has encountered a who’s who of Manchester personalities, from cultural icons such as Tony Wilson to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and influential council leaders Sir Richard Leese and Sir Howard Bernstein.

His remarkable account traces Manchester’s gradual emergence from its post-industrial malaise, centring on the legendary nightclub the Haçienda and the cultural renaissance it inspired.