York Centre for Writing Reading Series: Manya Wilkinson

Come and hear author Manya Wilkinson read from her celebrated new novel, Lublin, described by the New York Times as an 'artful folding-together of fable, history and Jewish joke-making [...in] a story for the moment and for the ages.'
Manya will be in conversation with John Challis, poet and lecturer at the York Centre for Writing. There will also be time for audience questions.
The event is free and open to all.
About Lublin
Writing in the TLS, Ian Sansom described Lublin as 'a mini masterpiece: simple, straightforward, narratologically complex, funny, sad and profoundly satisfying. If you read a finer novel this year – honestly, seriously? – well, lucky you.'

Manya Wilkinson Biography
Manya Wilkinson is a Jewish New Yorker who has lived in the North of England for over twenty years. Formerly a senior MA lecturer on prose and scriptwriting at Newcastle University, she is currently teaching prose workshops for Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts and Mslexia magazine. Her first novel, Ocean Avenue, was published by Serpent’s Tail, and her short stories by Comma Press. Her radio dramas have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Afternoon Play, Saturday Drama, Writing the Century, and Woman’s Hour.

About The York Centre for Writing Reading Series
The York Centre for Writing Reading Series is a programme of free, public literary events based at the hub for events, projects and publications at York St John University. Centring BAME, queer and working class writers, the series explores the horizons of what literature can be. Community is at the heart of our ethos, and our events create opportunities to meet fellow literature lovers and build creative networks across York and beyond.

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York St John Creative Centre, Recital room, York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York, United Kingdom