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The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.

📣 Submissions Open: Issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The editors of The Manchester Review are now accepting submissions for Issue 28! We are excited to read your best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

mancreview's tweet image. 📣 Submissions Open: Issue 28 of The Manchester Review.

The editors of The Manchester Review are now accepting submissions for Issue 28! We are excited to read your best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

Issue 27 of The Manchester Review is here! Thank you to all of our wonderful contributers. themanchesterreview.co.uk


Issue 27 will soon be here...

mancreview's tweet image. Issue 27 will soon be here...

Submissions for Issue 27 are now open until 25th March 2025. Please take a look at the submission guidelines on our website before you submit. We’re looking forward to reading your finest poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction.


'The strength of The Wager and The Bear is its ability to escape the utopianism of climate activism and the cynicism of climate apathy/denial.' Paul Knowles and Samantha Cassells review The Wager and the Bear, by John Ironmonger, published by @fly_press: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12776

mancreview's tweet image. 'The strength of The Wager and The Bear is its ability to escape the utopianism of climate activism and the cynicism of climate apathy/denial.'

Paul Knowles and Samantha Cassells review The Wager and the Bear, by John Ironmonger, published by @fly_press:

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12776

'This novel is already, and will (I think) be considered in future, an important novel for what it says about race and the legacy of slavery on the American popular consciousness.' Joseph Hunter reviews James, by Percival Everett: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12746

mancreview's tweet image. 'This novel is already, and will (I think) be considered in future, an important novel for what it says about race and the legacy of slavery on the American popular consciousness.'

Joseph Hunter reviews James, by Percival Everett:

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12746

P.S. In keeping with the general movement of the times, we are now on Bluesky: @manchesterreview.bsky.social Please, find us on there.

mancreview's tweet image. P.S. In keeping with the general movement of the times, we are now on Bluesky: @manchesterreview.bsky.social

Please, find us on there.

We are pleased to launch Issue 26 of The Manchester Review. '...an eclectic goody-bag that showcases a wide range of genres, styles and perspectives and contains writing from well-established, upcoming, and first-time writers.' themanchesterreview.co.uk

mancreview's tweet image. We are pleased to launch Issue 26 of The Manchester Review.

'...an eclectic goody-bag that showcases a wide range of genres, styles and perspectives and contains writing from well-established, upcoming, and first-time writers.'

themanchesterreview.co.uk

'All is seamlessly layered: soaring orchestra, beautiful stage dressing and costumes, and dynamic physical performances.' Joseph Hunter reviews The Magic Flute at The Lowry, Salford (@The_Lowry): themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12575

mancreview's tweet image. 'All is seamlessly layered: soaring orchestra, beautiful stage dressing and costumes, and dynamic physical performances.'

Joseph Hunter reviews The Magic Flute at The Lowry, Salford (@The_Lowry):

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12575

'...an astonishingly good, eclectic anthology of short fiction' Paul Anthony Knowles reviews Duets, from Scratch Books (@scratch_books): themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12556

mancreview's tweet image. '...an astonishingly good, eclectic anthology of short fiction'

Paul Anthony Knowles reviews Duets, from Scratch Books (@scratch_books):

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12556

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🗣️✍️Building your Portfolio - how writers can establish themselves through competitions, magazines and more. Ft. @PKCoeditorMR (co-editor @mancreview), Debbie Taylor (editor @mslexia) and author A.K Blakemore. #NCWID24

commapress's tweet image. 🗣️✍️Building your Portfolio - how writers can establish themselves through competitions, magazines and more. 

Ft. @PKCoeditorMR (co-editor @mancreview), Debbie Taylor (editor @mslexia) and author A.K Blakemore.

#NCWID24

'...we are always led to an understanding eventually, either through a single moment of epiphany or an accumulation of detail. We are rarely trusted to wonder for long.' Sam Lamplugh reviews Held, by Anne Michaels: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12542

mancreview's tweet image. '...we are always led to an understanding eventually, either through a single moment of epiphany or an accumulation of detail. We are rarely trusted to wonder for long.'

Sam Lamplugh reviews Held, by Anne Michaels:

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12542

'...a fresh and compassionate insight into the plight of the two female leads' Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells review Othello at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12537

mancreview's tweet image. '...a fresh and compassionate insight into the plight of the two female leads'

Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells review Othello at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon:

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12537

'...a sculptural, caressing melody from Wall... the melodies and countermelodies she plays seem to require at least three hands.' Joseph Hunter reviews FitkinWall (@graham_fitkin, @RuthWallharp), Harpland, at Sale Waterside Arts Theatre (@WatersideArts): themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12530

mancreview's tweet image. '...a sculptural, caressing melody from Wall... the melodies and countermelodies she plays seem to require at least three hands.'

Joseph Hunter reviews FitkinWall (@graham_fitkin, @RuthWallharp), Harpland, at Sale Waterside Arts Theatre (@WatersideArts):

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12530

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On @RTEArena this evening #johnmcauliffe will talk about his new poetry collection ‘National Theatre’. #newirishpoetry @poetryireland @mancreview

TheGalleryPress's tweet image. On @RTEArena this evening #johnmcauliffe will talk about his new poetry collection ‘National Theatre’. #newirishpoetry @poetryireland @mancreview
TheGalleryPress's tweet image. On @RTEArena this evening #johnmcauliffe will talk about his new poetry collection ‘National Theatre’. #newirishpoetry @poetryireland @mancreview

'The play is at its best in the back and forth between Wilson, the band, and the band’s manager Rob Gretton... or when the band ‘play’ for the audience.' Peter Wild reviews New Dawn Fades @rncmlive: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12527

mancreview's tweet image. 'The play is at its best in the back and forth between Wilson, the band, and the band’s manager Rob Gretton... or when the band ‘play’ for the audience.'

Peter Wild reviews New Dawn Fades @rncmlive:

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12527

'A lingering sense of trepidation—whether inspired by one’s own self, or by others, or by one’s surroundings—is palpable throughout...' Lindz McLeod reviews Modern Gothic, an anthology by @fly_press: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12524

mancreview's tweet image. 'A lingering sense of trepidation—whether inspired by one’s own self, or by others, or by one’s surroundings—is palpable throughout...'

Lindz McLeod reviews Modern Gothic, an anthology by @fly_press:

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12524

'Ampersand is a mosaic of histories, narratives, and the questions that we ask ourselves in order that we might survive.' Alexandria Mowray reviews @bastille, & (Ampersand), at Manchester Cathedral: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12521

mancreview's tweet image. 'Ampersand is a mosaic of histories, narratives, and the questions that we ask ourselves in order that we might survive.'

Alexandria Mowray reviews @bastille, & (Ampersand), at Manchester Cathedral:

themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12521


Throwback to last year's ENSFR international short story conference which took place exactly one year ago (23-25 Oct 2023) at @OfficialUoM!

TheENSFR's tweet image. Throwback to last year's ENSFR international short story conference which took place exactly one year ago (23-25 Oct 2023) at @OfficialUoM!


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