The Fabulous Four by Fat Roland
A cartoon story by writer, comic and cartoonist Fat Roland, inspired by the yellow submarine at the Beatles Story Museum at the Albert Dock in Liverpool. In honour of the […]
A cartoon story by writer, comic and cartoonist Fat Roland, inspired by the yellow submarine at the Beatles Story Museum at the Albert Dock in Liverpool. In honour of the […]
A new short story by novelist Rosie Garland, inspired by an unnamed mummy at Bolton Museum. One of the most beautiful items in Bolton Museum is the 3000-year old coffin […]
A new audio piece by poet and short story writer Tania Hershman, inspired by the Vivarium at Manchester Museum. Tania Hershman is the author of three short story collections and […]
Oh my, have we got a treat for you… Brilliant fiction regular and First Draft favourite, Trisha Starbrook, shares the piece she performed at our Fan Club event last month. […]
Writer David Hartley shares one of his nightmarish Christmas stories from his collection, Merry Gentlemen, ahead of performing at our event The Night Before, The Night Before, The Night Before, […]
Abi Hynes blogs about what’s next for First Draft, how lucky we are to be part of Manchester’s live literature scene, and our wintry call-out for creative submissions. It’s been […]
Writer, co-founder of Bad Language and many-time First Draft performer Daniel Carpenter shares his story The Flame Fox for our October ‘Haunted‘ theme. It was first performed as part of a double act with fellow writer David […]
In response to the ‘Haunted’ prompt for our next event, writer and First Draft regular David Hartley blogs about the ideas he’s haunted by in his own writing, and shares […]
As we get ready for our Haunted event in October, writer and First Draft producer Abi Hynes reflects on the stories that won’t leave us alone, and why… There’s a […]
Sam Rossi-Harries, writer and founder of Sleepy House Press, brings us a guest blog about moving to Manchester, performing at First Draft and generally getting his teeth into our literature […]