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NEW CHORAL WORK TO MARK PETERLOO ANNIVERSARY
POSTED ON 31/08/19
In a new commission from the Manchester International Festival, Michael worked with composer Emily Howard to produce a major new…
READ MOREPARADISE LOST DRAMA PUBLISHED AS AUDIOBOOK
POSTED ON 16/05/18
Michael’s dramatisation of Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ – broadcast earlier this year on BBC Radio 4, is available to buy as…
READ MOREMANCUNIA SHORTLISTED FOR TS ELIOT PRIZE
POSTED ON 13/12/17
Michael’s seventh book of poems – MANCUNIA – has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize, to be announced at a ceremony…
READ MORESELECTED POEMS PUBLISHED
POSTED ON 10/05/16
A new SELECTED POEMS has been published by Cape, drawing on poems from Michael’s six previous collections from Soft Keys…
READ MORERADIO PLAY SHORTLISTED FOR BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS
POSTED ON 18/01/15
Michael’s Radio 4 verse drama ‘Men Who Sleep in Cars’, set in Manchester on the night before England’s first game…
READ MOREDRYSALTER WINS COSTA PRIZE
POSTED ON 08/01/14
Michael’s latest poetry collection – Drysalter, published by Cape in April 2013 – has won the Poetry Prize at the…
READ MOREDRYSALTER SHORTLISTED FOR COSTA PRIZE
POSTED ON 29/11/13
Michael’s latest poetry collection – Drysalter – published by Cape in April 2013, has been shortlisted for the Costa Poetry…
READ MOREDRYSALTER WINS FORWARD PRIZE
POSTED ON 10/10/13
Drysalter – MSR’s sixth collection – has won the £10,000 Forward Prize 2013 for best collection at a ceremony held…
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