20 July 2018 – Flash Fiction Festival, Bristol
Read at the second Flash Fiction Festival
Phil performed his Flash Fiction piece ‘Orrery’ at the second international festival dedicated to the short-short story, organised by the Bath Flash Fiction Award and this year taking place over three days at Bristol Trinity College.
18 April 2018 – The Poetry Society, London
Creative Writing MA alumni readings at The Poetry Society, London.
Launching the ebook version of The Manchester Anthology 2017, Phil read alongside fellow graduates of the MA, to an audience of invited literary agents and publishers.
Award winning science fiction novelist and honorary lecturer Geoff Ryman hosted the evening.
23 October 2017 – Headliner at Verbose, Fallow Cafe, Manchester
Headliner at Verbose, Manchester.
Phil and two fellow MA students from the Centre for New Writing were chosen to headline a ‘Manchester themed’ edition of the monthly spoken word night.
9 September 2017 – Gullivers, Manchester
Second launch party for The Manchester Anthology 2017 at Gullivers, Oldham Street, Manchester.
Following the official launch at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Thursday 7 September, MA students from the Centre for New Writing hosted another night of fiction and poetry readings in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
Phil read an excerpt from his short story ‘Lorem Ipsum’.
7 September 2017 – Launch of The Manchester Anthology, IABF
Launched The Manchester Anthology 2017 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester.
Alongside fellow MA students and Centre for New Writing lecturers Geoff Ryman, Beth Underdown and Vona Groarke, Phil read an excerpt from his short fiction piece in the anthology.
24 June 2017 – Flash Fiction Festival, Bath
Read at the first Flash Fiction Festival
Phil performed his Flash Fiction piece ‘Small World’ at the inaugural international festival dedicated to the short-short story, organised by the Bath Flash Fiction Award.
3 June 2017 – Northern Short Story Festival, Leeds
Performed at Leeds Carriageworks as part of the Northern Short Story Festival.
Phil won the Flash Fiction Slam at the second annual #NoShoSto Festival with a performance of his short story ‘The Haunted Pan’.
17 March 2017 – George Saunders reading, Waterstones Deansgate
Read from George Saunders’ novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, with George Saunders at his Waterstones Deansgate book launch, Manchester.
While studying at the Centre for New Writing, Phil and four other students were invited to join the acclaimed short story writer in a multi-character reading from his debut novel.
26 October 2016 – Bad Language with Mark Pajak, Gullivers, Manchester
Performed at the Saboteur Award-winning open mic night in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
October’s headliner was Mark Pajak, winner of the 2016 Bridport Prize for poetry.
Phil read his flash fiction story ‘Orrery‘ and his overheard dialogue piece ‘Gents‘.
31 August 2016 – Bad Language with Anna Chilvers, The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Performed at the Saboteur Award-winning open mic night in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
August’s headliner was Anna Chilvers, reading from her Bluemoose Books published novel Tainted Love.
Phil read his flash fiction story ‘Small World‘.
27 July 2016 – Bad Language with Wyl Menmuir, The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Performed at the Saboteur Award-winning open mic night in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
July’s headliner was Wil Menmuir, reading from his Salt published novel The Many, on the night it was announced it had been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016.
Phil read his flash fiction story ‘The Haunted Pan‘.
21 June 2016 – Invited reader at IFB2016, the International Festival for Business, Liverpool
Invited by Writing on the Wall to perform on their Blue Skies stage at the International Festival for Business
Phil read his short story ‘Orrery’ at Exhibition Centre Liverpool as part of a Writing on the Wall event that featured discussions about advances in science and science fiction.
15 May 2013 – In Other Words Literary Festival, Liverpool
‘In Other Words’ was a one-off Literary Festival in Liverpool organised to mark the re-opening of Liverpool Central Library following its three year redevelopment
Having recently completed a continuing education course in ‘Writing Novels and Short Stories’ at the University of Liverpool, Phil was invited to read at the festival.