First romantic fiction festival held in Manchester

Virtue stated: “Readers (and authors) of romance have actually long been demanding a literary celebration to commemorate the happiness of love stories, so, over a coffee and cake one gusty early morning last September, Alice and I determined to release one for them. Our thanks most likely to every author who took a chance to join us and every reader who acquired a ticket.”

Murphy-Pile said: “Manchester is such a lively city which has actually held crime creating events, funny writing, and football writing festivals, however we think this is the first romance festival! The interest from the viewers, and the volume of publications they purchased, was incredible. We are so thankful to the publishers and writers that helped to make the weekend break so special, as well as the incredible teams at Manchester Libraries and Waterstones, that placed so much initiative into the day.

Co-directed and co-founded by Simon & Schuster’s brand name advancement director Sara-Jade Merit and HarperNorth’s head of marketing and promotion Alice Murphy-Pyle, the cross-publishing event featured writers from a number of authors whatsoever phases of their jobs. Writers consisting of Milly Johnson, Harriet Evans, Cesca Major, P J Ellis, Veronica Henry and Isabelle Broom required to the efficiency space, while workshops from literary representative Lisa Highton, the RNA and publishing team aided inspire authors.