Live appearances
Saturday 27 September Lakes Interational Comic Art Festival Windermere.
Mon 20 - Fri 25 October - Arvon at home short story course
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“David Gaffney is a lovely, unselfconscious performer
with a great artistic vision” The Scotsman
“Immediately engaging with his audience as he read from Sawn-off Tales, David Gaffney showed why he is an expert at delivering great live readings to back up the excellent books he writes”
Edinburgh Book Festival Blog
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recent performances
Friday 27 June Middleton Rochdale, workshop
Sunday 11 May 2025 Frodsham Literature festival
Friday 27 June Cafe Blah, Withington
Saturday 1 March Greenhouse Books Stockport
Friday 4 April - Flash in a day course for Arvon
Wednesday 17 April Man Met University
Thursday 7 May University of Chester
Saturday 9 November 7pm, Saul Hay Gallery, manchester
Saturday 16 November, 1.30 PM St Helens Library
Saturday 30 November 7 PM
Ghost Stories at Leve Old Library, Levenshulme Library
Saturday 7 December 7 PM
Ghost Stories at Leve Old Library, Levenshulme Library
Wednesday 28 August Glasgow Zine Library
Thursday 19 September, Tootally Wired -
Manchester Central Library 6.00 pm
Thursday 26 September Chorlton Book Festival
Friday 17 May Carlton Club, Chorlton Arts festival
Thursday 11 April - Rare Mags, Stockport
Saturday 13 April Beacon Whitehaven - Launch of Whale
Saturday 20 April Mura Ma Gallery, Marple.
Saturday 17 February - Greenhouse Books, Stockport
Thursday 14 September
Launch of Concrete Fields Blackwells Bookshop, Manchester.
Sunday 17 September
Hyde Book Club, Leeds Sunday 24 September
David has performed on BBC Radio Three and GM Radio, at a number of festivals (including Edinburgh Festival, Manchester Literature Festival, West Port Book Festival, Birmingham Book Festival, Chester Literature Festival, Wigan Literature Festival, Sefton Literature Festival and Lancaster Litfest), and at various venues, including: Chelsea Arts Club and Foyles in London; Royal Exchange Theatre, The Anthony Burgess Foundation, Whitworth Art Gallery, Urbis, Manchester Art Gallery and Central Library in Manchester; FACT, Whitechapel Gallery and Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool; Birmingham Conservatoire; Dukes Theatre and The Storey Institute in Lancaster, and The Continental in Preston.
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“David Gaffney is a lovely, unselfconscious performer
with a great artistic vision” The Scotsman
“Immediately engaging with his audience as he read from Sawn-off Tales, David Gaffney showed why he is an expert at delivering great live readings to back up the excellent books he writes”
Edinburgh Book Festival Blog
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recent performances
Friday 27 June Middleton Rochdale, workshop
Sunday 11 May 2025 Frodsham Literature festival
Friday 27 June Cafe Blah, Withington
Saturday 1 March Greenhouse Books Stockport
Friday 4 April - Flash in a day course for Arvon
Wednesday 17 April Man Met University
Thursday 7 May University of Chester
Saturday 9 November 7pm, Saul Hay Gallery, manchester
Saturday 16 November, 1.30 PM St Helens Library
Saturday 30 November 7 PM
Ghost Stories at Leve Old Library, Levenshulme Library
Saturday 7 December 7 PM
Ghost Stories at Leve Old Library, Levenshulme Library
Wednesday 28 August Glasgow Zine Library
Thursday 19 September, Tootally Wired -
Manchester Central Library 6.00 pm
Thursday 26 September Chorlton Book Festival
Friday 17 May Carlton Club, Chorlton Arts festival
Thursday 11 April - Rare Mags, Stockport
Saturday 13 April Beacon Whitehaven - Launch of Whale
Saturday 20 April Mura Ma Gallery, Marple.
Saturday 17 February - Greenhouse Books, Stockport
Thursday 14 September
Launch of Concrete Fields Blackwells Bookshop, Manchester.
Sunday 17 September
Hyde Book Club, Leeds Sunday 24 September
David has performed on BBC Radio Three and GM Radio, at a number of festivals (including Edinburgh Festival, Manchester Literature Festival, West Port Book Festival, Birmingham Book Festival, Chester Literature Festival, Wigan Literature Festival, Sefton Literature Festival and Lancaster Litfest), and at various venues, including: Chelsea Arts Club and Foyles in London; Royal Exchange Theatre, The Anthony Burgess Foundation, Whitworth Art Gallery, Urbis, Manchester Art Gallery and Central Library in Manchester; FACT, Whitechapel Gallery and Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool; Birmingham Conservatoire; Dukes Theatre and The Storey Institute in Lancaster, and The Continental in Preston.
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