live appearances

Tuesday 27 June Didsbury Arts Festival, Arts Of Tea
Monday 24 July Typewronger Books, Edinburgh, with Vik Shirley, Nicky Melville, and Sarah-Clare Conlon
Thursday 14 September Launch of Concrete Fields
Blackwells Bookshop, Manchester.
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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
Saturday 20 May Chorlton Arts festival, The Royal Oak
21 May, 2 PM Thimblemill Library, Bearwood, Birmingham
22 September, 7 PM, Chorlton Library, Manchester
5 May 2022 Chorlton Arts Festival
Saturday 27 Nov 2021
Independent Book Fair, Manchester Central Library
Monday 31 January 2022
Verbose, Kings Arms, Salford
Saturday 5 February 2022
Wolverhampton Literature Festival
Saturday 12 February 2:00 PM
Standish Library, Wigan
Thursday 17 February 2022 6:00
Official book launch - Manchester Central Library
Saturday 19 February 2:00 PM
Lancaster Library
Thursday 24 February 2:30 PM
Kendal Library
Saturday 26 February 17:00
Kirkgate Arts Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Saturday 5 March
Leeds Literature festival, 13:00 PM The Leeds Library ( old subscription library)
Sunday 13 March 15:00 Greenhouse books, Cheadle,
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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Tuesday 27 June Didsbury Arts Festival, Arts Of Tea
Monday 24 July Typewronger Books, Edinburgh, with Vik Shirley, Nicky Melville, and Sarah-Clare Conlon
Thursday 14 September Launch of Concrete Fields
Blackwells Bookshop, Manchester.
*********************************************************
“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
Saturday 20 May Chorlton Arts festival, The Royal Oak
21 May, 2 PM Thimblemill Library, Bearwood, Birmingham
22 September, 7 PM, Chorlton Library, Manchester
5 May 2022 Chorlton Arts Festival
Saturday 27 Nov 2021
Independent Book Fair, Manchester Central Library
Monday 31 January 2022
Verbose, Kings Arms, Salford
Saturday 5 February 2022
Wolverhampton Literature Festival
Saturday 12 February 2:00 PM
Standish Library, Wigan
Thursday 17 February 2022 6:00
Official book launch - Manchester Central Library
Saturday 19 February 2:00 PM
Lancaster Library
Thursday 24 February 2:30 PM
Kendal Library
Saturday 26 February 17:00
Kirkgate Arts Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Saturday 5 March
Leeds Literature festival, 13:00 PM The Leeds Library ( old subscription library)
Sunday 13 March 15:00 Greenhouse books, Cheadle,
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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