above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

Join us to celebrate the launch of David Gaffney’s pamphlet Lakes of Titan along with two other above/ground writers, Lydia Unsworth and Tom Jenks at one of the best hidden gem venues in Manchester, Saul Hay Gallery, in Castlefield, right next to the Deansgate tram stop.

Lydia, Tom and David will read from their above ground pamphlets, and there will be free wine to drink, pamphlets to buy, and amazing art to look at on the walls of the gallery.

David Gaffney’s collection of experimental prose, Lakes of Titan, is out now on above/ground press. David is the author of three novels, six short story collections, and two graphic novels with Dan Berry. His short story collection Concrete Fields (Salt Publishing 2023) was long listed for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, and his collection, Whale, was published by Osmosis in 2024.

Tom Jenks above/ground press book is Chimneys, a collection of shorter and shorter prose. Other books include The Philosopher (Sublunary Editions) and Melamine (The Red Ceilings Press). 2001 Proverbs, with SJ Fowler, is forthcoming from Kingston University Press in 2026. He also creates text art and edits the small press zimzalla, specialising in literary objects.

Lydia Unsworth has four Above Ground pamphlets, and a number of poetry collections, the newest being Stay Awhile (Knives Forks and Spoons - released 6 April 2026) and Arthropod (Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers). She is currently a PhD candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University, exploring kinship with disappearing post-industrial architecture.

above/ground is an independent publisher from Ottawa, Canada with a focus on innovative and experimental poetry and prose, managed, edited and curated by Rob McLennan.

Saul Hay Gallery is one of the foremost contemporary art galleries in the region, with the aim of celebrating the very best of contemporary art from Manchester and beyond. Working with emerging and established artists they present a diverse programme of contemporary and modern painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and photography and offer an eclectic range of original artworks available to buy from their beautiful canal-side gallery in the Castlefield area of Manchester. Here you will find the best work by some of the most progressive artists working today.

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