Strange Encounters: When an Animal Walks Into a Bar

Schedule

Mon Apr 20 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Flok | Manchester, EN

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Join Manchester author Heidi Hinda Chadwick for a playful evening of story, conversation and creative writing at Flok.
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Strange Encounters: When an Animal Walks Into a Bar

Join Manchester author Heidi Hinda Chadwick for a playful evening of story, conversation and creative writing at Flok.

We’ll begin with a simple question: have you ever had a strange encounter with a stranger? A conversation that lingered long after it ended?

From there, we’ll explore a short, imaginative writing prompt, beginning with the premise: two strangers meet in a bar, and one of them is not quite what they seem.

Expect a relaxed creative salon where everyone is welcome, whether you write regularly or not.

Heidi Hinda will also read from her debut novella The Story of the Deer Woman, a dark, lyrical Manchester-set folktale about longing, transformation, and the quiet pull of the wild.

Come for stories, a little creative mischief, and a glass of something good.

£5 ticket (redeemable against book purchase on the night)
Limited places to keep the evening intimate.

No writing experience needed ~ curiosity and imagination welcome.

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Where is it happening?

Flok, 5 Stevenson Square, Manchester, United Kingdom

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GBP 6.13

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