The Manchester Art Book

We are delighted to announce that The Manchester Art Book will be published in June '25 by Herbert Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury. The 8th in the book series, it will show Manchester through the eyes of 55 amazing contemporary artists, working in a range of styles, who know it best. The book will be available in all good book shops and online.

The Foreword to the book has been written by the wonderful Lemn Sissay. Some notable Manchester actors, broadcasters and writers have endorsed the book, see here below.

Just a few of the endorsements for The City Art Books

‘Any book about my home town Liverpool is bound to tickle my fancy but this idea of different artists’ interpretations puts a special angle to this great city that I love' Sir Paul McCartney

'If you love Liverpool then you’ll love this wonderful book' Paul O’Grady

'This is like being given a pair of magic spectacles through which you can see Birmingham’s unusual, oft hidden, oft unappreciated beauty, more clearly and more exhilarating than you ever did before' 

Dame Julie Walters

'Just gorgeous'  Joanna Lumley

'How completely magnificent' Claudia Winkleman

'There’s a feast within these pages, celebrating the great city of Oxford and the artists it inspires; open your eyes and rejoice' Miriam Margolyes

'We are a city that’s quietly understated yet brilliant! If you want to know about it , stand and stare, you’ll know why so many still want to live here'

Frank Skinner

'Fantastic images of two splendid cities.'

Dame Jacqueline Wilson

'The creativity and skill of the artists in this book are both astonishing and inspirational.'

Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper

"This book that you’re holding, it’s well worth a look.”

Jeremy Irons