On Wednesday 28 June, we hold our last regular event at The Castle. Come and celebrate literature, laughter and lashings of booze with a special Bad Language featuring guest readers that have helped make The Castle our home over the past six and a half years.

Bad Language began in November 2010 with a couple of tentative discussion events followed by an anthology launch and a literary pub quiz. The first monthly Bad Language event at The Castle was on 26 January 2011.

Headliners have been numerous, from Anneliese Mackintosh to Wyl Menmuir, and we have branched out to events at the Royal Exchange, Manchester Literature Festival, Kendal Calling and, coming soon, Manchester International Festival. At the heart of Bad Language has been our open mic, and that won’t change when we move from The Castle.

This month, we put our open mic on hold as we invite some of our favourite readers to see off The Castle in style. Bring balloons, bring cake, bring a little pedalo for Joe. Then on 26 July 2017, we relaunch Bad Language at Gullivers, with the next open mic spots available from 10 July.

Come and say goodbye to an amazing venue space – and thanks to The Castle staff for oiling the wheels of live literature for so many years.