

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: WHITE RIVER CROSSING: Ian McGuire in conversation
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us to hear Ian McGuire discuss his new novel, White River Crossing, a cinematic story set in the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness.About this EventWe are thrilled to welcome Ian McGuire back to Blackwell's on Tuesday 3rd of March to discuss his latest novel, White River Crossing.Doors: 6.30pm, Starts: 6.45pmTickets are £4 or admission is free when purchasing a copy of the book in advance.About White River Crossing:A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company in the winter of 1766 with a lump of gold, claiming that there is plenty more like it further north at a place called Ox Lake. The outpost's chief factor, Magnus Norton, dreams of instant riches and launches a secret and perilous expedition to find the treasure and bring it back.Led by a family of native guides, the party of prospectors includes Norton's brutish deputy, John Shaw, and Thomas Hearn, the insular and intellectual first mate from the factory's whaling sloop. During their long journey north, Shaw's callousness and arrogance lead him to commit an act of sexual violence whose disastrous consequences will only fully emerge once they reach their final destination. There, amidst the bleak beauty of the Barren Grounds, as Norton's carefully crafted plans begin to fall apart and the brutal arctic winter starts to descend, Hearn is forced to make a choice that will define his character and determine his future forever.Utterly captivating, White River Crossing transports us back to the furthest edges of the eighteenth-century British empire where two radically different worlds-indigenous and European-collide with calamitous and deadly results.About the author:lives in Manchester, England and teaches at The University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing. His previous novels are The Abstainer published in September 2020 by Random House (USA) and Simon &amp; Schuster (UK), The North Water published by in 2016 by Henry Holt (USA) and Simon &amp; Schuster (UK), and Incredible Bodies published in 2007 by Bloomsbury. He is a winner of the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award.If you cannot make the event but would like a dedicated copy of the book, please email events.manchester@blackwell.co.uk or call us on 0161 274 3331.Our event format is usually a 45 minute discussion between the author and interviewer, followed by a chance for audience members to ask questions. There will be the opportunity to get your book signed/dedicated after the event. Events are a brilliant opportunity to discover new books, meet authors and likeminded readers and learn something new.Support your local bookshop and help us keep the Manchester literary scene vibrant and exciting. You can follow us on Eventbrite and social media (@BlackwellsMCR) to keep up to date on upcoming events.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, trips-adventures, parties, entertainment
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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 4, max: 20, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Manchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Blackwell's Bookshop
- **lat**: 53.4674813
- **long**: -2.2362066
- **full address**: Blackwell's Bookshop, 146 Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Blackwell's Bookshop, 146 Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 4 up to 20 GBP
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Blackwell's Manchester
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, trips-adventures, parties, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about WHITE RIVER CROSSING: Ian McGuire in conversation ?
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