An Evening With Jim Stanley

Jim Stanley is taking over The Salty Dog on Tuesday 1 December for An Evening With Jim Stanley, a literary gathering that puts his writing front and centre. It's a single-name bill, so the whole night is built around his work rather than a mixed line-up.

The focus of the evening is Stanley's original fantastical tales about Northwich. It's a specific starting point — a real town in Cheshire — that he takes into the fantastical, so the stories pull from a recognisable place and then stretch it into something else. He'll be reading these tales aloud, and the night is billed as a literary gathering, which suggests a room full of people listening to the stories rather than a formal stage performance.

If you're not familiar with the work, it's a good place to start. The tales are his own, and the evening is built around them, so you'll get a proper sense of what he does. It's a night for anyone who likes to hear a story told properly, and for those who enjoy seeing a familiar place like Northwich reimagined in a fantastical key.

It all happens at The Salty Dog in Liverpool on Tuesday 1 December, starting at 19:30. Entry is £5.