November in Manchester - Official site now live

There's been a fantastic response to November In Manchester since its announcement last week.

We're happy to announce that the official November In Manchester site is now live.

There's a lot of behind the scenes work going on right now and we're looking forward to your reaction to the site once it goes live in November.

Until then, keep on sending in your photographs and videos – they've all been great so far.

You can email your media to ilove@novemberinmanchester.com

You can keep tabs on every single one of the photographs submitted on the November In Manchester Flickr feed. Feel free to leave comments or discuss other submitted photos.

If you're a registered Flickr user, you can also submit photos directly to the November In Manchester Flickr group.

Or alternatively, you can join the November In Manchester Facebook group and upload any photos or videos directly onto that.

Any media requests can be sent to: press@novemberinmanchester.com
Or for general enquiries, email: contact@novemberinmanchester.com

Keep checking back for more updates. November is getting very close!

Thanks for your support.

Taking the story to the streets

November In Manchester takes place in real time.

Over four weeks, the characters in the novel will travel around Manchester. They will go to places, attend events and share their experiences with anyone following the story.

Throughout the tale, these characters will need places to go.

They will visit bars, museums, exhibitions and art galleries. There, they will take photos and record videos for use in their blogs and twitter accounts.

How you can take part

If you have any events taking place over November, please get in touch. We're looking for anything from low-profile events to canapes and cocktail bashes.

Alternatively, if you just want to suggest somewhere for the characters to go to, get in touch.

November In Manchester aims to promote the city of Manchester. It will show people just how much goes on in the city; its culture, its nightlife and its rich heritage.

We'll judge everything we get sent on its own merits and the team at NIM will do our best to fit as much as we can into the four weeks without it detracting from the story.

Email us with your suggestions and be a part of November In Manchester

Take part in November In Manchester

You can play a major role in November In Manchester.

Over four weeks in November, six fictional characters will be blogging, tweeting and filming their lives in Manchester. We want you to get involved. These characters need a back-story and a personality. They need to do and see things.

Here's how you can get involved:

Take photographs

Whenever you see something interesting in Manchester, snap a picture on your mobile and email it over to us. As long as it's not vulgar or illegal.

We're looking for:

• Landmarks around Manchester
• Interesting exterior shots
• Photos of events - gigs and the like in the city
• Any picture you think captures the spirit of Manchester

We'll use these images to flesh out the characters - they'll tweet and blog about your pictures and these locations will play a part in the story.

If you could also include your name and a short sentence about what the picture is, that would be great. Unfortunately, we can't use profile pictures or head shots as they'll play with the continuity of the story.

Video

If you're a budding film maker, we'd love to see your clips. We're looking for short 1-2 minute phone videos we can upload to YouTube to use in the character's blogs.

Some ideas to get you started:

• A morning commute
• Lunchtime in Piccadilly Gardens
• Shots of daily life in Manchester

Simply email them to us with a brief explanation and we'll find a place for them in the story. Sadly, we can't use anything with direct conversation in, so resist the urge to put in a David Attenborough style voice over.

Get involved

November in Manchester is an ambitious social media project which anyone and everyone can contribute to. You've got a while yet to think about what to send in, but the sooner stuff comes over, the greater chance it has of playing a role in the story.

Email us at ilove@novemberinmanchester.com

Welcome to November in Manchester

November in Manchester is a social media love story about two people. In Manchester.

James has no future. He wakes up. He goes to work. He leaves at five on the dot. He spends each and every evening in the pub overlooking Manchester Piccadilly train station, drinking his liver into submission. His poor liver.

Persephone has no future. She wakes up. She goes to work. She spends the evening going to poetry readings and meeting her friends in coffee shops. The poor barista.

Both James and Persephone are trapped in their past lives. James lies awake at night, thumbing through the possessions of his long-dead wife, Samantha. He still hopes she will wake up next to him each morning.

Persephone wishes she was still a student. She dresses like an undergraduate, she acts like an undergraduate, she drinks like an undergraduate. She is twenty-seven and still lives like she were twenty. Her kitchen mainly comprises of takeaway pizza boxes.

November In Manchester follows the journey of James and Persephone during four weeks in bustling capital of the North. Between Monday 2nd and Monday 30th November, you can follow their story as it happens live via Twitter, Blogspot and YouTube.

Take Part

November In Manchester is a collaboration project for anyone in and around Manchester – you're welcome to take part, comment and submit media for the story. Keep checking back for regular updates and invitations to make yourself part of this interesting experiment.

You can email us at contact@novemberinmanchester.com