Join author Ed Glinert as he charts De Quincey's Manchester and his hallucinatory masterpiece, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
'I took it: - and in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me!'
200 years since its first publication, Confessions of an English Opium Eater sparked a fascination with drug use and its abuse. Award-winning author Ed Glinert discusses De Quincey's story of recreational drug taking, hallucinatory visions and it's connection to Manchester and the Portico Library, which he visited in the early 19th century.
Confessions of an English Opium Eater can be ordered through our bookshop.
This event will take place in-person at The Portico Library with limited capacity and in alignment with up-to-date government COVID recommendations. Doors (and the bar) open at 6:30pm for a 7.00pm start.
