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This is the Place – Choose Love, Manchester is packed with poems and creativity for charity

This is the Place - Choose Love, Manchester is a new fundraising book conceived in the wake of the Arena attack, and it's now officially on sale. Perfect for your coffee table, and priced at £30, it contains unique illustrations, designs and photographs set against lines from Tony Walsh’s Manchester vigil poem.

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Open book showing two illustrated pages: left page features a stylised figure in red against a dark cityscape; right page shows a colourful tiered building on bright yellow background

Sixty-one Manchester creatives have each interpreted the poem visually. And the roll call includes world-renowned agencies and designers such as Peter Saville (New Order, Joy Division, Factory Records designer) and Malcolm Garrett (Buzzcocks designer). The book also contains personal messages from Tony Walsh and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

See the full list of contributors and their work at www.thisistheplacebook.com.

Profits from the book are going to Manchester based charities Forever Manchester, We Love MCR Emergency Fund and The Greater Manchester Mayor’s Homelessness Fund.

Bright yellow hardcover book with "THIS IS THE PLACE CHOOSE LOVE MANCHESTER" embossed on its spine
Book with bright yellow spine and dark cover decorated with silver snowflake designs, resting on a wooden surface
Large crowd of people gathered in a Manchester city centre square, framed by a yellow border in the fundraising book This is the Place – Choose Love, Manchester
Neon pink heart shape formed by two curved lines on black background with grey text reading "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness
Open spread of This is the Place book showing bright pink pages with handwritten white text reading "Choose love" and signed by Tony Walsh
Open book showing a colourful illustrated architectural composition on the left and a technical line drawing of a tiered cake structure with labels on the right
Spread from This is the Place book showing a man speaking at a vigil with a child, alongside text and a smaller photograph of the crowd
Open book showing a page with bold blue and pink typography reading "Work Special Dirt 100% For Our Folks" alongside a photograph of stacked vintage suitcases
Open book showing left page with yellow candle flame and white text on black background, and right page with yellow cover and circular seal badge
Open book spread showing a figure holding jam tarts on the left and an illustration of a purple teapot with tea and biscuits on a gingham tablecloth with I Love MCR text on the right
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