Building on the ideas behind the international Text Festival in Bury, Tony Trehy proposes to develop an international language festival featuring many of the world's leading poets, sound and media artists. Held in Manchester in 2012, The Language Moment would be the largest ever celebration and dialogue of language in the arts. The festival would establish the North West of England as a global centre for linguistic art and poetry practice supported by an enhanced capacity to publish, produce and drive the continuing international dialogue.