Jeffrey Eugenides releases a new collection of short stories

Manchester follows in the proud footsteps of Dublin, Baghdad, Barcelona and Reykjavik

Elliott Mills witters on for far too long; omnipresent voice Elliot Mills brings us back to a straightened-out meaning of meaning

Elliot Mills argues the case for a place in the literary heritage of Manchester for Anthony Burgess, a man often left out of the narrative

Dale Edwards reviews Lemn Sissay’s performance at the 8th Black and Asian Conference on the 8th of October 2016 at Contact Theatre and his new book Gold From the Stone

Roma Havers celebrates the news of the new Nobel Prize for Literature winner Bob Dylan, and considers the state of mind of the contemporary literary scene

Elizabeth Gibson recommends books to inspire and comfort, whether you are a newcomer to Manchester or a returning student

Elizabeth Gibson quizzes Young Adult superstar Maggie Stiefvater on art, mythology, books and bagpipes

Elizabeth Gibson updates us on the thriving Young Adult books scene

Laura Walsh reviews Carrie Brownstein’s discussion about her memoir at Manchester Literature Festival 2015

Elizabeth Gibson gives an insight into Young Adult literature in her four YA novel reviews

Katherine Horrex tells us what’s going down at Manchester Literature Festival 2015

A taste of those beloved books that were just too edgy for the censors

Book Editor Yasmin Mannan investigates how the Young London Poet Laureate, Warsan Shire, has been exposing the suffering of refugees through the written word for years

340 years after John Milton’s death, Leonie Dunn considers Milton’s epic portrayal of the Fall of Man

Leonie Dunn looks to Library Live’s last event that aimed to smash down cultural presumptions and inhibitions surrounding Manchester’s Central Library