From pub crawls to Freshers' events, drinking can feel unavoidable, and sobriety can feel isolating. Here's how to miss out on the hangovers, not the fun
Alica MacDonald's 'Finding Emily' provides an inventive spin on the rom-com for a modern audience thanks to a strong sense of place – and UoM's campus
Insidious is back with nothing further to say, leaving in the wake of the Lamberts a 'fresh' start only aiming to parrot its ghastly blueprint
We spoke to Gurnaik Johal about his new short story collection We Move and his experience as a student at The University of Manchester
Does People Person live up to Candice Carty-Williams’ debut bestseller Queenie?
Are Penguin clothbound classics perpetuating a boring white canon?
Bella Mackie’s debut fiction novel How to Kill Your Family is let down by its lack of subtlety and its caricatured characters
Does Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise live up to the success of her much loved previous novel A Little Life?
Is Adam Kay milking the success of his bestselling memoir This is Going to Hurt?
Snapshots of the Apocalypse, the new short story collection by Katy Wimhurst, makes the perfect reading for study breaks
If you’re feeling heartbroken this Valentine’s Day, here are the best books to read following a break-up
We chat to Joe from Village Books, the new shop selling books, magazines, and publications in the Northern Quarter
Bernadine Evaristo is announced to be the next president of the Royal Society of Literature. The Mancunion reviews her Manifesto
Does Hamnet, the prize-winning novel by Maggie O’Farrell, deserve all the praise?
We’ve come up with some books swaps to help you find a book you’re going to love based on your old favourites
We test out some different sofas across Manchester to find which ones are the best to read on
The Books Section choose their favourite spooky reads for Halloween
Aileen Loftus reviews Cherie Jones’ debut novel How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House this Black History Month
Aileen and Victoria have a chat about Sally Rooney’s latest novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You
Aileen Loftus reviews Shon Faye’s new title The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, after hearing Faye speak about the book
Books editor Aileen Loftus takes a look at which campus novels accurately reflect student life, from Normal People to A Secret History
Aileen Loftus reviews Snowflake, the latest campus novel being compared to Normal People
Deadlines and exams are upon us and it can be difficult to find the time to read, so the books section have compiled a list of tips and tricks to help you read and unwind
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