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