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Aileen Loftus

Aileen Loftus

Books Editor
We Move: The debut collection by former Mancunion Books Editor Gurnaik Johal

We Move: The debut collection by former Mancunion Books Editor Gurnaik Johal

We spoke to Gurnaik Johal about his new short story collection We Move and his experience as a student at The University of Manchester
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Review: People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

Review: People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

Does People Person live up to Candice Carty-Williams’ debut bestseller Queenie?
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Judging a book by its cover: Penguin clothbound classics

Judging a book by its cover: Penguin clothbound classics

Are Penguin clothbound classics perpetuating a boring white canon?
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How to Kill Your Family, kill subtlety, and kill nuance

How to Kill Your Family, kill subtlety, and kill nuance

Bella Mackie’s debut fiction novel How to Kill Your Family is let down by its lack of subtlety and its caricatured characters
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A little review of a large book: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

A little review of a large book: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

Does Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise live up to the success of her much loved previous novel A Little Life?
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This is [not] Going to Hurt book sales

This is [not] Going to Hurt book sales

Is Adam Kay milking the success of his bestselling memoir This is Going to Hurt?
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Snapshots of the Apocalypse: swap deadlines for dystopias

Snapshots of the Apocalypse: swap deadlines for dystopias

Snapshots of the Apocalypse, the new short story collection by Katy Wimhurst, makes the perfect reading for study breaks
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Valentine’s: five books for a break-up

Valentine’s: five books for a break-up

If you’re feeling heartbroken this Valentine’s Day, here are the best books to read following a break-up
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Spotlight: Village Books

Spotlight: Village Books

We chat to Joe from Village Books, the new shop selling books, magazines, and publications in the Northern Quarter
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Never Giving Up: Bernardine Evaristo is made president of the Royal Society of Literature

Never Giving Up: Bernardine Evaristo is made president of the Royal Society of Literature

Bernadine Evaristo is announced to be the next president of the Royal Society of Literature. The Mancunion reviews her Manifesto
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As overrated as Shakespeare himself? Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

As overrated as Shakespeare himself? Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Does Hamnet, the prize-winning novel by Maggie O’Farrell, deserve all the praise?
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Book swaps: If you like this, try that

Book swaps: If you like this, try that

We’ve come up with some books swaps to help you find a book you’re going to love based on your old favourites
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The comfiest Mancunian sofas to read on

The comfiest Mancunian sofas to read on

We test out some different sofas across Manchester to find which ones are the best to read on
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S(b)ooky reads for this Halloween

S(b)ooky reads for this Halloween

The Books Section choose their favourite spooky reads for Halloween
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October Read: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

October Read: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

Aileen Loftus reviews Cherie Jones’ debut novel How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House this Black History Month
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A conversation with friends about Beautiful World, Where Are You

A conversation with friends about Beautiful World, Where Are You

Aileen and Victoria have a chat about Sally Rooney’s latest novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You
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The real transgender issue: a review of Shon Faye’s new book

The real transgender issue: a review of Shon Faye’s new book

Aileen Loftus reviews Shon Faye’s new title The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, after hearing Faye speak about the book
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Campus lit: true or false?

Campus lit: true or false?

Books editor Aileen Loftus takes a look at which campus novels accurately reflect student life, from Normal People to A Secret History
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Heatwave highlight: Snowflake by Louise Nealon

Heatwave highlight: Snowflake by Louise Nealon

Aileen Loftus reviews Snowflake, the latest campus novel being compared to Normal People
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How to read when you have no time

How to read when you have no time

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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