Alia Nawaz discusses female solidarity in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns

Books Editor Shaheena discusses her favourite reads from the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist

Lucy Clayton and Steven Haines’ new release aims to quell anxieties about entering the working world

Books Editor Shaheena discusses the dynamic between romance and solitude in One Hundred Years of Solitude

Books Editor Shaheena looks at how inclusivity in children’s books can help young people feel more accepted in the world of literature

Books editor Shaheena lists a few books to look out for in 2020

The Reading Agency is a charity that has a host of projects which could do with your support

Mancunion books editor Shaheena collects recommendations from the Mancunion Books team for gifts and reads this Christmas and New Year

Books Editor Shaheena discusses Arundhati Roy, an Indian author whose fiction shines a light on injustices in her home country

Penny Haslam’s New book How to Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous hits shelves this month, providing tips for anybody with a career in the public eye

Shaheena reviews Salman Rushdie’s latest book – a modern retelling of Don Quixote in ‘the Age of Anything-Can-Happen’

Shaheena Patel takes a look at figures who impact our current modes of thought, and the orientalist viewpoints that affected their work

Books Editor Shaheena decodes cultural representations of Cleopatra, elaborating on issues of Eurocentric histories of the world, and deconstructing the myths that arose from them

Isadora published by selfMadeHero details the life of the mother of modern dance, allowing insight into career, family and relationship progression

Win a National Book Token prize worth £1000 to spend on books throughout your course

Coffee4CCraig CEOs Risha and Hendrix are looking for book donations at their daily drop-in centre

You may have already heard of the National Book Tokens Scheme. It comes from the same people who bring you World Book Day and now they’re offering book-specific financial aid for students. Uni is very much about books, books, books. They’re expensive, but you definitely need to be reading. They’re mainly for academic purposes, but […]

In Chile, students, writers, and feminist campaigners have protested a decision to rename the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport to the Pablo Neruda International airport. They argue that Neruda, the renowned love poet, doesn’t deserve this celebration as he openly admitted to raping a maid in his 1977 memoir. He wrote that: “One morning, I […]

After sitting down with Toreh O’Garro and Roma Havers, two members of the Young Identity creative group, it became apparent how busy, how active, and how present the collective is in and around Manchester.  With showcases running throughout the year and performances commissioned and hosted regularly, the young creatives seem to always be immersed in […]

Shaheena reviews Andre Aciman’s new novel, Enigma Variations after seeing him perform at the Manchester Literature Festival.