Manchester Literature Festival will be hosting an evening with the feminist author Gloria Steinmen

Laura Walsh reviews Lauren Groff’s novel which explores the love and pain of marriage through multiple perspectives

Ashley McGovern writes a piece inspired by Walter Benjamin’s essay ‘Unpacking My Bookshelf’

A featured poem by Books Contributor Elizabeth Gibson (@Grizonne)

Hope Abbott reviews the new crime novel by Manchester-born author Marnie Riches

Roma Havers, chair of Manchester Creative Writing Society, reviews two spoken word nights—one of which she performed at

Jen Borland uncovers the joy behind reading children’s books, and their power to revive old memories and bring about a sense of nostalgia

Books Editor Yasmin Mannan interviews the owners of the Alexandria Library, a new literary addition to Curry Mile

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

Joely Thomas has some reading recommendations for the Tories and their supporters

Elizabeth Gibson takes a look at five lesser-known novels by popular YA authors

Hope Abbott looks at the upcoming novel by Man-Booker shortlisted author Patrick DeWitt

Benjamin Mortimer takes a look at the 19th Century essayist Thomas de Quincey’s view of drug culture, highlighting parallels with the present day

Elizabeth Gibson picks her top 5 books which explore the relationships of siblings: the love, the hate and the feelings in-between

Roma Havers reviews the unique celebration of the 60th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl

Ola Youssef reviews Fuel Café’s charity poetry event, Love Takes Guts, in aid of organ donation

Featured prose: Joely Thomas writes a moving short story set in the southern Gaza strip

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

Find out what’s new with the Manchester Creative Writing Society and how you can get involved