In the wake of Skyfall’s release, Joelle Jefferis pits two British literary espionage incarnations against one another

Remember how fun reading was when you were a kid? Joelle Jefferis advocates reigniting the adventure

The politically timed re-release of We Got Him!: A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein rankles

The Great Gatsby may be coming to the big screen (again), but the real magic still lies between the pages

The Peruvian author, Fernando Iwasaki Cauti, graced Manchester during the Literature Festival, to discuss technology, humour, y amor

Bringing Literature to Life explored the issues inherent in adapting literature for stage and screen

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The beginner’s guide to Nikolai Gogol, author of Dead Souls and The Overcoat

Phillipa Moran looks at the novel Room in its contemporary, and not at all fictional, context

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From 8th to 23rd October, Manchester Literature Festival takes the city as its field and the lecture theatre as its main stage. Replacing your Sziget withdrawal with something more nourishing. No tents required

Proving that the pen is mightier than the sword (but not necessarily the laptop), Phillipa Moran takes on the battle between technology and art

International Book Week crept past last week. Anyone notice?

This week Ata Rahman, history student and co-editor of the Manchester Historian answers to Book Club

Frontline chronicles the life of freelance television photo agency of the same name.

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Name: Catherine Langdon Age: 22 Occupation: Social Anthropology Student What are you reading / have been reading these past summer months? (A brief description if you please…) The Behaviour of Moths – Poppy Adams – Not too sure what it’s about yet, moths and a father and daughter who are lepidopterist. Plus, Bosnia: A Short […]

Name: Steve Jones (ex-editor of The Mancunion’s Literature and Film Section) Age: 21 Occupation: pre-MA parent moocher Steve Jones, question-asker of Book Club supreme, what are you currently reading (present question notwithstanding)? I am re-reading an accessible English prose version of Virgil’s Aeneid. Where have you been reading it (train, bus, beach, bath, internet, juice […]

Name: Phoebe Chambre Age: 22 and a bit Occupation: Music Student and Mancunion Books editor What are you reading? I’m in the final third of a book called The Instructions by Adam Levin. I read his short story collection (Hot Pink) which came out earlier this year in a very nice textured hardback and was […]