Aileen Loftus explains how this years #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize will work
Maisie Scott chats with Zoe from Comma Press and discusses Northern soul, lockdown and the National Creative Writing Industry Conference
Ruby Opalka reflects on Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and discusses sexuality, feminism and desire.
Maisie Scott and Aileen Loftus recommend five books by black authors to read during Black History Month
The Twilight companion novel no one asked for in 2020
A mesmerising debut novel about a lone girl’s struggle for survival
Jasmine Rowland takes a trip down memory lane, and looks at the life of Lilly Allen in her best selling autobiography My Thoughts Exactly
Manchester City of Literature hosts an array of literary-related events throughout March
Books Editor Shaheena discusses her favourite reads from the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
Aileen Loftus questions whether students can leave school without having studied a novel by a black author
Gabriele Dragunaite reads Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and finds its existential content still bearable in 2020
Jonathan Hosking reflects on Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and its depiction of marriage, race and religion
Maisie Scott discusses online book clubs, getting involved, and how to set up your own
Maisie Scott reviews the latest feminist manifesto for Generation z
Masie Scott discusses environmentally-conscious and sustainable ways to buy books
Alia Nawaz discusses female solidarity in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
Joshua Whitehead reviews Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia
Alia Nawa discusses John Bercow’s autobiography Unspeakable following a candid talk by the ex-Speaker of the House himself
