October read: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Jonathan Hosking reflects on Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and its depiction of marriage, race and religion
What to read next in Black History Month
Maisie Scott and Aileen Loftus recommend five books by black authors to read during Black History Month
How to run a successful online book club
Maisie Scott discusses online book clubs, getting involved, and how to set up your own
I read Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun so you don’t have to
The Twilight companion novel no one asked for in 2020
Five people reflect on Women Don’t Owe You Pretty
Maisie Scott reviews the latest feminist manifesto for Generation z
Buy, borrow or swap: How to read books sustainably
Masie Scott discusses environmentally-conscious and sustainable ways to buy books
My Thoughts Exactly – The feminist icon and legend that is Lily Allen
Jasmine Rowland takes a trip down memory lane, and looks at the life of Lilly Allen in her best selling autobiography My Thoughts Exactly
Womanhood in A Thousand Splendid Suns
Alia Nawaz discusses female solidarity in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
Manchester: City of Literature
Manchester City of Literature hosts an array of literary-related events throughout March
Women’s prize for fiction 2020
Books Editor Shaheena discusses her favourite reads from the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
Unspeakable, John Bercow
Alia Nawa discusses John Bercow’s autobiography Unspeakable following a candid talk by the ex-Speaker of the House himself
Review: How To Go To Work
Lucy Clayton and Steven Haines’ new release aims to quell anxieties about entering the working world
Jonathan Coe, or the novelist who tries to narrate Brexit
Will Stonier reviews Jonathan Coe’s Brexit novel, Middle England
‘Checking out me own history’: exclusion in the English literary canon
Alia Nawaz discusses her experience teaching literature in secondary schools
Gabriel Garcia Márquez: Love and solitude
Books Editor Shaheena discusses the dynamic between romance and solitude in One Hundred Years of Solitude
Inclusivity in children’s literature
Books Editor Shaheena looks at how inclusivity in children’s books can help young people feel more accepted in the world of literature
