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6th February 2013

The Pride and Prejudice 200th Anniversary Quiz

Which Pride and Prejudice character are you?
1st February 2013

Our picks of the year ahead

New publications in 2013 suggest there is much to be optimistic about in literature
30th January 2013

Will the libraries survive?

Cuts have left public libraries struggling to survive. Will they make it? And what will it mean if they don’t?
28th November 2012

Comic artists assemble

Following up last week’s contribution from Manchester Uni’s Comic Collective, Tobias Weinald traces the development of a truly collective society
28th November 2012

Top 5 books you wouldn’t want to be seen reading on the Magic Bus

Do you judge people by the covers of their books? If you do you, remember they may return the favour
28th November 2012

Book Club special: Best books of 2012

Check out some of the Books section’s readers’ favourite books of the year
21st November 2012

Top 4 + 1 books in the field of war

Aidan Gregory charts his top war literature picks
21st November 2012

Exercise for your right to read. For fun

Lisa Quirke reminds us that reading is not just a means to a numerically valuated end
21st November 2012

“Collective madness is called sanity”

Author Paulo Coelho’s blog shoots straight to the heart of your internet life
14th November 2012

Anime for beginners

The Comic Collective provides some anime classics, in the form of both film and book, to usher in new fans

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14th November 2012

Technology gained

As the worlds of dusty books and shiny screens collide, is the future of fiction lost? Twitter suggests not.
14th November 2012

University Creative Writing professor profile: Jeanette Winterson

The Creative Writing Professor is proving a major draw for the University and its Centre for New Writing
7th November 2012

Book Club: Francesca Freeman, 22, archaeology student

A ‘live’ conversation with Book Club turns from fantasy to the very real threat technology poses to reading
7th November 2012

Bond vs Smiley

In the wake of Skyfall’s release, Joelle Jefferis pits two British literary espionage incarnations against one another
30th October 2012

Escape in a children’s story

Remember how fun reading was when you were a kid? Joelle Jefferis advocates reigniting the adventure
30th October 2012

“We got him”: celebrating death isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it is for the American

The politically timed re-release of We Got Him!: A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein rankles
29th October 2012

Portrait of an author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby may be coming to the big screen (again), but the real magic still lies between the pages
17th October 2012

Peruvian author charms Manchester

The Peruvian author, Fernando Iwasaki Cauti, graced Manchester during the Literature Festival, to discuss technology, humour, y amor
16th October 2012

“A good story is a good story!” – Why adapting a book can be for the best

Bringing Literature to Life explored the issues inherent in adapting literature for stage and screen
15th October 2012

Top Five: Scary Classics to prepare you for Hallowe’en

5 seasonal classics that guarantee goosebumps