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Review: We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

Review: We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

Robert Boddy reviews Frances Liardet’s We Must Be Brave, a decade-spanning story of an orphaned evacuee and the woman who takes her into her family
Review: ‘Go Ahead In The Rain’ by Hanif Abdurraqib

Review: ‘Go Ahead In The Rain’ by Hanif Abdurraqib

Gurnaik Johal reviews Hanif Abdurraqib’s ‘Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest’, his newest book of music criticism
Review: ‘Polpo, A Venetian Cookbook’

Review: ‘Polpo, A Venetian Cookbook’

Elena Bradley reviews Russell Norman’s ‘Polpo’, the Venetian cookbook born out of the successful London restaurant chain. Is it worth £25?
Review: The Manchester Anthology VI

Review: The Manchester Anthology VI

On the 6th September, the 2017/18 MA Creative Writing class launched The Manchester Anthology VI at HOME. At the event, the writers read small sections of their work, showcasing a wide range of styles, forms and subject matter. Each piece seemed to be completely unique but hearing them read aloud together, it was clear there […]

Review: Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides releases a new collection of short stories

Review: Revolt

Books Editor Yasmin Mannan reviews Qaisra Shahraz’s third and most recent novel Revolt, which is a triumphant exploration of everything that is it to be human

Review: Fates and Furies

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

Review: The Girl Who Broke The Rules

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

Review: The Sea of Tranquility

Solin Hanna gives a glowing review of the YA novel The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Review: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Ali Pearson reviews The Autobiography of Malcolm X, carving out its significance in the world of modern race-relations in the US

Recipe Book Review

My shelves are bursting with recipe books, all shapes, sizes, and types.  Their pages often unspoiled, and they fall open in a couple of places covered in sauce and potato on the very few recipes I’ve returned to or even cooked at all.  The problem with recipe books is that there are rarely more than […]