The BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ has recently burst on to our screens and gifted the nation with the perfect escape from the monotony of lockdown
HOME’s latest “Adaptation: Impossible Novels” season champions adaptations of books that stand toe-to-toe with their source materials, against all odds
Mancunion books editor Shaheena collects recommendations from the Mancunion Books team for gifts and reads this Christmas and New Year
Alice Porter attempts to de-spell the myth that books are the supreme form of popular culture, despite being a self-proclaimed book lover
Sam Coates provides a list of books and poetry we believe are essential to understand and appreciate the city of Manchester
The Mancunion previews 2019’s most exciting literary releases
100 acclaimed authors will each write one piece over the next 100 years for a literary time capsule, to remain unpublished until the 22nd Century
A few events around Manchester for literature lovers, this November
Poetry double bill as rising stars Hollie McNish and Jackie Hagan perform at Manchester Literature Festival
Will Stonier reviews Jonathan Coe’s Brexit novel, Middle England
The Reading Agency is a charity that has a host of projects which could do with your support
Will Stonier considers how Richard Powers interacts with the anthropecene in his book of short stories
Win a National Book Token prize worth £1000 to spend on books throughout your course
Science fiction can be difficult to access, but these picks will help you into a thoroughly enjoyable genre
Daisy Lester shares her thoughts on the chat show host’s appearance at the Manchester Literature Festival, discussing his new book, The Keeper
Jeffrey Eugenides releases a new collection of short stories
Louder than Words Festival returns to Manchester to celebrate the relationship between music and writing
‘Art is not going to be the thing that brings down borders and barriers… but Art may remind us of humanity.’
