Elizabeth Gibson recommends books to inspire and comfort, whether you are a newcomer to Manchester or a returning student
Elizabeth Gibson updates us on the thriving Young Adult books scene
Elizabeth Gibson gives an insight into Young Adult literature in her four YA novel reviews
A taste of those beloved books that were just too edgy for the censors
340 years after John Milton’s death, Leonie Dunn considers Milton’s epic portrayal of the Fall of Man
Books Editor Leonie Dunn looks over the life of the prolific author C.S. Lewis
Books Editor Leonie Dunn picks her top 5 novels on those faceless killers and their detective counterparts
Jay Fagerberg recommends this rather small and unassuming book to the truly passionate evolution geek or the Hermione-esque student who wants to impress their teacher, as it is jam-packed with facts and features on the theory of evolution
As it is Mental Health Awareness Week, Books Editor Leonie Dunn picks the top 5 most iconic novels that focus and reflect on mental health
Elizabeth Gibson quizzes Young Adult superstar Maggie Stiefvater on art, mythology, books and bagpipes
Laura Walsh reviews Carrie Brownstein’s discussion about her memoir at Manchester Literature Festival 2015
Katherine Horrex tells us what’s going down at Manchester Literature Festival 2015
Book Editor Yasmin Mannan investigates how the Young London Poet Laureate, Warsan Shire, has been exposing the suffering of refugees through the written word for years
Leonie Dunn looks to Library Live’s last event that aimed to smash down cultural presumptions and inhibitions surrounding Manchester’s Central Library
It’s time to broaden our literary horizons; Morrissey’s autobiography is not a Penguin Classic!
E-books are the future and nothing to be scared of
Gregory Watson reviews Sophia Al-Maria’s multifaceted exhibition Virgin With a Memory, which is currently on show at the Cornerhouse until 2nd November
Nafisi “invites us to join her as citizens of her ‘Republic of Imagination,’ a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.”
