‘writing a better future’ The Book of Manchester: A City in Short Fiction
The problem with Manchester is that, in its rush to define itself, it can be quick to paper over...
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Category: Authors & Reviews
The Borrowers: a children’s fantasy classic or a political allegory?
Since publication in 1952, when it won the Carnegie Medal for outstanding children’s book by a...
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‘a poetic approach to the sediment of memory’ Author Jeff Young talks to Northern Soul
There’s a man running full pelt down Winslow Street in Walton, a cardboard shoebox held out in...
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Book Review: Lying Perfectly Still by Laura Fish
The best books draw you into worlds you didn’t know existed and then change your own world view....
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‘speaks to the simmering injustices that tear the fabric of society apart’ Burnt Ice Cream by Candi Martin
You know when you read something and think, ‘damn, I wish I’d written that’? Well, that’s how I...
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